Okay, I have had enough. I think a family of mice have moved into our fireplace and they refuse to leave. We have caought SEVERAL..but it is neverending. Who do I call? General pest control? I am getting ready to start charging them rent!!
Is the fireplace a wood burning fire place? If so, put the wood on and set a hot fire. If the mice are in the fireplace or chimney it will kill them. It will smell like burning mice for awhile but it will get rid of the mice. It works, I have done it a couple of times. If not a wood burning gireplace then call the exterminator.
You could always get a cat or two. Or like in my house (had feeding time last night) get a snake or four like I have. Craig
It's Mrs. Frisby in the book, but it's Mrs. Brisby in the movie. They changed the name for the movie to prevent legal problems with the Wham-O company who makes the Frisbee flying disk.
I agree, get a cat or 2. They will keep them out of the house but they will bring them to you on the front porch. :shock:
The only reference to Frisby is in the credits where it says "Based on the book 'Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM'"
I love that movie... and I would always cry when she was feeding the sick little baby soup. Note to self... rent Secret of NIHM for kiddo to watch.
Bar-B-Que anyone? Yum. Take heart, Mama. When I lived in the mountains, mice would crawl up into my car's heater fan, and when the fan came on, well, you know, chop, chop. Then I would have that dead-moused-up air blowing into my car. But that wasn't nearly as bad as the rotten watermelon smell I got in there one summer, what with the sun beating down on the hatchback, cooking the rot into the carpet. Mmmm, Mmmm. Things could be worse...
Sorry, Clif, can't resist: It's NIMH, not NIHM. Stands for National Institutes of Mental Health. They were bad guys in the story because they experimented (enslaved, tortured and killed, presumably) the poor dear rodents.
I keep learning something new about this book everytime one of ya'll post. LOL (hey, it was in 4th grade I read it, gimme a break! lol)
At this point I would settle for throwing the book AT them!! :lol: Seriously, they have gotten extremely intelligent (and brave) they will come out when you are around and just HOP right over the glue traps!
