Today, something ran across my foot while I was on the toilet. Hearing me scream, my husband ran in. We now have a new "pet" mouse named Jerry that I am not allowed to kill under threat of divorce. FML
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Hey, this is the OP. I have owned rats and mice as pets, but with a wild one you really don't want them running loose around a toddler. As for getting a cat, I have been trying to get a kitten for my son, but our landlord wants a huge deposit. We are buying a humane trap and letting him go somewhere far away. We have temporarily plugged the hole he was using to get in until payday. My husband was jokingly threatening. He is just a big softie sometimes. :) We got a good laugh out of this, before I realized it was a mouse I ran screaming out of the bathroom with my pants around my knees. Glad everyone got a laugh out of this, we did!
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Aczidraindrop420 7
Get a cat and name him Tom that he's not allowed to get rid of....They can become friends.
Malicejane 3
Time to go buy Tom.
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sanecatlady 13
If my cats don't end up killing a mouse inside my home I catch it in a box and release it outside. I hate to say it, but I find the mice too cute. One time I was at my computer and my cats were chasing a mouse and it crawled up into the back of my shirt! I remember just feeling itchy and when I reached down to scratch and felt my hand grab onto something small and furry, and I pretty much freaked out. The mouse survived both my cats' attack and my grabbing and dropping it on the floor so I thought the little bugger deserved to live after such an ordeal, and I set it free outside. :)
ZombiexIce 6
Hey, this is the OP. I have owned rats and mice as pets, but with a wild one you really don't want them running loose around a toddler. As for getting a cat, I have been trying to get a kitten for my son, but our landlord wants a huge deposit. We are buying a humane trap and letting him go somewhere far away. We have temporarily plugged the hole he was using to get in until payday. My husband was jokingly threatening. He is just a big softie sometimes. :) We got a good laugh out of this, before I realized it was a mouse I ran screaming out of the bathroom with my pants around my knees. Glad everyone got a laugh out of this, we did!
nickn426 14
Thanks for clearing things up! I am glad to see you guys came to an agreement. Good luck on getting a kitten!
ZombiexIce 6
When we move I am for sure getting one for my son. He is almost 2, and adores cats.
dagazar 12
Well when you get w cat, call him "Tom" so you can have Tom and Jerry.
Omniprism 14
Well what your husband doesn't know won't hurt him in regards to jerry. Since he's never met him he won't know when he's gone.
Nish007 15
so sweet
ImJKingYou 8
We had a mouse in my kitchen and I named him Bartholomew and my dad set up traps because my mom and sister insisted. I found out one of the traps killed him a week after I went back to college.
Secret_Ninjaa 35
Hello meet my cat Jerry.
xSkittle 16
You don't have to kill it. This can be solved easily, just buy those traps that just capture the mouse in a tiny cage
ZombiexIce 6
That is exactly what we are doing. Then we are finding somewhere to drop it off.
Joedbag 8
Are you married to Peter Griffin?
ZombiexIce 6
Sometimes I think I might be. He is a die hard family guy fan and puts show references in conversation that go over my head sometimes.
pumpkinpii 14
Even though everyone said it....you should definitely get a cat named Tom
Witchylady 17
Unless he is now keeping it as a pet, how would he know if the mouse mysteriously disappeared? Mice like to burrow and hide