Tell your MOUSE story here...

[Connie]

I got freaked out here this morn. I got up and let the dogs out. I go out through the kitchen door into the garage and then let them out the back garage door. We got out in the garage and Maddie and Libby ran right outside, but Faith was just standing there behind me. I looked to see if something was wrong and she was standing there looking at a dead mouse! OMGosh! I told her to get outside and then stood there horrified and knowing I was home alone and would have to dispose of the body. Eeeeeek! Where in the world did this dead mouse come from? Now I have the everlovin creeps about even going out in the garage. I called Patti and told her and she had a good mouse story, so I thought it would be fun to start a thread and hear some good stories.

My story is...probably 5 years ago or so, I went downstairs to get my clothes out of the dryer. They'd been there for a while, so I decided to put it on fluff mode for a while. When I turned on the dryer, I heard a scratching noise and didn't think much of it. I called my Mom and we were talking about this and that, and as we were talking, I went downstairs to get my clothes out of the dryer. I opened the dryer door and reached in and saw a mouse sitting there looking at me. It was like a delayed reaction...I thought, "a mouse," and then it hit me. I had a shirt halfway out of the dryer when I slammed the door shut. I had to wake up my hubby and that little mouse was so loopy from being on spin mode for 20 minutes, that all my hubby had to do was reach in (with a rubber glove on his hand) and pick him up. It took me a long time to get over the fear of taking clothes out of the dryer. I would carefully take one piece out at a time and hold my breath while doing so. The little critter had gotten in through our vent, which was stuck open for some reason and then chewed through the lint filter to find his way into the dryer.

Now let's hear your mouse story...this should be fun!

[BonBon]

I'll have to think for a bit on the mouse story, but now I'll never look at doing laundry the same!

[chattiesmom]

Connie, thank you for starting this thread. Your mouse stories were hilarious! Here's mine


This is the story of the mouse who cheated death - well for a short while anyway. I am terrified of rodents - mice and rats especially, but hamsters and gerbils are NOT cute either - they give me the creeps. My happy little home was invaded by a mouse so brazen that he/she ran across my kitchen splashboard IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. So I baited the trusty mouse trap and for three days the pesky varmit stole the bait and made his escape. So I did what any mouse fearing woman would do -- I bought a sticky trap. I HATE sticky traps, I think they are cruel and horrid, but this mouse missed his chance for a quick rather painless death. Skip forward to late late that night -- hubby out of town. Later that night I woke up from a deep sleep with something hitting the bed with a thud and a death curtling scream. Of course I screamed, smacked the place where hubby was supposed to be and flipped on the light. There was Killer the Cat, rubbing on the bed, screaming - with the sticky mouse trap, attached to her shoulder complete with a mouse.

If you've ever tried to dislodge a sticky trap from a terrified cat, you can understand my problem. Here I was in the middle of the night faced with removing the sticky trap from the cat while avoiding the mouse. The little mouse was deceased - from the looks in his beady little eyes he had a heart attack. It wasn't funny then, but I can laugh now.

[Cha Cha]

I am not too afraid of mice, unless of course they startle me, like in the DRYER!

Since we moved to town, we stabled our horses. I used go out there and spend hours upon hours moseying around and brushing on the horses and such. I started to notice one of our horses in particular had a buddy. A mouse. It would peep it's head out from a crack every so ofen and over time it got more and more comfortable about showing itself when I was there. I named him (it) Stuart Little, because he would come out, then rush to where he was going and be gone again. He was very much a dare devil. I even seen him munching on grain around the horse's feet. For a mouse, I thougth he had great personality as he'd pop his nose out and smell, and when all clear, he'd dart out. I could imagine at night when it was all quiet in the barn, and dark, he was munching on fallen grain while the horse was sleeping in the corner, and the cat on the hay. But I think they were best buds.

[J_is_my_initial]

When I was pregnant with my dtr back in 1986, we lived in an old trailer beside a big pig pen. Yes, I know that is yuck enough by itself. We were young and broke. Anyway, we had problems with mice. We had taken the door off the bathroom overnight due to some repairs and it was laying in the hallway. I had gotten up in the night and accidently stepped on the door and her a crunching sound. I lifted the door and there was a little mouse laying there. I screamed and hubby came running thinking something was wrong wiht the baby. He thought the mouse was dead and placed in the garbage so he could dispose of it in the morning. I was so upset, but not as much as i was the next morning when i got up first and the mouse was missing from the trash.

Years later in a different home I saw a small baby mouse sitting in our kitchen. It was so cute. I got it in a box and set it outside. It did not even try to run. I do not know what was wrong with it but felt sorry for it.

[Connie]

Originally Posted by chattiesmom

Connie, thank you for starting this thread. Your mouse stories were hilarious! Here's mine


This is the story of the mouse who cheated death - well for a short while anyway. I am terrified of rodents - mice and rats especially, but hamsters and gerbils are NOT cute either - they give me the creeps. My happy little home was invaded by a mouse so brazen that he/she ran across my kitchen splashboard IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. So I baited the trusty mouse trap and for three days the pesky varmit stole the bait and made his escape. So I did what any mouse fearing woman would do -- I bought a sticky trap. I HATE sticky traps, I think they are cruel and horrid, but this mouse missed his chance for a quick rather painless death. Skip forward to late late that night -- hubby out of town. Later that night I woke up from a deep sleep with something hitting the bed with a thud and a death curtling scream. Of course I screamed, smacked the place where hubby was supposed to be and flipped on the light. There was Killer the Cat, rubbing on the bed, screaming - with the sticky mouse trap, attached to her shoulder complete with a mouse.

If you've ever tried to dislodge a sticky trap from a terrified cat, you can understand my problem. Here I was in the middle of the night faced with removing the sticky trap from the cat while avoiding the mouse. The little mouse was deceased - from the looks in his beady little eyes he had a heart attack. It wasn't funny then, but I can laugh now.

OMGosh, Cindy! That is sooooo freaky! Why do hubby's have to always be out of town at times like this! LOL What a fiasco to wake up to! How did you get the sticky stuff off your cat's coat?

[Connie]

Originally Posted by J_is_my_initial

When I was pregnant with my dtr back in 1986, we lived in an old trailer beside a big pig pen. Yes, I know that is yuck enough by itself. We were young and broke. Anyway, we had problems with mice. We had taken the door off the bathroom overnight due to some repairs and it was laying in the hallway. I had gotten up in the night and accidently stepped on the door and her a crunching sound. I lifted the door and there was a little mouse laying there. I screamed and hubby came running thinking something was wrong wiht the baby. He thought the mouse was dead and placed in the garbage so he could dispose of it in the morning. I was so upset, but not as much as i was the next morning when i got up first and the mouse was missing from the trash.

Years later in a different home I saw a small baby mouse sitting in our kitchen. It was so cute. I got it in a box and set it outside. It did not even try to run. I do not know what was wrong with it but felt sorry for it.

Yikes...did you ever see the missing mouse again? That would have creeped me out for sure!

[Roccosmommy]

Funny story that my kids still tease me about...
My son was 2 and my daughter was 6 and we were playing in the backyard in the fall. I wanted to rake and let them play in leaves, so I pulled a tarp off the wood pile. As I was squatting down, I looked up and I was FACE TO FACE, about 10" away, from a little brown mouse staring at me. I panicked, screamed my fool head off and yelled to the kids "ACKKK! Mouse, get in house! Mouse, get in house!" as I scooted them into the house. I honestly don't know what I thought that little mouse was going to do to us, but I was freaking out like a fool (think E.T. running in the house with hands over his head when he saw Elliott !). My kids, INCLUDING MY 2 1/2 year old, had fun mimicking me and telling the story repeatedly to everyone. The 2 year old would run and wave his arms over his head repeating "mouse in house, mouse in house..", and laughing hysterically. Silly mom.

[Connie]

Originally Posted by Roccosmommy

Funny story that my kids still tease me about...
My son was 2 and my daughter was 6 and we were playing in the backyard in the fall. I wanted to rake and let them play in leaves, so I pulled a tarp off the wood pile. As I was squatting down, I looked up and I was FACE TO FACE, about 10" away, from a little brown mouse staring at me. I panicked, screamed my fool head off and yelled to the kids "ACKKK! Mouse, get in house! Mouse, get in house!" as I scooted them into the house. I honestly don't know what I thought that little mouse was going to do to us, but I was freaking out like a fool (think E.T. running in the house with hands over his head when he saw Elliott !). My kids, INCLUDING MY 2 1/2 year old, had fun mimicking me and telling the story repeatedly to everyone. The 2 year old would run and wave his arms over his head repeating "mouse in house, mouse in house..", and laughing hysterically. Silly mom.

Hahaha...I was laughing my head off reading your story. I know I would have done the same as you! Crazy what a little mouse will do to people!

[J_is_my_initial]

Originally Posted by Connie

Yikes...did you ever see the missing mouse again? That would have creeped me out for sure!

Never saw it again. I was looking in every corner every time i entered a room.

[Roccosmommy]

Originally Posted by Connie

Hahaha...I was laughing my head off reading your story. I know I would have done the same as you! Crazy what a little mouse will do to people!

Funny thing is that little thing must have been absolutely petrified of ME! I can still see his little brown face with big round ears just staring at me - he really was cute, he just startled the HECK out of me.

[chattiesmom]

Originally Posted by Connie

OMGosh, Cindy! That is sooooo freaky! Why do hubby's have to always be out of town at times like this! LOL What a fiasco to wake up to! How did you get the sticky stuff off your cat's coat?

Connie, it was absolutely horrible. I am very much afraid of mice (go figure, I like snakes and spiders, but mice and roaches make me tremble ). So trying to cut the remove the sticky trap off Killer the Cat while avoiding the mouse was definately a challenge. I wound up cutting it out of Killer's fur. She looked like she had been in a bar room fight when I finished .

[Patti]

Years ago when my husband and I were renting a house, we had a mouse problem. The landlady sent an exterminator out and couldn't fine where they were coming in. One day I put bread in the toaster for my DH and pushed the lever down. All of a sudden I heard this horrible squeal and this black smoke came out of the toaster. We had toasted a mouse!! So gross. I called my Mom and told her what happened and that now I needed to get a new toaster. She says just go dump it out and clean it up it'll be fine. Really Gross! Needless to say I bought a new toaster. I hate mice.
Then another time, we lived in an apartment that backed up to a field and I decided to soak the oven racks overnight in the tub. When I got home from work the next day I went into the bathroom and there was a dead mouse in the bathtub. I freaked out and shut the bathroom door, called the apt manager to send a maintenance man over. I sat on a chair with my feet up until he showed up even though I knew it was dead. Yuck.
Let's hear more mouse stories.

[Kdgd14]

Mine isn't really funny or anything but my grandmother owns an AFC home (Adult Foster Care) And to always be there in case something happens she lives in the basement of her house, or her business. She had a fire escape that leads outside god forbid a fire starts. And there has been at least 4 mice in the little hole thing because they don't expect it. They run against the house and BAM there in the hole! Poor little guys never even see it coming. One actually got in between the screen and the window! They always got them out and put them back outside. I have a picture of the mouse between the screen but I'm on my laptop and I am wayyyy to lazy to go and find the picture on our desktop. I'm not afraid of rodents so it didn't freak me out when I saw it, but it defiantly surprised me!

[megansmomma]

So to set up this mouse tail I have to build a picture in your mind of my neighbors house. We live in a quiet little subdivision is a HUGE televangelist church behind us that sits along I80 interstate. On a typical Sunday morning about 1,500 cars coming to the church for each of their 2 morning services. Around 11:30 AM there are cars coming in for mass and leaving the earlier mass~it's a total zoo! The road leading into the church parking lot is right next my friend and neighbor's corner lot house.

Debbie is know as the "I Love Lucy" of our neighborhood and if something is going to happen it is going to happen to her. She's very friendly and would always wave to the church goers as they passed her cute house which is meticulously manicured. The 2 large oak trees had a couple of bird feeders hanging from them and they were always full of seeds. Got the picture?

A few years ago Debbie was out in her yard raking fall leaves on a Sunday morning. Church traffic is in full swing so it is backup up down the street as each car leaving is stopped for a stop sign. Her husband and son were up the roof making a gutter repair. All of a sudden~her husband and son hear screaming coming from the yard and horns honking! They look over to Debbie and she has taken off her sweatshirt and is RUNNING around the yard swinging it over her head and jumping up and down. Did I mention that she is 4' 11" and a DDD! The cars are honking wildly while getting an eye full of a crazy woman half naked flinging her arms in the air while running around. Her poor husband doesn't know WTH she is doing and thinks she has lost her mind running around without a top on for hundreds of strangers to see. Her teenage son is mortified!

Then just like it all began she stopped because the MOUSE THAT WAS STUCK IN HER BRA BETWEEN HER BOOB HAD FINALLY JUMPED DOWN AND RAN AWAY!

It has run up her sleeve when she was picking up a pile of leave and got stuck in her cleavage!