Vagabond 1013 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Note for the pedantic. The italicise option is not available for topic titles Norma's seedlings in the greenhouse have been nibbled ! Kill ! Kill ! Kill !!!! Well, ...er set the "humane"*** mousetrap, baited with birdseed. Mousetrap set Saturday. Sunday morning yielded a woodmouse which was released half a mile away in a wood the other side of the ghyll. Trap cleaned and reset Monday morning - another woodmouse. Some discussion as to whether it was the same one. Releasedi it 1.7 miles away. Cleaned and reset trap Tuesday morning a third woodmouse - released at same point as the Monday mouse Wednesday morn... fourth woodmouse - This one driven to Norma's favourite birdwatching site 3 miles away Thursday morn fifth woodmouse, again driven to site three miles away. Now is there an infinite queue of woodmice waiting to get into the birdseed-baited trap ? Or is it the same woodmouse each morning with prodigious speed and homing instinct ? Or have we the first known case of reincarnation in mice ? **** Although we see no reason to kill the mice trapped, trree-huggers in general should be under no illusions - if any of the mice were females (I didn't look) and have a nest somewhere, the youngsters will starve.... "humane" ?? RNLI Governor World species 471 : UK species 105 : English species 95 . Certhia's world species - 215 Eclectic "husband and wife combined" world species 501 "Nothing matters very much, few things matter at all" - Plato ...only things like fresh bait and cold beer... Link to post Share on other sites
ayjay 476 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Now is there an infinite queue of woodmice waiting to get into the birdseed-baited trap ? This is closest for me, but only almost infinite. There's a pond I fish near me and there are woodmice there. I'm sat watching a margin floater out for Carp one day and happened to glance down to where a Woodmouse had chewed through my rucksack and was gorging itself on the bag of peanuts in there. It just sat there large as life until I shooed it away. Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Walker 941 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 I thought I had mice in the greenhouse last year. My beans were dug up and eaten. Then I noticed a hole in the greenhouse bed which indicated a somewhat larger rodent had taken up residence. His warding off required a more permanent solution than a live trap. A fine, sleek beast he was too. Link to post Share on other sites
Vagabond 1013 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 A fine, sleek beast he was too. Full of beans, no doubt. 1 RNLI Governor World species 471 : UK species 105 : English species 95 . Certhia's world species - 215 Eclectic "husband and wife combined" world species 501 "Nothing matters very much, few things matter at all" - Plato ...only things like fresh bait and cold beer... Link to post Share on other sites
corydoras 454 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 (edited) Full of beans, no doubt. I like it. Does your wife wear nail varnish? If so marking the next capture between the ears with a wee bead of nail varnish will maybe solve he homing mouse question. Edited April 13, 2017 by corydoras The problem isn't what people don't know, it's what they know that just ain't so.Vaut mieux ne rien dire et passer pour un con que de parler et prouver que t'en est un!Mi, ch’fais toudis à m’mote Link to post Share on other sites
Vagabond 1013 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 (edited) Does your wife wear nail varnish? Answer No I do not have much time for women who habitually wear nail varnish, and to be fair, such women do not have much time for me.. I regard it as one of nature's signals - analogous to a stickleback's red chest - or lack of it. This mutual antipathy has, over the years, doubtless saved both of us much time and trouble' I have however several coloured varnishes for salmon and trout flies, but I do not seriously think a woodmouse could regain its home terriitory from 3 miles away ( across two main roads and a stream) in about 15 hours - as AJ pointed out, my first option was nearest the truth - the alternatives were just whimsies; In my youth I made a fortune from the "shilling a tail" bounty for grey squirrels, until it dawned upon the government there was an *infinite* supply of squoggies out there. Edited April 13, 2017 by Vagabond 2 RNLI Governor World species 471 : UK species 105 : English species 95 . Certhia's world species - 215 Eclectic "husband and wife combined" world species 501 "Nothing matters very much, few things matter at all" - Plato ...only things like fresh bait and cold beer... Link to post Share on other sites
corydoras 454 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Answer No I do not have much time for women who habitually wear nail varnish, and to be fair, such women do not have much time for me.. I regard it as one of nature's signals - analogous to a stickleback's red chest - or lack of it. This mutual antipathy has, over the years, doubtless saved both of us much time and trouble' I have however several coloured varnishes for salmon and trout flies, but I do not seriously think a woodmouse could regain its home terriitory from 3 miles away )and across two main roads and a stream) in about 15 hours - as AJ pointed out, my first option was nearest the truth - the alternatives were just whimsies; In my youth I made a fortune from the "shilling a tail" bounty for grey squirrels, until it dawned upon the government there was an *infinite* supply of squoggies out there. I was never a fan of the nail varnish type myself. You're probably right. Even Speedy Gonzales would have a problem maintaininng a mean speed of 5 metres a minute. Of course without the experiment we will never know. Fame fortune and a Nobel Prize may only be a dab of fly varnish away ;-) The problem isn't what people don't know, it's what they know that just ain't so.Vaut mieux ne rien dire et passer pour un con que de parler et prouver que t'en est un!Mi, ch’fais toudis à m’mote Link to post Share on other sites
chesters1 1549 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 (edited) Our sheds and loft are full of mice and even shrews get caught in the traps ,why they cant live in the hundreds of acres surrounding us is a mystery . 4 poision stations under the sheds even slugs have a feed! My old employer insisted we used tunnel traps for the mice in the veg patch they came home at night and were released into the wild for the owls to eat (lots of tawnies around here) lots of warm winters like the last decade means lots of critters dont freeze to death as nature intended ,a great number of big queen wasps about as well ,my rolled newspaper is ready for action they to should live in the wild not my sheds or roof! Edited April 13, 2017 by chesters1 Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle Mathew 4:19 Grangers law : anything i say will turn out the opposite or not happen at all! "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson Link to post Share on other sites
corydoras 454 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Our sheds and loft are full of mice and even shrews get caught in the traps ,why they cant live in the hundreds of acres surrounding us is a mystery . 4 poision stations under the sheds even slugs have a feed! My old employer insisted we used tunnel traps for the mice in the veg patch they came home at night and were released into the wild for the owls to eat (lots of tawnies around here) lots of warm winters like the last decade means lots of critters dont freeze to death as nature intended ,a great number of big queen wasps about as well ,my rolled newspaper is ready for action they to should live in the wild not my sheds or roof! Get a moggy. The problem isn't what people don't know, it's what they know that just ain't so.Vaut mieux ne rien dire et passer pour un con que de parler et prouver que t'en est un!Mi, ch’fais toudis à m’mote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken L 976 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Bucket, length of dowel, a tube to make a roller, a smear of peanut butter and a ramp. See how many you can catch in one night. Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike. Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace. Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel. Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp. Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak. Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub. Link to post Share on other sites
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