Dear MacDeWolf,

No one can force You to tent and poison the House, when You can go to the Pond and "rent a cat" which will take care of any vermin. Talk to the "humane" people and find out if I am right. The "rent-a -Cat - catfood" is all You have to spend.

Talk also to a lawyer friend who is an Eunuch (prefered) about Your legal rights on this score. I didn't spend so I spent a day or two in jail, but the circumstances was slightly different. What is the specie of mouse anyway and what are their "habits" in eating the House or what. Know everything about these and how not to Yild to "spending" habits"of the rich" (Low Cost technology is the thing) and to be HEALTHY. Who knows most about the Poison ?? Ignorance is no bliss. Take care and be smart..er. Johan-in-Washington, N3RF

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:04 pm My next steps are as follows:

1. Wait for mom's doctor to call and tell me if she can sign a contract.

2. Have mom sign Power of Attorney for me with notary as witness.

3. Obtain loan of $5,000 - 10,000

If all the above goes through without snags, here is loan money spending.

• Cutting off TV antennae (never used it anyways)

• Tenting the house for vermin, a three day job. $1,400 +

• Board/Care pets $144

• Motel for me thre days

• New bedroom window (rat entrace point)

• New outside back door (mouse entrance point)

• Trim for inside back door

• Trim Palm Tree (city ordered it done)

• Buy lawnmower

• Buy vacumn cleaner

• Brake Job on mom's car

• Back utility bills

Fun huh

Gosh, what a nightmare.

The exterminator did give me two options:

1. Tent...takes three days and costs $1,400

2. Spray and set traps...cost $700... but takes 6-9 weeks....Mom won't live in confinement that long>

So, I tent

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:08 pm The exterminator did give me two options:

1. Tent...takes three days and costs $1,400

2. Spray and set traps...cost $700... but takes 6-9 weeks....Mom won't live in confinement that long>

So, I tent

Mackie,

A mortgage loan on the house will require an apprasial. It will take some time.

You had better see an attorney or a social worker or both before you spend a lot of money. I am telling you that your mother might be institutionalized.... Especially if they are telling you that she may not be competent.

Try a legal aid network, your local Bar Association will be able to recommend to you where you might be able to get legal help or advice.

Mackie, don't trust 'em. Find an attorney who deals with this kind of thing. The government social workers will lie, lie, lie. They see it as protecting your mother.

Mackie, please listen...

A-1

I hear ya A-1 and I appreciate your response, interest and concern

I need to borrow because my mom's income is only $1,000 a month...and that's counting her military retirement and social security. My house has to be rodent free...city ordinance. $1,400 is the best price I've found. Most pest agencies don't tent for rodents. Those that do charge from $1,400 to $1,900.

My total income is $152.00 a month in food stamps.

I know mom has Dementia and likely Alzheimers. Months after her stroke, she would forget who I was once or twice a month. Nowadays, she forgets who I am several times a day

I'll check into legal aid. I'm also looking in to getting a Conservatetship (sp) over her so I can make her medical decisions too.

Thanks for the input. This is all new to me.

P.S. being an unpaid caregiver 24/7 for 2 years now does suck but I'd rather do it several more years than have mom in a senior home when she'd be dead in a few months. She needs to be at home with her possessions, cat, dogs and her only offspring, moi.

Yes - and how many MOUSE are we really talking about , and are they Field Mouse or what kind are they ?? Some of these MICE are very HARMLESS and some might not be but please make sure You know what is the "damage" by these small PETS, and NOT an IMAGINED number of MONSTERS going around amd around . The sceene I see is mainly ony of Psyke Ware Fare by some individual of the Government or by their Policy to make an issue when there is not a real one.

Set demand that You will not consider any expenditures until Your Mother is home SAFE and things are back to normal, without outside interferense, and then Get the Cat. Don't spend ANY money but Fix the Car and the Brakes. Your Mother will be fine if the "system" stops bugging her etc. Did You like any of what I said ?? Love N3RF

I think what MacWolf is saying is hes running out of time. This has to be done quick.

Mac, do you have control over your moms money, house, etc?

I wish you the best my friend as this is just not right.

Protective services will protect your mother because they know whats best, and your right, you need to get her home asap. Get leagle help now

River

What a horrible situation. I'd be absolutly frantic. I wish you well. It can be difficult dealing with officials who think that their job is to make the world comform to a set of rules rather than to improve the life of the people involved. --FLO--

Dear Wolf,

Maybe one Room in the House can be classified SECURE for Your mother so she can return without further Excuses etc. One room where is is safe from "MICE" and so forth.

Take that as a First step. Then the Traps and the 6 weeks or whatever time it takes for the Rest of the House. Don't spend ANY money except fixing the Brakes and the Usual Bills. Mouse traps can be had cheap at the dollar store or the harwar store and the spray if You need somw You can get at the same places. Take care of Her first and ignore all smart asses. You must. n3rf

The Police and Adult Protective Services have assured me on two points:

1. Mom CANNOT return home as long as house has mouse infestation.

2. If I bring her home from hospital before the mouse population has been eradacated, they will charge me with Elder Abuse and sent me to jail.