scarecrow said:
Unlike the incessant streams of the pointless moth that are bothering me, I don't really want to kill the mouse. I don't particularly want to drive it out if it isn't causing any forseeable problems. If anyone can highlight what else may be in store then my opinion may change accordingly.
As for blocking up holes, I think it would be pretty futile. I'm on the ground floor of a victorian house converted into two flats. That means there's probably a quadrillion of access points under the finely varnished floorboards. You can't use expanding foam on any visible surfaces that are finished, for obvious asthetic reasons.
Possible problems with mice;
- As others have said, that one mouse won't be alone for long.
- mice make one hell of a noise all through the night - gnawing things, squeaking and, as far as I can tell, playing football with rocks.
- mice will chew up your electrics causing expensive and possibly dangerous damage
- mice will chew through hoses on washing-machines and dishwashers causing floods
- mice shit in your porage
- mice dribble urine everywhere they go
Possible problems connected with mice in combination with cats;
- disembowelled rodents littering your living quarters
- live rodents brought in for disembowelling then released in a vague moment scampering about all night looking for wires and valuable books to destroy closely and noisily pursued by embarassed feline
Problems connected with poison in conjunction with mice;
- poison, which is brightly coloured and easily visible, is trailed over all your cutlery and crockery.
The joys of country living, eh?
