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Date: | Mon, 21 Apr 1997 20:50:48 -0500 |
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This is a little off-topic, but the circumstances certainly should concern
us all. Last night I heard an animal scratching in the wall behind my bed.
Checking to be sure both ferrets were safe (and didn't I get a couple of
glares for turning the light on sleeping ferrets!) I proceeded to drag the
washer/dryer out from the wall. The scratching was coming from near the
plumbing connections. Figuring I had a rat, I primed my trusty pellet gun
and grabbed a flashlight and a set of tools. A pilot hole produced frantic
scratching and a return shower of gypsum dust. Strange rat. I put away the
gun. A few minutes with a knife revealed a nose, definetely rodent in
shape. Too small for rat, too large for mouse. And with orange fur?!
Sure enough, it was a hamster. I figure he was stuck in the walls for at
least three days, as I heard him scrabbling around the inside of the bathtub
Friday evening. He now is esconced in an unused cage, while I try and find
his old home. In a 12 unit apartment building with a few recent movings, I
may be stuck with him. At least I'm fairly sure he's from within my
building. You see, I also have a stray cat on the back deck who just
kittened last week. A lost hamster out there would've never made it across
the parking lot...
Bryan McCullough, trapped in the Menagerie
[Posted in FML issue 1910]
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