We had to Evacuate...

because of a MOUSE!

A family of mice attacked our home last night.  We caught one in the closet and we caught one in the living room.  We saw another scurry across our floor mattress beds and another hanging out on our stove.  It was a real nightmare.  Eventually we were able to rid of the stove mouse, but fear of rodents lingers in our little shotgun.

When we ran to Walgreens at 1 AM to buy traps and poison (apologies to animal rights activists) to reclaim our house, the sales person behind the register explained to us that Nutria, a large rat-like breed had infested New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.  We did not even want to think about the possibility of Nutria living in our house!  Lucky for us, this sales lady had a lot of experience in combatting the City's creatures and provided us with some helpful tips.

Phil, our exterminator told us that we have commensal rodents.  Commensal means the sharing of food.  He says that commensal rodents depend on humans and their waste and leftovers in order to exist.  Everyone always says that small animals are more scared of us then we are them, but Phil believes this is just not true!