Squeaky Mice

Yes, Mice - plural.

The first one is in the loft and is tapdancing on the rafters and squeaking in the wee small hours. Traps have been laid before the rest of the family moves in ... :o(

And the other one is Miss Maisie Mouse. I just got thinking today about how yappy she is! (OK, so it's yappy, not squeaky, but it is a very squeaky sort of yap.) Anyway, she does this yapping whenever Something Is Going To Happen. e.g. I'm going to open the door to let them into the garden; or going to take them out for a walk - this is accompanied by hysterical bouncing; going to make their dinner; being let off lead - and this is usually yapping at and chewing the boys' ears. But the strangest excited yapping of all comes at bedtime: I get up and turn the downstairs lights off, etc. and she leaps up, usually from a deep sleep, and bounces around yapping, apparently overcome with utter joy, then she gallops full-pelt upstairs and - here's the strange bit - is usually in bed upstairs, totally chilled, almost asleep again in the few seconds it takes me to go up the stairs!!
I know I should probably train this away - not do anything till she doesn't yap and is calm, but life's too short, it really is quite cute to see her so highly delighted at such small things, doesn't last long, and is not nattering in advance but only reactive to when I decide Something Is Going To Happen, and thankfully the boys are both very stoical about it and don't join in or share any of her hysteria - they're just happy at a more "normal" level.