To expect to live in a nice calm world where a mouse doesn't jump onto my FACE as I'm watching tv in bed?

[TheShowMustGoOn]

Sodding mice.

It was on my windowsill, I clapped my hands to alarm it, it did a somersault through the air and bounced off my cheek!

I have no idea how to get rid of the feckers. Maybe I'll just give in and get them litle food and water dishes.

YANBU I would have fainted

I did go and sleep with DD as I was too freaked out.

Oh my life!!! Have the council been in to give them thier marching orders?

It's been years - I've paid hundreds to proffesional companies - even paid for elderly neighbour to be 'sorted out'

But we are in a long Georgian terrace. It only takes a couple of people to ignore it and they are here again.

Would like to borrow my cat? He is great mouse hunter. My mums is better though.

I have always had cats and never ever had mice even during my (non) student years where we lived in squalor. We had ants, but no mice.

A ferrit would also have the same effect. Or a terrier, they keep the rats at bay too.

God, that's horrendous! Can you get/borrow a cat?

I resorted to nasty snap traps - got 6 in one night. Since then nothing - they must be smarter than we think.

You can buy some sticky plate like things that the creatures step on and then becoming living, waning, dying, dead art. YANBU to not want one to jump on your cheek.

I would love to have a cat but we are in fairly central North London so just can't.

"even paid for elderly neighbour to be 'sorted out'" I read that as if you had paid for your neighbour to be terminated!!

Im not afraid of mice but I think I would of most likely soiled myself if one had bounced off my face.

kreecherlivesupstairs - ha maybe I'll do that then sell it to saatchi

YANBU at all.
Bloody hell - that would have killed me stone dead.
I am terrified of mice, rats ... anything smaller than a rabbit petrifies me.

If I could, I'd come take the mice and keep them as pets! But I can understand you being freaked out, having any animal jump at your face is awful!

You could have a cat....I know people who have had house cats in flats.

Or if you let the cat out, it wouldn't get run over or anything.

You need a cat.

we had a house cat in a flat. we still have her now although shes getting on a bit. She is a great mouser although it makes me scream when she drops a half eaten mouse in front of me.We are in a pretty old house and when we first moved in we had a few mice, cat took care of them only see dead ones once in a while now!

I have mice. One popped out from below the wardrobe a few days ago.

I have had mice whilst I had 3 cats and two terriers.

I think they had little mousey/cat/doggie parties while I was in bed.

Resigned myself now.

chegirlwithbellson i think it depends on the cat, we have a younger cat who has never caught anything more exciting than spider, he just cant be bothered. I think a mouse could fall asleep next to him and he would still think twice.

I've just pulled out the sofa / chests of drawers etc and saw a litter of mouse poo. Again.

Once I found DDs favourite dress under drawers in her room - the poo litterally showered out and it had been gnawed at.

I can't live with it.

eew, they do seem to know about the poison now. We haven't seen any this winter but they're scrabbling merrily away in the attic.

You have my heartfelt sympathies.

They have gotten wise of the snap traps too - I keep seeing them snapped with no mouse.

I've even had 'a man' round to hunt and fill gaps around pipework/ flooring etc.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh

House snake?

cat.

female cats are better mousers so get a girl.

if he/she is a house cat they'll be perfectly happy, especially with so much wildlife to chase, but if you had to let it out it would probably be fine, cat's have been living in cities as long as people have and they thrive.

we get them every year. Had loads of building work done in the last year and hardly any access so we thought we had escaped them this year. But sadly not - they are in the ceiling downstairs and in the skirting board. We have put down sticky pads but they are steering clear of them (they worked well in previous years).

After a while there is something quite satisfying in putting the little buggers out of their misery when they are stuck. They do look cute but they make such a mess .

oh jesus op,don't do that to me!have just nearly pissed myslf laughing...seriously after 2 dc and preg with 3rd,my pelvic floor aint what it was!

can't get a cat by the way because DH is allergic to them.

I think the only way is an all out attack: traps, sticky pads, and poison.