Mouse on patio this morning

[Zooeyzo]

Spotted a mouse this morning on my patio so I banged on the window it ran off and then came back after a couple of minutes.
This went on around 5 times and I was quite surprised firstly that its daytime and second that it's an annoying little bastard mouse who won't go away.
First time I've seen one. No food or anything on patio of interest. It's also paving not a wooden one where they might live under. It's also very clear so I spotted it straight away.
I've kept the back door open all day over spring and summer.

How do people keep pests away from the house.

I have a mouse that lives in the steps by my back door.
I leave little pinch of bird seed by its entrance.
Been there for years , yes I know it won't be the same mouse 🐁

Get a bloody grip.

Well OP, you've done better than I did this morning. My kids went out in the garden this morning to find a dead mouse under the trampoline and then stood in a cat shit.

We use one of those plug in deterent things in the kitchen. No idea if it works, we've never spotted evidence of mice since moving in. Our old house had mice once (woke up to one on Christmas morning!) So I'm a bit paranoid about them.

Should add, I don't have a cat but the neighbours one has taken a liking to our garden.

But the mouse isn't in the home yet - it's outside, where it's supposed to be, minding its' own business.

IF it does come inside, then you can use traps with peanut butter or other human methods to catch and release them. No need to go around laying poison for an animal that hasn't done anything to hurt you.

Also, the diseases spread by humans are much worse than anything spread by mice

Very similar @CalistoNoSolo, except that @Zooeyzo has not, in fairness, said or implied that she wishes to kill the mouse

well said!

I really hope all the proud cat owners have put at least 2 bells on their collars

Go buy some tiny trousers and a jumper and name it Stuart.

Where on the stair?

There on the stair

Right there

A little mouse with clogs on!

A little mouse with clogs on going clip clippety clop on the stair

I do declare!

We had one that ran into my MILs living room the other day in the middle of the day. It then ran and hid under the freezer so I'm afraid we put a trap down with peanut butter and it was dispatched over night. Yes I know it is not nice but neither is nice running around her kitchen at night poking and peeing everywhere!

My parents' mouse problem was solved when they got a new cat, who has turned out to be a world-class mouser.

Where on the stair?

So so late 😂

To be honest, OP, you left yourself wide open to all of this when you moved to a windmill in Old Amsterdam

What the fuck is wrong with you? Do you know what an agonizing death poison causes?

That made me snort. 🤣

100%. Well said.

Ditto.

"Banged on the window" 😂

@JustSortYoursefOut I realise it wasn't effective. Bloody mouse kept coming back 😂