Beginning of week of 26th:

First sighting of mouse- ran from box closet into kitchen and back. Small grey mouse.


November 29th:

Rustling of plastic turned out to be mouse in my trashcan. Tried to trap but escaped. Hours later saw scampering back in. No further obvious activity. Slept on it.


November 30th:

Woke up to thumping noises at about 8:30am- turned out to be mouse trying to pull a Hot Cocoa Hershey's Kiss from my chocolate stash under the door- and failing miserably. The base of the kiss is too wide to fit under the door. All his efforts managed to unwrap the kiss and gouge a hole in the chocolate. Scared him off when I moved the kiss.

Approx. half hour later, woke up again to mouse rustling around in plastic bag the kisses were in. Grabbed up the bag and managed to trap him in a plastic container with small hole punched in top (was originally going to be temporary betta fish travel cup until I found something better. Note to self: desperate mice can crawl out of impossibly tiny holes. Mouse managed to squeeze out and escaped. Mouse bit me once while putting him in container (superficial-more a bruise than anything-barely broke skin) and again while escaping. This one drew blood and hurt like h*ll. I forgot how much rodent bites hurt (former owner of gerbils and a hamster). Cleaned and applied antibiotic ointment and bandage. Mouse was definitely healthy, should not be in danger of infection. Shall pay attention anyway.