There's a fucking mouse in my house

[DerelictWreck]

Help me

Buy some springy traps from amazon and bait with peanut butter and leave close to where you think they are coming in.

Get a cat.

Could you get one of those plug ins which drive them away?
Also humane traps are good but you have to release them far away or they just come back.
Please don’t use sticky traps or snap traps, they are awful.
They love peanut butter so I put humane traps around with peanut butter smeared on them and caught the little bugger in no time.

I don't want to use kill traps but I'm in London so not easy to release far away! No idea where they're getting in as I'm a couple of floors up from the ground.

Would it be unreasonable to just move?

We used to have loads, the only thing that got rid was getting a cat. They're very cute little things so please be kind when getting rid.

Kill traps are the only humane way to do it. Poison is slow and painful and you run the risk of them dying and rotting behind a skirting board or under the floor. They might also be eaten by a cat or owl so the poison gets into the food chain. So called humane traps mean they may be left in a small space for hours without food or water to starve/dehydrate slowly. That’s before you even get into the frightening experience of being handled by people and transported to a strange place. A kill trap is instant and pain free, it’s not nice to do because they can be very cute but it’s the kindest thing to do if you don’t want to share your space with them.

And as a wise ironmonger said to me many years ago ‘ if you’ve got one mouse, you’ll have two mice and once you’ve got two there’s no end to it’. One female mouse can comfortably give birth to 100 young in a year so you really need to stop that happening1

The plug ins don't work. And are proven to not work. And the only humane way to do it is the kill traps, as it's instaneous. Anything else is cruel as they die a long lingering death.

Can it get back out itself? If so I would just keep my food in the cupboards and leave it be. Move any wires ect to make sure they aren't able to get on your kitchen surfaces.

I get them all the time as they are in the building. Humane traps don't work. I found the only thing that worked well was to find two rooms they go between and almost close the door and place a snap trap at the entrance. Then they will scury along the wall to the door, go through the small opening and straight into the trap.

Snap traps. Quick and clean. They are carriers of salmonella too.

London mice laugh at things like the plug in repellers. We have tried the diy options but found pest control was the answer - the firm that finally sorted it for us was called HLA and operate across London. They were amazing! I don't work for them, I just really rate their service.

Just get some traps.

My cat brings them in all the time, presents them to me and loses interest immediately. Luckily I don't mind them!

I catch them with a Tupperware and put them back into the garden.

I could never kill one!

Humane traps absolutely work so long as you use them correctly. We purchased a large one from amazon for £10 so they weren’t stuck in a small space and released them in a park 5 minutes away. We caught three using the trap and all were released and none have came back again! You have to be able to check it regularly so you can’t use them if you’re going to be going away.

It’s not recommended but we did leave ours overnight and all the mice seemed fine.

I bought bait traps popped to the store nearby and it was all they had so had to go for it. Am really hoping it's just one than popped into my flat to explore from somewhere else in the building. Am going to seal up all gaps under skirting boards etc later too.

There is not a mouse in your house.

There are mice. It will have friends.

I've got one too. A gift from my cat . If you can move the furniture they often run out and you can catch them under a pot then slide a piece of card underneath to take them outside. Mine is inh bedroom with a King-size divan that is too big to move completely. My cat likes to bring them to me there so I have successfully used the snap traps before. I don't like to kill them but when I have used them in the past the mouse was killed instantly so it was quite humane and I think better than releasing them to an unfamiliar area or where my cat can catch them again.

I just grab them when I see them and take them outside. Just drop a tea towel over it and scoop it up. If you can't see it, it's probably moved on already. It's really no big deal. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Snap traps are your best option. Bait with peanut butter. Put down in the room where you’re seeing them or their droppings. Probably kitchen/larder/food cupboard.

Block up any holes you can see with filler.

Snap traps are the best, then just fling the corpse into a bush or in the bin. Mice are a pest that will bring diseases. They’re not Mickey.

We have two cats and when they started going into the former burner room, I put two traps in (kill traps, which isn't very nice but as a result after four dead mice the trips into our stored food stopped).

What floor are you on?
I once lived in a top floor flat and they were everywhere in the building. The points of entry were kitchen sink and airing cupboard. I filled all the gaps with expandable foam and wire wool.
Have you told your management company or landlord? The mgt company had a contract with rentokil who checked my flat and then put poison down so the mice would take it back to the nest.
Tell your neighbours... I bet they have them as well.

You need to get the mgt company involved otherwise it will keep happening.

Not always Angelo , we used to get the odd mouse when we lived near fields and a river, and my mum and dad get the odd one they live near fields , people or always say if you have one mouse you have loads but it depends where you live .

Tip traps are good, I humanely got them out of my house that way.
Smear lots of peanut butter inside, they scuttle in and a plastic stutter goes down. Trapped painlessly.

It is also helpful if you have a DP who is willing to carry the trap outside at 3am in the morning while mumbling "this is madness" under their breath.

Kill the little fuckers with the snap traps.

I advise the higher spec more sensitive models as mine laughed at the classic snaps, took the bait and ran away. Fuckers.

Humane traps only cause a problem for someone else.

Yeah wire wool is your friend