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.
PHASE I - Opie's Solo Years
|
Critter |
Date In |
Date Out |
Footnotes |
|
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 |
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 |
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. |