I finished my latest DIY project this morning, and I must say I’m rather stoked with it!
A few months ago I scored a fish tank for next to nothing. The glass was badly scratched so it wasn’t much use as an aquarium, but has proved perfect for furry little rodents.
And so, after a few small Trademe purchases, a visit to [...]

The pic says it all.

At least 18 4-day-old baby mice, all in the palm of one hand.

I don’t even know if they are all Zipporah’s either. It seems my other mouse ‘Noname’ may have been pregnant also. Anyway, they are both sharing the mothering role and are raising all eighteen as if they were their own.

So, if any of [...]

My boys are getting pet mice for Christmas. I reckon every boy should have a mouse at least once in his lifetime. When I was young I had a few, and then progressed to rats. It’s amazing how one can get attached to an animal so small (ask Paisley Jade what happened when one of my pet rats ‘got put [...]

The rodent shennanigans continue.
I took a sheet of Jibb off the kitchen wall the other day in search of an elusive smell (but that’s another story, which you can read here). Curious as to whether we only had one resident rodent or more, I set a trap. Morning came, there was no dead mouse, nor was there any peanut butter [...]

Continuing with my recent mouse theme…
Over the last few days a horrible smell developed in our kitchen (no, it wasn’t my wife’s cooking). I have inherited a rather strong sence of smell from my dad, and so went to work trying to find the source.
Two days of frustration, and a sheet of jib off the kitchen wall later… and [...]

I’m very happy to announce that the ever-so sneaky, and very illusive mouse which lived in my shed has been successfully captured using the MAM01 (Mouse Arrest Mark 01), a feat which standard mousetraps just could not do (even with peanut butter smeared on them).

I thought the culprit had earned the right to freedom, since he was so clever (and [...]

I have some very clever little mice in my shed (you can read about them here). They have been taking great pleasure in toying with the conventional traps I set.

So, in response to their mocking, I have constructed ‘The Mouse Arrest: mark 1′. I scoured the internet to find some fail-safe trap designs, but most of them kill the poor [...]

I love mice. As a kid I had many as pets, until I progressed to rats.
I don’t know how people can be scared of them. They are cute and cuddly, not 8-legged and creepy. I was speaking at a camp earlier on in the year and was rudely interupted by one of my leaders freaking out because she saw [...]