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To not worry about a mouse??

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iloveruby · 22/06/2018 00:59

Was sitting watching TV and a little mouse just wandered across my living room floor, completely relaxed and not at all worried about being seen. A few minutes later and it actually walked up to and sniffed my dogs nose.......(so clearly either a baby or a stupid mouse).

AIBU to not worry and just share my house with it or do I need to get rid of it?

OP posts:

C0untDucku1a · 22/06/2018 20:15

Every so often my cats bring in a mouse then lose interest in it.

I am quite the accomplished mouse catcher these days. After ten years of cat ownership. I set up the lounge with books, furniture anything to create a run, encourage it into said run, put a bowl over it, card under the bowl and take it back outside.

They dont come back because they dont want to be here.

The live rabbit and live birds brought in on the other hand and not so easy to get back out

HazelBite · 22/06/2018 20:24

Count DucKula, try catching a mole!

Op get rid pronto he will have friends and family waiting in the wings ready to cause chaos and distruction.

Justneedsomeinfo · 22/06/2018 20:26

Yeh you need to get rid OP, we had 'them' last winter - there will definitely be more than one. We had to call local council to eradicate as they managed to avoid our traps. Process took about 3 - 4 weeks from laying bait, and then 2 follow up calls. He also checked the outside of property to find their entry point - so we made sure these we blocked up too. Fingers crossed they won't be back.

RaininSummer · 22/06/2018 20:27

We found crispy fried mouse behind both the cooker and fridge when they were pulled put recently. I have an old house and have to be constantly vigilant for the pesky buggers.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 22/06/2018 20:29

OP - do you have any unfinished dressmaking or tailoring projects? If so, it might be worth leaving them out for a few nights, to see if the mice will help.

I believe that has been known to happen!

Magratmakethetea · 22/06/2018 20:31

Get rid - If you have one you have a whole family/nest of the fuckers. They will eat food crap everywhere and your house will stink of mouse urine. Get rid now good luck x

MikeUniformMike · 22/06/2018 20:32

I have plenty of unstarted ones.

TheSheepofWallSt · 22/06/2018 20:37

Yeah... we had a family or four last winter (old house, surrounded by fields). And I’m pretty sure I also caught a baby rat....

It was hell. On. Earth.

They were in the buggy. On the worktops. The sofa. The walls.

Combination of snap traps, tunnel traps, poison, bait blocks and lavender oil - took about 2 months and the return of the warm weather to see the back of them.

Dreading the winter. I’m already stocking up on wire wool for the gaps round the pipes...

LivingMyBestLife · 22/06/2018 20:40

We had a mouse recently too - I saw it. That was when I found out I was terrified of mice

It avoided traps and we found it dead about a fortnight later, presumably after eating bait we had put down both inside and outside the house. What worries me is that we could never find where they/it got in or any nests in the house, shed, garden or garage. I can't stop them getting in if I don't know how they are doing it!

A lot of bait was eaten outside one week, and one other mouse threw itself on a trap in the shed. No bait eaten for a couple of weeks now, I'm still nervous despite only seeing one mouse once!

badg3r · 22/06/2018 20:43

You need to get rid. They can eat through electric cables and start fires. They carry germs. We had mice in our old flat. From day one I was on a mission to get rid of them, but I properly lost my shit then I found a mouse poo on the baby's changing mat. Covered the house in glue traps and caught five after having no luck with snap traps, just the thought of them being on the kids' toys gave me the shivers!

rebelrosie12 · 22/06/2018 21:50

Oh god. I nearly had a breakdown over the mice in our house last year. Once they took hold it turned into a living nightmare. I quite like mice as creatures, not climbing on our pillows in the middle of the night though.

KateyA · 22/06/2018 22:00

Exactly my experience.... I saw one tiny one and thought awwww cute. Two weeks later I woke up with a huge mouse climbing on my pillow....and his little mates everywhere in the Flat. It took ages to get rid of them and I couldn’t relax or sleep in the house comfortably for a good while

CherriesAndLemonade · 22/06/2018 22:20

Just to add-we were advised on phone by pest control that they can get through a hole the size of a penny. Also like others have said they breed like crazy. We didn't use the pest controller as was in our shed and they were very expensive but got rid ourselves. Get rid and don't let yr dog kiss you after kissing Mickey/Minnie!

CherriesAndLemonade · 22/06/2018 22:22

That's why you need to block holes with wire wool btw. Just follow the trail of tiny poos.... Ergh!

Jozxyqk · 22/06/2018 22:27

I wouldn't worry too much about a mouse, either. But you won't have a mouse, you've probably got quite a few. Wait until you're tipping them out of your cornflakes box or they've been at the wiring - you'll worry then!

Kamma89 · 22/06/2018 23:11

I'm not going to @ the poster who mentioned them, but PLEASE don't use glue traps. I'm not an animal rights activist but those things are really nasty. Surprised not illegal in UK actually.

UpstartCrow · 22/06/2018 23:14

Mice can spread serious diseases including hanta virus. I'd get rid, but not with glue traps, they are vile things.
Just use breakneck traps baited with peanut butter.

PickAChew · 22/06/2018 23:24

It's deer mice, iirc, that carry hantavirus. The disease is rare in the UK.

CallipygousElephant · 22/06/2018 23:50

Jesus,

It feels pain, it has a desire to live. I completely agree it's not something most people are going to find okay to live with (not sure I mind in theory but far too many wires to be chewed for me to live with a mouse in practice). Snap traps are fucking horrible, poison is vile.

Catch and release. (x? until all mice gone)

CallipygousElephant · 22/06/2018 23:51

Jesus glue is torturous. Missed that before but PLEASE don't do that.

Kittycuddles · 23/06/2018 00:03

Okai so mouse COULD = germs

But could also = snow White style companionship but maybe keep an eye out for the sefen dwarves sure to move in shortly after?

Also

Excuse me

EXCUSE YOU

To the posters saying about leaking urine.

I will have you know I am like just about FULLY bladder incontinent and I leak urine everywhere I go basically.

But MY mum didn't try to catch ME in glue traps...

Just saying

WeirdAndPissedOff · 23/06/2018 00:39

Is catch and release really much more humane? You're taking them to an unfamiliar area, outside - do they just make a new home in the wilderness, or do they not do so well living outdoors or in unfamiliar territory?

Kitty - apologies if this sound callous in any way, but not only are you human, sentient and capable of being communicates with, presumably you are not actively dribbling urine on other people's food, clothing, baby's toys etc.

We have mice currently (though confined to one room + garage due to cats), and haven't quite been able to bring ourselves to lay traps yet. But despite being very cute, and only seeing 1 at a time, we've had food nibbled, bags of clothes destroyed, toddler's toys covered in droppings. We had a bin liner full of stored teddies - they had to be binned as they had droppings imbedded in fur from head to toe. And that's without them having access to wiring etc yet.

Kittycuddles · 23/06/2018 00:50

Weird it was a joke sorry :(

And no I only tend to leak urine on carpets, floors, chairs, etc

Food no I don't pee on

Anything else seems to be fair game tbh

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