Mouse tale

[killerplantsguy]

I got a bit verbose here, so my apologies.

Anyway, about a week ago I noticed this N.lowii had a damaged lid. I thought maybe I had broken it while watering or moving plants around. (All photos were taken today.)

Yesterday I noticed similar damage on a young Nepenthes ephippiata up on a shelf, so I then took a look at a larger plant and found this:

I suspected a critter was at work, so last night I set a trap near the larger N. ephippiata and caught a mouse.

After taking the above photos and disposing of the mouse, I peeked in the pitcher. At least the plant received some food in exchange for the lid damage!

Guess this qualifies as a "mouse toilet".
(Mice seldom act alone, so I'll be setting more traps...)
Cheers,
Mac (kpg)

 

[mass]

oh dang.. popped his eye right out of his head.

 

[Exo]

oh dang.. popped his eye right out of his head.

He had a mind-blowing experience......

 

[Nepenthes101]

He had a mind-blowing experience......

His mind was boggled, LOL

 

[amphirion]

*insert witty comment about a blown up/crushed head here*

sorry im not smart enough.

 

[Exo]

Talk about a headache.....

 

[scottychaos]

he got caught, so he must not have used his head..
oh wait, yes he did..

 

[jafvortex93]

boom headshot!!!!

 

[kulamauiman]

should use head for something other than target.....

 

[philcula]

Thank you for removing that photo.

 

[Chris_Himself]

That'll be the end of his head games

 

[justjack]

This is like hanging out with Austin Powers, ugh. Not as funny without the photo as well.

 

[Sig]

What, there was a photo?

Edit: Shoulda used my head..

 

[James H]

With out the photo I feel like everyone here is head and sholders above me on what is going on.....best I could do.

 

[blokeman]

Never saw the pic...

That's what you get when you stick your nose in other people's business.

That mouse would have been fine had it been ill-tempered and had lazer beams on its head, or was that sea-bass.

That's no way to get ahead in the game.

The Rodent Times article headding: The search for Mickey, missing for 48 hours now...

 

[petmantis]

Ahahahaha! The comments are hilarious here. I think I'm gonna second what Amphirion said, though

 

[dashman]

I didn't get to see the picture, but from the sounds of it he didn't keep his eye on the prize.

 

[Exo]

That mouse sure was scatterbrained at times.....