The standard
outgoing procedures are as follows:
Mice
and Chipmunks:
These
small and curious creatures like to explore the new surroundings
as soon as things get quiet, and generally find their way into
the humane
trap
within 24 hours. They are then released back into the woods.
Birds:
Birds hide but make too much noise for their own good. Once located
(usually behind the sofa), the procedure is to close all doors
and venetian blinds, then open the sliding glass door off the
dining room. The bird is then flushed from its hiding place and
makes straight for the only source of outdoor light and is gone.
Frogs
and Toads:
They travel to the nearest corner and wait, totally confused.
Upon discovery, they are picked up (with no arguments), placed
in a small box (kept under the kitchen table for just that purpose)
and returned to the creek bed area.
Rabbits:
Same as frogs, except they make a helluva racket if approached
(a lotta fun at 3 am).
Snakes:
There has only been one occurrence of a snake (that we know of);
it was found in a heat vent, was prodded into the box and returned
to the woods.
Situations
that deviated from the normal outgoing procedures are marked
with an asterisk and a number, and are detailed in the footnotes
column.
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Critter |
Date In |
Date Out |
Footnotes |
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SEPTEMBER |
1997 09-06-1997 09-09-1997 09-27-1997 10-11-1997 11-07-1997 11-08-1997 11-11-1997 11-21-1997 12-14-1997 1998 01-31-1998 02-04-1998 03-01-1998 03-03-1998 03-26-1997 04-06-1998 04-20-1998 04-22-1998 05-05-1998 05-25-1998 06-04-1998 06-13-1998 06-13-1998 06-14-1998 06-15-1998 06-19-1998 06-22-1998 07-19-1998 07-29-1998 08-02-1998 08-11-1998 *6 *6 09-12-1998 09-19-1998 09-24-1998 10-04-1998 10-26-1998 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 1999 *6 01-06-1999 *6 *6 *6 01-18-1999 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 03-23-1999 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 04-02-1999 *6 04-07-1999 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 04-23-1999 04-24-1999 *6 04-26-1999 *6 *6 *6 04-27-1999 *6 04-29-1999 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 05-09-1999 05-11-1999 05-16-1999 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 05-27-1999 05-28-1999 05-28-1999 05-29-1999 05-29-1999 05-29-1999 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 06-03-1999 *6 *6 *6 *6 06-12-1999 *6 *6 07-10-1999 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 07-29-1999 07-29-1999 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 09-01-1999 09-01-1999 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 10-03-1999 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 10-25-1999 *6 *6 11-11-1999 11-13-1999 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 12-21-1999 2000 02-26-2000 03-27-2000 04-06-2000 04-11-2000 04-30-2000 05-11-2000 06-13-2000 07-11-2000 07-12-2000 07-19-2000 07-22-2000 *6 *6 *6 08-27-2000 *6 *6 *6 09-15-2000 10-07-2000 10-13-2000 *6 10-25-2000 11-09-2000 11-24-2000 2001 02-02-2001 02-25-2001 03-06-2001 03-19-2001 04-07-2001 04-11-2001 05-03-2001 * 06-12-2001 06-13-2001 06-17-2001 06-18-2001 07-07-2001 08-02-2001 08-16-2001 08-23-2001 08-27-2001 08-27-2001 08-29-2001 08-29-2001 09-10-2001 09-15-2001 09-18-2001 09-26-2001 10-05-2001 10-08-2001 10-31-2001 11-04-2001 11-18-2001 12-13-2001 2002 01-23-2002 01-24-2002 03-25-2002 04-24-2002 05-11-2002 07-22-2002 08-24-2002 09-28-2002 10-20-2002 *6 *6 2003 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 04-16-2003 *6 07-09-2003 07-21-2003 08-09-2003 08-31-2003 08-31-2003 09-03-2003 09-03-2003 10-06-2003 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 2004 07-05-2004 2005 04-19-2005 08-24-2005 08-26-2005 2008 02-06-2008 07-19-2008 |
09-06-1997 09-09-1997 09-28-1997 10-11-1997 11-07-1997*1 11-09-1997*1 11-11-1997*1 11-22-1997 01-05-1998 01-31-1998 02-05-1998 03-01-1998 03-04-1998 03-26-1997*2 04-06-1998 04-20-1998 04-22-1998 05-05-1998 05-25-1998 06-04-1998 06-13-1998*3 06-13-1998*3 06-14-1998*3 06-15-1998*4 06-19-1998*5 06-22-1998*1 07-19-1998 07-29-1998 08-06-1998 08-12-1998 08-17-1998 08-26-1998 09-12-1998*7 09-19-1998 09-25-1998 10-19-1998 10-26-1998 11-22-1998 11-23-1998 11-24-1998 11-25-1998 11-25-1998 11-26-1998 11-27-1998 11-28-1998 11-29-1998 11-30-1998 12-01-1998 12-02-1998 12-03-1998 12-04-1998 12-05-1998 12-06-1998 12-09-1998 12-12-1998 12-13-1998 12-15-1998 01-01-1999 01-06-1999 01-12-1999 01-17-1999 01-18-1999 01-18-1999 01-21-1999 01-24-1999 01-24-1999 01-28-1999 01-30-1999 01-31-1999 02-02-1999 02-05-1999 02-06-1999 02-07-1999 02-07-1999 02-09-1999 02-13-1999 02-13-1999 02-15-1999 02-15-1999 02-16-1999 02-17-1999 02-18-1999 02-19-1999 02-20-1999 02-26-1999 02-28-1999 03-02-1999 03-04-1999 03-05-1999 03-06-1999 03-06-1999 03-07-1999 03-13-1999 03-18-1999 03-18-1999 03-19-1999 03-21-1999 03-22-1999 03-23-1999 03-23-1999 03-24-1999 03-26-1999 03-28-1999 03-30-1999 04-01-1999 04-02-1999 04-03-1999*8 04-03-1999 04-07-1999 04-08-1999 04-11-1999 04-13-1999 04-13-1999 04-14-1999 04-15-1999 04-23-1999*9 04-24-1999 04-24-1999 04-26-1999 04-26-1999 04-26-1999 04-27-1999 04-28-1999 04-29-1999 04-29-1999 05-03-1999 05-03-1999 05-03-1999 05-03-1999 05-03-1999 05-04-1999 05-07-1999 05-08-1999 05-09-1999 05-09-1999*10 05-11-1999*11 05-16-1999 05-17-1999 05-20-1999 05-21-1999 05-22-1999 05-22-1999 05-22-1999 05-23-1999 05-27-1999 05-27-1999 05-28-1999 05-28-1999*12 05-29-1999 05-29-1999 05-29-1999 05-30-1999 05-30-1999 05-31-1999 05-31-1999 06-01-1999 06-01-1999 06-02-1999 06-03-1999 06-03-1999 06-04-1999 06-08-1999 06-08-1999 06-12-1999*13 07-02-1999 07-08-1999 07-10-1999 07-10-1999 07-13-1999 07-15-1999 07-16-1999 07-16-1999 07-17-1999 07-17-1999 07-18-1999 07-19-1999 07-19-1999 07-20-1999 07-21-1999 07-21-1999 07-21-1999 07-22-1999 07-22-1999 07-23-1999 07-23-1999 07-23-1999 07-24-1999 07-26-1999 07-26-1999 07-27-1999 07-27-1999 07-29-1999 07-29-1999 07-30-1999 07-30-1999 08-01-1999 08-02-1999 08-03-1999 08-03-1999 08-04-1999 08-04-1999 08-04-1999 08-04-1999 08-04-1999 08-05-1999 08-07-1999 08-08-1999 08-08-1999 08-08-1999 08-09-1999 08-09-1999 08-09-1999 08-09-1999 08-10-1999 08-10-1999 08-11-1999 08-11-1999 08-13-1999 08-13-1999 08-13-1999 08-13-1999 08-14-1999 08-14-1999 08-14-1999 08-15-1999 08-15-1999 08-17-1999 08-17-1999 08-18-1999 08-18-1999 08-18-1999 08-20-1999 08-20-1999 08-20-1999 08-20-1999 08-21-1999 08-21-1999 08-22-1999 08-22-1999 08-23-1999 08-23-1999 08-25-1999 08-25-1999 08-25-1999 08-29-1999 08-30-1999 08-30-1999 08-30-1999 09-01-1999 09-01-1999 09-01-1999 09-02-1999 09-03-1999 09-04-1999 09-05-1999 09-05-1999 09-06-1999 09-07-1999 09-07-1999 09-09-1999 09-11-1999 09-14-1999 09-17-1999 09-18-1999 09-19-1999 09-25-1999 09-26-1999 09-28-1999 09-30-1999 10-02-1999 10-03-1999*14 10-04-1999 10-04-1999 10-07-1999 10-07-1999 10-17-1999 10-19-1999 10-21-1999 10-23-1999 10-25-1999 10-26-1999*15 10-30-1999 10-31-1999 11-11-1999 11-13-1999 11-18-1999 11-19-1999 11-21-1999 11-22-1999 12-01-1999 12-04-1999 12-21-1999*16 02-26-2000*17 03-27-2000*18 04-06-2000*19 04-11-2000 05-02-2000 05-18-2000 06-13-2000 07-11-2000*20 07-13-2000 07-19-2000*21 07-22-2000*22 07-25-2000 08-24-2000 08-25-2000 08-27-2000*23 09-04-2000 09-07-2000 09-09-2000 09-15-2000 10-07-2000*24 10-13-2000*25 10-17-2000 10-25-2000*26 11-09-2000*27 11-24-2000 02-02-2001 02-25-2001*28 03-06-2001*29 03-19-2001*30 04-07-2001*31 04-11-2001*32 05-03-2001 06-11-2001*33 06-12-2001 06-13-2001*34 06-17-2001*32 06-19-2001 07-07-2001 08-02-2001*35 08-16-2001*36 08-23-2001*37 08-27-2001*38 08-27-2001 08-29-2001 08-29-2001 09-10-2001 09-16-2001*39 09-18-2001 09-26-2001*40 10-05-2001*41 10-08-2001*42 10-31-2001 11-04-2001*43 11-18-2001*44 12-13-2001*45 01-23-2002*46 01-24-2002*46 03-25-2002*47 04-24-2002*48 06-18-2002*49 07-22-2002*50 08-24-2002*51 09-29-2002 10-20-2002 12-17-2002*52 12-21-2002 03-25-2003 03-26-2003 03-28-2003 03-31-2003 04-02-2003 04-07-2003 04-07-2003 04-15-2003 04-20-2003*53 04-22-2003 07-09-2003*54 07-21-2003 08-09-2003*55 08-31-2003 08-31-2003*56 09-03-2003*57 09-03-2003*57 10-06-2003*58 10-26-2003 10-28-2003 10-28-2003 11-01-2003 11-01-2003 07-05-2004*59 04-19-2005*60 08-24-2005*61 08-26-2005*61 02-06-2008*62 07-19-2008*63 |
2. When Opie released this guy, he ran right into the box that is kept under the kitchen table. The Husband carried him out. 3. Found hiding behind a potted plant, nudged out with a pencil and into the trap. Carried outdoors and released. 4. Almost a repeat of 2 above. The mouse took off down the hall, the Husband in hot pursuit with the box. When cornered, he was wrangled into the box and returned to the woods. 5. Dropped at the husband's feet; he picked it up and carried it back to the woods. 6. Didn't know he was here 'til we found mouse dropping over several days. 7. Hid by the front door until the Husband herded it out. 8. After a night
in the house, Opie flushed him out. It tried to run down the
stairs, but the Husband was waiting with the cardboard box .
Ushered to the compost heap. 10. Found Opie
watching him on the stair landing. Fetched the trap and chased
him in. Released in the usual manner. 16. After a week with a virus, Opie brought home a mouse to let us know he was feeling okay. It was 6:30 a.m., but the mouse wasn't any more awake than we were. He was herded easily into a paper bag and carried out. 17. Awakened by Opie cornering a mouse in the bedroom, the Husband and Wife joined forces while semi-awake to herd the critter into the trap for release at the compost heap. 18. Found under a living room chair, herded into an empty cereal box, released at the compost heap. 19. Perched
over the front door. The Husband opened the door, the robin left. 21. Covered with a towel, carried gingerly out on the deck and released. 22. Spotted arriving with Opie, the door to the deck was opened, which the mouse took advantage of upon release. Simplicity. 23. Inasmuch as this mouse was brought to the Husband while he was outdoors, capture and release was unnecessary. Doofy cat. 24. The new cat's first capture. It was over half her size, and c.c. dropped it conveniently by the front door. The Husband opened the door, it left. Quickly. 25. Dropped in the bedroom by Opie at 6am. Chased into a paper bag, released immediately. 26. Presented by c.c. at 4 a.m. It was sufficiently confused to be caught easily and returned to the pre-dawn outdoors. 27. c.c. brought him into the living room and the Husband and c.c. chased it around - both the front and back doors were opened, and it was finally chased out on the deck. 28. Brought in by Opie, chased into the kitchen by c.c., coaxed out the back door by the Husband and Wife. 29. Brought in by c.c. at 1:30 am, captured in a towel, carried to an open window and sent on its way. 30. Brought into the bedroom by c.c. at 2:11 am, coaxed into a box and returned to the outdoors. 31. Dropped in the kitchen and scurried into a corner from which the Husband perrsuaded it into an empty cereal box. It was released, as usual, in the compost heap. 32. Intercepted c.c. with a mouthful of mouse, carried her to the compost heap, yanked her tail to give mouse his freedom. 33. Cornered in the kitchen by Opie, herded into the humane trap, escorted to the compost heap and released. 34. Literally chased from the living room onto the deck by the Husband, from whence he headed for home. 35. Husband puts box on floor, mouse enters. Easy. 36. With the front door propped open, the rabbit, being pursued by c.c., managed his escape, although the Husband had to restrain c.c. in the house until the escape was assured. 37. Never actually making it into the house, c.c. was interdicted midway across the lawn and carried rabbitless back to the house. 38. Hid behind a potted planted, was nudged into a cereal box and escorted out. 39. Cornered in the bathroom, herded into a paper bag, released safely to the woods. 40. Placed, by c.c., into a paper bag held by the Husband. Very strange. 41. Chased, cornered, herded into a box, returned to the wild. The usual. 42. Found pawing
at the sliding glass door, he was let out. Simple. 44. Cornered by c.c., wrangled into an empty cereal box by the Husband, returned to the great outdoors. 45. With some coaxing, we got c.c. to drop it into a paper bag (she didn't wanna let go), in which it was returned to the compost heap. 46. Brought in by c.c., chased around by the Husband, caught in a cereal box, escorted to the Compost Heap. 47. Found hiding in a corner of the kitchen, gently nudged into an empty cereal box, relocated to the Compost Heap. 48. A totally surprised bird allowed itself to be carried outside, where it flew off. 49. This chipmunk had been living behind the stove for weeks - when discovered in the living room, the Husband chased it out through the open door, onto the deck. We think. We didn't actually see him leave. 50. Could this have been the critter described above? This time we did see him leave. 51. Brought in by c.c. and dropped near the open door to the garage, from which it escaped and was last seen headed for the woods., 52. Captured unassisted by c.c. and carried outside. 53. Brought in by c.c. on a Wednesday, finally captured and released on Easter weekend. 54. Brought
in by c.c., dropped by an open door, was gone in seconds. 56. Managed to get under the bed despite its boxed-in platform frame; bed required dismantling at 5 am, but rabbit was returned to his habitat. 57. Intercepted on the stairs on the way in, immediately carried back to nature. 58. Left on
the stair landing, he waited patiently for the Husband to get
a box to put him in to return him to the wild. 60. Caught by Dorie during an unauthorized visit to the garage. 61. Caught when
he stuck his nose out from under the pantry door; critter did
not survive.
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