# Has anyone ever had to deal with shrews indoors? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-to-deal-with-shrews-indoors/382904 "2006-12-05T03:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-to-deal-with-shrews-indoors/382904/21 "2006-12-05T16:14:40Z")
[QUOTE=Savannah] Your office needs A Cat. [/QUOTE] …or a snake. Not as cute, but less messy! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-to-deal-with-shrews-indoors/382904/22 "2006-12-05T16:26:06Z")
These things eat bugs and slugs. As you probably don’t have a slug problem in your office, your alternative to the most ferocious mammal on the planet is…\* hurk \*…spiders. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-to-deal-with-shrews-indoors/382904/23 "2006-12-05T17:10:30Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] I’ll have to say the guys in **The Killer Shrews**. They had a really hard time of it, too: [/QUOTE] Well, after all, they were actually battling terryclothed terriers, weren’t they? Pretty far cry from miniscule vermin no matter how toothsome. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-to-deal-with-shrews-indoors/382904/24 "2006-12-05T20:30:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, after all, they were actually battling terryclothed terriers, weren’t they? The Psychotronic Movie Guide claims to identify several different breeds under those carpet remnants, not just terriers. [BadMovies.org](http://BadMovies.org) claimsd to see a collie: > **[The Killer Shrews B-Movie Review](http://www.badmovies.org/movies/killershrews/index.html)** ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-to-deal-with-shrews-indoors/382904/25 "2006-12-06T02:39:53Z")
The traps are in place. RIP Sherbert. We hardly knew you. I think in his honor I’m going to find and watch the Killer Shrew movie this weekend, and giggle. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-to-deal-with-shrews-indoors/382904/26 "2006-12-06T13:01:18Z")
> [@](#): > > I think in his honor I’m going to find and watch the Killer Shrew movie this weekend, and giggle. Get the MST3K version – it’s out on DVD, and worth it. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-to-deal-with-shrews-indoors/382904/27 "2006-12-06T13:31:00Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Someone beat me to the Shaksepreare reference, so I’ll have to say the guys in **The Killer Shrews**. They had a really hard time of it, too: [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052969/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052969/) [/QUOTE] I remember that movie; it was made somewhere around Dallas. A guy I went to high school with had a bit part in it—he played guitar in a scene involving a dance, IIRC. One of the worst movies I ever saw. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-to-deal-with-shrews-indoors/382904.md?page=1)