Mice and fluttermice

[owl]

We've started the annual rodent wars with a bang. On Sunday my mum saw a mouse run over the worktops in the kitchen. Bleach, mousetraps, chocolate. Then another one peered out from behind the Aga. (Someone must have left a door open recently).
Then after we came back from evening church my dad said, 'Look at the huge moth in the hall!', and we looked, and it was a bat. It sort of twitched when we put the light on, and we flapped at it ineffectually. Then it lay down on the floor and squeaked at us in a distressing manner. I've never heard one at such close quarters before; I can well believe they're ultrasonic. Eventually my dad got it onto a flattened-out cereal packet and got it to go out the front door.
Bat, mice...all we need now are the squirrels.

The results of my toilet roll poll turned out at 84% over the roll, 12% under, and 4% without a holder. I'm glad that I'm in the majority group. In public toilets they always seem to put it under in those plastic boxes and it's impossible to get any off without a degree in engineering.

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[skywalker-child.livejournal.com]

Ah, bats....how I remember my college days, getting dive bombed by the suckers.

[owl]

Fortunately ours didn't seem to go in for dive-bombing...

[a-blue-moon-cat.livejournal.com]

Just listen to the attic for the squirrels. *evil laughter* And don't forget the crazed bunnies and chipmunks (do you have them?) who *must* dart in front of one's car when it's moving down the street. Of course, squirrels do that, too. Dang them. I'm one of those folks who will pile on the brakes rather than ever hit an animal.

Poor batty. Wonder how it got in? Then it lay down on the floor and squeaked at us in a distressing manner. I had to laugh at this image, although sadly, as in "oh, no!" One once got in the basement of my bf's house, and he got it into a box, showed it to his dog, and then carried it out into the woods. Very strange. They don't seem to know what to do on a flat horizontal surface, like a floor, but then, they're not built for it, I guess.

I like bats. They eat bugs. Don't like most bugs. And bats are so ugli they are almost cute, kinda of like mide with wings, only not so cute. :)

*hm, perhaps will get a bat icon for Halloween*

Alas, bats in the wild are often rabid. Be careful around them or any wild animals. We have a problem with rabid racoons around here.

[owl]

No, no chipmunks. Plenty of suicidal rabbits, though.

The British Isles are currently free of rabies, so I think we're all right—it didn't bite anyone anyway, and we didn't touch it with bare hands. I do think that bats are rather cute in their ugliness.