Highly doubtful of a mouse, my cats have proven they are very good mousers. there is a door to a crawlspace right there though so I could duct tape it off and see if that helps. I did see a centipede down there the other day when I was moving trays around a little-could that be a potential culprit? It is my laundry room in the basement, I was worried my cats would be the ones wreaking havoc but they have ignored it so far.

Tiffy .. there are so many kittens out there this year .. I just cant believe it. But if you really want to give someone a chance in life .. adopt an older cat. Many are put to sleep because kittens are so cute and the shelters run out of room for everyone. Or they become ill due to over crowding. Dont purchase one at a pet store!!! The shelters have so many. I personally have 7 cats of my own .. three of whom I have raised since they were only a few days old. But the rest have been rejects from the shelters .. older cats who no one wanted. They all get along no matter their age .. they just need time to introduce themselves to other pets. I tend to have a soft spot for the underdogs so many of my cats have had issues. One of them named Mouse was a wild cat that was found in the bush in Northern Ontario .. a hunter found and trapped him .. he is so beautiful. He actually is a purbred Ragdoll. Mouse is the cat in the back of the photo .. Meshoo is also a stray Ragdoll .. they have the best personalities .. so calm and regal. All they want to do is love you!! I have a crippled cat .. and actually I named the kitten after him .. Taz senior is now 17 years old and doing well. I hand raised him as a foster kitten. Then he developed issues with his balance. The shelter wanted to put him to sleep but I was having none of that .. so I took off with him :o) I never did foster for that shelter again :o) If they had put him to sleep I would never have found my best friend .. I just love him to death!!! He is mommys boy. Its odd how I have such a strong bond with him .. I have had many cats but none like this little man. He is my world .. odd .. but true. Fostering any animal is truely a labour of love and boarders on insanity :o) Since April I have been up every two hours feeding and stimulating kittens .. thank god I dont sleep well to begin with :o) A friend of mine adopted one of my kittens this year .. guess what .. he gets her up at 5 am to feed him :o) He got into a routine when he was little and because I have had so many little guys this year .. he use to get up with me at feeding time ... he would even wake me up if I missed the alarm by pushing his head into my face :o) Poor Debbie .. I hope he has out grown that bad habit :o) Well I am off to feed the new zoo crew .. they are so cute :o) Laura

without knowing how many worm you received, how the translocation went, what the bin looks/smells like my guess is one of two things - they migrated out of the air holes and bolted or they are present but hiding. worms know how to hide very well. the presence of baby worms is a good sign. if your bin's in good shape, not too much food, moisture, odour your are best to leave them be for a bit worms are a lot like cactus this way

My father took the nest out of the box. He had stuff in the box and didn't know the nest was in there. I'm just glad there weren't any babies in it - he threw it on the ground. What should I do with the nest? There's no where I can put it on the porch that is safe from my father. He can't keep his hands out of other people's stuff and there's no way to keep him out of anything. There's some brushwood to the side of the house that birds go in but the nest would get wet if I put it in there. Does anyone have a suggestion? Oh, and there's a little egg still in it. What should I do with that?