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Well, she obviously didn't get that fact that I was kidding about reusing the traps (even though they are reusable.. ), so I guess that makes up for that....
I was serious ablut the De-Con, though...it works great. I had mice about 3 years ago in another aprtment, and it got rid of all of them right away.
I would put a bit down under the house, too...that is where a lot of them live and breed. Don't put it anywhere small kids or pets can get it though....it is pretty nasty suff.
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Hey ElJay (and Intell 3), we are having fun in here , at dkw's expense...and you are missing it! Posts: 15082 | Registered: Jul 2001
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As part of my job, I am heavily involved in West Nile Virus surveillance, which, if you've been following the news at all for the last 5 years, means that I am collecting dead birds for WNV testing. Most recently, I've been tasked with bleeding live birds for virus detection. So I had to learn to handle the birds, find they's little veins, poke them with a very tiny needle, and take they's blood. Sometimes they die of shock in my hands. It is very sad.
BUT I guess that's why I get the big bucks right?
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Sun, I know what you mean--I hate killing things (and yet I enjoy eating meat. Hypocritical I know), and do it as rarely as possible. If possible, I try to come up with a way to solve or manage a pest problem that doesn't involve killing, or at least gives the pest a choice in the matter (I'll put out honey for ants, for example, being well aware that many of them will drown themselves in it). With mice, though, it can be necessary to kill them sometimes. I use live traps as much as possible, and haven't had to resort to a lethal trap in ages, but in certain circumatances I'd use them. Mice can do an incredible amount of damage, including gnawing through the insulation on wires, to a house, can destroy your food stores, and can spread disease. As much as I would regret it, there are circumstances in which I would use a lethal trap. Or a cat (which, if they're good, are fully mobile, low light capable lethal traps with built in Model of Mind for a range of prey).
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Oh. Turns out I'd missed quite a few posts in there, which means that Sun wasn't saying what I thought she was saying. I'd delete my post, but I like my description of a cat, so I'm leaving it.
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So, just cuz this is one of my all-time favorite threads and there's currently two mouse threads on the front page, I thought this deserved an honorary bump.
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