Or could they be voles?
I went into the garage this morning to collect something from the freezer and saw a little body disappearing behind the lawn mower. I knew they were in there because they’ve been nibbling at the rubbish sacks I usually store there. They seem to have a fetish for teabags. When I swept up the mess I could see a nice bed of hay under the lawnmower(dried grass which Rob didn’t clean out last time he mowed), just right for a little family looking for somewhere warm. The last time we had a mouse in the garage I nearly set fire to myself.
I’ve set a trap; it’s a tiny cage with a hook for cheese, this is attached to the door so when the mouse/vole goes in and takes the cheese the door slams shut. I can then pop them down to the marsh and release them, so that they can participate in the food chain. It doesn’t smell mousy in there so I hope it is voles…perhaps I’ll leave them if they are.
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We used to get wood mice coming into the kitchen in the winter. They're much nicer than house mice, and don't seem to have that same musky smell. But I still trapped them and released them outside again, because I don't like sharing my food with them. I await with interest a more positive identification of your rodent pals.
The rats that invaded a farmhouse I was staying in in Devon, though... now they were another matter. I chased them out with a stick. Big blighters they were.
When Jim and I took a cottage in the country for a while we had mice to share it with - unfortunately their favourite food was the grain that had been used to stuff his juggling balls!
Dru: I must write about the rat trap Rob brought home from the Tour st Nicolas. It was much too big.
Caroline: Olivier made juggling balls at primary school out of elastic bands and balloons - not very tasty. It's amazing what they are capable of eating.
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