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My rodent house guest has a Benadryl habit

10 June 2023

9:00 AM

10 June 2023

9:00 AM

The mouse has been eating his way through the medicine cabinet to the extent that I am really quite frightened of confronting him.

I opened the cupboard above the sink to find an entire blister pack of paracetamol, several sachets of Solpadeine and some 400mg ibuprofen nibbled away. Also scoffed were two packs of antihistamine, and a packet of high-potency iron tablets.

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