Exterminating Mice?
I posted this on the open thread and got lots of useful advice about cats that I am definitely taking into consideration. But I really want to do my due diligence and get some quotes from professional exterminators as well. Does anyone have recommendations to pass my way? I have two little kids so that…
I posted this on the open thread and got lots of useful advice about cats that I am definitely taking into consideration. But I really want to do my due diligence and get some quotes from professional exterminators as well. Does anyone have recommendations to pass my way? I have two little kids so that has to be taken into consideration with the methods used. I may well get a cat anyway, but my wife is requesting that I give her options. Thanks in advance! wasder
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wasder- MM is a grandma. Maudey Clawdy gave birth to 2 beautiful kittens. Hint, hint. A beautiful fuzzy tabby and a dark tortie.
Just got home from a long day shooting out of town. Caught a mouse in a glue trap! Ordered rat zapper. will report results.
Simple. We were on the inside, the mice were in the walls, we sealed the inside, put poison in the walls, mice went outside and died. I have no idea if the exterminators then sealed the place from the outside.
Mopar, the exterminator was either telling you a fib, or your walls weren’t actually sealed. Think about it. How are the mice going to leave if you don’t let them?
I have only seen one mouse in my house and I have never seen droppings or smelled mouse pee although I am still not sure that I know what mouse pee smells like. I read in a natural remedy book that mice are just as repelled the scent of peppermint as they are cats. The book suggests soaking cotton balls in peppermint oil and placing them strategically around the house. I did this and I now change them out every 6 months or so. I also use peppermint oil soap to clean cabinets, counters, garbage cans, etc… Of course there will be a slight peppermint smell lingering immediately after placing the cotton balls around or cleaning with the soap but the smell goes away and it still works. You can also grow peppermint plants in pots and place them around your yard. Don’t put them in the ground though because they grow like weeds.
Oh Brenda, I love Hodge. Thanks for sharing that story.
Hi Wasder. I’ve been trying very hard to stay employed (so far so good, knock wood) and have cut WAY back on my online dallying. Good luck with your mice!
wasder, I think you should do a scientific test here so you can be the official ‘stoner’ mouser. Try everything mentioned above for one week at a time, and let us know which is the miracle cure (save the cats for last, they’re a long commitment!
My deco inlaid wood dresser is permanently imbued with the stink of mouse pee — the mice ran around all the walls and furniture in the place (we didn’t realize this until much, much later). It’s especially noticeable in humid weather. The mice were vanquished six years ago, and we moved, and the smell is as strong as ever.
After you’re done exterminating, wash around the edges of the room (and any furniture there) with a solution of water, bleach, and dish soap.
Now when I go into certain bodegas, I can recognize the smell instantly. There is on one Bedford Ave. around N 12th or so that takes the cake. Endless generations of mice must have had free run of the place for 50 years or more.