POLL: Have you ever have a mouse in your house?

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No. I did have a grouse in my blouse though, and once, a bee in my bonnet.

When I lived in Ohio I lived in this one house and in the 20 some odd years I had never had a mouse, well with the exception of about 4 years ago when I saw signs of a mouse and thought okay I'll put a trap or two out and get the little sucker. Killed two that night so I put more traps out and every night I killed two or three. By the time I quit killing them I had murdered over 50 of those thangs. I was ready to move out and just let them have the damn house. It was horrible. I lived there 4 more years and never had another mouse in that house. Now I live in MS in the woods and I've killed 4. I keep a trap bated and ready every night. And I moved into the place with roaches. I was pissed. But now even those are gone. I don't take kindly to creepy crawlies in my humble abode. Everyone said you can't kill the roaches just move. Excuse me I'm broke now so I got to do something else and moving isn't an option. So I've killed all the roaches and the mice when they come to visit. It's not a shame to have them, the shame comes in keeping them.

Well they are partially correct-- my stepdad works for a pest control company-- when I lived in my apt we had roaches in the bathroom and kitchen, baby ones. He said that when there are baby roaches in your place they are more than likely in your walls. The only way to get rid of them is with aggressive pest control. If you live in an apt, good luck with getting rid of them, most places won't do the aggressive treatment at all--because its too expensive. Within the first 6 months of living in my complex I called them 6-9 times to treat my place, it did no good, they kept coming back. If they are larger ones, you may just need to bait your place and have pest control done on a regular basis. They could just be coming from outside due to weather, mostly rain.

And as for Mice-- my brother and stepdad will set up a gauntlet of bait and traps. Those poor little things don't stand a chance there!

When I lived in Ohio I lived in this one house and in the 20 some odd years I had never had a mouse, well with the exception of about 4 years ago when I saw signs of a mouse and thought okay I'll put a trap or two out and get the little sucker. Killed two that night so I put more traps out and every night I killed two or three. By the time I quit killing them I had murdered over 50 of those thangs. I was ready to move out and just let them have the damn house. It was horrible. I lived there 4 more years and never had another mouse in that house. Now I live in MS in the woods and I've killed 4. I keep a trap bated and ready every night. And I moved into the place with roaches. I was pissed. But now even those are gone. I don't take kindly to creepy crawlies in my humble abode. Everyone said you can't kill the roaches just move. Excuse me I'm broke now so I got to do something else and moving isn't an option. So I've killed all the roaches and the mice when they come to visit. It's not a shame to have them, the shame comes in keeping them.

We had neighbors that moved away and in the process, it seemed their roaches came to our house. We had never had anything in the house like that, so it really grossed us out. We have dogs, so we didn't want to sit out anything that could kill them or even hurt them. So I looked up natural remedies. Here is what you do - it completely worked!

Mix baking soda and sugar in an even ratio. Set a little bit out in aluminium foil all over your house - we put it under kitchen/bathroom sinks, under beds, closets, etc. Within a week or so, they were gone. We keep the mixutre out and we have yet to see one since. That's been a couple years ago now. They say that the sugar draws them in to eat the mixture and the baking soda causes them to get gas. Apparantley, roaches can't get rid of gas and they pretty much explode. I don't know if this explanation is true, but I know that the mixture completely worked, it's all natural, and it won't hurt kids/animals if they come in contact with it. It's cheap to make, too, so you might as well give it a try! :happy:

Not in my current one... Our cats and the dog are pretty good at scaring those critters off.

When I lived in Ohio I lived in this one house and in the 20 some odd years I had never had a mouse, well with the exception of about 4 years ago when I saw signs of a mouse and thought okay I'll put a trap or two out and get the little sucker. Killed two that night so I put more traps out and every night I killed two or three. By the time I quit killing them I had murdered over 50 of those thangs. I was ready to move out and just let them have the damn house. It was horrible. I lived there 4 more years and never had another mouse in that house. Now I live in MS in the woods and I've killed 4. I keep a trap bated and ready every night. And I moved into the place with roaches. I was pissed. But now even those are gone. I don't take kindly to creepy crawlies in my humble abode. Everyone said you can't kill the roaches just move. Excuse me I'm broke now so I got to do something else and moving isn't an option. So I've killed all the roaches and the mice when they come to visit. It's not a shame to have them, the shame comes in keeping them.

We had neighbors that moved away and in the process, it seemed their roaches came to our house. We had never had anything in the house like that, so it really grossed us out. We have dogs, so we didn't want to sit out anything that could kill them or even hurt them. So I looked up natural remedies. Here is what you do - it completely worked!

Mix baking soda and sugar in an even ratio. Set a little bit out in aluminium foil all over your house - we put it under kitchen/bathroom sinks, under beds, closets, etc. Within a week or so, they were gone. We keep the mixutre out and we have yet to see one since. That's been a couple years ago now. They say that the sugar draws them in to eat the mixture and the baking soda causes them to get gas. Apparantley, roaches can't get rid of gas and they pretty much explode. I don't know if this explanation is true, but I know that the mixture completely worked, it's all natural, and it won't hurt kids/animals if they come in contact with it. It's cheap to make, too, so you might as well give it a try! :happy:

Thank you I will def. keep that in mind should I need more help killing them. We do live in the woods so it's entirely possible to get them again. Plus you can bring them in in your sacks of potatoes from the grocery store. Even in the paper bags if your store gives you those instead of plastic.

Yes, some have managed to escape with their lives...others not so lucky due to my parents cats