Thread: RIP Herbil

I just committed involuntary mouseslaughter.

About a week ago I noticed a mouse in the house. Largely because of the cool weather I figured. Saw his skinny rodent self scurrying across the kitchen floor and thought, fook that, and set up 2 mousetraps.

Now I am all for pets, in fact, still have one gerbil on the go I recently got from a neighbor. He pretty much stays in his plastic trail cage, and is neglected prettyy bad, but hey...his existance isn't too horrible. Change his water regularly, his shavings, throw him the odd grape. It's forever trying to chew itself out....

Anyway, yea, so I set 2 traps that night cuz Fuk that, mice are mice and gerbils are gerbils. I gonna snap that fookin mouse's head in the trap, and that'll be that. So sure enough, I set my traps that night, one by the fridge where I saw him and another not far away, but yet out of sight so my dumb dog don't go sniffing around. And well, kersnap!

Very first night I catch em. Was there the next morning. His little head all squished in with a clean hit. Eyes still open reaching for the peanut butter covered bread. When, surprize!!!! haha sucker! And into the garbage he goes.

So yea.

About 20 mins ago I am walking through the dining room, and what do I hear? KERSNAP ! wtf?

Did I just catch another mouse? Was there 2? Is there maybe lots more. Geebus, I had totally forgot about that other trap.

And there he was. Not some skinny field mouse already hardened to nature's rough existance. Not my dumb dog. But dammit, if Herbil the gerbil didn't finally make his excape. And where did he go first? You guessed it.

Good bye little gerbil friend. Although we were never close, and your end was violent, and at my hands, I'll never forget the look of shock you left the world with. In surely your finest hour, your hour of escape...caught reaching for the peanut butter surprise.



RIP Herbil.