GINA BARBERI
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mouse killer
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 @ 4:07PM
animal lover/ mouse killer
I am responsible for a death. Richie spotted a mouse under my desk, much to my shrieking dismay. I’m sure I lured him there in the first place with my drawers full of discarded Clif bars that my husband sends to work with me and also the Ding Dongs I’m hiding from my husband. I could not bring myself to sit at my desk knowing that icky little mouse feet might be scurrying across my own toes. I could get the plague! Or hantivirus! And everybody knows, where you see one mouse, there are many others lurking in the shadows. So I agreed to let Richie set a trap which promptly caught said mouse. The minute I saw him, his tiny little neck snapped in the trap, my heart sank. He was such a cute little thing-all furrry and whiskers and whatnot. I am an animal lover, always have been. I’ve even been one of those ‘activist’ animal lovers- getting involved in causes like Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Rallying X96 listeners to participate in Strut your Mutt, Dare to Wear Black Ball and countless Super Adoption events. I’ve even won an award for “Best Media Representative for Animals”...yet what trumps all of that is my stupid, girly fear of mice. I am a hypocrite. I am ashamed. My wussiness killed a mouse.
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- #1 Pezmotion
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- Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 @ 5:59PM
Sounds like he used an old-fashioned wire trap? For future infestations, there are more humane methods to capture and transport the mouse off-site.
- #2 simmonsmedia
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- Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 @ 9:20PM
Mmmm. Mousey. - Zack
- #3 mrsdoodlepunk
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- Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 @ 10:01PM
It’s okay, Gina. Meeses are cute and all but they don’t belong in the house (or office) I’m with pezmotion though, if you want to be more humane there are other types of mousetraps. Or I could lend you my dog who once chased a mouse down one of our air vents. We never saw him again nor have we seen any others. I think he was just a scout and reported hostile conditions.
- #4 rexywestminster
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- Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 @ 11:02AM
I know you were wondering where to release the
mouse if you had used a catch-and-release trap.
Get one of your manly interns to take it to
Liberty Park!
Ah Gina...the Godfather of the mouse world.
Er...Godmother?
- #5 Portia
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- Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 @ 10:02PM
Hi cutie. I’m there with ya. When I left X96 in 1998 to move to Arizona with my bf at the time, there in the desert he’d freak out at spiders. He would say, in his wussiness, “Kill it!” and I felt like I was pretty manly to step on a few buggers. Now mice is a different, bigger, perhaps more emotional animal, but after squshing a few teeny spiders, even I felt bad and after that I’d just scoop them up in a jar and let them outside. Don’t feel bad, pumpkin. I do agree with the previous commenter to get a cage just to trap the bugger and release him in the canyons, or Arties back yard for his cats to chase.
Love you!
Portia
- #6 leslie anne levine
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- Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 @ 11:35PM
Coincidentally, I’ve also been dealing with a mouse and mouse-proofing my apartment in OCD fashion. This has been going on at the same time as your little mouse issue, and as sad as it sounds, I’ve found the RFH crew chatting about the mice to be comforting. They also creep me the hell out (mice). They’re just so fast and with that tail! Agh!
I killed the mouse. And yeah, it’s sad. I primarily blame Disney.
Under my kitchen sink (where the bastard came in by proof of a few droppings) steel wool is in every crevice...along with dial soap. Though, I don’t think I’m crazy enough to splash my urine under my sink.
- #7 Lunchbox Lady
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- Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 @ 3:10PM
AWE!!!
It happens to the best of us.
You’re forgiven....
tell Richi though, next time to get a better trap. Then you won’t feel so bad!!
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