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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 10/28/2004 : 14:56:38
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My girlfriend saw a mouse in our kitchen last night, on the counter, scared the shit out of her... we thought we had a mouse a year ago, living in the loft, but thought it had died or something but seems it's still about. quite annoying, especially with it being around our food and we're on the 3rd and top floor of our building (sharing with 1 other flat, which is unnoccupied at the moment)... any suggestions to get rid? my gf has already put one plan into action, but i was wondering if anyone has any other ideas? i mean it's the first time we've seen this mouse, so it may not be a regular visitor to the kitchen. in fact the kitchen is an extention of the building, it's upstairs to the rest of the flat, so this mouse is climbing the water pipes through the loft into the kitchen it seems, we didn't realise it could!
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:00:53
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If you use a trap, use Toffo's as bait. Once they bite, they can't get their teeth free, see?
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5456 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:01:28
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:03:39
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Originally posted by darwin
Do you want to catch dead or alive?
erm, i don't mind! just want to get rid of the bugger! my gf is hell bent on killing the bastard to be honest...
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DontWatchTV
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:07:45
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There is probably more than 1 mouse so just buy a some traps (the ones that trap not kill) and put them out at night. i also recommend using raisins as bait - they love it. i had some in my attic about two weeks ago.
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:09:31
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| When I was about eleven, in my grandmother's farm house and at the behest of her and my mom, I used a Daisy BB gun to shoot a mouse that paused while crossing her kitchen floor. No remorse. Guess John Lennon would have had me feel like Bungalow Bill. |
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:10:05
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Originally posted by DontWatchTV
There is probably more than 1 mouse so just buy a some traps (the ones that trap not kill) and put them out at night. i also recommend using raisins as bait - they love it. i had some in my attic about two weeks ago.
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won't they just climb back into the building if we chuck them out?
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DontWatchTV
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:11:18
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you have to basically drive or walk somewhere quite far away and let them out in a hedge or something.
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:15:05
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quote:
Originally posted by DontWatchTV
you have to basically drive or walk somewhere quite far away and let them out in a hedge or something.
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ahhh, well welcome to fb.net! you've been very helpful already!
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:16:10
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you do have to go a fair way, it's not so bad if it's one though
We have one, he runs into the living room every now and again, we call him Pilau
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:18:02
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Originally posted by Tre
you do have to go a fair way, it's not so bad if it's one though
We have one, he runs into the living room every now and again, we call him Pilau
Frank Black ate my hamster
I WORRY THAT THAT COULD JUST BE MAKING THE MOUSE/MICE SOMEONE ELSES PROBLEM THOUGH, PUTTING IT/THEM ELSEWHERE... THEY'RE CITY MICE AROUND HERE, THEY'RE USED TO LIVING IN NICE APPARTMENTS WITH YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, CAN'T SEE THEM WANTING TO SLUM-IT IN A FIELD FOR TOO LONG...
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Malax
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1340 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:19:02
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We had mice twice in the last two years.Ended up (because there are very rarely just one) we had to get the council style people out. They stuck down traps in places it was most likely to be and put poison down. Least one died every day for about a week. I once spent all night watching one wander around my bedroom. It then climbed the frame over the door got about 5 foot in the air and fell off. Ha. Stupid mouse.
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:19:33
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Peanut butter is the best bait. They love it and it takes them time to remove/eat the bait. And you do have to drive them far away (miles) or they'll find their way back home.
When we lived for a year in a house in Michigan out in the country we caught and released more then 10 mice. And killed with a snap trap one large and very obnoxious rat. Right now our house (in California) is being invaded by ants formerly native to Argentina. They hate the rain. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:19:53
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Funny you should mention this. We just drove a total of 45 minutes with empty tummies grumbling last night to let 2 captured mice go in a wilderness area.
We bought some humane live traps, baited with cracker pieces and peanut butter. Took 3 days to catch these 2, the first time the traps were either robbed and not set off, or set off and no booty. Give it time.
A week or so ago we were awakened at 3 AM by our cat chasing one around our bedroom. We spent the better part of the next hour making fools of ourselves chasing it downstairs and around and around our living room until we lost it and went back to bed. |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5456 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:23:18
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| It's winter-time. The little mice want out of the cold. |
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:26:04
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Kill them. Use well baited wire traps (make sure it sticks to the thing), elimate their food and water sources and seal off all entryways.
They are not your friends and they are not cute...ok -they're a little cute, but they carry disease and they get into your food...and they shit everywhere.
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:32:23
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this ain't no youth hostel!
yeah, well we have the bog-standard traps, the death traps. my gf is happy to chuck out the mouse/mice and trap(s) if they work, so i can't complain really, as i'm not sure i'd want to. the problem with humane traps is you'd still need to carry the trap with the mouse inside somewhere, and neither me or my gf were prepared to do that... i hate even just picking up a spider contained in a glass, the sudden movement thing, scares the shit out of me!
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:38:52
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Don't use the poison pellets.
Its too sad to see half poisoned half dead mice slowly running into walls and stuff..
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:40:27
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You can get seriously sadistic "sticky traps"
Like Fly-Paper for rodents
They take ages to die unless you're brave enough to bash their brains in though
What's with the caps there bumble boy, why is you shouting?
If you'se worried about making it someone elses problem kill the bastard, traps are better than poison, if it eats poison and then crawls somewhere to die the smell can be most unnappealing if you don't find it soon
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:43:53
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caps were on, couldn't be arsed turning them off.
yeah, i think killing is the way to go perhaps...
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DontWatchTV
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:47:47
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Originally posted by bumblebeeboy2
this ain't no youth hostel!
yeah, well we have the bog-standard traps, the death traps. my gf is happy to chuck out the mouse/mice and trap(s) if they work, so i can't complain really, as i'm not sure i'd want to. the problem with humane traps is you'd still need to carry the trap with the mouse inside somewhere, and neither me or my gf were prepared to do that... i hate even just picking up a spider contained in a glass, the sudden movement thing, scares the shit out of me!
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If a mouse in a container scares you, then i doubt youl be able to take a dead one. also, if you leave out a killer trap you have to leave it somewhere they want to be.. eg kitchen and somtimes you get mouse splat in your porridge. (well that happened to me once so now i only use non lethal traps.)
also once we put the dead mice in the compost. wewe ended up with rats - so dont put dead things in the compost.
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:49:27
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heh, well the traps are on the floor, where the mice enter the kitchen from... and my gf has seen and removed mice squished from traps before (country life!), just doesn't like them when they're moving it seems! 
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:50:48
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Leave the trap where you've seen evidence of them; things have been chewed, droppings, etc.
Check them frequently. Yes, it might be a bit messy, but a little mouse blood now means no mouse shit later.
I hate em.
My cat, however is of a different mind. |
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:51:38
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I once made a manual homemade trap. It was an incredible shit, my mother made good laughs with it. But it worked! I catched four of them!
Imagine it, me watching TV with a little cord in my hand. Some noise, a mouse gets in, a quick pull and got it! Good old times.
Then, I used to free them in my neighbours house. What a bitch I was!
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DontWatchTV
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:52:09
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Originally posted by KimStanleyRobinson
Leave the trap where you've seen evidence of them; things have been chewed, droppings, etc.
Check them frequently. Yes, it might be a bit messy, but a little mouse blood now means no mouse shit later.
I hate em.
My cat, however is of a different mind.
^^ have you got a cat? thats a good way of getting rid of them.
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:52:11
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I'd kill ours off personally but my housemate is a fan of the rodents, so we've named him Pilau and aparantly you're not allowed to kill anything with a name
I've spent some serious time chasing the little fucker down though, he's a baby so I'm suspecting there's a family around somewhere
Unfortunately my housemate seems a touch naive about rodents, I grew up in a decidedly dicey area and have lived in many hospital accomodations so I know the harsh reality of rodent infestation too well, she won't have any of it, she reckons we can catch it let it outside and it'll go away, sigh.
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:53:51
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odd thing is, there is no evidence of them being anywhere, apart from scratchings in the loft a good few months ago and sarah seeing the mouse last night in the kitchen, no droppings, nothing chewed... but yeah, we set the trap next to where it escaped...
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:54:43
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Originally posted by KimStanleyRobinson
My cat, however is of a different mind.
^^ have you got a cat? thats a good way of getting rid of them.
Haven't seen hide nor hair of the little bastards since I got the cat. |
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DontWatchTV
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 15:58:37
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Originally posted by bumblebeeboy2
odd thing is, there is no evidence of them being anywhere, apart from scratchings in the loft a good few months ago and sarah seeing the mouse last night in the kitchen, no droppings, nothing chewed... but yeah, we set the trap next to where it escaped...
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You have a wooden floor? they mightve gotten under the floorboards (little buggers)
EDIT: dont go pulling up the floor, just check for any holes etc.
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Edited by - DontWatchTV on 10/28/2004 16:01:51 |
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 16:04:48
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hmm, not a wooden floor, but as i said, kitchen is an extension, kind of pops out of the roof, the roof is very slanty and tall, it's a victorian building... the kitchen flooring doesn't quite cover the area behind the washing machine, and behind there is a pipe that takes water up to the sink (i think), around that pipe is a bigger gap than needed. our plan is to kill/get rid of the buggers and then fill the gaps in...
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DontWatchTV
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 16:07:15
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is the trap right next to the gap behind the washing machine?
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 16:11:11
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not that close... it's by an edge of a cupboard unit thing... why?
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DontWatchTV
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 16:14:27
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well if they are in there, then thats the only place theryre gonna come out. especially if you use lots of raisins. they love those. but if theyrej ust not going for the traps, just put like 3 raisins out near there and see if any are gone in the morning.
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
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slaveish
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 21:30:11
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| we have one that visits our apartment (third floor also) and we ignore it. The exterminator gave us peanut butter- scented sticky traps and we couldn't bear the thought of hearing the little thing cry as it chews its leg off. It will be summer soon enough. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 21:56:20
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Was filling out my absentee ballot tonight when I hear our cat doing her "mmmmRoooooooroorww..." thing behind me in the studio. I turned around and *lo and behold!* there's another one of these (cute) fuckers. I panicked looking around for a large container to catch it in, looked at my cup full of water and was seriously considering downing 16 oz of water in 1 gulp to get the bastard before he got away. Thinking got the better of me and I yelled for SpudBoy, and he came striding in with his ingenious high-tech weapon, the cd spool cover. He walked over and.....dropped it...over the mouse. Neat as you please.
My hero.
15 minutes ago:
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