Monday, July 13, 2009

Why I married a pest control boy...

For the past few weeks I had seen some weird black things on the garage stairs but didn't really pay much attention to them. I pointed them out to Rod one day and he noticed there was a hole in the side of the top stair and figured they were mouse droppings. Ok...just a few mice - no biggie. WRONG! I really wish I had taken pics of our repeated attempts to catch them! DO NOT use the white sticky pads - they are completely ineffective! Every morning they were moved, chewed, or were covered with hair b/c the mouse had gotten stuck but always managed to get away! I swear we had mighty mouse living under our stairs!
Anyways, I wasn't too bothered b/c I knew they were in the garage and atleast they weren't in my apartment! That is ofcourse until one Sunday I was cleaning up after dinner and turned around and saw something scurry across the floor and underneath the kickboard of one of our cupboards. OH HECK NO! Rod immediately set up snap traps loaded with peanut butter...one inside and one in the garage. Next morning we woke up and found the mice had helped themselves to our PB and the snap traps didn't' SNAP!!!! UGH!!
That's when we decided we had to bust out the big guns...The Catchmaster 48R's. Complete with peanut butter and just for fun...a half-bitten mini Snickers bar. (Rod's idea)


Finally - SUCCESS!!! Yes, they are babies and I felt bad ok?


We have set these 4 times...and have caught a total of 7 mice!!!!! Usually in pairs which we thought was weird?! Rod did make a good point...he said, "You'd think they'd be able to communicate with eachother a little better or atleast give eachother some warning to stay away!!" HAHA!

We think we've caught all of them - who knows. Unfortunately we have some pretty unkempt neighbors downstairs that I'm blaming for the problem so we'll see!



So today was a FIRST for the Mondays!!! That's right...a snake decided to pay it's favorite pest control office a lil' visit. The office complex we are in has some wooded areas so it's not surprising but I've never seen a snake in this type of setting before!
Sorry Carrie - I'm about to one-up your snake story...


This bad boy was atleast 4.5 feet long - CREEPY lookin' huh?!

Rod decided to be brave and touch it...no one was expecting that thing whip around as fast as it did! So after he almost got his hand bitten off, I decided to Google it and found out it's a Black Rat Snake - not poisonous (good thing I checked that first right?) and emits a foul smelling odor when threatened. Lovely.

If you can't stomach watching some real life road kill - do not play the video below. Infact, after videoing this I had to go inside and sit down b/c I really thought I was gonna lose it. DISGUSTING! Please excuse the ANNOYING commentary - I was needless to say a little anxious to get this thing taken care of...

FYI - Bulwark DOES NOT condone this type of "treatment". We don't even treat for snakes so this was strictly...experimental!?!!?

VIDEO HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR THE TIME BEING -SORRY!

What? Did you think I married a Bug Boy for his money?!?!?! :~)

12 comments:

Izabella said...

We used to have a couple of mice at my old job. They are cute, but it's amazing how much damage they can do, not to mention how fast they reproduce. That's some super mouse trap there.

Unknown said...

Oh my gosh! 7 mice? That is insane! Do they die on that thing or just get caught?

Ty and Marla Stevens said...

SICK SICK SICK I HATE SNAKES! Ok (HATE) is an understatement. I go in to shock and hypervenilate if I am in the same room with them. some one brought one to work one time... lets just say cold rag and someone had to come get me cause I could NOT drive home! So, sorry I could not watch your little movie I am sure it is great HAHA!

Kristin said...

Jazz did you have to post the poor dead mice?
Byron was all too excited to tell me about the snake when he got home. All I had to say it ya'll are psycho. What kind of crack was Rod smokin' going after that snake--when he didn't know what it was????

Carrie said...

OK I dont even know where to begin.......

First of all, if this post gets tipped off to PETA, your basically screwed.

2, your snake 110% Trumps my snake!! That thing was the sickest ever!! omg almost threw up.

C, Must say I was a little disapointed that Rodney had to use a car to manhandle that thing! I wanted him to go all crocdile dundee on that!!

Either way RIP little animals. Cant say they didnt deserve it....they did cross the path of the meanest pest control man east of the mississippi!! (haha that sounds like a vilian from a disney movie!)

LOngest comment ever!! Love you!!xoxox

C-E-L-I-N-E said...

Oh, Jasmine, we all know how much you just loove mice and snakes... Haha ;)

Elisha Wiggins said...

Wow! You have had some exciting animal adventures recently! So glad to hear that you got it all taken care of. BTW, did you know that the Suwanee Sonic is closed right now until July 20th b'c of fire damage?!?! I was seriously disappointed when I pulled in there yesterday.

Brittney said...

Oh those little mice take me back to my childhood days. In the winter we always had mice because we lived right by the river and they would try to find shelter during the cold winter months. Consequently, I am TERRIFIED of mice!!! Just looking at your pictures makes me ill.

I'm glad the hubby could put his skills to good use. Matt had to do that plenty back in his p/c days as well.

Anais and Chad said...

You should have taken the snake home, turned it into a pet snake, and let it devour the mice that think they can occupy the same living space as humans. What were they thinking?! I don't feel bad for those mice at all. But, I don't know how you could even sleep at night after that. Come to Arizona, we don't have any snakes here. Especially not poisonous ones with rattles or anything.

Unknown said...

That is really freaky Jasi.I loved the snake up at camp,b/c it was really calm and small.It IS sad it had to die,you could've called animal control.It is harmless!I am glad ur comin' back soon Jazz and Rod.I can't wait.PLUS Rod,I want to challenge you to a Wii showdown.Mwhuahhahahaha!!!

Tatiana said...

eww I hate mice! They are so gross. and snakes...I would die if one was the close to my house. What would you do without your hubby!

Natalie said...

Hey Jaz! Just heard you are comimg down. So excited.