Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Put out the 'Welcome' mat: Your furry friends are here.



“There’s Oliver!” said Towson University junior Timothy Dadourian as he watched a tiny, furry field mouse scurry across his apartment living room.


Since he moved out on his own to finish his under graduate degree last year, Dadourian, like thousands of college students across the nation, has made many new friends. Some of them even happen to have whiskers, claws and a reputation for scaring little girls.


“The problem is that the buildings are old and the mice are in the walls,” says Towson senior Sandra Clausen. A commuter student from Baltimore City, Clausen also deals with mice in her apartment. She found that she sees more mice during the winter when it’s cold outside.


“I put out glue traps with peanut butter to catch the mice. It works a lot of the time,” said Dadourian about how he remedies his mouse troubles. Other solutions include ultra sonic wave producers. The tiny device plugs into any regular wall outlet and emits a sound that when the mouse comes near, it creates an uncomfortable loud buzz in their ears. If you think you might have mice in your apartment, there are some very simple solutions that a stop to the local home improvement store will fix.


While many apartment buildings in the Towson area are a shelter for all sorts of creatures, humans are less likely to embrace mice into their homes.

4 comments:

Anomaly said...

I like your angle on this story. Did you take the photo? I wouldn't have been able to get that close. It's great that you added it to your story.

Jennie B. said...

Good length and really good photo! Kept my interest.

Caitlin said...

Great story. It gives some great advice about living on your own.

Melissa Hale said...

Great photo and nice idea for a story. I have an apartment as well and dealt with the same problem. Lucky for me it only lasted a month:)