Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Mice, Cockroaches, and nats


There are many cures on Pintrest for how to get rid of different types of animals that reside in our homes. Trust me I have tried them all…and they DO NOT WORK. For instance the oh so common tip that vinegar in a cup will attract nats and kill them. This is false, you will be left with the constant smell of vinegar and cups located all around the house. I can typically deal with most animals but for some reason my house has an over abundance of them. Everytime a light is turned on their will be the black spots that glide across the wall or floor. No worries it’s just a cockroach. At first this scared me how could I live with these disgusting bugs but after a while I grew to accept the fact that the cockroaches were around to stay. No matter how many types of bug spray or homemade contraptions I made on Pinterest the cockroaches just were not leaving. After finally adjusting to the cockroaches I began to notice little brown drops all over the kitchen and near certain holes in the wall. After a few more weeks I discovered that I was living with mice. I could deal with cockroaches but mice was just unacceptable. I quickly called my landlord who brought over mice traps one week later. In this one week span of waiting for the traps I began to accept the one mouse that would come out and chill on the ground near me as I was watching television. My roommate and I decided we would name the mouse Fredrick. This was our first issue naming an animal automatically makes you attached to them. The next week we set out all the mouse traps not thinking about how these traps could potentially kill our new friend, Fredrick. After returning home from work one day I noticed Fredrick was stuck the trap and was struggling to live. This immediately broke my heart. I had to save Fredrick. I tried scrapping him off the trap but was only making matters worse.  I decided to have my roommate run over with her car to end his suffering. We felt terrible for him and made a proper grave out of toothpick in the front yard.

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