Chihuahua affected by a mouse trap

If you have a Chihuahua at home, you should try your best to keep your house clear of racoons, gophers, mice - and ofcourse, fleas, ticks and mites. But, in your drive to clear your house of these unwelcome visitors, you need to take care such that the Chi itself does not get affected.

Here is a story of Isabella, the Chihuahua, who suffered from the glue board laid as a mousetrap:

This is about a family who had a farmland right over their back fence. The sound of the tractors in that farmland did not disturb them much because they had grown up in an area with lot of corn fields. But, what disturbed them the most was that a farmland is also a habitat for creatures which can cause a mess in your home, in case they invade.

But with the proximity of the farmland, they had raccoons coming to their backyard and Isabella was fatigued of the battle chasing them.

They had a big patio fountain and raccoons were the first trespassers they had to deal with. Then, their neighbor Paul heaved chunks of wood at the coons and so these raccoons left for a friendlier part of town.

Soon after, they noticed mounds of dirt in my flower beds that revealed the presence of gophers. In retaliation they installed gopher sticks and the gophers soon left.

But the constant botheration were the mice. A year ago they had trapped the first one in their pantry. They immediately put down more glue boards, today's better mousetraps, where I thought mice would congregate. Over the following months none of the traps produced a victim, nor did they have reason to believe any more mice had slipped into their pad. Then last week their daughter found unmistakable evidence that a mouse had invaded their bathroom. So they laid down another glue board and forgot about it.

They was rudely reminded of it, however, when Isabella soon came flying out of the bathroom, screaming hideously. The glue board, complete with dead mouse, was stuck to her paw. The sticky mess did not yield to detergent so they called their dog groomer for advice. They applied vegetable oil to remove most of the glue. And finally Isabella, their Chihuahua stopped wailing.

There has been several cases of these glue boards affecting the house pets. In a recent incident, a poodle got stuck on a glue board and nearly died. Besides getting her paw stuck, as Isabella did, the poodle tried to chew her way out of the dilemma, getting the glue stuck in her nose. When the owners came home, the dog was barely surviving with only a tiny hole in one nostril allowing her to breathe.

However, don't let this discourage you from using glue boards, the most effective means to keep furry disease carriers out of your house. We do recommend that you put them where they won't entrap other life forms, such as a rodent-size Chihuahua.

These raccoons, gophers and mice can cause a lot of harm to your home and even to the pets - and most of all, your chihuahuas can get mad at chasing them the whole day. So, you should take every step to get rid of them. However, you need to take care that you have another animal in the house which should be kept away from the traps that you have laid in your home or backyard to remove these unwanted creatures.

(Source: from techanpinews.com)

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