I'm still battling the dreaded invisible chiggers and the welts and infernal itching they inflict, and now comes a new pest or horde of pests..........mice. The past three nights we have heard their activity on our roof, in our air conditioning units and then realized by their little black droppings in places they have no right to be, that they had invaded our stove top, our oven and run pell mell across our counters and sink area. The little varmints haven't compromised our food supplies, but the question remains; how did they get in and more importantly how do we get rid of him or them?
Like fighting chiggers, there are a lot of home remedies, never-fail options and opinions galore. We have placed drier sheets in every cabinet, spread d-con near potential entry points, put out sticky traps one of which Karen stepped on and had a horrible time extricating her shoe from. Thankfully she didn't step on it barefoot or we might have had to make a "kidney stone-type" run to the emergency room. The battle is on and we will see who comes out on top. We didn't have a mouse problem last year here In Arkansas, but that may be because Hugh and LaVon and Earl were feeding the feral cats, who may have repaid the favor by controlling the mouse population. The volunteers, as well as the cats have not returned and with the wetter weather the mice may be more plentiful. We will keep searching the Internet, look for tiny holes to plug with steel wool and seek out locals who have faced this problem, and in the end..........we will overcome.
Another question to put on the list of things we will have to ask when we get There.......God, what were you thinking when you created........THAT?
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