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Help! Mouse behind fitted furniture

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thereisamouseinthehouse · 06/11/2024 20:18

The cat brought a mouse in earlier. It was the first time in ages and so I have forgotten some of the mouse trapping techniques learned over the years. This was a particularly spritely mouse too.
Anyway, I think it is behind the fitted wardrobe. I don't mean at the back of the fitted wardrobe but actually behind the wardrobe. There are a few small gaps between the frame and the wall and I think it's got through one of those gaps so is between the frame of the wardrobe & the wall.
I really don't want it to die back there as it will stink! Even if it wasn't likely to die back there, I'd prefer to catch it and release it anyway in the hope it can go and live a happy life back in the garden or nearby woods.
How on earth can I lure it out?
Since delivering the mouse, the cat has been asleep in another room so I don't need to worry about her prowling around.
A guaranteed, quick solution would be appreciated as otherwise I'm going to have to sleep in the same room as the mouse and will probably wake up every 10 seconds thinking that it is scuttling all over me!

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Pixiedust1234 · 06/11/2024 20:23

No idea about cages etc as most of mine I caught with bare hands. However I do know they like chocolate. A lot.

thereisamouseinthehouse · 06/11/2024 21:07

@Pixiedust1234 how on earth do you catch them with your hands? This one is tiny and speedy. I've only ever managed to catch them by boxing them into a corner and then putting a container over them

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Pixiedust1234 · 06/11/2024 23:28

They tend to hide under the nearest "safe" thing so under the hoover or an upturned book. Then I get very close, DC pulls the item straight up and while it's frozen to the spot I scoop it up. Then I run like an idiot to top of wild garden to release it. It greatly amused the DC every time I did it.

I'm sure a previous poster has suggested blocking off one end of an empty kitchen roll and then putting the open end near the mouse which assumes it's a lovely dark tunnel leading to safety. It runs up, you up end it and place something over the open end.. and run like an idiot to the top of your wild garden.

PortiasBiscuit · 07/11/2024 21:06

Humane trap from Amazon, bait it with peanut butter and water.. the poor wee things get very thirsty.

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