[4134] in Depressing_Thoughts
mouse murders...
woof@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (woof@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Nov 1 22:40:54 1993
yesterday, i was studying for my 7.20 exam when i heard my mouse swipe the
bait from the trap again. the cute little critters have been leaving
droppings all over the place, so they kind of hed to go...
well, i heard the mouse in the trap, and the trap didn't go off, so i
decided to make the trap more effective by melting the cheese bait onto the
trap and tying a thread through it. five minutes after i set the newly
baited trap, i heard it go off, so i brought a bag into the bedroom to pick
up the mouse carcass.
the mouse wasn't dead. it had lost a foreleg in the trap, and was
whimpering. it got free from the trap, and stood behind the radiator in
shock, and panting. i decided to get a tennis racket and kill it quickly-
i'd thought it had collapsed a lung or something...
well, the mouse ran under the bed, leaving a trail of blood for me to
follow, so i did. eventually, i trapped the thing under the tennis racket
and took a good look at it. its leg was gone, and its mouth was bleeding.
i had on cleaning gloves and a plastic bag over my hands. i didn't think
the mouse would make it, and it was in pain, so i snapped its neck.
its bones went popopop- the light went out of its eyes... i tried not to
cry as i brought its carcass out to the trash.
i had nightmares all last night....
i'm getting the have-a-heart traps. killing things is alot different when
you have to do-it-yourself....
