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From: ln63szh@sdcc3.ucsd.EDU (Lisa Kemp)
Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: Build a better mousetrap (Habitrail?)
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Date: Fri, 5-Sep-86 18:09:10 EDT
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Summary: we shouldnt discriminate against other members of the rodent family.





ok. so this may not be entirely relevant.  but I just HAD to relate
a fond childhood memory.  I've been reading quite a bit about
catching and killing mice.........  
anybody out there ever have a renegade hamster?  you know... your
first pet ("Mommie... MOMMIE... but I *will* take care of it...")
well, my small monster decided he/she (I never cared to look)
enjoyed freedom more than the Habitrail.  *gasp* hard to imagine,
eh?  perhaps because I threw the furry rat at my brother more than I
fed it... BUT anyway, it got out of its cage regularly and to catch
it (for more abuse, no doubt) we would get out the old plastic pail
that we took to the beach to capture sandcrabs (which of course sunk
to the bottom of the pickle jar once we got them home), propped it
up with a pencil, tied a one end of a piece of thread around the
pencil and the other around a goodie. apple worked best.  stupid
hamster fell for it every time. the next morning, we would throw it
back into the Habitrail and scold it for trying to escape.  we were
pretty stupid too... as if the scolding would make the hamster think
twice next time... as if the hamster thought once about it.

(be patient, this really is not a long story)

well, the stupid rodent finally died in the cage.  it was never the
same after my mom threw it very hard against the wall.  you see, it
was dark and it crawled up into her bed... and well, like most
normal human beings, she thought it was a rat.  what better thing to
do to a rat than grab it and throw it against the wall??

I think someone way up my family tree must have worshipped airborne
rodents.

Lisa still-disclaimerless Kemp