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| carolbrigid |
Posted - Jun 14 2010 : 08:41:12 AM
I have a mouse in my kitchen, under the sink. Also I noticed mouse droppings in my basement!!  OH NO.... does anyone know the best way to get rid of mice?? I'm never had this problem before. Thank you all.
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Carol
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| Sarahpauline |
Posted - Jul 02 2010 : 7:25:26 PM
We actually have a bunch of brown rats in the field across from our house. I see them cross over to our side sometimes when they bush hog. It just makes me freak out. We leave poison out in the barn but they dont eat it.
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| Heather B |
Posted - Jul 02 2010 : 5:46:26 PM
I have three jack russells, no mice and no chicken predators in the yard!
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| momdrinkstea |
Posted - Jul 02 2010 : 5:29:22 PM
Here's another idea for you...my mom had MICE & BATS too!
We put small trays of USED kitty litter in her basement (MICE)
and on her attic steps (BATS). VOILA! Both skedaddled! Mom
didn't want to get a cat, so that was the next best thing.
YUCKY, but so is the alternative!
She replaced it as needed. JUST A THOUGHT!
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| knittingmom |
Posted - Jun 27 2010 : 10:07:25 AM
I see somebody already suggested Peppermint Oil, and I'm glad to see that it's discouraging the little rodent. If you don't want a cat, borrow one for a while and that should solve the problem.
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| mrsamy |
Posted - Jun 27 2010 : 09:54:55 AM
I have heard that using steel wool or copper scrubbie pads (like chore boy)to plug up holes will keep them from using the same entrance. They cut their mouths on the metal. I used that on a few spots around the house and in the attic (to deter squirrels) paired with great stuff expanding spray. Not a bit of that stuff has been disturbed for years. My garage door doesn't sit flush with ground so I'm stuck there. Fill any hole dime size and bigger. Heard mice can flatten out to that tiny a size! The great stuff expands A LOT so use less than you think you need until you get the hang of it. Excess can be trimmed after it dries with a knife or razor blade. Getting peppermint oil for the garage today. Moth balls worked, but they are SO toxic!!
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| LakeOntarioFarmgirl |
Posted - Jun 27 2010 : 04:23:50 AM
Oh you girls are making me lol!!! But, not too hard, because last night right behind me as I typed on here, I heard a scratching, turned around and there was a mouse! The night before that, we had caught one in a trap in the coat closet in the kitchen. I am hoping it is just the 2, once we get rid of this one we'll be all set.
Yeah, fat chance.
I don't have a problem with doing everything I can inside here to get rid of them, but in this old house, it is a losing battle. I have actually seen mice and chipmunks go up under the siding and into the woodshed that is attached to the house. There is no way to seal that up I don't think, but you can bet I'll have hubby looking.
Very important point here- Go all around your foundation, inside and out, and seal up the holes where the mice are coming in. In our last house we did that one fall, and we didn't have mice for a few years. The we had to go around again and seal up more holes.
And, we always had cats too, but I really don't want to get one right now...
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| Rxgirl |
Posted - Jun 23 2010 : 08:37:08 AM
I'm using the peppermint oil on some cotton balls and it seems to be working pretty well. we live next to a large open space and get them quite frequently. even with 2 good mousers, the peppermint oil seems to be the trick at the moment more than the cats
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| momdrinkstea |
Posted - Jun 23 2010 : 06:45:58 AM
OK, so I've got this mouse who has triggered about seven traps! He got caught in the first one, but wriggled out with a scar on his nose, and much wiser! He just trots AROUND the traps. My cat will catch the mice, but won't KILL them, she just plays with them and lets them go! Anyone else have that problem?
Doesn't seem to bother the mice much, as they keep coming back!
They also seem to love the stove, I had to empty 2 drawers next to it as I got tired of cleaning and disinfecting them over & over!
They did slow down in the spring....I've seen 2 milk snakes by the house foundation, and I know they love eating mice!
Maybe I need a pet snake....LOL
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| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Jun 21 2010 : 07:23:43 AM
Ohhh, yuck Sherrye
I reached my hand in the dogfood to scoop it out once and saw something out of the corner of my eye - looked down and there was a mouse clinging to my sweater - I had that sweater off in no time, good thing it was a cardigan!!
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| MagnoliaWhisper |
Posted - Jun 20 2010 : 12:07:45 PM
lol Sherry, again a mouse with no fear of humans apparently!
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| sherrye |
Posted - Jun 20 2010 : 09:05:48 AM
oh man mice make me crazy. i have them each spring and fall trying to get in. i went to the goat barn last winter. one went under my boot and pant leg. up my waist under my clothes under my shirt up my bra and was trying to get out my neck hole. i was naked in a N. Y. minute. i now wear rubber bands on my pant legs if its fall or winter. yikes happy days sherrye
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| MagnoliaWhisper |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 8:34:49 PM
So sorry you had to go through that Alee, I hated living in the slums of brooklyn, with the mice so bad. This last time, we tried poison as a last result, they ate it but we didn't see any less of them!
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| Alee |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 6:02:11 PM
Carol- The one I actual saw was sitting right in the middle of my cast Iron pan that was on the stove top. We lived in the "slums" (long story- it was the only last minute rental we could find) while we looked for something better and the oven didn't actually work for about 4 months until they finally replaced it with a new stove...
There was one mouse that liked to hang out under our blanket box that we had our TV on and they REALLY liked the basement. They also ate holes under the kitchen cabinents but luckily one drawer came out and gave me access to where they were coming in. I must admit I did buy mouse poison. Seeing the little blue poops was great because I knew that meant that mouse's time was limited. But I also had a barely turned 1 year old and it was flat out war!
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| carolbrigid |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 1:10:57 PM
OMG you guys, these are horror stories. I would barf if I opened the oven door and saw a mouse..... Heather, I just can't imagine what your life was like.
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Carol
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| MagnoliaWhisper |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 12:43:32 PM
Yeah exactly Alee. Mine were in the oven too! Hoping to get a scrap of food. The ones in Brooklyn were so crazy they could smell the food in the freezer, and would try to go in the hole for the fan (to keep the freezer cold) and get chopped to bits, burning up the fan! We went through 4 fridges because of that! |
| Alee |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 11:47:57 AM
The house we lived in the mice were pretty bold too. I found them climbing inside my oven more than once and they came out during the day. My husband didn't believe me until I pointed them out while we were watching TV. My dog is a mouse hunter, but only outside where she can did up their nests. Once they are inside she doesn't have much of a chance against them.
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| carolbrigid |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 09:49:51 AM
Ewwwww I don't want to know, LOL !!! I hate this whole topic now, LOL UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH mouse tails....
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Carol
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| MagnoliaWhisper |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 09:03:29 AM
lol Teresa!
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| 1badmamawolf |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 08:39:11 AM
Do any of you know why a cat leaves the tail til last when he eats a mouse???
Cause he uses it as a toothpick...hehehehehehhehehehehhehehe
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| carolbrigid |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 07:37:09 AM
Wow Heather your story is frightening!!! Oh my gosh, I can't imagine and I don't want to!!! Thank you, I am considering all advice, seriously!
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Carol
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| MagnoliaWhisper |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 07:31:59 AM
Well, I lived in infestation twice now here in NYC.
I tried it all, peppermint-several bottles from Whole Foods, put on cotton balls, I'm still finding the cotton balls and didn't even slow the mice down!
Tried traps, they were smart and avoided them! (plus our first infestation we caught 40 that way and it was literally only a drop in the bucket to what we had!) Yeah this is NYC!
As far as them not liking people! Well, well, well, I wish the ones in NYC didn't like people! The ones in our first apartment would have races! Literally up and down the halls1 and be running with each other so fast, they would hit my bedroom door when making the corner! I never seen anything like it. And righ by me as well, not worrying a thing about me! I would scream when I would see them, and instead of them running way they would stop turn around run towards me and look up at me, as if saying what's wrong, can we help? Another time I was on the phone with my husband in the dark and one jumped on my back! I almost had a heart attack! Another night, I thought I was dreaming, and was hearing something under my pillow, then feeling something, then I realized it wasn't a dream! And I ripped off my finger nail cause it was caught on something trying to get away from the thing under my pillow! This last infestation here, they didn't mind getting up in bed with me and snuggling by my feet, or jumping right up by my face while I slept either! Afraid of people, no a chance! NYC mice are a different breed. Of course they are also huge and jump on the mats in front of grocery stores till the doors open too!
Any way, I couldn't take it another minute, so I got a cat (even though we aren't allowed, but I tried EVERY thing else and nothing else was working, and it had been too long already!), I really thought with the amount we had, we would actually probably need two cats, and that I was going to be finding mouse parts/bodies around. But, I just couldn't take it any more, and tried to get two cats, but ended up with one. I brought the baby kitten home, and all mice evacuated on their own with in 24 hours! I do have a stinky persian cat, maybe she has more pheromones then other cats or something, I don't know. I don't care! I am just happy as a lark, she got rid of them with out even having to eat them. (which I was scared quite frankly any way for her to eta these nasty things, as I don't know what kind of diseases they could have, or if they had gotten into poison in another apartment, as I think they run between all the apartments here.)
So now, I just say get a cat! If you have a larger house you may need more. My dad lives on a farm, he says it takes him about 4 cats, for the mice to stay clear! But, it is the only thing he has found as well that works.
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| carolbrigid |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 07:24:16 AM
Thank you, Alee. I can't wait to try it. And my house will smell nice, too! And Amanda, yep you're right, I am on top of it now.... that's my fear, they will take over..... UGGHHHHHH why me??? LOL
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Carol
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| msdoolittle |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 06:43:44 AM
If all else fails...we use glue traps. I hate them, but I do make my husband, er, 'dispatch' the mouse quickly. I hate to see anything suffer. Anyway, you have to really stay on top of rodent control or they will take over your house! Good luck!
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| Alee |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 05:43:39 AM
Carol- I think the half teaspoon to a cup of water should be good. You want to be able to smell it even after it dries.
Alee
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| carolbrigid |
Posted - Jun 17 2010 : 7:25:58 PM
Hhhmmmm... maybe I'll try the lights and music, too.
Okay, I bought a spray bottle and a bottle of peppermint essential oil. How many drops of the peppermint oil do I use to add to the water?? What's a good measurement? Like 1/2 teaspoon to a cup of water? Does anyone know? Thank you!!!
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Carol
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