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There's a fucking mouse in my bathroom

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UncomfortableSilence · 14/08/2022 05:07

Just that really, got up to go to the toilet, as I put the light on saw something dart across thought that's a mouse or a massive fuck off spider, both as bad as each other to be fair from my point of view. Then it shot back out from behind the toilet, completely shit myself whilst standing on the landing holding into the door handle. Have left it in there with the door shut for now.

Two questions, how's it got up here ( the fact it's got upstairs is really freaking me out, I know they have legs before anyone points that out) does this mean we've got a mouse family living here and how do I get it out.

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Lightning020 · 14/08/2022 05:11

Mousetrap or find a pest control company. I had a rat one time which crept in when double glazing was being replaced. It was utterly horrifying! I had to wee in a bowl in my bedroom. as I was so scared to take relief at night.

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UncomfortableSilence · 14/08/2022 05:24

A rat!! Luckily I have a downstairs toilet so no bowl required.

Searching Amazon now for traps.

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stuntbubbles · 14/08/2022 05:28

Um… mice can shrink themselves to the size of a pencil and squeeze through a myriad of gaps. You’re on the landing holding the door shut and meanwhile that mouse (and all its pals – it’s NEVER just one mouse) has already long left the bathroom and is running free through the house. Go and finish your wee!

Sparklfairy · 14/08/2022 05:29

At least you can keep it contained in there and hopefully there's not too many places it can damage/chew through to escape. Id be stuffing a towel or something under the gap under the door though to be safe though!

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UncomfortableSilence · 14/08/2022 05:32

stuntbubbles · 14/08/2022 05:28

Um… mice can shrink themselves to the size of a pencil and squeeze through a myriad of gaps. You’re on the landing holding the door shut and meanwhile that mouse (and all its pals – it’s NEVER just one mouse) has already long left the bathroom and is running free through the house. Go and finish your wee!

That's helped my panic enormously, thanks Grin

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dilligaf78 · 14/08/2022 05:34

Please buy the humane ones where you can release the poor mouse alive
I have them all the time as have cats - I catch them with my hands now because it's quicker - but if not, the live release are amazing

stuntbubbles · 14/08/2022 05:35

Sorry! I’ve had my mouse – definitely just the one, he gets around the house a lot though – for ages (he ignores all traps, the git) so I’ve got used to him by now. Ran over my foot one night when I was using the downstairs loo, that made me jump. Otherwise we live and let live, because at least he’s not the Toilet Rat we once had.

Barbequebeans64 · 14/08/2022 05:36

You need a rent a cat

dilligaf78 · 14/08/2022 05:40

stuntbubbles · 14/08/2022 05:35

Sorry! I’ve had my mouse – definitely just the one, he gets around the house a lot though – for ages (he ignores all traps, the git) so I’ve got used to him by now. Ran over my foot one night when I was using the downstairs loo, that made me jump. Otherwise we live and let live, because at least he’s not the Toilet Rat we once had.

I love this so much!!!
I would totally let them cohabit if it wasn't for the cats!
We feed the rats in the garden anyway 😀

PissedOffNeighbour22 · 14/08/2022 05:40

We called the council and paid for their pest control after failing to catch many with our traps (the box ones that electrocute them). We hadn't known they were there until I went into the spare room and saw mouse shit on the bed! My DP then saw one run across the hallway.

Turns out they'd been behind the kitchen cabinets, in the hallway, on my effing dining table, the loft, run up the inside of the walls into the bathroom, the playroom and the spare bedroom where they'd also eaten through the carpet. We have a sodding cat who was none the wiser.

The mouse man said they very quickly get used to traps put down and just ignore them.

mycatisannoying · 14/08/2022 05:44

You can definitely have only the one, so try not to worry about that! I'm a bit of an expert, due to where I live.
At least you can't hear them moving around inside the walls!
Amazon Prime a bait trap, chuck it in there and use your other loo.

WeDoNotTalktoPennilynLott · 14/08/2022 05:45

Wish I hadn't read this after seeing the suggestions for traps and poison. Barbaric

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UncomfortableSilence · 14/08/2022 05:47

I'm not much liking this rat talk either, god I really need to man up a bit. I just have such a fear, I think it's cause all these things move so quick.

I've been for a wee and safely back in bed, maybe not so safe now as Pissedoff informs me they were on their bed too.

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stuntbubbles · 14/08/2022 05:50

Rats eat mice, so I always reassure myself that I wouldn’t see mice if there were rats about.

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UncomfortableSilence · 14/08/2022 05:50

mycatisannoying · 14/08/2022 05:44

You can definitely have only the one, so try not to worry about that! I'm a bit of an expert, due to where I live.
At least you can't hear them moving around inside the walls!
Amazon Prime a bait trap, chuck it in there and use your other loo.

I haven't noticed any droppings anywhere so I'm clinging to your suggestion that we could just have one.

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Youhaveyourhandsfull · 14/08/2022 06:16

mice can get in to very small gaps and most likely can manage where there’s a pipe fitting or something in your bathroom. Will probably go back to where it came.
Glue traps work really well.

tiggergoesbounce · 14/08/2022 06:50

Oh yes mice are horrible once in your home, they can get everywhere and can be dangerous as they can chew your wiring.

We heard on in our bedroom, turns out we caught about 7 (sorry) but i would definately deal with it now, get some traps, use gloves when laying them as the mice can smell you on the trap, which then enables them to avoid them easier.

The traps you use are your choice. We had to use glue boards in the end as they were getting everywhere.

Lemonblossom · 14/08/2022 06:58

Cats don’t help. When we get a mouse/vole/squirrel/weasel/shrew in the house it’s generally because the cats have brought it in to play (live) or as a gift (dead)

last weeks offering was a live kestrel. That was fun flying around the kitchen launching itself against the windows.

ballsdeep · 14/08/2022 07:00

dilligaf78 · 14/08/2022 05:40

I love this so much!!!
I would totally let them cohabit if it wasn't for the cats!
We feed the rats in the garden anyway 😀

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I bet you’re popular with your neighbours 😳

dilligaf78 · 14/08/2022 07:56

I am gobsmacked that people are suggesting glue traps!

www.hsi.org/news-media/inhumane-rodent-glue-traps-to-be-banned-in-england/

What a horrendous death for a poor little mouse!

Humanity is a fucking disgrace!

FYI - if you use glue traps, expect to find a live little mouse, suffering - shame on you all!

😂 The neighbours are surprised there's any rats as they've never seen them - obviously just visit us 😂

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UncomfortableSilence · 14/08/2022 08:00

I've ordered some humane traps, don't want to hurt it but obviously don't want it running around the bathroom, thank god for Amazon Prime.

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sandgrown · 14/08/2022 08:07

Did the Kestrel survive? They are protected. We had a mouse under the kitchen sink feasting on the dog’s dry food . Caught it with a trap but two days later saw its’ friend which we also caught . Have blocked where we think is the point of entry with wire wool as recommended. Will keep setting the traps just to be sure .

Thefruitbatdancer · 14/08/2022 08:07

I always keep the toilet lid down after seeing a documentary about rats gaining access to houses via the toilets in NY! They run through the sewers and come up through the toilets, it's a big problem in New York. Plus, it's a good way to persuade boys to keep the toilet lids down!

Sunbird24 · 14/08/2022 08:16

I had one mouse, it appeared in the living room doorway one evening when I was sitting on the sofa watching tv, and did an immediate 180 as soon as it saw me! Must have got in through the airbrick under the kitchen sink (now blocked with wire wool) and lived in that cupboard, discovered evidence behind the microwave and behind the plant pots on the kitchen windowsill when I started looking properly. I’d replaced the mat by the front door a week earlier as I thought it smelled of cat pee and couldn’t work out why (I clearly don’t have a cat!) so that must have been mouse too. Anyway, trap baited with a little honey got him the night it went down.

mycatisannoying · 14/08/2022 09:21

Overexposure to mice has left me a bit hardened. But even I couldn't bring myself to use a glue trap. That said, friends of mine have, but only because they were overrun and completely desperate.

As for the others who disapprove of mice traps, you try living with them!

OP, when you capture it, you will be taken aback by how utterly tiny they are. I hope this reassures!

Make sure that you release it a good drive away, not a stroll away!

I did once rescue a little vole that got into my flat. It was actually super cute. It didn't have the natural distrust of man that mice have, and I was able to capture it by hand using cheese. Quite an impressive feat, as they move like little wind-up toys and are mega fast! I released it by the river and very much hope it survived.