Tiny mouse just ran in house and into my kitchen

[avamiah]

I just opened my front door to let our cat in and a tiny mouse ran in and seems to have vanished in the kitchen.
Stressed out is a understatement.

What should I do?
Thanks

I imagine the cat will be even more determined to find it than you! Is it on the hunt?

Panic!

Did the cat drop it? Does it hunt?

You have a cat, surely it will get it? My cats are ferocious mousers.

Put the cat in the kitchen. Shut the kitchen door. Go to bed. Brace yourself for mouse death scene in the morning

Won’t the cat get it? Don’t panic.

I have closed the kitchen door and the cat is sitting outside it .🫣

Yes he will as he has caught many before from the garden but I haven’t had one inside before .It must be because of the snow we have had and it hasn’t melted yet in the garden .
I feel terrible letting him into the kitchen as it was tiny but what can I do.😳

I am going to now as I have no other choice but I doubt I will sleep that well .
I know it’s only a mouse but I can’t have it running around my house .

Yes he will but what if he doesn’t?😳

My cat is now sitting on my kitchen bench under the table next to the radiator and doesn’t look at all interested in looking for the mouse.🫣🫣

My cat just dropped off a live and very active mouse in my hallway which immediately made a run for the shoe pile. Luckily a bowl, some cardboard and help from the bloody cat that brought it home and I caught it and released it outside. I once had one live under my fridge for a few days. Cats are a nightmare at times!

@Biscuitandacuppa
Thanks for letting me know about the mouse that lived under your fridge for a few days, I’ll sleep well tonight .
😬

Shut your cat in the kitchen all night.
Seriously.

@misssunshine4040 ,
He is in there but not doing much at the moment which is unlike him.

Once the lights are are out and some time has passed, the mouse may assume it's safe or and draw attention to itself or the cat will smell it and go looking.
They do it for fun so your cat is probably not fussed at the moment but will be when it's 3am and he hears a squeak or some rustling

@misssunshine4040 ,
I have a small gap under my kitchen door which I’m worried about.

Watch out because he'll have all his mousey mates in before you know it.

Block it with a rolled up towel

Stuff a throw or blanket under the door and block the gap

I know, and it’s freezing outside.🙁

@misssunshine4040
@AlwaysFullOfQuestions22

2 thick towels rolled up and propped up at kitchen door.

Good luck hope the coast is clear by the morning

Just pick it up and pop it back out - I've never been bitten and have picked up hundreds . It's
Probably cold- pop it bear a shed

Update on mouse , No sign of it in kitchen, and cat is asleep in there 💤 lucky cat.
Thanks for all your replies.