And I'm not talking about a coat.
I was sitting in my office suite this morning and out of the corner of my eye I saw movement. Lo and behold, a dark gray mink was sitting in the adjoining room checking me out.
I know I live on a farm and alla that, but I didn't sign up for wildlife in my office suite. A mouse here or there in the wintertime is one thing, but a mink??!!!
The little critter looked at me and didn't even run that far away when I screamed. He kept trying to peep me from behind trunks and chairs and woodpiles. It's a rather cute little animal, I must say, with it's tiny head and beady eyes. But it doesn't belong in my house.
I set up a Havahart trap with a large chunk of tuna fish as bait per animal control instructions and as you might expect, it's been more than a few hours and the critter hasn't shown up again.
The way the mink kept looking at me with such a friendly face, the way it simply refused to run away, I'm beginning to wonder if a beloved spirit wasn't just dropping by to say hello.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
There's A Mink In My House!
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Can you say, "Mink-lined gloves!"
If you tell him that your sister in law is looking for a purse mayby he will leave????:))
Wilma, that is so funny.
I've had a coyote in the driveway, a bobcat in the backyard, and a rattlesnake on the deck -- but a mink in the office?
You win.
Oh Craig, you should come visit me in Colunbus. And bring your mink!
10 years ago I had 3 raccoons inside my house. At night they'd sit at my bedroom door and chortle. I thought I could catch them by myself, but that didn't happen. I had to spend neary $1000 on "professional" help
All has been quiet until a couple
months ago when a possum showed up. The kitties were not amused. Neither was the possum. He crapped all over my window sill.
Finally, last week a bat fdecided to move into my upstairs. I have never seen a live bat in my life. All I could think of was rabies and Dracula. One of the kitties tried to catch it by climbing up the curtains, so I had to lock her (and myself) in the bedroom. It seems to have wended its way outside now.
And this is the city!
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