Yes, it snowed yesterday. I couldn’t believe it. It snowed in the morning for a bit and then again in the afternoon. It always seems to snow during Girlfriend’s group violin lesson. So, the flakes are whirling around beckoning to the kids while they have to stay in and play endless versions of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” Of course, the snow stopped as soon as the lesson was over. Then it hailed like crazy last night. Not a lot stuck though, so today’s drive to school was just a little icy. No snow day. Sigh.
On the mouse-bat front, we got a humane trap yesterday. DH set it up and put a piece of cereal as bait. The mouse is supposed to go in and up a little ramp that then flicks up when it jumps to the back of the trap to get the bait, closing the exit. The mouse-bat was too smart or just didn’t like the cereal. So, we will use some almond butter tomorrow. Or, if it’s a vampire mouse-bat, I guess we could use a drop or two of blood?
Mouse-bat can probably read the packets of cereal and know it is cheapo-cereal intended for mouse-bats only. We tried peanut butter with our field mouse and it only accepted relocation after we offered organic, fair trade, expensive peanut butter. Oh yeah, mouse-bats can read and mouse-bats are onto your tricks. It will be easier, cheaper etc for you humans to pack up and to move…. I wonder what the mouse-bat is posting on mouse-bats blog about you humans (“these crazy humans are trying to force me out of my cozy new home by throwing substandard cereal at me, pah, I’m not leaving, in fact I am calling on all local mouse-bats to come and help me”).
You cannot fool mouse-bat with cereal! Mouse-bat knows all! Mouse-bat demands champagne and imported Belgian chocolate, followed by relocation to swanky downtown mouse hole.