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To be terrified of a huge mouse?!!!

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Hellodarknessmyfriend · 28/05/2024 22:50

So I've just gone into the utility to put on a wash, and as I picked up a pile of clothes that I was getting ready to put in, a huge mouse ran out of it and across the kitchen floor! Screamed loudly!
Asked my husband to come downstairs which he did (very huffily as he was just settling down to bed) but he can't be bothered to find it.
I've put the cat downstairs but he's only good at bringing them in and playing with them.
I'm genuinely terrified of going in the kitchen tomorrow!
We have put humane traps down but they are too smart.

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Garlicked · 29/05/2024 02:05

Minimili · 29/05/2024 01:02

It’s a Siberian hamster, call it Basil 😂

🤣🤣🤣

Minimili · 29/05/2024 01:02

It’s a Siberian hamster, call it Basil 😂

Lifesd · 29/05/2024 00:58

There was a big mouse in my kitchen once - I only felt relief after the initial shock that is wasn’t a bloody spider

SherrieElmer · 29/05/2024 00:58

x2boys · 29/05/2024 00:37

Have you ever had a rat problem ?because i have and it ain't pretty theyvchew through everything and piss and shit everywhere, it can be a nightmare .

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OP is talking about one animal only and not a plague of them.

ThinWomansBrain · 29/05/2024 00:57

About 2 months ago I was sitting in work and a big mouse walked out from behind my computer screen. I nearly propelled myself out the window behind me.

First day in a new job - had a short meeting to introduce myself to my team; suddenly realised everyone was totally focussed on something else - there was a mouse on the window sill behind me. I then got to meet the facilities team as four of them arrived to try and catch a very tiny mouse.

LifeInTheRaw · 29/05/2024 00:53

The mouse is more likely to be out and about in the hours 1am to 3.30 am while it's nocturnal but still dark, and not as much chance of encountering us humans.
So set any traps up before you go to bed.
Daylight tomorrow, see if you can find any entrance points for mouse to come and see what goodies it can find... if you are lucky enough to spot it, get it sealed off.
Unlucky, I've got floorboards, so mouse/mice can access ANYWHERE 🫣
I agree that peanut butter, or grapes or chocolate is usually a fair bet re temptations for the mouse.

Good luck.... I do get that some pp are not frightened, nor am I, but I'd hate them to plan a family, and I shudder at the thought of little feet running over my duvet in the night..... arghhhh

ThinWomansBrain · 29/05/2024 00:52

Probably a rat if its really big

EnglishBluebell · 29/05/2024 00:52

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 28/05/2024 22:58

Oooooo says him

That's a Hamster

EnglishBluebell · 29/05/2024 00:51

MrsPositivity1 · 28/05/2024 22:55

About 2 months ago I was sitting in work and a big mouse walked out from behind my computer screen. I nearly propelled myself out the window behind me.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 🐭

DownWithThisKindOfThing · 29/05/2024 00:49

I think you need to get the snap ones. Don’t see the point in the humane ones, surely unless you take them miles away they’ll come back! We had one recently as well but saw it off with the traps. 🐁

CountingCrones · 29/05/2024 00:42

Yeah, big ‘mouse’ usually isn’t a mouse.

x2boys · 29/05/2024 00:37

SherrieElmer · 28/05/2024 23:43

Get a grip, you wuss. It is a rat, not a crocodile.
Call someone tomorrow to get it killed.

Have you ever had a rat problem ?because i have and it ain't pretty theyvchew through everything and piss and shit everywhere, it can be a nightmare .

x2boys · 29/05/2024 00:33

Are you sure its a,mouse ?
We had a,few mice get in when I lived near a river they are usually tiny
We had rat problem last year and that was far worse they destroy everything ,we had to use poisonous pellets to get rid .

Peasnbeans · 29/05/2024 00:26

Longer than wide - baby rat...

Garlicked · 28/05/2024 23:57

No, huge mouse = rat. Sorry.

Also mouse that stands up and screeches at cats/humans = rat.

Not much difference, apart from size and rats being more intelligent. Still try the cat and, if that doesn't work, traps (death variety) with delicious bait.

They hate the smell of bleach. To be fair to rodents, they've probably learned not to hate it by now 😂 If you know roughly where it's hanging out, you might be able to create a one-way system using bleach, to force it back out of the house. But cats mustn't walk on bleach, it poisons them via their paws, so you have to pick one method or the other!

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Hellodarknessmyfriend · 28/05/2024 23:44

@SherrieElmer I don't want to kill it! It's a mouse.

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SherrieElmer · 28/05/2024 23:43

Get a grip, you wuss. It is a rat, not a crocodile.
Call someone tomorrow to get it killed.

determinedtomakethiswork · 28/05/2024 23:42

The only thing that works is those poisonous pellets. I don't know how you would stop the cat having them though but perhaps tuck them behind the fridge and places like that? I always get slated when I say this but at least I don't have any mice now!

Icequeen01 · 28/05/2024 23:37

Put a little chocolate in the trap if you have some. My cats are constantly bringing in mice and I've never failed to catch one yet if I use chocolate in the humane trap.

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Hellodarknessmyfriend · 28/05/2024 23:17

@CoManagerOfTheShitpile They can be proper evil. I washed one accidentally once along with the cat bedding (different house and cat!) Again, I screamed my head off when I took out the washing but this one didn't run anywhere unsurprisingly enough!!!

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Hellodarknessmyfriend · 28/05/2024 23:14

@Theredoubtableskins That's exactly what the traps are loaded with; but he just literally ran by it!!
@SiobhanSharpe it seemed more long than wide if that's makes sense? Yes, the annoying cat brings them in and plays with them until they run and hide somewhere. It was a baby bird he "gifted" me this morning (luckily I was in to open the door so it could escape - that was very cute!)

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bridgetreilly · 28/05/2024 23:12

I loathe rodents of all kinds. Here I get field mice which are even smaller than house mice and they still freak me out. I use proper traps and dog-safe bait. Or I call the council.

CoManagerOfTheShitpile · 28/05/2024 23:11

Mice can squeeze into very small holes though. Like under a door ...

We've got a cat who is fond of bringing mice in and then getting bored and letting them go. Usually we capture them and it's just a but of a hassle but once he brought a real evil fucker in which rather than hide kept standing on his back legs and screeching at us. The cat ran in fear I wanted to as well eventually we swept it out onto the patio. Next day the other cat is running away from it as it's screeching at her too, standing on the patio in broad daylight. Later I went to put the washing out and it started on at me .. I ended up spraying it with the hosepipe and the fucker was still trying to attack me. I had to be really brave and use the garden spade to catapult it over the fence as it screamed.

Theredoubtableskins · 28/05/2024 23:06

They love peanut butter too. I’ve never failed with peanut butter.

SiobhanSharpe · 28/05/2024 23:06

Was it actually brought in by the cat and it escaped?
We had this multiple times when we had cats. In fact we never had mice in the house before we had cats.
if you think it’s still in the kitchen can you put the cat in there too and close the door? Or did it run out of the kitchen?
if the mouse is large it may be pregnant… just saying.