# Mice. Again! Or...not? Too weak for the BBQ Pit.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 18, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mice-again-or-not-too-weak-for-the-bbq-pit/650748 "2013-02-18T23:25:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mice-again-or-not-too-weak-for-the-bbq-pit/650748/1 "2013-02-18T23:25:48Z")

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I thought I saw something tiny & fast dash across my floor. Twice.

I checked my closet, & found brown “seeds” on the floor. Yup!

I got mice again!

Or, do I?

No “seeds” in the kitchen, near the food.

And I’m wearing new bifocals, with a higher line level–I’ve thought I’ve seen other things, out of the corner of my eye, and been wrong.

I closed off the last hole, in the closet. I think. But it’s behind the water heater, & I can’t see back there clearly.

The old “seeds” could be from the infestation a month ago. (I’m not one to vacuum the closet floor).

I got 2 snap-traps out, a “tin cat”, & a bait station, but no joy, yet.

I hate meeces to pieces.☹

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**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mice-again-or-not-too-weak-for-the-bbq-pit/650748/2 "2013-02-19T00:06:37Z")

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Don’t get out the shotgun. Fellow Dopers frown on that, I’ve learned.

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**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mice-again-or-not-too-weak-for-the-bbq-pit/650748/3 "2013-02-19T02:10:00Z")

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> [@Lancia](#):
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> Don’t get out the shotgun. Fellow Dopers frown on that, I’ve learned.

It’s okay to shoot if the mouse draws on you, though.