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number three
Oct. 20th, 2004 12:12 amWe caught the first two mice on the overnight shift. This one wandered in at dinnertime, shortly after I'd re-set it. We moved it to an aquarium (with plushy bedding, food, and water), and re-set the trap for other brother Daryl. Besides, it's got to be better than spending the night in a metal trap.
It was pretty agitated at first, jumping from the floor of the tank to the top of the water bottle. (Domestic mice just don't do that - if I left them on a table top, they'd still be there an hour later, because they won't jump farther than they can reach.) When it calmed down a little, it tried walking on the underside of the screen lid of the tank (and showed us that it's male). Eventually it calmed down enough to do what captive mice do best (sit and wait), and I was able to get a picture.
Cute vermin, exhibit 1:
It was pretty agitated at first, jumping from the floor of the tank to the top of the water bottle. (Domestic mice just don't do that - if I left them on a table top, they'd still be there an hour later, because they won't jump farther than they can reach.) When it calmed down a little, it tried walking on the underside of the screen lid of the tank (and showed us that it's male). Eventually it calmed down enough to do what captive mice do best (sit and wait), and I was able to get a picture.
Cute vermin, exhibit 1:
