OMG MICE!!!!!

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  • AshDHart
    AshDHart Posts: 818 Member
    Has any body used the big traps you supposedly can use over and over?

    We did. We put peanut butter in it and they would get stuck inside the one way trap. We took the trap to a field about a mile away and released them. It took a few times as it was a LARGE group but then no more mice.
  • harleigh67
    harleigh67 Posts: 131
    five gallon bucket with hole drilled each side slid a rod in and through a pop can then through hole on other side, put peanut butter around middle of can make sure can will spin on rod, put a board on side like a ramp for mice to run up, fill bucket with about six inches or water, best trap design I ever used:happy:
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    Not too bad, nutrition-wise.

    Added it to the database, in the event it is helpful. Found my data here: http://www.rodentpro.com/qpage_articles_03.asp

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  • greeeek
    greeeek Posts: 12 Member
    Not too bad, nutrition-wise.

    Added it to the database, in the event it is helpful. Found my data here: http://www.rodentpro.com/qpage_articles_03.asp

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    Hahahah! Barf!
  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
    They have no-kill mouse exterminators.

    I hope you are not using the painful traps. Mice are very sociable and loving animals, so it is really f'd up if you are torturing them to death (and yes, you are the one doing it -- not the trap. You bought and placed it there. Their deaths are your fault). If you are talking about the painful traps disappearing, think about it: They probably are stuck in pain on one of these traps, and are trying to drag themselves to safety while slowly dying.

    If you are using the no-pain/no-kill traps, please excuse my rant~^^

    Honestly though, just get an exterminator if it bothers you so much. If you cannot afford one, I would suggest speaking with a financial adviser, because situations such as this one should be taken into consideration before choosing a place to live~
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    Honestly though, just get an exterminator if it bothers you so much. If you cannot afford one, I would suggest speaking with a financial adviser, because situations such as this one should be taken into consideration before choosing a place to live~
    Wow -- condescending much?

    OP: Do what you gotta do to keep you and your loved ones safe and healthy. Best of luck.
  • Tangerine302
    Tangerine302 Posts: 1,509 Member
    I wouldn't use poison. They will die somewhere and smell. Just keep using traps with peanut butter. Keep resetting them until all are gone. You do need to plug any and all spots with steel wool or they will keep getting in. Eventually if all the spots are plugged and you have set the traps enough, they will be gone.
  • _Ben
    _Ben Posts: 1,608 Member
    Seal all of your food, you probably need to look for any external holes in your house that they might be getting in through, mouse traps, etc. An exterminator is probably the best, because they know how to find where they are coming in, how to fix it, and how to make them go away
  • FairyMiss
    FairyMiss Posts: 1,812 Member
    They have no-kill mouse exterminators.

    I hope you are not using the painful traps. Mice are very sociable and loving animals, so it is really f'd up if you are torturing them to death (and yes, you are the one doing it -- not the trap. You bought and placed it there. Their deaths are your fault). If you are talking about the painful traps disappearing, think about it: They probably are stuck in pain on one of these traps, and are trying to drag themselves to safety while slowly dying.

    If you are using the no-pain/no-kill traps, please excuse my rant~^^

    Honestly though, just get an exterminator if it bothers you so much. If you cannot afford one, I would suggest speaking with a financial adviser, because situations such as this one should be taken into consideration before choosing a place to live~

    well i guess the mice should have thought about the consequences of their actions before entering the OP's house, sounds like poor planning on the mouse's side.
  • Maryfullofgrace
    Maryfullofgrace Posts: 342 Member
    Thanks for the ideas so far. We can't get a cat as DH hates them. I don't want to do poison as I worry about them dying in the walls/ceilings. I'll need to figure out WHERE they are getting in under the house for the steel wool, but that does sound like a good idea!

    Has any body used the big traps you supposedly can use over and over?

    If you have dogs or cats don't use poison, if the dog gets curious and eats a dead mouse, (some dogs are curious) your dog will die. My exterminator has told me this, thank goodness, not from my own personal experience.
  • NiciS72
    NiciS72 Posts: 1,043 Member
    Again thanks for all the advice. i certainly won't and was not planning on using poison #1 because I have two Shelties and #2 because I don't want the chance that a mouse will die in my walls or ceilings. As of this morning the little buggers have stolen the PB 3 nights in a row and not set off the traps. Methinks I'm just going to have to go make the executive decision to call a professional. I really a have no clue WHERE these little stinkers are getting in (the crawl space is huge and I'm not going in there). I know of two spots where I can definitely put the steel wool, so will get some today and have at it!
  • karenwill2
    karenwill2 Posts: 604 Member
    tell your husband to get over it. We have two indoor/outdoor cats. No bugs, no mice. Last night my 13 yr old cat brought me a copperhead snake she killed last night. Cats rule!
  • wiffe
    wiffe Posts: 224 Member
    PEPPERMINT EXTRACT or reg. mint extract. It may take a few days but it will help out. Put out bottle caps with some extract in your house. They don't like the smell of the mint. Next year plant mint around the base or your house.

    WE had 1 in our house one year. I ran and bought glue boards and we caught it and then I put out my lids. Never had another one. I put a cap in each window in teh basement and by the door.

    Also try to seal up the house. Look for cracks.
  • wiffe
    wiffe Posts: 224 Member
    Oh and I had a friend who lived by an area where they did bridge work and they distrubed the mice and they came to her house. She was catching a bunch. We found this and she did it and went from catching 10 a day to 1 or less. So i know it works.
  • FairyMiss
    FairyMiss Posts: 1,812 Member
    tell your husband to get over it. We have two indoor/outdoor cats. No bugs, no mice. Last night my 13 yr old cat brought me a copperhead snake she killed last night. Cats rule!

    does not always work, i have two cats that would not catch a mouse if it sat on their head, now the yorkies on the other hand
  • FairyMiss
    FairyMiss Posts: 1,812 Member
    tell your husband to get over it. We have two indoor/outdoor cats. No bugs, no mice. Last night my 13 yr old cat brought me a copperhead snake she killed last night. Cats rule!

    first of not all cats are micers, i have two cats that would not catch a mouse sitting on their heads.


    second sure lets bring a cat or cats into the house with someone who does not like cats , yes that would be the responsible thing to do.
    because that always works out well
  • lh12xx
    lh12xx Posts: 111 Member
    My mum found one in our kitchen cupboard on Saturday - horrible wee things!
  • bluestarlight19
    bluestarlight19 Posts: 419 Member
    Be careful if you use poison...if they die in your walls, it creates quite a stink. Also, If your dogs get a hold of them and eat one that is poisoned or eats the poison...very bad. See if you can borrow a cat from someone, even if its a lazy cat. A lot of times, just the smell of the cat will drive the mice away. We had a huge mouse problem, I mean to the point my dad was setting up bait traps and sniping them at night with a BB gun. The only thing that worked was when we took in a cat, within a month all the mice were gone! but she was a hunter and took out a good number of them :)
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