Re: NANFA-- mouse in my outdoor tub

IndyEsox_at_aol.com
Fri, 20 Apr 2001 21:02:16 EDT

In a message dated 4/20/01 1:43:37 PM US Central Standard Time,
sajjad_at_acm.org writes:

<< I found a mouse drowned in one of my outdoor tubs. It must have
seen the thick salvinia mat and mistook it for "terra firma". Ever have
that happen to you? The nieghbourhood squirrels also use the tubs for
water. Maybe I should put up a birdbath of somekind, too. >>

I had one show up dead in an indoor aquarium once. I noticed the water was
rapidly going bad and finally determined it was a deceased rodent. Managed
to clean it up before losing any fish.

Chuck Church
Indianapolis, Indiana USA

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