tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post3430647919092793702..comments2024-03-27T20:41:06.081-05:00Comments on stuff from ellen's head: the rat did not wander off into the sunsetellen abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-39811164346006710132013-11-16T12:32:54.855-06:002013-11-16T12:32:54.855-06:00Ugh.. I know the feeling well. We've had a few...Ugh.. I know the feeling well. We've had a few mice decide to move into the new place. We've caught one in a plastic container (it was in the laundry tub and we nearly drowned it when we emptied the dehumidifier) and let it go some distance from the house. The rest of them (three or four) eluded the live traps and they went out with a spring trap. Hate that and I share your trepidation to use poison but yes, it's got to go.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-75614331245194104082013-11-09T16:13:04.458-06:002013-11-09T16:13:04.458-06:00I understand how you feel. I hate killing things,...I understand how you feel. I hate killing things, too. I had to vacuum up three hornets this fall. They would get in the house and I couldn't trap them in a leftover container. Can't have them stinging us. What I do when I get stuck in that sort of no win situation is I always say I hope you have a good reincarnation. I like to imagination that stage of the animal's existence is over. They have served their purpose and with any luck are headed up the chain. I probably don't quite understand reincarnation properly. But it works for me.VM Sehy Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03832671940615894037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-54945298306732827832013-11-08T10:32:13.895-06:002013-11-08T10:32:13.895-06:00I hate making decisions like that. And if you'...I hate making decisions like that. And if you're like me, you'll live with it on your conscience for a while. But what else could you do? As you said, living with it wasn't an option, and almost any method of control would ultimately kill the rat. Think of all the animals you have managed to spare or treat humanely, and forgive yourself for doing what you had to do.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-71181664255867249152013-11-07T22:42:59.029-06:002013-11-07T22:42:59.029-06:00Oh god, I know how you feel. It's been awhile ...Oh god, I know how you feel. It's been awhile since we've had to pout poison out--been using spring traps when necessary. But in your case you had little choice. Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-75919828070069119982013-11-07T14:35:26.560-06:002013-11-07T14:35:26.560-06:00If he had chewed through an electrical wire or bro...If he had chewed through an electrical wire or brought in bubonic fleas or all his 100 friends, you would have big regrets for not doing something. He has plenty of other places to live and he picked your house. Do not feel badly. I have had to kill many little gray mice as they find a way into my pantry every fall. I have looked everywhere for an entry, but mice our tiny.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-83512068135158415122013-11-07T13:47:23.352-06:002013-11-07T13:47:23.352-06:00The rat must go. You have made the ethical choice,...The rat must go. You have made the ethical choice, Ellen. Of course you won't enjoy killing it.<br /><br />There are so many reasons to dispatch the rat. So many!Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-65260016892580973412013-11-07T11:37:53.657-06:002013-11-07T11:37:53.657-06:00I'm sorry. I know how much it hurts. Because i...I'm sorry. I know how much it hurts. Because it has happened to me, and because I can hear the grief in your voice. I was very young when I had to kill a small animal that kept killing our chickens... it hurt. But like Gail said, "We do what we must." And many times, the things we must do to survive aren't pretty... <br /><br />You've been humane by fighting it in a way that will not cause it the pain of getting its head squashed by a spring trap or having to chew its on leg off in a glue trap. <br /><br />I will have you in my thoughts... Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-47752982278526601762013-11-07T10:43:55.352-06:002013-11-07T10:43:55.352-06:00Well I'm just sitting here admiring your chutz...Well I'm just sitting here admiring your chutzpah. I would have been next door asking the elderly neighbor to come take care of it for me. Ha!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-27018130369334927792013-11-07T07:52:53.145-06:002013-11-07T07:52:53.145-06:00I have zero tolerance for animals that think they ...I have zero tolerance for animals that think they can move into my house. I don't like any method of dispatching them, past showing them the door, either. But this fellow, or his cousin, didn't take the hint. Tomorrow pick him up by the tail, drop him in a freezer bag and send him off to the landfill.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-72018614175210056192013-11-07T07:33:27.044-06:002013-11-07T07:33:27.044-06:00i have mouse poison in my side storage room. they ...i have mouse poison in my side storage room. they make their way into the house. chew in the walls. get into the pantry. i don't like it either.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-73898473246040864702013-11-07T06:57:39.311-06:002013-11-07T06:57:39.311-06:00I just had my husband kill a mouse in my bath tub....I just had my husband kill a mouse in my bath tub. With a bat. Okay, he chose the method. <br />So now, I am not judging you. As Gail said- we do what we have to do.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-34330878555658088012013-11-06T22:19:35.237-06:002013-11-06T22:19:35.237-06:00We do what we must.We do what we must.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.com