{"id":7257,"date":"2026-08-29T05:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T12:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/theres-a-mouse-in-the-house\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T05:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T12:04:06","slug":"theres-a-mouse-in-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/theres-a-mouse-in-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s a mouse in the house"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m dealing with what seems to be a fucking genius<\/em> mouse.<\/p>\n

It keeps going into the humanitarian trap and eating the bait without ever tripping the door. And I don’t know how it’s doing it.<\/p>\n

Every other mouse has gone in, stepped onto the trip plate, and boom. A free ride to living outside. Where rodents belong.<\/p>\n

But this one guy? Naw.<\/p>\n

At this point I feel like all I’m doing is feeding the mouse.<\/p>\n

It’s frustrating and infuriating and I’m reaching the point where the mouse has to die<\/em>. Like, I’d prefer to throw it outside, but this guy. This guy is not taking the hint. And it’s getting bolder and bolder with running around and taunting me.<\/p>\n

Disgusting little monster.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t know that my next step is to buy one of those executioner traps that release a deadly electrical shock.<\/p>\n

I don’t want<\/em> to kill the little guy, but it has<\/em> to go.<\/p>\n

~Harper Kingsley<\/p>\n

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I’m dealing with what seems to be a fucking genius mouse. It keeps going into the humanitarian trap and eating the bait without ever tripping the door. And I don’t know how it’s doing it. Every other mouse has gone in, stepped onto the trip plate, and boom. A free ride to living outside. 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