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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/28/2007 12:38:15 PM

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Thanks for sharing that Keira lol. Ew. I found the coolest mouse skeleton last year, sticky is icky but bones are neat.

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/28/2007 12:46:34 PM

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*smiles* Glad to share. Lol Thankfully this one appeared to be meatless, but still had fur. The worst part was I had to keep going. I was afraid it might have had some buddies still hanging around.

Someone I know wanted me to go back under there and get the skull for him, (probably wanted to strap it to the front of his Harley or something. I was going to, but thought better of it.

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/28/2007 12:48:59 PM

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/28/2007 1:21:52 PM

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A rat wouldn't be bad.
Two years ago a Copperhead got into my neighbor's back screened-in porch.
You don't want those things in the house!
They don't make good pets!

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/28/2007 3:54:15 PM

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If you smell an aroma like dog poo, and if you look around and can't find it, then your problem is an oppossum. I found one in my house a couple weeks ago. A live one. I knew it was alive because it was running through the house and avoiding me.

I opened the front door to let it out but my two dogs - a border collie and jack russell / boxer mix - tried to escape. The border collie is about a thousand years old, and kinda lame in one leg but the jack boxer is very excitable, supple, and fast. This was a problem. So there I was, blocking the door with my body, trying to scoop the possum out without getting bit and having to keep these dogs from terrorizing the neighborhood after dark.

Well. The possum doesn't go out, has no inclination of doing such a thing, but three of my cats come in. One of them sees the possum and jumps straight in the air, lands on the couch and pees on it. Her eyes were open wide enough for me to worry about having to take her to the vet to pop them back in.

The other two cats think it might be a good idea to greet our new guest. They walk to it, and bump against it. The possum hisses at them and falls over "dead".

I am still blocking the door, flabbergasted. The dogs are still trying to get out. I have my daughter's bookbag in my left hand, trying to scooch the thing out of my house, and now I smell cat pee on the couch. I have choices to make.

I slam the door. The possum shudders. The cats run. The dogs get under my feet and I step all over them trying to figure out what to do. The dogs are yapping and squealing because they are excited, and quite frankly, because I am much bigger than they are and I am waltzing all over their feet.

The possum gets up on its stubby little legs and it starts to run again.

In all my intelligence - because, you know, I am so f'n smart - I grab its tail so that it can't get under the pee couch or one of the chairs to avoid me. I'd rather not fish under the furniture to try to grab something that could bite my arm off.

So, ok. Grabbing its tail wasn't exactly smart. It gave the dogs the opportunity to catch up to it. One of my dogs sort of rolls the thing around in his mouth and gets it all gooey. The possum, reaching the end of its rope (meaning that it reaches the end of the length of its tail that I have firmly in my grip) turns around and hisses at me and falls over "dead" again.

The pee cat comes over to join the fray, sniffs the possum, and starts scratching the floor around it. I assume this is because it smells like poo.

Fortunately for me, my children do not listen to me when I lecture them about leaving their towels laying around. Right there, one giant step away, is an old towel. I lunge for it and scoop up the possum and get it out the door before the dogs can escape and before it has the presence of mind to chew my arm off.

So, Camille, this is what was moving my animal food around.

Keep an old towel handy.

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/28/2007 4:05:17 PM

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You could try laying a layer of talcum powder to see if you get the footprints, it might give you an idea of what you have. You'd also know the direction the thing is moving in.

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/28/2007 5:22:27 PM

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Hahahaha omg batshalom that was funny!

Great visual of the poor lil opossum tipping over and playing dead

I hope I don't get anything that big wandering around the house but if it happens I have a lot of towels I can leave around the house. Plus that gives chia more skin less towel to peep.

MissMagnolia I read your mind. (oh my the things in your mind!) I sprinkled a bunch of baking soda in 'stragetic' places.

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/28/2007 5:34:46 PM

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Okay. Help. I have a weird situation going on in my house.

I had a basket of clean laundry sitting on my lazyboy chair for quite awhile and I decided it was time to put the stuff away. When I lifted the laundry basket up I found about 2 measuring cups worth of dry cat food!! There is no way BarneyCat or Mickey the Wonderdog did it, not enough room in the chair cuz the basket was really wedged in.

So I cleaned up that weirdness, taking care to look for any mousie poop (there was none, just the dry cat food). I took the laundry basket to my bedroom (stage two of putting laundry away, it sits for about a week lol) and today decided to fold it all.

Um. Um. Dry dog food this time. About 3 cups worth. All layered between the clothes n sheets. But no mousie poop!! No half eaten or nibbled kibble!! All the bits were uneaten. It all looks like some kinda freaky squirrel stash.

Anyone have an idea of what has moved into my house? There is absolutely no sign except for the dry cat and dog food hiding...I'm a wee bit creeped out. I set mousie traps and bait but nothing so far.

Well, my cats have learned to speak French and order take out....so I'd say anything could happen.

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/28/2007 6:32:22 PM

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Be very careful of possums they are a major source of rabies bites.

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/28/2007 8:56:47 PM

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popeye, I had a cat named 'Bubba' too. (his real name was Harvey.) it sounds like your Bubba is alot like mine was. lol

Do you have any sneaky neighborhood kids, Camille?

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/28/2007 9:15:25 PM

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He's a big 15 pound Tabby Tomcat.
By the time I get a can of tuna fish opened he's already at my feet for his share!
He'd eat the whole can if I let him.
He sees food and it's GONE!

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/28/2007 9:17:40 PM

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Know your intruders
• Raccoons frequently raid trash cans and steal pet food, and often choose to live in the attic or chimney of a home.
• Squirrels, which also love to nest in an attic, will chew on wood or electrical wires
• Opossums prefer to den in woodpiles or the woodshed. They will root through your garbage, and may even steal your pet’s food or live under your porch.
• Rodents, such as the Norway rat, roof rat and house mouse, contaminate food and live in the walls or attic of a home, gnawing on wires or wood.
• Bats, which are found throughout Texas, eat a lot of insects, but their greasy droppings will damage your home if you have an infestation.
• Armadillos inflict damage through their sharp claws that dig burrows and for food, such as grubs, in gardens.

An ounce of prevention
• Keep pet food and water dishes indoors, especially at night.
• Pick up fruit or nuts that have dropped to the ground from your trees.
• Use metal or durable plastic trash containers, and secure the lids with elastic cords.
• Move bird feeders away from the house. Do not allow spillage to accumulate.
• Trim all tree branches away from your house to limit access for climbing wildlife.
• Install a 3-foot-wide band of sheet metal around the trunks of trees that overhang your house. Bands should be 6 feet above the ground.
• Install a commercially available chimney cap, and repair broken or weak areas of your roof.
• Remove piles of brush, old appliances and junk from your property. Initiate a community clean-up project to remove brush, tall grass and rubbish from vacant lots in the neighborhood.
• Don’t put any meat in your compost pile. If you can, cover the heap with a heavy lid so it will be hard for enterprising creatures to move.
• Stack firewood on a frame that’s at least 2 feet above the ground.
• Search for any holes or cracks in the home’s foundation or roof. If you find any holes or cracks, caulk or patch them closed. Cover any vents with heavy-duty screening material.
• Look behind major appliances in the kitchen, laundry room and anywhere that pipes enter your house. Spaces around these pipes are common entry points for animals.
• Clog the holes. If there is no sign of an animal, caulk small holes, staple hardware cloth over larger holes or make a permanent repair. Fill holes around pipes with copper wire mesh and use expanding foam on cracks and along leaky windows and doors

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/30/2007 5:50:53 AM

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Sad update on the unknown pet food pilferer *sad sigh*. It ate a box of bait and died behind my fireplace.. where I can't get to it lol.
How do I know?
Welllllllllll there is the delightful fragrance of 'dead thing' wafting through my house.

Hopefully the next couple of fires will fry the critter and eliminate the funky odor. I feel kinda bad that it's dead.

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/30/2007 7:22:19 AM

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Ack, ack, cough, goodbye cruel world.

But before I go, I love the way you did

your hair this morning, and a big thank you

for lingering just a little longer without a towel.

Ack, ack, cough, I see a tunnel, I see a light.

Wait, it's just the chimney and the morning sun,

and that smell, I apologize, gas, my bad, perhaps

you could change the brand of cat food? In the

meantime, I'll be hording towels, have a great day!

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/30/2007 7:27:22 AM

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Aww now I'm even sadder *sob sob, sniffle then hiccup*. If it had been a cute furry one like you, I wouldn't have poisoned it. Ack I'm a killer, a poisoner, a taker of life!

I sure hope the smell goes away fast fast.

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/30/2007 7:36:55 AM

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Everything will be fine, I've taken the children to their grandparents nest
under the stove and will simply tell them mommies gone on a long trip.

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/30/2007 7:50:28 AM

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Most likly you've just gone scitso and are doing some really weird shit during your blackout periods.

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RE: Eeeet's ALIVE and in my house! - 10/30/2007 7:54:41 AM

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Thank you sweet Chia for moving the rest out of harms way. It is very very safe under the stove because I haven't really cooked in ages. I may cook on thanksgiving so please be ready to evacuate if you smell roasting turkey!

Pssst joanus,
Erm I don't have blackouts. I do however struggle with fibro fog and lupus lunacy lol, but no blackouts.

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