Phone call

[den]

"I have some mice. can you collect them from me?"

"Um... you have then in a container?"

"No, I trapped them."

"I'm afraid we don't handle dead mice. Why don't you-"

"No, no! They're still alive! I trapped them in a live trap. I want someone to take them away and kill them for me. You have snakes, right?"

"Uh... I don't have snakes but I know someone who does. These are normal house mice, right?"

"Yes, little brown house mice. I wanted to get rid of them but I couldn't stand the thought of hurting them, so I got some live traps and caught the mice but now I still have to get rid of them. Can you do it?" long pause "Please?"

And that's why I have three fresh, killed-by-chloroform mice in the freezer, wrapped in plastic and placed in the container with the echidna food and pee wee mix, right next to the frozen chicken.

I must remember not to get confused when I want the chicken.

(It was a man on the phone, btw.)

Comments

[accessingname.livejournal.com]

how kill w/ chloroform ?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

They were in a cloth bag and placed in an air-tight container with a small dish containing about 20cc of chloroform. the container was placed in a quiet, dark place and left for an hour.

Oh, and...

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Chloroform only works with mammals and birds. It's a really BAD way of killing reptiles. It takes too long.