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08-04-2012, 11:42 PM
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08-06-2012, 10:32 AM
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#203
08-06-2012, 12:16 PM
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Heee's a suitor! He's bona fide!!! [\plgv]
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#204
08-06-2012, 12:29 PM
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Dude's a hero....props to him. MOL will never forget that.
Grats!
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#205
08-06-2012, 08:06 PM
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My roommates and I had a mouse problem the other year. In addition to traps, we took a variety of measures to ensure that they never return. So far, so good, knock on wood.
1. Buy a big box of steel wool. I got the kind with soap. Carefully, pull it apart or cut it and stuff it into areas where mice might sneak in. For example, we have old school radiators with enough space around the pipes running up for a potential invasion. Mice aren't likely to eat through the steel wool since it's not exactly tasty or easy for them to chew. 2. Buy a small plastic spray bottle (like a windex bottle) and a bottle of mint extract. Fill the spray bottle with water. Add about 1/4 teaspoon of mint extract. Shake it up. Spray the minty water around your baseboards. Mice don't like the smell of mint. 3. We picked up a few of those weird sonic plug-ins that make a high pitched noise. It's supposed to bother mice. We keep them in our kitchen and living room. At first, the noise is a little annoying, but you'll get past it quickly enough. These aren't fool-proof, but they might help.
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08-06-2012, 08:26 PM
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08-07-2012, 06:08 AM
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de-mousifying, in steps
I went thru this. U need a multi-pronged strategy. I don't wanna freak u out any more than u r, but most people don't get mouse - they get mice. I never tried a cat, but it seems like a good idea. However, also:
1. Find any holes in the walls I mean any - I had 1 next to the gas line that went into the oven, about as big as a dime. the exterminators told me that they have soft bones, and can squeeze thru a hole no bigger than a pencil eraser (!!!). Get an exterminator or you yourself put poison into any holes that it can fit into. This will take a few days, tho. 2. Seal the holes with thin wire. There was a raging debate at the time of my battle whether steel wool was good enough, since mice are smart and can learn to chew their way thru. I forget what the wire was called, but it's mesh and available in hardware stores. 3. Cement the holes shut after stuffing with the wire. They can chew thru plaster. 4. Traps - another debate, glue vs. wood & steel Victors (the brand). I used both. For bait, I found nothing worked better than peanut butter. U don't have to touch them - I used prongs & wore gloves whenever handling the traps that worked (seriously - they carry disease). 5. It seems obvious, but put away & seal in glass containers all food & drink - even what u don't think of as such. If u got a leaky pipe, it worx as a fountain to them. Basically, have nothing lying around that they can chew or slurp. In my experience, they didn't chew thru wiring - but they did cereal boxes, for example. 6. Wash the (non-wood) floors with a detergent containing bleach or at least ammonia. The smell gets to them. Wood floors, I still ain't sure if I used the rite thing - it was some strong non-bleach detergent. I then Lysoled that floor for good measure. 7. Get rid o the dead ones fast - the exterminator told me that if hungry enough, ********************** EXTREMELY GROSS FACTOID AHEAD ********* they will eat their dead. 8. I still don't know if these worked, since I got them when I was already winning the battle - ultrasonic repellers. I plugged em in & pointed toward the kitchen & bathroom (most obvious food & water sources). I kept them in long after the 1st wave was gone. For what it's worth, I didn't get re-infested for the remaining 5 years I was in that apartment. If you can find another place to sleep while doing this program, I'd do it. My big mistake was toughing it out in my bedroom, while I could hear them scrambling around & climbing thru the walls. No point losing sleep while fighting. BTW, as a rule they're nocturnal too
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#208
08-07-2012, 09:56 PM
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Just give the mouse a hug, keep your apt clean, & hide all the edibles.
Then the mouse will just leave for more cozier places. .-. Also don't give it a motorcycle. 
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#209
08-07-2012, 10:52 PM
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08-08-2012, 10:11 AM
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A mouse in a canoe seems kind of cute. Too bad it's dead now.
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08-08-2012, 10:13 AM
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Don't know if anyone else has mentioned it, but it's good to just leave traps set all the time. Check the bait every few weeks to be sure it's still there. That way you stand a good chance of catching a mouse on his first scouting expedition through your home.
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08-08-2012, 10:18 AM
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#214
08-08-2012, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by The Unexpected Okapi Debacle
I have a "cleaner" I brought home from Africa who has a history of swallowing birds and mice whole, leaving no evidence they ever existed. She kept my house completely pest-free, so I never woke up in the middle of the night with a rat on my arm like a friend of mine did. I would also like to suggest a mosquito net or a zip-up mosquito tent. I lived in a very buggy/crittery part of the world and those things keep the creepy-crawlies out very well. Quote:
What kind of cat is this "cleaner"?
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#218
08-08-2012, 01:55 PM
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And it's not a war by any stretch, it's your hysteria talking. You have an irrational phobia. Having it die of thirst implies you'd just leave it to die on the trap. And yeah, it'll cry out in pain. If you encounter that instance, and it doesn't affect you in any way, then that's pretty disturbing IMO.
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#219
08-08-2012, 02:00 PM
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I've never heard of anyone having a mouse (singular) in their apartment. You have mice in your apartment. Mice live in colonies. Your building probably has thousands of them. There's some kind of formula that says that for every mouse that you spot, there are 25 more that you don't see.
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08-08-2012, 02:03 PM
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08-08-2012, 09:34 PM
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I had A mouse last year and it seems it really was just the one.
It first came to my attention when I heard noises from a bucket under the sink in my bathroom. Turned out to be a mouse trying unsuccessfully to jump out. Having lived here for several years with no evidence of mice, I was surprised and being a bit squeamish, decided to turn it loose outside rather than kill it. As I was expecting it to bolt on release, I didn't wear shoes suitable for stomping it and was even more surprised when, after being emptied from the bucket, it lingered, and even ran for my feet when I moved! Fast forward a few months. Some droppings were evident. Clearly there was still a mouse in the house. Searching online and in-house led me to buy some (snap)traps, but sealing the flat (1st floor. As in the one above ground floor.) was impossible. One night I heard a trap snap but on investigation it was empty. This was beside the cooker and I opened the drawer at the the base of this appliance in which the grill pan is stored to find a mouse sitting at the back edge, presumably having gorged itself on the fat left from the previous usage. (I'm a slob. I don't clean the grill after every slice of bacon.) Mice are really fast! It got away, but why did it sit there as I pulled the drawer out? I relocated the thoroughly cleaned grill pan to the top of a cupboard - near ceiling height. Some time later I had left plastic carrier bags to dry in the kitchen. The sound of such a bag twitching alerted me and in seconds I found myself holding a plastic bag with a mouse inside. What to do? Well, on the theory that it would take seconds for a rodent to escape, I quickly put this bag inside another but still didn't have the heart to squash it. (Too many Tom and Jerry cartoons during my formative years?) Instead I dropped the whole package down the rubbish chute. Bad move. Sometime later I encountered a mouse in the kitchen. It was on the work surface and we had a few seconds of moves and counter moves before it jumped to the floor, ran at my feet to confuse me and escaped through a gap under some cupboards. Later (a week or two). Listening to music late at night, I opened my eyes and there it was across the living room. Net wisdom holds that though their eyesight is poor, they do detect movement quite well. My experience suggests this is true. It escaped again. Later. Again, in the kitchen I switched on the light to see the intruder, which then ran straight at me, and then down the hallway and into a cupboard. I thought there was no way out except back under the door, so positioned a trap and a piece of wood but to no avail; mousey escapes again. By now it was nearing summer and there were no more sightings or spoor. I left traps in place and made sure there was no attractive food available. Then, one morning, as autumn set in I found a dead mouse in one of the traps. Gotcha! I have no idea how relevant this suburban London experience may be, but in this case, nearly a year has passed with no evidence of mouse activity. Sometimes it is just one mouse. (I hope. Sod's law dictates that having posted this I will have an infestation.)
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#229
08-09-2012, 10:42 AM
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#231
03-05-2013, 03:45 PM
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Hey, Glad I'm not the only one so terrified of the evil little twats. One has got into my bedroom so I left and locked the door leaving 2 mouse traps to catch it and I went in the next morning and it had not been near them but has been destroying the carpet by the bedroom door to try and get out so I thought it was gone and got into bed the next night and I saw it come from tiniest whole in the cupboard in my bedroom and when I stamped my foot it ran away, So I sat and watched for a while and it poked its ugly little head out and then ran back in. Again I slept in another bedroom hoping the traps would get it but no luck! it has destroyed more of my carpet - I'm at the end of my tether cant sleep at all because I'm so scared, heard they can jump on to beds ECT doesn't help it is a sneaky little bastard any ideas on what I can do (except catch it myself) I dont want to risk it running to another bedroom
 PS sorry for the long message I feel as if im going insane its all ive thought about for the last 3 days!
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#232
03-06-2013, 05:32 AM
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Oh my god, the mice have killed gemmah22 and are typing at her keyboard. Cute little cartoon mice.
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#233
03-06-2013, 06:53 AM
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Had a new house in 1998 in the country (farm across from it). 2nd year, mouse was found in garage - but never in house. They slide under the thermal seal strip under the garage door at the corners.
I inadvertently found a great way to get rid of them. I had a small 3 gallon plastic waste bucket (the kind you usually place under the sink) in the garage. I tossed a left over Big Mac with cheese in it (it was empty prior) one day. Next morning, I heard tiny cries. Sure enough, a mouse jumped in, using the nearby riding mower seat as a vantage point. Problem is, it could not jump back out. So after 2 days, the little bastard cried its heart out, literally, and died. Dumped the bucket into a small plastic bag, placed in larger weekend trash bag. Repeat several more times. No more mice. I suspect the others heard the daily tormented cries of their fellow rodents. Fast forward to today. Got another house in the country. Solid brick tri-level on 10 acres next to forest. Previous owners had traps throughout. I have 3 indoor cats (each floor is covered). Never once had a mouse - in 2 years now. Not even a dead one. It seems the mice sense or see the cats presence, and will not even enter. I also have 2 stray cats that reside on the edge of the forest, and I seemed them daily pounce on mice in my field, but never in the lawn area. Ditto for owls and other predatory birds. Also, I have snakes in the field, that also swim in the pond. They literally look like the famous snake that swallowed the rat, on occasion. Note that I decided to place mechanical and glue-type traps in the attic and in other exact spots where the previous owners placed them, and to date, have had zero hits, going on 3 years. When it snows, I can see the mice feet prints and even tunnels in the snow, but ONLY in the field where I grow hay. The secret is to keep a large boundary surrounding the house with low cut grass. The stray cats and birds will catch the mice instantly in the grass; the snakes get those in the tall grass / hay. PS I also have regular visits by professional pest control, they spray inside and out, and inspect for any intruders. I never have even bugs or spiders inside. Also, I keep my left dry foods sealed in tupperware, including cat food. The other thing I do, is spray the areas where mice might traverse, like rolled insulation along the walls, with expired, rancid, men's cologne. For you, try the 3 gallon plastic waste bucket, with a slice of cheese in it (and nothing else). Place a stack of books near it so the mice can climb up and in, but like the hotel California, they can't check out. Then dump them into a plastic bag, and smother the little bastards. And get a non-declawed cat. As far as a guy with a large snake, I do make house calls. But we'll hafta meet at a nearby hotel - as I despise mice as well.
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