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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
So I got home from a night at work, set down my stuff, took off my white coat, turned around, and was about to step into my living room when I stopped dead...
Because my stocking foot had almost come down directly on top of one rather dead-appearing mouse.
Now, rodents don't bug me in general, although the dead variety tends to put me off a bit more than the living variety. Live mouse=cute. Dead mouse=not cute.
This leads me to the rather interesting question of 1) what killed it and 2) why did it choose to die in the middle of my living room? Although I suppose the middle of the living room is better than under the sofa where it might take days to figure out where that smell is coming from (and having cleaned up one several-days-dead large rat in my college days, I can tell you that you have never *seen* so many goddamned maggots and other assorted creepy-crawlies!).
But EWWWWW...
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So I got home from a night at work, set down my stuff, took off my white coat, turned around, and was about to step into my living room when I stopped dead...
Because my stocking foot had almost come down directly on top of one rather dead-appearing mouse.
Now, rodents don't bug me in general, although the dead variety tends to put me off a bit more than the living variety. Live mouse=cute. Dead mouse=not cute.
This leads me to the rather interesting question of 1) what killed it and 2) why did it choose to die in the middle of my living room? Although I suppose the middle of the living room is better than under the sofa where it might take days to figure out where that smell is coming from (and having cleaned up one several-days-dead large rat in my college days, I can tell you that you have never *seen* so many goddamned maggots and other assorted creepy-crawlies!).
But EWWWWW...
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-Mike
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NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
More than likely it ate poison.
As you know, mice can't throw up so once they eat rat poison it's just a matter of time...
Or maybe he was just simultaneously awestruck by the gayness and neatness of your apartment and couldn't handle it.
More than likely it ate poison.
As you know, mice can't throw up so once they eat rat poison it's just a matter of time...
Or maybe he was just simultaneously awestruck by the gayness and neatness of your apartment and couldn't handle it.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Maybe it ate poison in someone elses apartment but made it through to yours before it died. Maybe it was coming to consult you as a Doctor as to why it felt so ill...
Sorry Mike. I'm kind of immune to finding rats and mice. I have a cat that stacks canal rats up under my dining table as gifts for me. Yuck indeed!
Maybe it ate poison in someone elses apartment but made it through to yours before it died. Maybe it was coming to consult you as a Doctor as to why it felt so ill...
Sorry Mike. I'm kind of immune to finding rats and mice. I have a cat that stacks canal rats up under my dining table as gifts for me. Yuck indeed!
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Huh. I guess it's the thought that counts, hmm?
Written by: Skulduggery
Sorry Mike. I'm kind of immune to finding rats and mice. I have a cat that stacks canal rats up under my dining table as gifts for me. Yuck indeed!
Huh. I guess it's the thought that counts, hmm?
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Yuck? Oh darn, I've been collecting dead rats to send to you as a present... what am I gonna do with them all now?
Written by: Skulduggery
I have a cat that stacks canal rats up under my dining table as gifts for me. Yuck indeed!
Yuck? Oh darn, I've been collecting dead rats to send to you as a present... what am I gonna do with them all now?
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Look! I'm Darth Bunny!
446 posts
Location: Sunny South Africa
Look! I'm Darth Bunny!
446 posts
Location: Sunny South Africa
Posted:
Hmmm, a huge rat died behind my bros PC once. Took a day or two to find it, aslo couldnt figure out what killed it, we have cats but it didnt look like it was killed by them, and I had two clean up the two week old carcass of a dead bird once, so I know where you are coming from
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Although I suppose the middle of the living room is better than under the sofa where it might take days to figure out where that smell is coming from (and having cleaned up one several-days-dead large rat in my college days, I can tell you that you have never *seen* so many goddamned maggots and other assorted creepy-crawlies!).
But EWWWWW...
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Hmmm, a huge rat died behind my bros PC once. Took a day or two to find it, aslo couldnt figure out what killed it, we have cats but it didnt look like it was killed by them, and I had two clean up the two week old carcass of a dead bird once, so I know where you are coming from
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NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Then again, are you sure you didn't chat up the mouse at some Irish Bar last night and just don't remember?
Then again, are you sure you didn't chat up the mouse at some Irish Bar last night and just don't remember?
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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old hand
929 posts
Location: Oregon, USA
old hand
929 posts
Location: Oregon, USA
Posted:
Animals do die for reasons other than being killed by other animals you know
You don't even want to get into a nasty smelly dead thing story competition with me
Animals do die for reasons other than being killed by other animals you know
You don't even want to get into a nasty smelly dead thing story competition with me
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Pooh-Bah
1,662 posts
Location: Bristol
1,662 posts
Location: Bristol
Posted:
once when i was a kid i was getting straw from the barn, and i spread it out, and right in the middle was a b****y huge dead rat....squashes falt and totally dry, except it still had it's teeth!
being a kiddie i thought it made a great frsbee.....i
once when i was a kid i was getting straw from the barn, and i spread it out, and right in the middle was a b****y huge dead rat....squashes falt and totally dry, except it still had it's teeth!
being a kiddie i thought it made a great frsbee.....i
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enthusiast
274 posts
Location: Swansea, Ma (US), USA
enthusiast
274 posts
Location: Swansea, Ma (US), USA
Posted:
lol when a cat dose that it means it thinks your not fit to find your own food thus it thinks you are weaker than it.. haha :-p
i love kitties!
Written by: Skulduggery
Sorry Mike. I'm kind of immune to finding rats and mice. I have a cat that stacks canal rats up under my dining table as gifts for me. Yuck indeed!
lol when a cat dose that it means it thinks your not fit to find your own food thus it thinks you are weaker than it.. haha :-p
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
I remember last Summer there was a really horrible smell near greenhouse, we couldnt work out what it was, until we found a dead mouse floating in the watering can. poor little thing.
I remember last Summer there was a really horrible smell near greenhouse, we couldnt work out what it was, until we found a dead mouse floating in the watering can. poor little thing.
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
"when a cat dose that it means it thinks your not fit to find your own food thus it thinks you are weaker than it.."
Have you got a link to that please?
"when a cat dose that it means it thinks your not fit to find your own food thus it thinks you are weaker than it.."
Have you got a link to that please?
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
*drops a dead mouse at UCOF's feet*
*drops a dead mouse at UCOF's feet*
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Zebberdy and Jack Daniels
278 posts
Location: Swansea, south wales
Zebberdy and Jack Daniels
278 posts
Location: Swansea, south wales
Posted:
I got 2 cats that bite off the head of the rodent/bird that the capture, they eat the head but leave the body (headless) on by my front door in the mornings :P Many a morning before college I have spent trying to get dead rodent from the sole of my shoes.
I got 2 cats that bite off the head of the rodent/bird that the capture, they eat the head but leave the body (headless) on by my front door in the mornings :P Many a morning before college I have spent trying to get dead rodent from the sole of my shoes.
The only reason i'm scared of little kid's is because I know in ten year's time they'll be mugging me.....
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Posted:
One time, I found a dried up dead bat under my bed. I still have no idea how it got there or why it decided to die. The question of how long it had been there is one I prefer not to dwell on.
One time, I found a dried up dead bat under my bed. I still have no idea how it got there or why it decided to die. The question of how long it had been there is one I prefer not to dwell on.
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ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
was there any blood? perhaps it decided to commit an honorable Hara-kiri?
was there any blood? perhaps it decided to commit an honorable Hara-kiri?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
2,666 posts
Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,666 posts
Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Posted:
We had a drain under our front living room in our old farm house, occasionally some how moles would get into the pipes and die under our feet, took us a long time to figure out we even had this drain under the carpet since it was allready laid when we moved in.
I saw my cat eat a mouse whole once, I was so proud of her she was like my child we were unseperable, it was fasinating watching her toy with it
We had a drain under our front living room in our old farm house, occasionally some how moles would get into the pipes and die under our feet, took us a long time to figure out we even had this drain under the carpet since it was allready laid when we moved in.
I saw my cat eat a mouse whole once, I was so proud of her she was like my child we were unseperable, it was fasinating watching her toy with it
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veteran
1,286 posts
Location: My House, United Kingdom
veteran
1,286 posts
Location: My House, United Kingdom
Posted:
you're lucky, mine just seperates the head and drags it across the floor leaving hte body behind, unfortunatly 9/10 times whats inside the body can decide whether to stay with the body or go with the head, you'd be amazed how long a mouse gut really is
Written by: Thumperabbit
I got 2 cats that bite off the head of the rodent/bird that the capture, they eat the head but leave the body (headless) on by my front door in the mornings :P Many a morning before college I have spent trying to get dead rodent from the sole of my shoes.
you're lucky, mine just seperates the head and drags it across the floor leaving hte body behind, unfortunatly 9/10 times whats inside the body can decide whether to stay with the body or go with the head, you'd be amazed how long a mouse gut really is
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
When i was on holiday in France, geckos would climb into the outdoor light that was on the wall of the villa. They'd get trapped and we'd be helpless as we couldnt help them escape and they'd just fry. it was horrible.
When i was on holiday in France, geckos would climb into the outdoor light that was on the wall of the villa. They'd get trapped and we'd be helpless as we couldnt help them escape and they'd just fry. it was horrible.
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Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
Posted:
Yeah we had cats that brought in rabbits, birds, mice, rats, and anything else mammalian, basically.
If it wasn't still alive and twitching, then there was a neat little pile of intestines on the stairs/under the kitchen table. I think it was the stomach, large intestine and small intestine. Maybe my cats were picky
Yeah we had cats that brought in rabbits, birds, mice, rats, and anything else mammalian, basically.
If it wasn't still alive and twitching, then there was a neat little pile of intestines on the stairs/under the kitchen table. I think it was the stomach, large intestine and small intestine. Maybe my cats were picky
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Pooh-Bah
1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
Pooh-Bah
1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
Posted:
Ahh... BJ... that's disgusting.
Written by: Brit_Joe
I saw my cat eat a mouse whole once, I was so proud of her she was like my child we were unseperable, it was fasinating watching her toy with it
Ahh... BJ... that's disgusting.
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Born on a green light daddy-o!!!
126 posts
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Born on a green light daddy-o!!!
126 posts
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Posted:
this thread is like a car accident it's so terrible but you can't help but look I'm like eeewwwww that's disgusting...keep reading....eeeewwww....yep still reading...so here's my mouse story...
we discovered mice had invaded my apt. I can't deal with the little bastards dead or alive, but I still couldn't do the mouse trap thing (just sooo gruesome) so my bf got these glue traps where they stick to them, so I thought I could detach them from the glue and set them free outside...yeah that didn't really work at all, instead at like 2am I hear eeehhh eehhhh eeehhh and the glue is so strong...eeeewwww I cringe now thinking of it, my bf just put it in a bag and put it in the trash outside, I know it's inhumane but I didn't know what else to do...so theres my lil mouse story...
this thread is like a car accident it's so terrible but you can't help but look
I'm like eeewwwww that's disgusting...keep reading....eeeewwww....yep still reading...so here's my mouse story...we discovered mice had invaded my apt. I can't deal with the little bastards dead or alive, but I still couldn't do the mouse trap thing (just sooo gruesome) so my bf got these glue traps where they stick to them, so I thought I could detach them from the glue and set them free outside...yeah that didn't really work at all, instead at like 2am I hear eeehhh eehhhh eeehhh and the glue is so strong...eeeewwww I cringe now thinking of it, my bf just put it in a bag and put it in the trash outside, I know it's inhumane but I didn't know what else to do...so theres my lil mouse story...
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
so you get a mouse that stuck like a mofo and you put it in a bin?? yeah, real nice.
so you get a mouse that stuck like a mofo and you put it in a bin?? yeah, real nice.
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Dirty Hippie
347 posts
Location: Norwich Norfolk, United Kingdom
Dirty Hippie
347 posts
Location: Norwich Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
one time a rat died under the floorboards in the livingroom, and coz there is a carpet n stuff, we just left it, but the only reason we knew it was there was coz of the smell.... errkkk! so rank. the smell kinda died away after about a month or so. or we just got used to it...
one time a rat died under the floorboards in the livingroom, and coz there is a carpet n stuff, we just left it, but the only reason we knew it was there was coz of the smell.... errkkk! so rank. the smell kinda died away after about a month or so. or we just got used to it...
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