<p>Analysis of DNA in the saliva traces left on the mousetraps indicated that the traps have been licked clean by the same mouse :)</p>
<p>I once caught a mouse in my kitchen island drawer with my own hand (wrapped in a plastic grocery bag)!</p>
<p>I once outsmarted a skunk but it took me 48 hours to do it. He (or she?) came into our mudroom and camped out behind the couch. I left both doors open thinking the hint would be enough. The next day I went into the room and made loud noises but that did not make an impression. </p>
<p>When my wife mentioned she would pay someone to come and get the skunk removed, I decided to get serious. I checked the fridge and found an old piece of steak that should have been thrown out already. I tied a string around it and walked out into the mudroom with it. Once I saw the critter eyeing me and the treat, I tossed the steak onto the floor by the couch. I pulled on the string while the skunk began inching closer to the bait. Suddenly it grabbed hold of the steak and tried to wrestle it away from me. Carefully I backed up into the kitchen and swung the skunk and his steak towards the back door. I dropped the string and closed the door and looked out the window to watch my guest heading into the woods with itâs supper. It never came back.</p>
<p>BunsenBurner, I would have moved and left the mouse the keys.</p>
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<p>Your cat would commiserate with you. Nobody wanted to see the mouse that it caught either.</p>
<p>our pest control service caught one of the attic squirrels in a trap set on the roof near their entry pointâŠthe squirrel fought so much in the trap on the pitched roof it fell to the ground, a raccoon decided it wanted the bait in the trap (and the squirrel) for dinner - dd was home on winter break and when she heard the raccoon dragging the trap up the driveway to the backyard she went out with a broom to do battle. (after all - it was OUR squirrel, not the raccoonâsâŠ?) </p>
<p>the guy from the pest control service said he couldnât wait to share this story - the poor dead squirrel had no tail, no feet âŠ</p>
<p>in retaliation for not getting the squirrel, the raccoon has made a royal mess of my yard.</p>
<p>TIME FOR WAR!</p>
<p>so: guess I am bragging about my dd fighting off a murderous raccoon.</p>
<p>Raccoons eat squirrels!!!</p>
<p>Iâm feeling woozy in a not-good way from the raccoon story.</p>
<p>notrichenough,
We clearly have gifted mice! :D</p>
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If I had a cat, I wouldnât be bragging about my mice! 
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<p>Traps are set, weâll see if any more varmints are crawling around my house.</p>
<p>Our mice can lick peanut butter off a spring trap and remove any piece of food in the middle of a glue trap. I think we finally got them with Decon though. They can also get out of those humane traps where you just catch and release them.</p>
<p>omg, I came hear to brag about a yoga poseâŠbut reading all these stories about poor dismembered squirrels and monster carnivore raccoons, Iâll just come back later.</p>
<p>Yoga pose? Brag away! I can do a headstand, but thatâs pretty much it when it comes to my yoga skills.</p>
<p>Speaking of raccoons⊠I once defended a tree full of Rainier cherries from a raccoon who just did not want to leave it. I had to toss rocks, sticks, old rebar and whatnot at him until he decided to move and fell into the neighborâs yard to the delight of the neighborâs dogs. 
Those were MY cherries!</p>
<p>Ok then, I can do the kukkutasana pose (rooster pose) and stay there for 5 minutes, and I can do a fine one legged king pigeon and getting up into a bird of paradise from the sitting position.</p>
<p>I canât stand on my head yet though, scared to break my neckâŠweak neck.</p>
<p>GeeshâŠpoor raccoonâŠcouldnât you have just offered a bowl of cherries and be done with it?</p>
<p>Bonnie Raitt once dedicated âAngel From Montgomeryâ to âthose girls from Penn State.â We had left a big floppy straw hat for her backstage and she came out wearing it.</p>
<p>Iâm sending my invoice for my second paid consultancy this week, and I applied for another job and am applying for another one now. 
Plus I finished my taxes, the FAFSA, am studying for the GRE, and my kids have been in bed all time all week, all while my husband is deployed. I freaking rock the Casbah, people. AND my sink is bleached.</p>
<p>I think staying off Facebook is going to have to be a permanent thing. :P</p>
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<p>AhâŠbut you are HERE instead!!!</p>
<p>would a squirrel with cherries be âSquirrels Jubileeâ?</p>
<p>HA!</p>
<p>Snagged another one last night.</p>
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<p>Iâm really good at savasana. I could probably hold that pose for hours :)</p>
<p>*'m really good at savasana. I could probably hold that pose for hours *</p>
<p>Iâm there with you.</p>
<p>I donât do headstands.</p>