I Deserve An Award, hehe (warning-gross)

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-07-2005
I Deserve An Award, hehe (warning-gross)
10
Tue, 10-17-2006 - 1:50am

As some know, DS has his own home, works and goes to school.

He's been battling a possum for a few weeks now. We couldn't figure out how the dang thing kept getting in the house. He'd shut his bedroom door each night so it couldn't keep getting in there, and especially so that it couldn't hurt his teeny tiny kitten that showed up one day.

He accidentally left the door cracked last night and he wakes up *again* with the possum in his room. After battling with it for 30 minutes, and still not able to get it out of the room, much less outside.... he picked up a baseball bat and went after it. He killed it and was kinda freaked out over the amount of blood. Actually he said he was just trying to knock it unconscious but went too far.

He threw some paper towels over the blood after he removed the body. And wouldn't you know it? I've been lecturing him about leaving his a/c running full blast every day while he's gone to school then work. And today was the first time he listened to me and turned it off! Needless to say, the aroma wasn't pleasant when he got back home at 3.

He called and asked for HELP asap, "how do I get massive amounts of blood off hardwood floors?" Yikes! No amount of parenting advice, or reading, prepared me for this!!

I agreed to pick him up from work and bring supplies. I left at 9 pm armed to do serious battle. It turned out not to be too bad.... the "thank you's" over and over and over, and the "I love you's" made it worthwhile.

Maybe I deserve a "Crazy Award", haha.

zz

Avatar for jupiterfit
iVillage Member
Registered: 05-12-2003
Tue, 10-17-2006 - 6:52am
Hmmm. Okayyyy. Well, we all have to get our brownie points wherever we can with teens. Surely you "rock" as a mom right now, cat, in your son's eyes and that just can't be beat. I remember when you posted that your DS moved out on his own; now he is figuring out that a lot of things come up that require one to be brave and "grown up" but it sure helps to have a parent around to pitch in with some of the hard stuff when necessary. Oxy Clean has done wonders in my home for a lot of hard to remove stains and smells. What did you use?
Deb
Debbie
Avatar for mily12
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-18-2003
Tue, 10-17-2006 - 10:22am

This is the closest I can get to an EEEWWW icon. You definatley deserve an award. I was getting grossed out just imagining the situation. YUK!

Mily

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-06-2006
Tue, 10-17-2006 - 10:51am

Eeewww ... you definitely deserve something for that one!

It's kind of cute that your DS called you for help with such a 'manly' thing. Maybe ol' mom isn't so bad after all, eh? Maybe she knows a thing or two?




Edited 10/17/2006 10:52 am ET by hydrangea_blue

 

 

 

Avatar for heartsandroses2002
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 10-17-2006 - 11:31am
<<>> That was a funny story! And yes, you do deserve an award!
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-16-1999
Tue, 10-17-2006 - 7:04pm

LOL

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-07-2005
Wed, 10-18-2006 - 8:52am

I just wrote, and lost, a long very well thought-out and intellectually stimulating post for you ladies (hehe).

Ok, only the long and lost part is true, lol.

It really wasn't as bad as it sounded. I had spent the previous hours agonizing over it, I didn't tell him that! But it was all dried up and pretty simple to do. If it'd been fresh, ughhhh...

I used simple ammonia and water. And then I dumped it down the bathtub. He says to me "look up." That's when I see maybe 100 spiders at the top of the walls. (maybe less, who knows? I just ran away) That was more horrifying than blood! They look just like grandaddy longlegs, only they're black, not brown. So that's my next project. And after I told him that, he says "why? they're not bothering anybody." He actually didn't mind the possum that much until I told him that I'd heard from friends that it would kill and eat his kitten. (really tiny)

Anywaysss... butchering deer on the kitchen table? Yikes!

zz

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-16-1999
Wed, 10-18-2006 - 1:45pm

LOL Yeah, we can be pretty redneck here sometimes!


Rose

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-06-2010
Wed, 10-18-2006 - 9:00pm
So he killed an innocent animal and you are ok with that?
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-07-2005
Wed, 10-18-2006 - 9:32pm

<<>>

Knowing him and how he loves animals (when he moved out we had 20 cats and 8 dogs), yeah, I'm ok with it. It's not like he was riding around shooting at cows through the car window. This possum would have eventually killed and eaten his kitten (it's a very tiny stray that really isn't big enough to be away from its mother). Sometimes you gotta do what ya gotta do.

I see that you're an animal lover, also. I'm curious if you've ever had a possum in your house? Ever made one mad? Once they feel they're in a corner, their growling and hissing is actually very frightening.

zz

Edited to add: My son refuses to hunt, even though I have no problem shooting a wild hog, he just won't. Killing this possum was not something he took pleasure in, believe me.




Edited 10/18/2006 9:44 pm ET by cat_momma
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-16-1999
Thu, 10-19-2006 - 7:08am

So when a mouse gets in your house and invades your cupboards, you gladly share your food with them?


Possums carry diseases that can make a human very sick, if one were to invade my home, I'd probably do the same thing - and I'm an animal lover too... 2 dogs, 3 cats, 8 rabbits (down from about 50 when my kids were really into them) and whatever strays show up at the door until I can find a home for them.