Last month, as people demolished and cleaned-up the garden in front of our house , a family of mice entered to our house.We had struggled a lot to send them all out except one.
That mischievous creature is well settled and enjoying the life in all the room. We see them running from kitchen to bedroom and to the bathroom. So far it has spoiled couple of books too. We need to catch him before he starts to spoil our dresses and bedsheets in cupboards as the wooden cupboard has a gap and today the moment I opened the door, he/she jumped out of it and ran away in a fraction of second.
We tried the capturing device using a piece of coconut to catch him red headed.
Next day we saw coconut was not there, but the culprit had escaped. Uhh.. it looks the mice is saying "catch me if you can..."
Now the fellow is staying in our house, eating our food and having a comfortable stay for more than a month, but not bothered to pay us rent.
From the way it appears, looks like moonjuru eli , which is a vahanam of Lord Ganesha. People are telling this creature visiting home is good and we are not supposed to kill it. Visiting is okay, but he is visiting outside and staying in our house. We are not completely sure if it is moonjuru eli. Also to our bad luck, if it makes one of shelf as labor ward, we will soon have a family of mice in our home. It once happened in my native ten years back. A rat used my old notebooks as bed and gave birth to half dozen ones.
Already we have lot of tasks in the to-do list, but this one has taken high priority now.
We cannot send him out and be relaxed unless the bathroom wooden door hole is sealed. It will come back how many times we send him out.
Our goal is to catch him. Lets see how long it's going to take..
Picture Courtesy: Google images.
--Dhanesh Amma
That mischievous creature is well settled and enjoying the life in all the room. We see them running from kitchen to bedroom and to the bathroom. So far it has spoiled couple of books too. We need to catch him before he starts to spoil our dresses and bedsheets in cupboards as the wooden cupboard has a gap and today the moment I opened the door, he/she jumped out of it and ran away in a fraction of second.
We tried the capturing device using a piece of coconut to catch him red headed.
Next day we saw coconut was not there, but the culprit had escaped. Uhh.. it looks the mice is saying "catch me if you can..."
Now the fellow is staying in our house, eating our food and having a comfortable stay for more than a month, but not bothered to pay us rent.
From the way it appears, looks like moonjuru eli , which is a vahanam of Lord Ganesha. People are telling this creature visiting home is good and we are not supposed to kill it. Visiting is okay, but he is visiting outside and staying in our house. We are not completely sure if it is moonjuru eli. Also to our bad luck, if it makes one of shelf as labor ward, we will soon have a family of mice in our home. It once happened in my native ten years back. A rat used my old notebooks as bed and gave birth to half dozen ones.
Already we have lot of tasks in the to-do list, but this one has taken high priority now.
We cannot send him out and be relaxed unless the bathroom wooden door hole is sealed. It will come back how many times we send him out.
Our goal is to catch him. Lets see how long it's going to take..
Picture Courtesy: Google images.
--Dhanesh Amma
why dont you accpt him as a family member?
ReplyDeleteI don't need pets. be it a cat or rat.
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