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MOUSE IN THE HOUSE

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WineLover21 · 16/10/2024 13:25

We've got a mouse in the house.

I'm TERRIFIED! How do I get rid of it asap!? It's even coming out in the day!!!!!

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mathanxiety · 16/10/2024 15:57

Get the quick kill mouse traps.
Bait them with peanut butter, Nutella, or some other nut butter. They like chocolate too. Also bacon fat.

Set them by walls, up on your counter by the wall, under your oven, behind bookshelves, etc. Make sure you don't leave a baited trap where you could snap it on yourself. Ideally, set a few in spots where you've seen a mouse. If your stove top lifts up, lift it and set a trap underneath.

Get some bleach and sponges. Bleach your kitchen. Throw out the sponges you use. They pee as they travel, so your kitchen in particular needs to be decontaminated. You will see droppings like caraway seeds.

Make sure you don't leave any crumbs or other food for them. Don't leave pots or dishes in your sink. If you have a sink food catcher/ grille for the plug hole, clean it out.

Go around your house and look for tiny gaps and holes, which you can plug with steel wool from the hardware shop. You can buy it in bags (not Brillo pads). You're looking for holes no bigger than a pencil in diameter.

I recently had an influx of them and caught four. I hate the thought of them in my home, though they are very cute and have lovely eyes.

oakleaffy · 16/10/2024 15:54

WineLover21 · 16/10/2024 14:21

Does this work? How does it work?

It doesn’t work.

youhavenoshameonyourface · 16/10/2024 15:50

crostini · 16/10/2024 15:22

@youhavenoshameonyourface
No i absolutely don't call myself an animal lover.

I was pregnant and putting my unborn child's health before that of a rodent. I do not feel ashamed.

Not bothered enough about your child to prevent the poisoning of their future water supply with organochlorines though.

oakleaffy · 16/10/2024 15:47

We haven’t had a mouse 🐁 family since having a Whippet ( they stay away!)
( Whippet at friend’s house) listening for mice.

MOUSE IN THE HOUSE
ladymalfoy45 · 16/10/2024 15:46

Nuke the whole place from orbit

Sigourney Weaver Aliens GIF
oakleaffy · 16/10/2024 15:44

Selinaserena · 16/10/2024 13:45

The mouse sticky pads from Amazon were the only thing that worked for us. I agree about removing all crumbs, pet food, bread, snacks etc. from all rooms in the house asap and blocking air bricks.

Those are absolutely brutal and should be illegal.

@WineLover21 Please don’t use those.

Look on you tube as to the brutality of them.

Where you have one mouse you’ll have a family of them.
They come indoors for warmth.
They can squeeze through a tiny gap ( again videos on you tube showing this)

Sealing up all external gaps is only way.

Difenacoum but a a toxin that is “ Supposedly “ humane , more so than glue traps where they gnaw their own legs off to try to free themselves ( to no avail)

Or get a Whippet.
A fast death without a second.

user1473069303 · 16/10/2024 15:43

I've had great results with humane traps this summer. Caught 7 mice in total. I once saw one waltz in through the patio doors during the day, under my nose, no fear 😂. And we get the occasional shrew as well.
We've found a couple of entry points (in addition to the doors...[, so have blocked those. For the moment, there are no signs of any activity.

WineLover21 · 16/10/2024 15:41

user1471551663 · 16/10/2024 15:37

Raisins went down very well with our mouse population.

This is good to know!

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user1471551663 · 16/10/2024 15:37

Raisins went down very well with our mouse population.

Evilartsgrad · 16/10/2024 15:33

WineLover21 · 16/10/2024 13:25

We've got a mouse in the house.

I'm TERRIFIED! How do I get rid of it asap!? It's even coming out in the day!!!!!

Stop overdramatizing and get a snap trap.

crostini · 16/10/2024 15:22

@youhavenoshameonyourface
No i absolutely don't call myself an animal lover.

I was pregnant and putting my unborn child's health before that of a rodent. I do not feel ashamed.

youhavenoshameonyourface · 16/10/2024 15:19

crostini · 16/10/2024 14:21

The council come out for cheap, if not free. And are better than rent o kill etc as they have no financial gain in coming back.

Failing that, just pour straight bleach everywhere and they'll die. Not great with kids tho.

That's a disgustingly cruel thing to suggest.

I hope you don't call yourself an animal lover.

Brefugee · 16/10/2024 15:03

WimpoleHat · 16/10/2024 13:38

I hate to say this, but in my experience it is very unlikely to be just one. The humane traps are good if you’re okay with taking them to release; otherwise, I’d call a pest control service.

Don't faff with humane traps. Get the savagely efficient ore-baited ones.

Then try to stop any more getting in

horseHorseHorse · 16/10/2024 15:02

WineLover21 · 16/10/2024 14:21

Does this work? How does it work?

Chlorine gas. It's evil.

horseHorseHorse · 16/10/2024 15:01

Selinaserena · 16/10/2024 13:45

The mouse sticky pads from Amazon were the only thing that worked for us. I agree about removing all crumbs, pet food, bread, snacks etc. from all rooms in the house asap and blocking air bricks.

Sticky traps are fucking evil and anyone who uses them should be ashamed. The mice die in agony and terror.

TheRealKatnissEverdeen · 16/10/2024 14:51

Remember you need to block gaps and entry points after you remove them otherwise you may trap them in the house, floorboards and walls or wherever they are.

WineLover21 · 16/10/2024 14:49

Any idea why one would be out in the day!? I thought they were nocturnal?

I hope it's just one 😭

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WineLover21 · 16/10/2024 14:46

I've ordered everything I can! (No sticky traps though)

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crostini · 16/10/2024 14:31

@WineLover21

I did it as a last ditch attempt. I mean I absolutely covered the kitchen floor in thick bleach 😅 they were all dead within 24 hours.

Lincoln24 · 16/10/2024 14:31

crostini · 16/10/2024 14:21

The council come out for cheap, if not free. And are better than rent o kill etc as they have no financial gain in coming back.

Failing that, just pour straight bleach everywhere and they'll die. Not great with kids tho.

Depends on your area, they no longer offer pest control for mice in my local authority, only rats. Austerity cuts!

MissEsmeWatson · 16/10/2024 14:27

The humane traps are brilliant, please don't be cruel 😢

stayathomer · 16/10/2024 14:25

Live trap with chocolate spread or peanut butter then later go empty it far far away (as they try to return). We got rid of 4 this way, all ran off happily into the woods!!

IlovePond · 16/10/2024 14:24

To be fair to our local Rentokil - we got a free follow up visit and were then given the all-clear. We had no hard sell, they actually offered us advice over the phone first, but I was practically begging them to come! But if the local council offer a service more cheaply, then obviously that’s great.

user8634216758 · 16/10/2024 14:23

MidnightMeltdown · 16/10/2024 14:08

I had a mouse in my house recently that escaped from the cat!

They aren't that different to catch because they have poor eyesight. I just stood still and waited for it to come out from where it was hiding. Then I put a tea towel over it and carried it outside.

If you have more than one then you can buy humane mouse traps and release them outside. You don't need to kill everything!

You do need to figure out where it got in and block the hole though.

The reason you could catch it is because your cat had injured it. It would have been kinder to kill it than let it go. They are very fast normally, you’d have no chance of catching a healthy mouse with a tea towel.

if you’ve seen one OP, there are likely more. Snap traps with peanut bait works well.

Gettingbysomehow · 16/10/2024 14:22

My cats abandon live mice in the house all the time. I leave a packet of crisps with a couple of crisps in the bottom out and they can't resist. As soon as I hear rustling I pick up the bag and take the mouse outside.

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