A better mouse trap? – Entry for May 17, 2005
A couple mornings ago, I noticed a nail or metal rod sticking out from between the hub and cap of my front, driver-side tire. I bent down to touch it but quickly recoiled when I noticed it was hairy. Turns out a large mouse or small rat had trapped itself between the hub and cap of my car’s tire and expired. I’m not sure how it got there but it’s dead. Just my luck.
Update: I removed the rat about 5 days later, after driving from the bay area to LA and enduring a coupleof 90 degree days. By then, it was black and crusty which made it easy to remove. It stuck to the hub cap so I just needed to flick it off into the trash can. Good thing it didn’t smell.
May 17th, 2005 at 5:49 am
Brett’s blog for May 17, 2005: My husband is afraid of a little dead rodent stuck in his car wheel. He ran around wondering how to deal with this so during the confusion I quietly took the furry little fella and hid it in Dan’s sock drawer. Won’t he be surprised later!