Moose Adventures
Several months ago our old 
passed away. Not long after that we saw the first
in the house in 25 years!
The first signs were droppings in my 
and 
.
I threw everything into the 
but we couldn't find the 
anywhere.
I bought some disposable 
traps
(made in China!) (Obviously made for very small mooses) but I couldn't bear
to put them down, so cruel, it wasn't mousie's fault I didn't want him here.
Then one night 
across
the loungeroom! 
(Mum) and 
(I)
chased it up and down the room and round and round the 
(Whilst trying to save a roast dinnerfrom burning!)
Finally we cornered the 
and put it in a box, then later took it for a 
and released it far away from our house
(in the dark of course.)
A few mornings later I heard strange scurrying sounds - they stopped when
I turned on the spare room light. A little 
later came across 
in the spare room. When I went in it was just sitting there and it let me pick
it up and take it for a
too. (She must have 
it
into a coma!)
All Mooses gone, or so we hoped.
Last weekend 
and made me 
and
for 
.
So it was 6 in the morning! before
About 30 minutes later I awoke unwillingly. (Very unwillingly!) I lay there
listening carefully. Then I heard it again, a scrabbling, gnawing sort of sound
and it was coming from my !
I turned the drawers so they faced the door, and opened them gingerly!
As I pulled open the top one a grey furry BULLET shot out past me, over my
shoulder and into the sunroom. I shut all the doors off the sunroom, went back
to 
(checked under the quilts
for any more 
) and tried
to ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I think I got about 30 minutes of sleep! I kept
seeing and hearing Mooses every time I closed my eyes!
In the end
got up!
That was it!
NO MORE MS NICE GAL!!
I'd had it! I'd tried being nice. Now it was time for war!
We brought in my sisters 
- she's a 
dog with a reputation
as a good mouser. Gave her the drawer to scent, encouraged her to "Find
the 
, where's the 
?"
But all she did was look at us and 
while somewhere in the house ...
(So much for her reputation!)
I plastered the hole in the bathroom cupboard.
Out came the traps.
I set them very gingerly. One nearly took my finger off! The next set okay
, then when walked away
it exploded! Every day and
would check the 
but they were all empty. Then one morning apparently neither
nor
checked the 
.
I was having a party the next day so the usual last minute clean up was in
progress and I was madly vacuuming around the sunroom when I suddenly looked
down and saw 
Oops, I mean saw a 
in
the 
DEAD!
Now I can at night
without having to check all the
first!
(Huge thanks to Nita who searched high and low for lots of the gifs used here)
Minuet
Time for a nice relaxing 