Mouse in my house!

So, I return from my lovely weekend trip to NYC (posts about the weekend coming soon) and find out that a mouse has taken up residence. I learned this by discovering it found it's way into the *unopened* box of dog biscuits and had a little snack. Short of the dog treats, there's nothing else in my house it could get to for a snack (I keep my kitchen clean), which is why I've never had a mouse before.

Dammit.

And now I have to figure out where it got in and how to drive the little sucker out again. If I throw out the box of dog treats, then there's nothing left for it to eat, so maybe it won't come back. Nice theory, right? Think it will work?

Anyone know someplace I can rent a cat for a week or so?? I can see the ad now: WANTED: good mouser for short term employment.

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