Mouse Invasion! (not OT -- fabric storage compromised)

We've been invaded by mice! In the past a mouse or two would get in
and my beloved little Angus would put short shrift to the beastie. DH
never put much thought into it. Now with Angus gone a year, the mice
have moved in. And it seems one or more are in my sewing room. Of
course, my stash takes up all the corners and some is one the floor
and there are a couple of creative piles. EEEEEEEK!

So how do I get rid of them without poison? Jojo would definitely eat
a dead mouse, even though I don't think he would catch a live one. Not
for lack of trying, just incompetence. He always stood barking madly
while Angus nabbed the intruder and dispatched it without making a
single sound except for a very self-satisfied growl. We can't have a
cat. Total incompatibility with Jo.

Suggestions? I know I now have to dig out my whole sewing room and put
everything into containers. But how do we get rid of the mice? I'm
thinking this gang will take one look at a trap or two and crack up.

Please help .... DH is solidly planning to put poison behind fixtures
and just hope that we find the dead mice before Jo does.

Sunny

Traps of all sorts are available at home stores. Check those out. You might
find a trap that has poison but will not allow the mouse to leave the trap.
I STRONGLY urge you to avoid "poison and hope" theory!!

PAT

"Sunny" wrote in message
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We've been invaded by mice! In the past a mouse or two would get in
and my beloved little Angus would put short shrift to the beastie. DH
never put much thought into it. Now with Angus gone a year, the mice
have moved in. And it seems one or more are in my sewing room. Of
course, my stash takes up all the corners and some is one the floor
and there are a couple of creative piles. EEEEEEEK!

So how do I get rid of them without poison? Jojo would definitely eat
a dead mouse, even though I don't think he would catch a live one. Not
for lack of trying, just incompetence. He always stood barking madly
while Angus nabbed the intruder and dispatched it without making a
single sound except for a very self-satisfied growl. We can't have a
cat. Total incompatibility with Jo.

Suggestions? I know I now have to dig out my whole sewing room and put
everything into containers. But how do we get rid of the mice? I'm
thinking this gang will take one look at a trap or two and crack up.

Please help .... DH is solidly planning to put poison behind fixtures
and just hope that we find the dead mice before Jo does.

Sunny

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Sunny wrote:

We've been invaded by mice! In the past a mouse or two would get in
and my beloved little Angus would put short shrift to the beastie. DH
never put much thought into it. Now with Angus gone a year, the mice
have moved in. And it seems one or more are in my sewing room. Of
course, my stash takes up all the corners and some is one the floor
and there are a couple of creative piles. EEEEEEEK!

So how do I get rid of them without poison? Jojo would definitely eat
a dead mouse, even though I don't think he would catch a live one. Not
for lack of trying, just incompetence. He always stood barking madly
while Angus nabbed the intruder and dispatched it without making a
single sound except for a very self-satisfied growl. We can't have a
cat. Total incompatibility with Jo.

Suggestions? I know I now have to dig out my whole sewing room and put
everything into containers. But how do we get rid of the mice? I'm
thinking this gang will take one look at a trap or two and crack up.

Please help .... DH is solidly planning to put poison behind fixtures
and just hope that we find the dead mice before Jo does.

Sunny


We used to get mice periodically when we lived in Arizona. The best
solution was traps. We tried everything else, but poison just left the
mice to crawl off and die -- and smell. Ugh. Of course, the advantage of
poison is that the mice take it back to their nest, thus killing off the
up-and-coming generation. :S

--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
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http://www.sandymike.net

There are two solutions I can think of.
The first is to get you a friend for Jojo who knows the buisness and
takes care of it.
The second is to hire in a rat terrier or a ferret to get rid of the
ones inside already, and then mark your foundation all around with
bobcat or coyote piddle (available from garden and farm shops). This
will require you to remark every month or less dependng on how much
rain you get and all.

You can try things like dumping cayenne pepper or equivilent in places
they frequent, but often that will just change the places they
frequent.

Poison should be a last resort.
All too often you end up poisoning the things that eat the mice. Plus
unless you figure out how else to deal you are stuck with rat poison
laid out around the house in perpetuam.

NightMist

On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 09:35:17 -0800 (PST), Sunny
wrote:

We've been invaded by mice! In the past a mouse or two would get in
and my beloved little Angus would put short shrift to the beastie. DH
never put much thought into it. Now with Angus gone a year, the mice
have moved in. And it seems one or more are in my sewing room. Of
course, my stash takes up all the corners and some is one the floor
and there are a couple of creative piles. EEEEEEEK!

So how do I get rid of them without poison? Jojo would definitely eat
a dead mouse, even though I don't think he would catch a live one. Not
for lack of trying, just incompetence. He always stood barking madly
while Angus nabbed the intruder and dispatched it without making a
single sound except for a very self-satisfied growl. We can't have a
cat. Total incompatibility with Jo.

Suggestions? I know I now have to dig out my whole sewing room and put
everything into containers. But how do we get rid of the mice? I'm
thinking this gang will take one look at a trap or two and crack up.

Please help .... DH is solidly planning to put poison behind fixtures
and just hope that we find the dead mice before Jo does.

Sunny

--

Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

Nightmist, there's nothing I'd love more than another rat terrier. But
they're high energy and the kids are grown and I'm not exactly a ball
of energy. Plus, Jo has never been friendly with any dog other than
Angus, who was here when Jo arrived. I'm scared to bring a new pup
into the house for fear that it will not turn out well.

Sunny

They do make glue traps, which I've tried but I find them really cruel.
The poor little mice gets his feet on their and can't move. At 3am I was
awoken by this high pitched tiny little scream. Come to find the mouse
alive, hurting, screaming in pain because he could not get loose. It
took me an hour but I got him loose without breaking his little leg and
took him outside and let him go. I don't like mice but don't want to see
them suffer like that. We have poison traps here now. But the poison is
inside so even if the dog/cat were to sniff it nothing will happen. It
has a small opening for the mice to go in and eat, then they go to their
nest and die. Still a concern though yours would eat the dead mouse if
he found them. I like our traps because of our small kids, even though
the traps are hidden if they did find one it has a lock on it so they
can't get the poison out of it. The poison comes like a little solid
block. I know not much help but I'm hoping some one else has better
answers. I wouldn't feel safe using the old style traps cuz the 2yr old
would find them and get her fingers snapped in them.
Joanna
Alberta

Sunny wrote:
We've been invaded by mice! In the past a mouse or two would get in
and my beloved little Angus would put short shrift to the beastie. DH
never put much thought into it. Now with Angus gone a year, the mice
have moved in. And it seems one or more are in my sewing room. Of
course, my stash takes up all the corners and some is one the floor
and there are a couple of creative piles. EEEEEEEK!

So how do I get rid of them without poison? Jojo would definitely eat
a dead mouse, even though I don't think he would catch a live one. Not
for lack of trying, just incompetence. He always stood barking madly
while Angus nabbed the intruder and dispatched it without making a
single sound except for a very self-satisfied growl. We can't have a
cat. Total incompatibility with Jo.

Suggestions? I know I now have to dig out my whole sewing room and put
everything into containers. But how do we get rid of the mice? I'm
thinking this gang will take one look at a trap or two and crack up.

Please help .... DH is solidly planning to put poison behind fixtures
and just hope that we find the dead mice before Jo does.

Sunny

Okay, I know this sounds like a silly girly way - but how about using plain
old mouse traps? Buy yourself some long handled barbeque tongs to pick them
up with and toss 'em in the trash (trap and all) when they kill the mice.
Not exactly manly, frugal or kind but effective. If you find the place
where they're coming inside, stuff the area with the steel wool pads you're
supposed to be using to scrub pots and pans. Only very tenacious mice can
chew through that stuff. Polly


"Joanna" wrote in message
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They do make glue traps, which I've tried but I find them really cruel.
The poor little mice gets his feet on their and can't move. At 3am I was
awoken by this high pitched tiny little scream. Come to find the mouse
alive, hurting, screaming in pain because he could not get loose. It took
me an hour but I got him loose without breaking his little leg and took
him outside and let him go. I don't like mice but don't want to see them
suffer like that. We have poison traps here now. But the poison is inside
so even if the dog/cat were to sniff it nothing will happen. It has a
small opening for the mice to go in and eat, then they go to their nest
and die. Still a concern though yours would eat the dead mouse if he found
them. I like our traps because of our small kids, even though the traps
are hidden if they did find one it has a lock on it so they can't get the
poison out of it. The poison comes like a little solid block. I know not
much help but I'm hoping some one else has better answers. I wouldn't feel
safe using the old style traps cuz the 2yr old would find them and get her
fingers snapped in them.
Joanna
Alberta

Sunny wrote:
We've been invaded by mice! In the past a mouse or two would get in
and my beloved little Angus would put short shrift to the beastie. DH
never put much thought into it. Now with Angus gone a year, the mice
have moved in. And it seems one or more are in my sewing room. Of
course, my stash takes up all the corners and some is one the floor
and there are a couple of creative piles. EEEEEEEK!

So how do I get rid of them without poison? Jojo would definitely eat
a dead mouse, even though I don't think he would catch a live one. Not
for lack of trying, just incompetence. He always stood barking madly
while Angus nabbed the intruder and dispatched it without making a
single sound except for a very self-satisfied growl. We can't have a
cat. Total incompatibility with Jo.

Suggestions? I know I now have to dig out my whole sewing room and put
everything into containers. But how do we get rid of the mice? I'm
thinking this gang will take one look at a trap or two and crack up.

Please help .... DH is solidly planning to put poison behind fixtures
and just hope that we find the dead mice before Jo does.

Sunny

Last summer mice got inside and we used 4 or 5 old fashioned mice traps.
Also, my daushund was happy that he caught one running around.
Barbara in SC

snakes eat mice. just an idea

Musicmaker

On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 09:35:17 -0800 (PST), Sunny
wrote:

We've been invaded by mice! In the past a mouse or two would get in
and my beloved little Angus would put short shrift to the beastie. DH
never put much thought into it. Now with Angus gone a year, the mice
have moved in. And it seems one or more are in my sewing room. Of
course, my stash takes up all the corners and some is one the floor
and there are a couple of creative piles. EEEEEEEK!

So how do I get rid of them without poison? Jojo would definitely eat
a dead mouse, even though I don't think he would catch a live one. Not
for lack of trying, just incompetence. He always stood barking madly
while Angus nabbed the intruder and dispatched it without making a
single sound except for a very self-satisfied growl. We can't have a
cat. Total incompatibility with Jo.

Suggestions? I know I now have to dig out my whole sewing room and put
everything into containers. But how do we get rid of the mice? I'm
thinking this gang will take one look at a trap or two and crack up.

Please help .... DH is solidly planning to put poison behind fixtures
and just hope that we find the dead mice before Jo does.

Sunny

Sunny, a Rollo candy cut in half is way too tempting for mice to
ignore. Buy some three way traps and bait them by sticking the bait
holder firmly into the caramel part of half a Rollo candy. The mice
can't steal the bait and the chocolate is too hard to ignore. Works
like a charm if you place the traps where they are running the most.

Try to find the route they are using to get inside, and cover it with
metal or a metal grate.
Debra

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