I'm coming Nell!

[tune4u@earthlink.net]

I've done the same thing and when I trap, I try to live trap and release.
Unfortunately, the beneficiary of your kindness will likely be an owl or
hawk. Oh, well. Raptors need love (and food) too.

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 3:31 PM
Subject: I'm coming Nell!


>
> I got to be the good guy today, but nobody knows about it until now. I
> stopped by one of my churches to check out a Dampp-Chaser problem. "The
pad
> light is blinking" It turned out to be the low water light, naturally, and
> the reservoir was empty, though the pads were still damp. Looks like
> another round of education  is in order. After finally finding the filler
> can (following the Pastor around while he looked) and pouring in the first
> load of water, I glanced over and saw "something" duck under the closet
> door. Listening, I heard it rattling around inside, but the door was
locked
> and I couldn't give chase and see what it was. Boojums! Back with the
> second can of water, I was putting the cover back on the piano when I
heard
> a noise behind me. There, between a couple of chairs, I saw something
> moving. Yup, Boojums. I went over, and there was a mouse, dragging the
trap
> that had her by the (crushed) foot, and the trap wedged between the chair
> legs so she was stuck and couldn't get away. I'm sure she thought she was
a
> goner. I grabbed her tail, sprung her from the trap, carried her down the
> hall, and set her outside the back door where she hobbled off into the
> bushes. I hope I bettered her survival odds, if the shock from having a
> foot crushed doesn't get her. I'll never know.
> Ron N
>
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