A muffled cry for help from the normally fragrant Chirimoya Mansions.
A few weeks ago a large mouse (or small rat) was spotted prowling in our kitchen. Every morning the evidence was there, leading us to believe that this was not a passing visit, but a mouse who wished to set up home.
Being of tender heart myself I campaigned for the humane mousetrap option, not being able to face the gory consequences of sticky paper or guillotine death trap again.
Not surprisingly, though, humane mousetraps are not easy to find in Santo Domingo, so we decided to go for the coward's way out: poison.
To cut a long story short, strong poison was administered. Mouse poo was no longer a feature of our kitchen surfaces in the mornings.
The late rodent is currently having the last laugh. A couple of days ago a pungent whiff started to brew up in the area just outside the house. We believe that the departed chose a drainpipe as his final resting place.
The smell in some parts of the house is overpowering, but the crypt is inaccessible.
What to do???
A few weeks ago a large mouse (or small rat) was spotted prowling in our kitchen. Every morning the evidence was there, leading us to believe that this was not a passing visit, but a mouse who wished to set up home.
Being of tender heart myself I campaigned for the humane mousetrap option, not being able to face the gory consequences of sticky paper or guillotine death trap again.
Not surprisingly, though, humane mousetraps are not easy to find in Santo Domingo, so we decided to go for the coward's way out: poison.
To cut a long story short, strong poison was administered. Mouse poo was no longer a feature of our kitchen surfaces in the mornings.
The late rodent is currently having the last laugh. A couple of days ago a pungent whiff started to brew up in the area just outside the house. We believe that the departed chose a drainpipe as his final resting place.
The smell in some parts of the house is overpowering, but the crypt is inaccessible.
What to do???