Unfortunately, the pitter patter of little paws in the kitchen is not a new puppy or kitten, but a mouse. Using what little I know of scatology, it seems like it’s a field mouse. If you’ve seen the snow outside my window, you wouldn’t blame the little guy(s) from trying to come inside.
Clearly, I need to get one of these ferocious beasts.
That doesn’t mean he’s a welcome guest though, especially now that we need to devote the time we’d use to getting ready for baby to getting glass storage for all our grains, etc. So f-ing annoying and part of the reason I haven’t been posting much this week.
Our pest control service (we have an annual contract) was supposed to come do their yearly inspection on Saturday, but I guess we’ll have to move that up. While they will take care of the problem, we’re going to have to insist on them using non-chemically baited traps because of my obvious condition and the fact I don’t want that crap in my kitchen. Normally, I’m a bleeding heart when it comes to animals, but when they are pests in my house, I am not afraid to snap a few mousey necks.
Having an annual contract with the pest company seems expensive at first, but the nice thing is we don’t have to worry about paying anything for the rest of the year, no matter how many calls we put in. We see crickets? They come out for free. Ants in the bathroom? Out they come. Bees in the siding? Our heroes to the rescue. One (probably vastly inflated) price.
So how do you handle pest control? Do you have a contracted exterminator? Do it yourself with natural/non-chemical pesticides? Just pick a name from the phone book?
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