In the last few days we have been at war with nature...
The first incident occurred at the hotel, when Dolly came out of the shower. She opened her suitcase to get her clothes, and then screamed and jumped on the bed. She had seen a mouse. I dragged the suitcase into the hallway, and started emptying it, and when it was mostly open a small mouse jumped out and scurried into the room next to ours.
Later that evening we were playing cards on the bed, when Dolly screamed again. She had seen the mouse run under the bed. I looked under the bed and at first didn't see it, but after looking closely, I found it was hiding between the bedpost and the wall. I went to the other end of the bed and gave it a sharp shove... then called the front desk to get rid of the dead mouse.
Yesterday we had two chipaki incidents. The first happened when we got home and Dolly found a small one on the bathroom bucket. I lifted up to the bathroom window, where it jumped out. Later that evening another chipkali went running on the wall in the living room. I went to chase it out the front door with a broom, but it ran all over the house until eventually I got it out the back door.
Today brought a plague of ants. We had seen some in the apartment, but not enough to really worry about. Today, however, they appeared in great numbers from their holes by the door frames. We tried killing them with detergent and bathroom cleaners, and that got rid of them for a while. Then they came back. We tried killing them by thwacking them with the stiff broom. That killed many of them... but soon they were back. Right now Dolly is buring them with a candle and dripping wax on them. It started as an attempt to seal off their holes, but that didn't quite work and it turned into just killing them out of spite. Tomorrow someone from the office will come look, and/or we'll get some proper pesticides, never mind that we're trying to promote organic farming and save the world from the dangers of those same pesticides. We can't live in an anthill.
The first incident occurred at the hotel, when Dolly came out of the shower. She opened her suitcase to get her clothes, and then screamed and jumped on the bed. She had seen a mouse. I dragged the suitcase into the hallway, and started emptying it, and when it was mostly open a small mouse jumped out and scurried into the room next to ours.
Later that evening we were playing cards on the bed, when Dolly screamed again. She had seen the mouse run under the bed. I looked under the bed and at first didn't see it, but after looking closely, I found it was hiding between the bedpost and the wall. I went to the other end of the bed and gave it a sharp shove... then called the front desk to get rid of the dead mouse.
Yesterday we had two chipaki incidents. The first happened when we got home and Dolly found a small one on the bathroom bucket. I lifted up to the bathroom window, where it jumped out. Later that evening another chipkali went running on the wall in the living room. I went to chase it out the front door with a broom, but it ran all over the house until eventually I got it out the back door.
Today brought a plague of ants. We had seen some in the apartment, but not enough to really worry about. Today, however, they appeared in great numbers from their holes by the door frames. We tried killing them with detergent and bathroom cleaners, and that got rid of them for a while. Then they came back. We tried killing them by thwacking them with the stiff broom. That killed many of them... but soon they were back. Right now Dolly is buring them with a candle and dripping wax on them. It started as an attempt to seal off their holes, but that didn't quite work and it turned into just killing them out of spite. Tomorrow someone from the office will come look, and/or we'll get some proper pesticides, never mind that we're trying to promote organic farming and save the world from the dangers of those same pesticides. We can't live in an anthill.
We had ants once in Uxbridge and I got rid of them by drawing a chalk line. They won't cross that line. Also, cinnamon sprinkled around helps. They won't walk on that. I used both at the same time and they went away. They had been in the pantry. I sympahize with Dolly on the mice and lizards.
I heard that ants hate infernos.