Mouse in the House
Okay, so starting last week my roommate noticed some mouse droppings in her room. Last night she awoke to one scratching around in her waste paper basket. 2 large construction projects on the street have picked up steam as of late, which is what I assume is causing them to come into our house (we…
Okay, so starting last week my roommate noticed some mouse droppings in her room. Last night she awoke to one scratching around in her waste paper basket.
2 large construction projects on the street have picked up steam as of late, which is what I assume is causing them to come into our house (we keep the place very clean, with no food laying around)
Has anybody experienced this problem and can offer any suggestions on what we can do (other then calling an exterminator who will set traps)
Dibs- without seeing it I can’t say but I have not seen older molds with cats on them. those seem to be much later. But I do have an incredible 3-dimensional Victorian mold of a seated lion. And a great squirrel. And some amazing fish.
I agree- the glue traps are terrible. I used one once to catch my escaped pet gerbil who was injured and had to go to the vet but i watched for him and immediately got him off the trap and to the vet.
rob- cats use covered litterboxes and are much cleaner than either mice or rats or dogs.
those things you plug into the wall that send out sounds to keep mice away do NOT work. don’t waste your money. just do as someone said above. pull all of your furniture into the middle of the room. plug up EVERY single hole you can find with steel wool. set a few traps in your place (because they could now be trapped inside your apartment)
Seriously… glue traps are nasty.
Spring traps are effective and cheap. Only downside is they are dangerous to the unwary (children, uncaffeinated parents, animals other than the one you want to kill).
“Is your aversion to traps that you don’t want to kill the mice? I’ve had good luck with glue traps. They get stuck but don’t die.”
They don’t die? You mean you unstick them, give them a lil’ shampoo bath, comb out their fur, and send them along on their merry way with a piece of cracker and cheese?
Ya know, I’m not one of these PETA types, but I think glue boards are horrible, frankly. The whole point, to me, of using a spring trap is that it kills the mouse as quickly and humanely as possible.
alsawo, are you kidding? A glue trap is the most awful way there is to kill a mouse. Yes, they get stuck, and do you know what happens next? It’s not like they magically un-stick themselves and run off to a field of wildflowers. They injure themselves trying to escape, and then they are slowly eaten away by whatever is in that glue. It’s an awful awful death. Anything I ever see stuck on a glue trap I drown instantly.
No Rob–cat’s are not dogs–they generally use a litter box instead of shitting at random. Of course you do have to clean out the box.
i have to lol when someone complains about having mouse droppings in their apartment and someone suggests to get a cat. so basically now youre going to have cat droppings in your house, which are bigger and smellier than mouse droppings btw.
*rob*
Cats don’t have to eat mice to be good mousers. Our first cat’s mother had obviously skipped the mouse killing and eating lesson. She was great at catching mice, but had no idea what to do with them. When she caught a mouse she’d run around excitedly with the thing in her mouth. I’d take her outside, force her mouth open, and the mouse would run off. That cat was a great no-kill mouse trap. Hunting and catching mice, and other small prey, is instinctive. Actually killing and eating them is learned behavior that’s taught early in a kitten’s life, or not at all.
bxgrl, a friend in Philly has a copper mold in the shape of a cat. What would one generally make in that shape???