Mousehunt

Yes, very funny. It may be rather easy to hunt down a mouse in a clean house with sharp angles and thick walls and doors that close. But in a all open treehouse? No way. That naughty little thing sitts in our kitchen cupboard at night and happily eats away at my plastic containers full of flour. Did you know that mice like flour? I didn't, but really, it attacks the container with flour. The lid is completely ruined already. Our kitten is too small to catch mice yet, and we are ... too big. And there are too many holes through which it can escape. Last night I put a bucket in the cupboard and some oats and flour into it and thought, if the mouse falls in there, it can't get out any more. Well – I thought wrong. These are Transkei mice and they are fitter than anything! Bloody thing just jumped right out of that bucket again. During the day we hear them rattling in our wall. The walls of the treehouse consist of three layers: palm leaves on the outside, tent fabric in the middle and thatching on the inside. The mice obviously live under the palm leaves, on the outside. First we thought it might be the snake but no, I can hear feet trippling around, and gnawing noises. Ever seen a snake tripple and gnaw? Me neither. ;-) Anyway, so now we either have to get rat poison, which I don't fancy, or ... anyone got an idea? How to catch a mouse in a forest? Good ideas and tips are welcome!