I foresee another epic battle between man and mices …
Do you want to borrow our cats? 😉 Shadow often disposes of 2 or 3 a night; and then predictably doesn’t want his cat food which has been lovingly bought by us as he’s full!
BTW Golden Oriole is singing like the clappers outside — never been lucky enough to see it though
It’s the fact that there are sufficient mouse remains available for you to count that puts me off.
Apparently there are only 2-5 pairs of golden oriole breeding in the UK and none of them near here… lucky you even to be able to hear them.
Oh dear, a mouse? I have just potted up a plant in the greenhouse, I plunged my scoop into the bag of compost and out it came with compost and a mouse!! The problem is she has a few babies in there too! Help, what do I do?
If it were Mike, the whole lot would be drowned in the river. But if you’re like me you’ll just open another bag of compost and leave them be. And then watch while they happily munch their way through all your greenhouse tomatoes en famille.
Perhaps if they’re old enough, put them all in a shoebox and take them for a little ride in the car. It has to be at least two miles away though, or they will find their way back!
Hahaha!
My brother in law has squirrels INSIDE his house!
He had one under his feet at breakfast!
Talk about EEEEEK!
We have had voles in the garden…not too destructive I think….they eat plants!
Good luck….
Cheers!
Linda :o)
The Lesser Spotted Concrete Weevil? Bet that’s what it is. Lay a trap. They are excellent on toast, so my insectivore friends tell me. I couldn’t possibly comment.
If there is indeed such a thing as a Lesser Spotted Concrete Weevil it has found the right place. It will never go hungry. And I hope it doesn’t because then I can replace all the dreadful paths and patio with a nice bit of york stone.
I think you’re right Rosie. Any Borrowers there would need to be heavily into DIY. Occasional chocolate biscuit crumbs though, perhaps that’s what the mice are after..
Hi Jessica, well I guess that is life in the country ;-)! What ever creature it is, hope you can co-exist or find it another home. We recently had to life-trap a rat that had developed a taste for my rose buds and relocate it some miles away from his culinary paradise.
Christina
Yikes! The more wildlife I see at the moment, the closer I get to screaming. Lots of holes at the allotment today, I’m getting very jumpy. Almost as jumpy as the mouse that was dancing across the patio the other day. I’d stay out of that man shed if I was you.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to cause alarm. If it’s any consolation, mice are even more jumpy. If they see you coming they’ll be down those holes quicker than you can say rhubarb.
Uh oh!!
Quite.
mouse? mole? or what? I’m sure it wasn’t invited!
Mouse I think. A smaller hole has been there a while but it’s showing signs of fresh excavation.
Hope it’s something nice and not destructive.
As long as it’s quiet.. and doesn’t undermine the shed!
I foresee another epic battle between man and mices …
Do you want to borrow our cats? 😉 Shadow often disposes of 2 or 3 a night; and then predictably doesn’t want his cat food which has been lovingly bought by us as he’s full!
BTW Golden Oriole is singing like the clappers outside — never been lucky enough to see it though
It’s the fact that there are sufficient mouse remains available for you to count that puts me off.
Apparently there are only 2-5 pairs of golden oriole breeding in the UK and none of them near here… lucky you even to be able to hear them.
Badgers get everywhere these days, don’t they? Probably retribution for the cull…
Eeeek..
Oh dear, mice….we had one take residence in the pot of one of our Agaves last winter, odd place to take residence plus it set back the plant.
In that case I’ll be glad that ours have chosen the shed..
Of mice and men….least said the better here (they like his shed too!)
There is a hollow space under the shed floor, if they stay there it’ll be fine. But will they?
Has it chewed through the concrete, or is that some other material it has made a hole in? Is it a rat hole, looks a bit big for mice?
No, it’s concrete. I am hoping crumbly concrete, hence big hole..
I think it’s going to be never ending battle with the wildlife in your garden.
I think you’re right.
Oh dear, a mouse? I have just potted up a plant in the greenhouse, I plunged my scoop into the bag of compost and out it came with compost and a mouse!! The problem is she has a few babies in there too! Help, what do I do?
If it were Mike, the whole lot would be drowned in the river. But if you’re like me you’ll just open another bag of compost and leave them be. And then watch while they happily munch their way through all your greenhouse tomatoes en famille.
Perhaps if they’re old enough, put them all in a shoebox and take them for a little ride in the car. It has to be at least two miles away though, or they will find their way back!
Oh dear, I guess there will another epic struggle between man and mouse!
Heck, even I’m not allowed in the man shed.. not without permission and even then I have to knock..
Wearing clogs perhaps?
No, that’ll be the ones in the attic above my desk.
Hahaha!
My brother in law has squirrels INSIDE his house!
He had one under his feet at breakfast!
Talk about EEEEEK!
We have had voles in the garden…not too destructive I think….they eat plants!
Good luck….
Cheers!
Linda :o)
They do indeed eat plants, and just about anything else short of metal.
Squirrels for breakfast… hmmm.
Lol…..little grey friend making itself at home….AGAIN? Just squint and pretend it’s not there!!!xxx
The trouble is, there is never just one is there..
The Lesser Spotted Concrete Weevil? Bet that’s what it is. Lay a trap. They are excellent on toast, so my insectivore friends tell me. I couldn’t possibly comment.
If there is indeed such a thing as a Lesser Spotted Concrete Weevil it has found the right place. It will never go hungry. And I hope it doesn’t because then I can replace all the dreadful paths and patio with a nice bit of york stone.
I am guessing unwelcome company?
They will be if they gnaw their way up into the shed.. they might also get an eyeful of WD40!
Ominous. You only need to get worried when the hole gets bigger and a pile of excavated rubble forms.
There IS a pile of excavated rubble. Just inside the hole..
O-ohhh! I wonder if the electric ‘thing’ will be brought out to play?
Rose H
xx
Don’t worry Rose, it won’t.
It’s broken.
Do you think the mice nibbled one of the wires? 🙂 🙂
Mice … or teeny weeny elephants ?
It might as well be elephants, we seem to have pretty much everything else..
Oh dear, but as it’ s the man shed, then I’ d let the man deal with it. He’ s probably got all sorts of manly weapons in there.
It seems only fair doesn’t it. After all, he’s just removed a hornet from my study in a very manly way so he’s proved his credentials.
Something quite Hobbitty about that hole!
Now there’s a thought…
I had to smile at the comment above as I thought not Hobbits but Borrowers – got to be mice though, under the man shed:)
I think you’re right Rosie. Any Borrowers there would need to be heavily into DIY. Occasional chocolate biscuit crumbs though, perhaps that’s what the mice are after..
Hi Jessica, well I guess that is life in the country ;-)! What ever creature it is, hope you can co-exist or find it another home. We recently had to life-trap a rat that had developed a taste for my rose buds and relocate it some miles away from his culinary paradise.
Christina
I’m glad you took it some miles away, they can find their way back otherwise. I didn’t know rats nibbled rose buds, I hope you don’t get any more!
Oh dear have they taken anything?
Not yet, I shall put Mike on Borrower watch.
oh dear ……………….
Frances
Indeed.
On the good side mice are better than rats…are thet tunneling in or out of the shed?
In. I think..
Yikes! The more wildlife I see at the moment, the closer I get to screaming. Lots of holes at the allotment today, I’m getting very jumpy. Almost as jumpy as the mouse that was dancing across the patio the other day. I’d stay out of that man shed if I was you.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to cause alarm. If it’s any consolation, mice are even more jumpy. If they see you coming they’ll be down those holes quicker than you can say rhubarb.
Uh Oh
Exactly what Mike said, or words to that effect.
All this talk about mice…. surely it’s Rat…? 🙂
I’m hoping not… but it’s a thought worth holding on to, for the next time I need to prise Mike out of the man shed..