Life is Funny

Ok, we have a trailer in the middle of the forest that we go visit maybe once a month. Normally everything is intact, just the way we left it.

I wish this story was funny and amusing, well I suppose it is, depending on how you look at it.

Our mouse trap did catch a mouse while we were away, but there are like 400 mouse droppings (aka turds) all over the trailer. Its in the silverwear drawers, in the bathroom, all over the counter, in the bed, on the couch, just everywhere!

Why do these mice poop so much?  It eats and poops at the same time. Mice wouldn’t be quite so bad if they didn’t poop so often.

This is what causes me to hate mice, otherwise I’d consider them cute, like chipmunks. Ever heard the phrase “what, are you scared of a mouse?”

I mean they are so tiny and they are more scared of you… they are very timid creatures.

So now, I have to spend the day cleaning up mouse turds, and I have to be extra careful not to contract the Hantavirus which is linked to mouse poop. Its an airbourne virus which you can contract if the mouse is a carrier.  Apparently the virus lives for 2 or 3 days at room temperature. Lets hope these mouse droppings are more than 3 days old.

If I do contact the virus, I can show symptoms within 45 days later, which keeps you wondering if you got it.

All this, because of a little mouse.

So yes, I guess you could say, I’m scared of mice, simply because of this virus and nothing else.