Today, my cat brought home a bloody, barely-living mouse. The thing managed to escape and dragged itself into a crack in the wall, where it must have died. The only way to get it out before it starts to stink up the place is by demolishing the wall. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my cat let a mouse sit on his paws for several minutes, then just sat and watched as it scurried into a crack in the drywall. My cat is only 4. FML
Today, my cat attempted to make up for my insomnia with a dead mouse. I have no idea where he got it. FML
Today, I woke up to what sounded like twigs snapping. Turns out it was the skull of a live mouse being crushed in my cat's jaws. FML
Today, I was cleaning my room when I found a nice surprise from my cat. While I was on vacation, she killed a mouse. By the time I found it, there were maggots crawling in my carpet. FML
Today, I found a mouse stuck in a glue trap at work. I had to take it home to get it off with oil, and then I released it outside. Twenty minutes later, the cat returned it to me, dead. After that, the dogs dug it up where I buried it. Sorry, mouse. FML
Today, our rodent problem was taken care of. I discovered this when my cat projectile-vomited a soggy, death-scented wad of dark fur and tiny organs onto the couch. FML
Today, I woke up to my cat slowly dragging her paw across my face. I opened my eyes to see a bloody mouse dangling an inch from my face. It was still twitching. FML
Today, my cat started screaming nonstop outside my bedroom. She's never done this since she was last in heat (she's 7 1/2 years old), so I was worried. I opened the door to find that she had "killed' a mouse (a fake one, formerly attached to her cat tree) and was very proud of herself. That's cute, but… really? FML
Today, my 2-year-old cat finally decided to start catching mice. Like any other cat would, she left it for me to find. I found it in the middle of the night, as my bare foot rolled its guts out of its ass. FML
Today, I discovered that the rancid stench in my bathroom was a decaying carcass of a mouse in my toilet tank. FML
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LadyAthena 20
Why demolishing the wall? Can't you just cut a small square into the drywall??
asdfghjkllllllll 17
Better to do it sooner than later... The smell will only get worse
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Comments (61)
saifnaqvi11 21
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Gives a new meaning to Mouse in the House
slingerslasher 24
That phrase had no meaning before, so...
LuckBeNimble 19
26: incorrect. "mouse in the house" is, if I'm not mistaken, basketball terminology referring to a highly skilled defender that is significantly smaller in stature than his counterpart.
asdfghjkllllllll 17
Better to do it sooner than later... The smell will only get worse
LadyAthena 20
Why demolishing the wall? Can't you just cut a small square into the drywall??
UserError94 18
No. It is beyond logic at this point. She'll have to burn the house down
JustSomeBroad 24
If you know where it got in, you shouldn't have to actually demolish the wall, just cut away some of the drywall. Good luck!
MikaykayUnicorn 36
That's too logical, tearing down the entire wall is definitely the only way. Definitely.
Crawyz 11
Or you know a lot of deodorant
samiam_123 13
Deodorant works on armpits, not walls.
ksks1234 33
They have some deodorants that can be placed in caskets, mausoleums, etc. (places where there will be decomposition) to help with the smell. Maybe that is what the previous poster meant.
trex454 21
mice are pretty small and tend to die and decay in most homes completely unnoticed. just patch whatever crack it got in and call it a good days work. you wont smell anything
Feklfekl2222 32
Whenever do any work in walls you tend to find dead mice, and no one has ever smelt them, your house is a fairly dry environment and the mouse is tiny so the decay won't be significant, it's more likely to end up a bit desiccated. Just leave it there it won't do any harm
ApparentlyNotEno 28
And this is why I don't own cats. In all seriousness, however, I was doing some demolition in my office last week and found a nest of mice - at least four skeletons - in the wall. Never had a clue they died there. Rats can be big enough to stink, but mice are relatively odourless when they pass.
KryssLB 14
Yup, that's what I was going to say. Mice don't have much moisture in their bodies, so when they die, they tend to just dry out and mummify with no smell. So I honestly wouldn't worry about it, OP. It won't smell. You can safely ignore it. :)
GrumpyGrinch 23
If you don't need that crack in the wall for some special purpose (eavesdropping on neighbors or something) then you can just take some cement and close the crack. No smell and repaired home.
amzy12 7
Could you plaster over it?
Estelle101_fml 13
At least you know where the smell is coming from, better know than waste time wondering.
drakesbabygirl 10
or you could just call tom
thisguy22 33
Tom never really managed to catch Jerry...
thesmeagol 22
Well now that jerry is dead, he should have no problem.
thisguy22 33
You sure just ruined my entire childhood! Thanks!