I had heard of APOPO rats a few years ago because there was a rat which had been awarded a bravery award. What luck that I ended up in the same town as the rats. Sadly they are nocturnal so if you want to see them you have to get up at the crack of… Read More »
My community is dirty enough without the added complexity of building rubble piling up outside my door. Yesterday I went downstairs to find a cabinet blocking my path. Today waiting for me was a pile of builders bags from the renovations going on next door. In the other direction, the ground floor flats are getting… Read More »
I came back from the Spring Festival today and on returning to my desk I found that the mouse which I have been trying to catch since the beginning of the year, had been active again. It had got a snack off a desk, bitten a hole in the wrapper and sucked it out. All… Read More »
Many people hate mice although I am not sure why. They are not very different from hamsters and guinea pigs and gerbils. I have a pet mouse which lives near my desk in the teachers’ room. At first I tried to catch it in the trap by putting one of Adam’s wedding chocolates as bait… Read More »