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You are being very brave dealing with all those mice Kandj. I am very impressed. I wouldn't want to do it.

Not seeing any birds around at the moment but the food is disappearing so they must be coming in to the garden. It's been so wet that they have probably all grown webbed feet.

Hope your neck heals very quickly Ann. Take care.

Ann, is it in an awkward place on your neck? Hopefully once it all heals up you will feel much more comfortable. No collars or high neck clothes ?

Yes Thomas is still getting Rabbits. Just a few minutes ago we saw him with one almost the same size as him . He has taken it as normal intot he big hedge. It must be like a bone yard in my hedge !!!!!.

Loved the name Kandahar LOL It is strange how the computer kicks up a completely different word to what you have typed .
Kandj If I lived near you I would bring Thomas for a little holiday :-D. He would definitely sort your Mice problem for you.

Hi Kandj (goodness knows how I got to that name for you yesterday). Yes less battered although still stiff and sore but dressing changed now and vaseline put on the wound as instructed and all looks well with it.

Ann, I hope that you are feeling less battered and are a little more comfortable today.

Jane, I really think we could do with Thomas here to get rid of all the mice....ughhhh.

I haven't plucked up the courage to go into the garage to check the traps I set yesterday afternoon, but I will need to go sometime soon.... wish me luck please!

Thanks Kandahar, it was yesterday, all went well but it leaves me feeling battered and the stitches are sore. Hopefully it will soon heal though.
Gosh 2 more hope you will soon reach the end.

Ann, I hope all went well for you today and that you will feel a little better soon.

Jane..... thanks for your support (and you too Ann)... 2 more dead mice in the
garage again today... 9 so far.. YUK!!! I AM FEELING ILL.... but needs must Ughhh

I have stopped using the ground feeder in the back garden and taken the seed feeders down from the trees....... sorry birds...... I'm not coping well with the mice and don't want to encourage the ones around here to stay!!!!!

Jane is he still hunting rabbits, even in the rain?

Kandahar, you are doing well, doing your share of decimating the rodent population.

Cold, windy and damp here most of today with a bright spell this afternoon.

Yesterday I had a basal cell carcinoma removed from the side/back of my neck. I had five stitches and it is sore and stiff so I have not been doing a lot today.

Kandj ,I do feel for you ,knowing how scared you are of mice. At least you are catching them which is a good thing. But not pleasant having to find them and then having to bag them up to dispose of. You will get them all in the end :-D :-D
You have plenty of traps now :-D :-D

Miserable night here with heavy drizzle. Thomas will turn up looking like a drowned Rat .Hopefully soon.I have a towel ready for the rub down :-D
Bit quiet on the bird front today.

2 more dead mice again today...... makes 7 in total. Slowly losing the will to live now!!!

We have had the same sort of day as you today Ann. One minute it is warm and dry and then next minute it is cold and heavy showers... strange weather for Summer.

Nothing in the garage traps today although one bait tray was empty (again). I am
thinking we have a clever/crafty mouse or even more than one? I have set up 4
traps now with peanut butter which Amazon gives good reviews about, we shall see what happens overnight..... will there be dead mice...... or empty traps???

When I was a very young girl my Dad found what he thought was a dead mouse in the trap and he dropped it into the old type metal dustbin. I had helped prepare vegetables and peel potatoes and took the bowl outside and lifted the dustbin lid to see the mouse running around inside the bin... that is why I have a phobia about mice even after all these years. Crazy even silly perhaps, but true!

Jane, you just reminded me that our feeders need filling.

Kandj, the mice can't hurt you once they are dead and you have done a good job of getting rid of them so well done.

Really odd weather here today, one minute brilliant sunshine, blue skies and warm, the next pouring with rain and cold. :-( :-(

Kandj you will soon be a proffesional at disposing of dead mice :-D. I do hope that you aren't going to be finding too many more now.

I saw the lovely little Woodpecker on the window feeder this morning. The Spotted one.I can never remember if it is the Greater or Lesser Spotted. It looked to me as though it might have been a young one. Other than that it is the same visitors and still as busy as ever. I have started adding lots of Sunflower Hearts in with the suet pellets so the food is lasting a lot longer and saving me lots of ££s :-D :-D

Another dead mouse in the garden trap which I put near to where I first saw one. This is now 5 dead mice in 3 days, and I haven't plucked up the courage to check inside the garage yet....... I am NOT LIKING this one little bit.

They have all been little mice so far, so where are Mum and Dad hiding???... HELP!!

Jane,bunny rabbits, spiders, creepy crawlies, ants don''t bother me BUT MICE.....YUK.

TWO MORE DEAD MICE.. I am a nervous wreck. Send Thomas here please!!!!
Traps set up in the garage again.... see what tomorrow brings.......... Ughhhhhhh

They are dead Kandj ,so no escaping from the bags in the bin LOL. Dead as Dodos :-D. Gone to Mouse Heaven. You are being very brave :-)
My Neighbour has asked where Thomas is as her garden is over run with bunnies . Lots of babies. I think he has been there as he has waddled in looking very full and walked straight passed his food bowls :-D :-D

Good luck Kandj, and hope they stay dead!! :-) :-)

HELP........ there were two dead mice in the traps that I set in the garage yesterday!!
It took me until the afternoon to pluck up the courage to check these out (I am a wuss).
Both traps had been activated and at first I thought that a leaf was near to one. I had a cane and lifted the first trap up in the air and it was a dead MOUSE...... Oh nooooooooo......Nightmare!!!

I asked hubby to come and help me but he is disabled and has poor balance/mobility. Between us we double bagged both mice and traps and then put these into a third bag..... all done with my eyes nearly closed, if that makes sense. I HATE MICE!!!!!
These were put into the dustbin and now I am not keen to use the dustbin in case
one of the mice has escaped?? it has happened to me before, hence my phobia!!

I have set two more traps in the same place and will have to be brave again tomorrow......... wish me luck!!

:-D I thought of you just now Kandj. OH is mending an old bench seat in the garden and planning to make an arbour over it. We were discussing sizes etc when out of the corner of my eye I saw something scuttle out from under the seat between his feet (I was standing in front of him). I was sure it was a mouse but it was the little robin. OH said he or she has been with him all afternoon. The other day he was standing on the back of one of the chairs on the patio peeping in through the lounge window, he seems very tame and I wonder if he has been hand reared.

I can hire Thomas out Kandj :-D. You would be mouse free very quickly :-D He spots them a mile off .
Crumbs Ann what a huge family you have. We are a very small one. It is just me OH ,our 2 ,my Sister and her OH and her 3 children and their children.

How is your thumb now Vera? Still bruised? Hopefully not so painful .

Ann, you certainly have a lot of relatives. It must be expensive for you at birthdays and Christmas time. We are blessed with a grandson and a granddaughter. love them lots!

I am still on a mission to get rid of the mouse I saw in the garden. Hubby tells me that there is no such thing as one mouse and I really do hope that he is wrong, but am guessing that he is probably right..HELP!!! Can I borrow Thomas please Jane??

Vera, I hope that your thumb is healing and a lot less painful for you now.