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[QueenNefertitty]

Mouse droppings. Under my sofa cushions.

we had a mouse over Christmas (house surrounded by fields). Caught and killed him and haven't seen hide or hair of a mouse since (2 weeks ago). Literally not a single dropping.

Lifted sofa cushions up tonight to retrieve phone and found about 20 little dried up droppings- they looked old so assume from the dead mouse

Stopped toddler from eating droppings, hoovered them up and came up for baths. Now lying in bed wondering if I need to burn the couch.

Also convincing myself I have hantavirus (aching joints, bones, shattered and queasy for a few days).

IABU - I just need to wash the sofa Cushion covers right?

Talk me down!

You killed the mouse instead of taking it to a field and releasing it?

@ryder

I have an 18 month old. I am a single parent and havent got time to fanny around relocating vermin. Yes of course I killed the disease carrying pest.

'Ryder" if you live surrounded by fields you are less inclined to return the mouse to the fields. If he wanted to live in the fields he had his opportunity.

Oh and yes just wash the covers. I remember the horror of living in the countryside when the mice decided it was too cold to live outside anymore. I once had one living in my Divan base, I could here him gnawing away on the wood whole I tried to sleep!

@adult

Thank you

Just got up to inspect covers and non machine washable

Currently spraying with antibacterial spray as an inadequate compromise

Divan base is next level grim though! Hope it was paying rent!

queen I wish! Not only was it not paying rent it used to cost me a fortune in chocolate by stealing it off the mouse trap without setting it off! Borrowed someone's cat in the end and Mr Mouse was no more. The bed went in the skip though.

Your cushions will be fine with the antibacterial spray I would have thought.

Get a jack Russell! We used to live in old house with fields at the back and had regular little visitors but my clever dog (rest his soul) used to catch them and lay them neatly out for me to find in the morning.
As a pp said, their own fault for breaking in! Should've stayed in the fields.
Get some of that dettol all in one aerosol it kills all kinds of germs and viruses.

They're cheeky fuckers aren't they? Got ours with a florentine and some Nutella.

Decided sofa will have to stay. Only bought it a few months back and have about 9000000000 payments left on it. Antibac spray and laundered the throws and I'm just never ever letting DS eat his oaty bars on there again

That’s really horrible that you killed a mouse rather than taking it away from your house and releasing it.

@acquiescence

I assume you're vegan, don't use western medicine, and don't use or wear animal products or any animal tested products then?

If not, you too are a mouse killer, many many times over.

I'm just honest about it.

That’s really horrible that you killed a mouse rather than taking it away from your house and releasing it. Taking it to somewhere it doesn't know, and so doesn't know the easy food sources, means it will die anyway, just not as quickly. Releasing it somewhere it's familiar with means it will just come back.

We live in the sticks and tend to keep a couple of traps baited out of the way of children at all times. You'll be fine OP... and to those of you suggesting catch and release: REALLY?? Get real, these are vermin, as are the rats that come after the windfalls and don't get me started on the squirrels the birds nest raiding, insulation chewing, cheeky furry little bastards

Borrow a cat. Just to check if anymore!

Sorry op I'm just 😂 at the thought of you blindfolding a mouse and spinning it round so it can't find your house! I wonder how sympathetic people would have been if you said it was a rat? 🙄

How did you kill it ? I wouldn't like it either but I don't think i could have killed it. Prob would have popped it over next doors garden wall !

It's fine. That sort of thing boosts the immune system!
If you back into fields you will get the occasional casual intruder. Deal with them ( as you have done) and move on. You won't get hantavirus from a UK field mouse