Got it!

Update on the pest wars.

1. It has been expanded from mice wars to being more inclusive. We have reason to believe that the mysterious little red itchy welts that occassionally show up on our bodies are the result of fleas. I killed two nights ago. I have reason to believe that they might be an associated problem. Once the mice are gone and that central transportation body dissolved, we will have taken care of the fleas.

3. We have determined that the mice in our neighborhood are smart. They can recognize the traditional snap traps and will ignore any bait we put on it (see earlier post for details of the various baits). They will even run all around the trap (as evidenced by the trail of poop that goes all around the trap) just to taunt us.

4. We tried the live catch trap, thinking that a new contraption would confuse them but they just ignored it.

5. We recently met with some success by using this different looking snap trap (seen on the left)- my faith in peanut butter is renewed. We killed on two days ago and one last night. The great thing is that these traps are reusable. Ahh, success is so sweet, especially when J is willing to clean up the dead bodies.

6. We scheduled to cat sit a pair of kitties for a local friends but are hopeful that these new traps will take care of business. Just in case, I've started taking allergy meds.