Do you have a Wireless Mouse? I am This little guy, in spite of being quite dead, still represents a health safety hazard. (I am assuming "he" is a “he” because something like 99% of all electricians are guys----and why else would he be in the electric panel? Women do make mistakes regarding things they are clueless about----can’t believe I thought that out loud, but messing with things electrical seems to be primarily the domain of Mice and Men.) This particular mouse is a White Footed Deer Mouse, and as such is a known vector for Hantavirus. While instances of Hantavirus are quite rare, these critters and their feces/urine must be handled with a fair amount of respect due to possible health concerns---no matter how remote. They are generally considered to be more of a problem in rural areas. The primary approach to protection from exposure to Hantavirus is geared toward keeping mice out of the house----and out of electrical panels. Let’s leave fooling around with electricity to the “stupid”----not the “ignorant.” Charles Buell Seattle Home Inspectors, Charles Buell Inspections Inc, Seattle, WA
sure this is one mouse that wishes he was “wireless”---if he can wish at all. This little guy was probably doing OK roaming around inside this electrical panel until he touched two wires that were on different “poles.” Mice, like all mammals, are not designed to BE 240 volt appliances and death would have been instantaneous.
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Charles, looks like that mouse was "wired." Great photo, and a good lesson in keeping the fingers out of the panel.
Charles, You really do come up with the best photos in the pursuit of your job.
John, this little guy should have kept his whole body out of the panel
Paul, thanks
Amazed that this little thing didn't explode. Great reminder of needing to be cautious. Thanks.
Oh my -- what an incredible photo. These little critters can make a lot of touble... More than girl mice!
Darren I see this situation several times a year and have yet to see an "exploded" one
Joan---too true.
Well, I guess I'll agree with the part about girls not messing with things we don't understand rather than assume you mean we don't understand technical stuff. Okay, I'll admit, I couldn't resist messing with you a little :) Really great picture Charles (thank God it wasn't a squirrel...lol).
Suesan, I think that the only thing that would keep this from being a squirrel Nutsy, is that there usually aren't holes that big for them to get in there:)
"Women do make mistakes regarding things they are clueless about"...
Never. Kate
PS I can't believe you thought that outloud either.
Find mice a few times a year in panels. this one looks rather fresh. But the pose is what makes the photo interesting. Did you stage the shot? :)
Kate---"dare to tread where no man has gone before":)
James, not staged----I ain't touching no white footed deer mouse:)
Oh, poor little guy. I second the thank goodness it wasn't a squirrel (that we know!) where is he anyway? ~Rita
Rita, I hear he is doing battle with Nair---getting ready for the 4th of July Barbeque
Charles - Is this the latest contraption for mouse traps? I think it is kind of cruel and probably not all that effective, since you mention it attracts mainly male mice. Aren't the females the ones you have to worry about? LOL
I live in a rural area, and we have to worry about these little rodents. I don't think we have ever had one in our electrical panel, but then again I don't go there. ;-)
p.s. thanks for answering my question about adding the subscribe button to my blog. I like the duck too.
Mr Charles,
In the inspections the boss and I do, we make sure that we report all evidence of rodents. I am so glad that Mrs Rita noticed that I have been laying low since brutally assaulted by that Ford woman. I studied pest control in Mexico and they know a pest when they see one.
Nutsy
Charles, great new photos! I'm glad the innocent kid no longer has to tolerate this Rain crew. The new one looks threatening enough that you'll have no "lip" from anyone. And that mouse shot is neat. He musta just died.
Nutsy, you can run but you can't hide. I mean that is a very nice picture of you. Kate
Judy, one probably has to worry about them all would be my guess:) Is this a chicken or egg question? Glad to help with the subscription question.
Nutsy I have only one thing to say: "Fumigaciones de Nutsy"
Barbara, the kid will be back:) Actually he is always here:)
Kate, don't take no lip from that Rodent.
Mr Charles,
I see that you ran into one of my friends up there on the roof. That friend would not be that Ford woman, by the way. Nutsy looking the opposite direction.
Nutsy, I have an imagine in my head: Squirrel. Zig-zagging. Super Highway. Ford Thunderbird. Thump.
Nutsy, Can you say "thump"?
Charles, I was taking no lip. (hard to hear sarcasm in a blog)
:) Kate
Kate, between me and Nutsy it is easier to single out the few times that are NOT sarcasm:)
I knew it! I just knew it! I knew this blog was designed to malign little Nutsy. And Nutsy is innocent. Nutsy did nothing to deserve all this abuse. I'm going to join little Nutsy in his crying and feeling bad about the treatment he gets. sob....sniff...sob
Wow! Great shot... I would say that contract on nutzy is still open. I have no desire to go by way of electricution. Unless... I have so much voltage going through me to completely flick me like a fried nose bugger snot. I do feel sorry for the mouse but not for nutzy who I think we can all agree is lucky that he has survived this long in life. Darwin should have delt with Nutzy a long time ago but maybe darwin has a special fate set aside for the bussy tailed one.
Finally some commons sense to this post:)
Raven, you looked absolutely lovely in that necklace and heart when you came to rob me in Arkansas. I loved you! I truly did! Nutsy had to show me the evil nature of your visit. Sweet little Nutsy does so many good deeds.
Yes and not good deed shall go unpunished as they say:)
I'm trying to think of a smart mouthed comment. I know. It looks like Tim Geithner working on the banking crises!
Gene---could be just about anyone "working" on the banking crisis couldn't it?
Ha! Wireless mouse..........too funny...........also aren't you the original one on your profile photos..........would have recognize that shadow anywhere! :-)
-----the Shadow knows!
Oooh Charles very mysterious avatar...I like it! Oh man what a way to go (the mouse).
Keep safe Charles, those white footed deer mice can also carry the Lyme Disease causing spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi.
Cynthia----I hate diseases I can't pronounce:)
Mrs Barbara, dear Godmother, thank you for the support. I think maybe this Ford woman is a mean spinster who wants to lord it over us smaller folk. She feels superior to me, even though I do an honest days work for a days pay (except when Mr Charles hires me as he is a slow to non-existent pay, But he is fun anyway so I give him some room to squirm).
Godson, loyal, true and adoring,
Nutsy S. Wallenda
Nutsy---I like most of your name. Drop the "y" and you will have it nailed.
Charles, SEE! Nutsy loves you! He has professed it right here on this blog. Now aren't you ashamed of your behavior! He has even forgiven you for not paying him. All is beautiful in this world today!!!
Barbara, all that I have duely noted its that he likes to see me "squirm"----and he thinks that "Ford woman is a mean spinster." Not even a nice roadster---a spinster. I still say he is Nuts.
Nutzy, You keep saying "spinster" because you are just trying to figure out my marital status. Sorry good old boy but I have been happily in love and married to my husband since I was 19 years old and NO I am not going to tell you how many years I have been married.
Haha I knew it!
Nutsy is really the assistant to Tim Geitner
Conspiracy abounds
(Now that Ms Barbara is the true sniff and sob)
Mean little spinster, that is what she is. Of that Nutsy is certain.
Nutsy will be the judge of that.
A warning judiciously awaits Nutzy. Scroll down to the end of the nice Ms Barbara's thread for Edgar's message.
"And in the end,
the love we take,
is equal to
the love we make."
Paul McCartney
Mr Charles,
Please ban this Ford woman for being rude to your most trusted business advisor. You know perfectly well that, had it not been for my sage advice, you would be having real trouble with the business end of your home appraisal business had it not been for one named Nutsy. You tell her that.
Nutsy
And yet there is silence.
And even more silence...........
I'm not silent!! I wish I knew how to use those big words like Ms Kate and draw those big words like Mr. Charles. But I'm like Nutsy; we've been too busy working to cultivate our little brains with hi-falutin impressive words. We's street smart, ain't we Nutsy? It's me n you, little Nutsy, against the whole woods fulla evil shadowy people out there.
And whoever heard of gettin' 49 comments with a dead mouse blog! This mouse will not break our record of your Raven's death though.
Barbara, I think you are right about that---but who knows. I am thinking of responding to Nutsy using only words that have more than 4 letters so that he will not understand a single word I am saying.
Well... I was thinking four letter words might be the MOST appropriate for Nutsy.
But certainly not for Ms. Barbara. Ms. Barbara, I do not think for even a moment that you are void of a rich vocabulary.
And 49 comments about a dead mouse, well THAT should tell you how folks around here feel about rodents.
PS Ms Barbara, your Hotel thread is up to 56 comments. Nutsy should be ashamed to have hi-jacked such a thoughtful, historical and respectable blog as yours. Respectfully, CG Kate
Kate---such a GREAT point----can't believe I didn't think of that myself:)
Hey, Nutsy, meet me at a blog that is more respectful. Let's just say goodnight to this one. Good night!
Charlie - Please tell me that little guy was just taking a nap.
Barbara, come back please----don't make me put my crawl space picture back up:)
Carol, well----yes, but a permenant nap.
Me thinks the subject has gotten away from Sparky's demise.
That is a great shot. Did you put it in the report.
And good catch about the continued health and safety issue. I've not written about that in a report before.
Yes, Andrew, my post comments have a way of getting a life of their own:) I make it a point to NOT put pictures of dead creatures in the report----just not necessary.
"I make it a point to NOT put pictures of dead creatures in the report----just not necessary."
Mr Charles,
That is wise I think, Now, if you were to checkout at the inspection, your sweetie could send a link to the mortuary where you would be residing instead of the report link or file. That would make sense I think and be quite efficient.
Nutsy, with sage advice yet again