Mice how do u get rid of the little buggers

[Louloubelle]

Well after ridding my flat of mice a few months ago, another one turned up about a week ago.

I kept meaning to set traps but was always so tired before bed that I thought "I'll do that tomorrow"

anyway, night before last I had a horrible dream where the mouse had given birth to lots of babies and they were all squeaking behind the dishwasher (this actually happened last time I had mice).

So last night I set a couple of traps with bacon and went to bed

This morning the mouse was dead, killed by a trap, but rather revoltingly, it was very obviously pregnant, with a huge distended tummy and prominent teats.

so I suppose I got her just in time.

so I suppose the moral of the story is, if you don't kill one mouse today, you'll end up killing a lot more tomorrow

*shudders*

 

[dynamicbaddog]

eek!

I've just discovered one in my kitchen I've lived here in this flat for nearly 20 years and not had a mouse problem before, but recently I've been hearing a scurrying noise in the kitchen ,
I turned on the kitchen light just now and there it was bold as brass on my kitchen worktop, he ran off behind the fridge at the speed of light- they are fucking fast are'nt they
My kitchen is a bit of tip I'm always dropping bits of food and forgetting to clean up so I guess it's mouse heaven in there.
I'm going to give the pest control people at the council a ring first thing tomorrow morning and I'm probally going to spend most of the day scrubbing this place till it's spotless...

 

[Melinda]

 

[Melinda]

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I saw a mouse in my place last night too. I think all these mouse threads are distributing the little buggers through the internet.

 

[fogbat]

Bah, our house is infested at the moment It's an old victorian place. so holes everywhere, as well as a cellar which I think acts as a mouse nursery.

The humane traps caught a few, but I think that was mainly because I hid them just behind door frames. When the mice ran out of the room they'd run straight into the trap (probably smacking their noses in the process).

We've a friendly neighbourhood cat who regards the entire street as his territory, so every so often I let him spend a happy half-hour in our kitchen, where he sniffs around, crouches ready to pounce, and utterly fails to catch any mice. I think his scent in the house may put the little bastards off a little.

We've got one of those ultrasonic thingies, which apparently worked about a year ago, but it's having no effect anymore

Getting lethal traps / poison is becoming more and more tempting, except I'd be squeamish about the traps, and wary of stinky mouse-corpses under floorboards from poison.

 

[Gavin Bl]

Getting lethal traps / poison is becoming more and more tempting, except I'd be squeamish about the traps, and wary of stinky mouse-corpses under floorboards from poison.

I've had to use poison against mice on 3 or 4 occasions in the past, and never had any problems with any smell from their bodies - never actually found the body of a mouse that I've poisoned in fact.

Whereas with physical traps, sometimes they don't quite hit right, and you have to administer the coup de grace....

 

[dynamicbaddog]

I've got glue traps everywhere now, I've also bought a bottle of peppermint oil from the chemist, mixed it with water in a perfume bottle and have been spraying that all over the place -so far so good, I have'nt heard any squeaking or seem any more mouse crap and my whole flat smells of mint

 

[bigbry]

Well after ridding my flat of mice a few months ago, another one turned up about a week ago.

I kept meaning to set traps but was always so tired before bed that I thought "I'll do that tomorrow"

anyway, night before last I had a horrible dream where the mouse had given birth to lots of babies and they were all squeaking behind the dishwasher (this actually happened last time I had mice).

So last night I set a couple of traps with bacon and went to bed

This morning the mouse was dead, killed by a trap, but rather revoltingly, it was very obviously pregnant, with a huge distended tummy and prominent teats.

so I suppose I got her just in time.

so I suppose the moral of the story is, if you don't kill one mouse today, you'll end up killing a lot more tomorrow

*shudders*

I was going to post that if you have several, blocking the holes could be a waste of time - in a very short time they'll take up residence in your place and breed like hell

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

aahh mice. yes.
i saw my predatory pet toying with a mouse the other night, brought it right over to show me. i felt sorry for thr mouse and had a moral dilema as to whether i shoudl intervene and set the poor thing free or leave the cat to do what cats do. I left it.
then i found it dead in the garden in the morning. feel a bit bad about that actually.
that is the extent of my mouse problem now.
the mroal of this story? get a cat.

 

[Termite Man]

Bugger, so it does. Apologies.

Mind you, you can be allergic to cats and still have them.

yes you can

 

[johnnymarrsbars]

It's a real hassle but the only way to just guarantee no mice is to go round and fill every hole in the house. It can be done, I've done it, But there will be loads - and you've got to do them all. Over a number of campaigns, I have found that all other methods have proved to be merely temporary.



Be warned however. Mice Commanders will counter-attack with re-boring raids in established Theatres of Operations whilst simultaneously opening as many new fronts as they can. Mouse cadres are dedicated and unit morale will be high - all propaganda efforts (eg psy-ops eg using cat poo as a deterent smell) will probably fail. Individual mice appear to be powerfully ideologically motivated and Black Flag operations or other attempts to subvert Mouse operational unity will likely fail. Likewise counter-guerilla anti-personel techniques (eg mouse traps, land mines etc) have proved of little value.

But this is asymmetric warfare Gentlemen. Resources and assets are grossly unequal. This means that victory will go to the party that is able to deploy assets over the widest field of operations and for the longest timeframe. There can only be one outcome.

*bites end off cigar and spits it out*

In the end mice (although a noble adversary) are basically blaggers, they choose targets of opportunity. When confronted with a serious counter-plan that is implemented with stern resolve they will seek out areas of least resistance, and your city locale is a target-rich environment. I would expect a typical low-intensity counter-Mouse operation to last several weeks.

*lights cigar and stares slightly psychotically into the distance*

best post on urban. ever.

ive got a mouse in my house (well...i say one, theres probably more than that). i know i gotta kill it but its so fucking cute. argh...little buggers gotta die.