To be getting emotionally attached to the mouse in our house

[professorsnape]

We've had a mouse in the house for last week or so.

We tired leaving cheese on the trap but he ate it.
We left chocolate buttons but he helped himself to those to and went back into his hole.

Every night me and DD, age 4, think of what food to leave out on the trap to catch him. Every morning when he get up, said food has been eaten.

He is becoming a house pet at this stage!

DH are getting pest control to come into and TBH am feeling a bit sorry for him.

AIBU/Do I need to get a life?

I had a mouse once and believe me you could smell it. They look sweet but boy do they breed and wee and poo.

I had a mouse that lived in the waste paper basket in my room when I was a little girl, I used to put biscuit crumbs down for it...of course my mother was horrified and my dad wacked with it half dead with a rolled up newspaper!...

We had a pet spider that lives in our wet room called Killah (as in Ghostface ) we fed him wood lice..good times

Rats also scream when you trap them

I hate the word 'vermin'. People only use it to describe something that is inconvenient to themselves. It's not a given that rodents will chew through your wires, or give you a disease. People get hysterical about these things.

Will no-one think of the mice?

Rat wee is very toxic.

No, Molly, but is is a given that they will piss and shit everywhere, including on your worktops.

And climb onto your head to nibble your hair - not recovered from that yet!!!

[shocked]

gah!

sorry - mice outside: adorable, mice inside: completely revolting. filthy, pissy, breeding little fuckers that you have to kill, making you feel terrible about yourself. (can you tell we have a nest of the bastards at the moment? something in my tone?)

klaadkaka, our cat is excellent at catching mice outside

It was a bit of a shock waking up to that I can tell you!

There will be 100 of them within a month no joke though, you never have one mouse, they breed like... err mice! they are doubly incontinent and chew wires etc.

Neosorexa gold is the way forward.

Thanks for the info Valium and .... bugger.

"completely revolting. filthy, pissy, breeding little fuckers that you have to kill,"

The same could be said about people, except we try not to kill people.

My fucking cat brings the mice into the house.

"they are doubly incontinent"

A total myth and a good example of rodent hysteria.

Speak for yourself Molly, I just try not to get caught. [evil]

YANBU

but

I once had a baby rat in my garden, I used to see him skittering about on the patio and because he was small I called him 'Mighty Mouse'. My then DP said that we must kill Mighty Mouse and I heartily disagreed. 6 weeks later Mighty Mouse was a dirty great rat and some of his mates had moved in as well.

So, YABU if you think you can 'keep' the mouse. Also mice are incontinent and chew up wires.

It never asked to be a mouse. Leave him alone

I might have to change my name to 'RodentsBestFriend'. I can feel myself becoming all.......frothy about it.

Molly that is not^ a myth!

My son has had pet mice so aside from my pest mice experience I can confirm that they do piss and shit all over you the place at random.

Have you ever actually had a mouse infestation in your home?

Makes no difference wether they are incontinent or they just do it on purpose - they piss and shit EVERYWHERE!

" "they are doubly incontinent"

A total myth and a good example of rodent hysteria."

It is not a myth that they shit everywhere where they go.

Mice are an all-too common problem, in houses, lofts and out-buildings. Mice are incontinent, and as they move around they dribble urine and leave droppings. If they come into contact with food there is a risk of food poisoning, such as Salmonella and E.coli.

In addition, mice often cause damage to household wiring and insulation. It is very difficult to prevent mice from entering a property, especially if there is easy access to a source of food ? mice are able to squeeze through the smallest gaps (if you can fit a pencil in a hole, a mouse will be able to pass through it!).

I just googled for anyone who thinks they are 'sweet.'