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Mice in the HOUSE!!
Topic Started: Apr 15 2008, 07:09 PM (145 Views)
La Gringa
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Starving Artist
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I have a mouse problem. I don't know what to do. I have dogs so I don't want to use poison but this is crazy. In the last 5 days I have set 5 traps and I have caught a mouse every single day.

I rent a cottage on a farm. I think this is beyond the occasional house mouse scenario. I think that my landlord should get an exterminator.

WWYD?

I live ona farm, and yes there will be mice, but I think this is really bad.

Am I wrong?? It's grossing me out. The other day I opened the utensil drawer, and the silverware drawer, mouse poop everywhere.

I had to disinfect everything.

Argh..
:soapbox: :argh: :soapbox: :argh: :censored: :soapbox: :argh: :censored:

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mareseatoats
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Bad news -- for every 1 you see there's 50 you don't.

I went through mice and baby rat hell a couple years ago. We had a rainy season beyond anything in living history, so everything was moving in out of the woods. As if that wasn't enough, 2 adjacent neighbors moved and took their chicken coops with them, leaving a zillion homeless rodents seeking shelter.

It was living hell. I switched from traps to nontoxic rodentcide to an exterminator. The exterminator was unnecessary, except I learned from what works and what doesn't. That's also when Polly came to live with me.

Do you have a basement or crawl space? Put one-bite on the little ledge where the foundation meets the wall. A brick every 5 feet or so to start. That's where they usually get in, and that way the majority of the time they'll leave by the same route. Pellets aren't safe -- they'll take them back to their nests and scatter them everywhere. That's when pets might get into them. The one-bite they eat on the spot and then go off to die, usually in search of water outside, although they may follow the plumbing, usually into the kitchen.

Initially check the one-bite every week and replace as needed. Eventually, you'll get down to checking monthly. And eventually, you'll be able to go an entire season and find the same one-bite still there, gnawed on but not entirely missing.

Check where the water pipes come in under the kitchen sink. Usually the holes carved to fit that pipes through are big enough to allow mice in too. Now it's time to be creative -- hang onto the lids from some wide-mouth tin cans (such as cat food cans). The thinner aluminum that you can cut with scissors. Cut them in half and the cut out little semicircles, just big enough to fit around the pipes. Then glue them down to the bottom shelf of the cabinet to seal off the openings.

If you know of any other places where they are coming in -- such as the pipe hole for a washing machine -- seal it. I couldn't reach behind my washing machine to seal with a lid, so instead stuffed it with a scented cloth -- the kind you drop in the drier to reduce static or something. That keeps them out. Brillo pads also sometimes work, although I've seen them pull those out of the way. But never those lint cloths.

And yes, keep the traps going in the kitchen. Hopefully they won't get into your oven/stove. They like to nest in the insulated section between the range and the oven. If that happens, it's trash.

And yes, chlorox will be your bestest friend. :hug:

:luck:
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AtLast
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At the beginning of this winter I had a few mice in my house. I think it was just a few isolated, winter is coming, instances though. I really like all fluffy things and I find mice adorable & I have dogs so this was a problem for me as to how I wanted to handle this. What ended up happening is an exterminator put a mouse station outside of my house, I do not know what this is and I do not want to, I am living in my no mice were harmed bubble. For the couple that were in the house I bought a humane mouse trap and stuck peanut butter in it (all living things like peanut butter :lol: ) and caught several critters that way. Sounds like your problem may be on a bit of a larger scale though so I am not sure if peanut butter traps would cut it for you. With dogs the poison probably won't be a good option so I think the other options are old fashioned traps and glue.
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DairyQueen2049
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Hiz Ted-ness is an excellent mouser. (read as Rainman Dustin Hoffman voice)

Actually, he is. But, umm, I can't loan him out. :hug: :hug:

kittahs really are the ultimate mousers.


I like those traps you set and don't ahve to touch the mouse parts. LIke this:
http://www.idealtruevalue.com/servlet/the-65398/Detail


This is cool

http://glass.typepad.com/journal/2005/09/h...o_catch_a_.html
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Black Tack
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At Last, you sound like me. Except I made my natural mouse trap. And it did not work AT ALL. :brickwall: Mouse ate the cheese and got fat. OOps. :teehee:

That was at the last house. Gave up on the humane traps. However, I have to say I prefered dealing with the mouse problem than the bats :o
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But, I don't care - it's 5:00 somewhere
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Get a cat or a snake


I am not comfortable with a snake - so I have barn kitties -


Honestly - go get a cat - it's good for dogs to be kittie trained anyway. May take a couple of weeks and a few scratched noses, but almost every dog can learn to co-exist with a cat.

If I see a mouse the barn kitties will become indoor/outdoor kitties
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La Gringa
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Snake is a no go.. If I do that my mom will never visit me again.. :P

Cat, I am really not a cat person. I have a Boxer and a French Bulldog. My Boxer is bad with cats, and I think it would be too many animals in a small cottage to have a cat.

For now I will trap them, I just was amazed at how many I got in a week.

I am sure there are more.. :mallet:
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