YIKES! I just saw a mouse in my bedroom!

[prolesunited]

I heard some rustling and I looked over and saw it. It's a little-bitty thing and it just ran under my bed.

[MissMillie]

1. Time to get a cat

:shrug:

[Xithras]

17. Cats are the best/safest method I've found.

Of course, the loyal ones love to prove their loyalty with the occasional dead mouse "gift", so that option isn't without its own hazards.

Still, I had a mouse invasion about five years ago and tried everything...traps, glue pads, poisons, you name it. Nothing worked until we got another cat...the mouse problem vanished in a week.

[Call Me Wesley]

2. Do you own indoor/outdoor cats? (nt)

[Bunny]

3. Kill the little fucker.

Oops, I apologize for my inappropriate rodent blood lust. :yoiks:

[Richardo]

16. The ex-Mr Bunny is apparently for hire if you need help...

:rofl:

[RagingInMiami]

4. Good chance you might have more

Unlike the old Tom and Jerry cartoons, mice prefer to live amongst each other.

[prolesunited]

5. This is the second one

We've already disposed of another one.

They're so small, so why am I so freaked out by it? I actually shrieked twice.

[RagingInMiami]

7. Mice are nasty

I'm a man who doesn't scare easy, but I get disgusted when I see mice. I had some a couple of months ago because all the hurricanes down here knocked down trees, forcing the mice to find new refuge. I would walk into my kitchen at night and they would be scampering away.

I finally got rid of them through traps and poison pellets and one I even bashed in the head with the hard edge of a broom.

[Patiod]

6. why sit out in the cold when prole's place is so toasty

as for the cat - good luck. my cat and I were sitting on the floor watching TV when a tiny mouse ran out in front of the TV, looked around, and ran back behind the TV. and did having a cat help? no, it did not. She continued her slumber - probably dreaming of mice...

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. Get out the cookies!

[CarpeDiebold]

9. We had a mice problem too

in our kitchen. they were the most ADORABLE little things, so we decided instead of smashing their heads in to get those little sticky pads and dispose of them that way.

Yeah, agree. If there's one, there are more around. Solve the problem now...tempting as it may be to dunk them in your coffe and put them in your pocket :D

[Heidi]

13. Welcome to DU,

and thanks for disposing of your former mice in a humane way, CarpeDiebold. :pals:

[CarpeDiebold]

15. Thank ye kindly, heidi

Great to meet you!

[mockmonkey]

27. I stopped using the

glue traps after my SO told me about the Hotel he worked at using them and that he had found a mouse gnawing away its leg to escape the pad. He had to kill it to end its suffering, something that was pretty traumatizing for him. How do you remove its stuck feet from the pad without injury? (that is if you find it in time)

[chknltl]

29. Salad oil or any kitchen oil loosens the bond...

...between glue trap and mouse. (If so inclined, check with local cat on preferences here, most seem to prefer their mice un-dipped)

[Archae]

10. When you catch it...

Hook it back up to your computer. :D

[Archae]

11. But mice are so CUTE!

:-)

[SofaKingLiberal]

12. I beleive it was * who said.

"I know that human being and fish can coexist peacefully"

I'n not entirely sure what he meant by this, but anyway, good luck with your rodent infestation.

[prolesunited]

18. There's no evidence that we're to the infestation level

I see a problem, but I don't think it's crisis level.

Not cat, but we've put out sticky traps and poison blocks. And since I live in the Chicago area, humane trap and release is not an option. They would just freeze to death outside, which seems equally cruel.

And, no, I will not wait until spring to dispose of them. I don't want mouse poop all over and the thought of a mouse crawling in my bed while I'm sleeping totally gives me the willies.

[LynneSin]

14. Want to borrow Evita? It'll be a tasty lunch for her in less than 30mins.

Guarentee. She's killed a mouse, a bat and 2 songbirds and btw, Evita is an indoor cat.

[prolesunited]

19. Thanks for the offer

But, I don't know how she would get here.

On edit: We're planning to get a dog in the spring, and with my allergies, adding a cat, too, would be out of the question. Are there any breeds of mice-catching dogs?

[Doc Sardonic]

20. Get a Dachshund........

The mini's are certifiable killing machines. My now, sadly long deceased, mini was death incarnate for anything from mice up to and including possums.

[greatauntoftriplets]

25. Brittany spaniels...

My sister's Brittany has been known to kill the occasional mouse and make a formal presentation of it.

http://www.brittany-spaniel-dogs.com/

[CottonBear]

37. Jack Russell Terriers eat mice and rats.

However, they also eat little kittens and old cats. :(

[richmwill]

21. Get an ice pick...

...and start practicing.

[Lochloosa]

22. I have already posted this solution....Target Practice!

[ET Awful]

23. Get a humane trap and let the little buggers go a few miles away

in an empty field.

I think the little things are kind of cute personally :P

[prolesunited]

26. And, they'll survive sub-zero temps

and at least 8 inches of snow cover how?

You'll be happy to know the last one jumped inside a tall kitchen garbage can and was tossed over the fence. I doubt he he's still enjoying a cute existence. These are two different ones as the first was much larger.

And, cute or not, I don't want those thing spreading feces all over my house and chewing up clothes in drawers to make a nest.

[ET Awful]

31. So who said they should be left in the house to chew up clothes, etc.?

I haven't seen that said anywhere.

As to outdoor survival, you'd be surprised. Many species of mice have a high survivability rate in cold weather.

[prolesunited]

32. Well, if we trap this one alive like the other

we'll toss it out to fend for itself.

But, I guess it's evident my tolerance and compassion has it's limits.

[ET Awful]

33. Well, you could always give the little fella a sweater . . .

:P

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

28. In the middle of winter?

Death by predator, poison, or snap-trap would be more humane.

[bleedingheart]

24. was it the famed "trouser mouse"?

:evilgrin:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. Every winter we get at least one who tries to come in from the cold.

With 3 cats, they don't last long. :)

[Ladyhawk]

34. Here, try this:

[Blue-Jay]

45. Red & Black, friend of Jack.

Red & yellow, kill a fellow.

[Left Is Write]

35. Remember not to leave food out if you have an excessive rat problem.

:evilgrin:

[prolesunited]

39. No food is left out

And we started hanging our garbage on the drawer when we saw this was an issue.

And thank heavens these are mice, NOT rats. I would have to stay at my dad's I was certain they all were dead if that was the case.

[Left Is Write]

41. I know it was just a mouse.

I was quoting from the infamous SNL "Schweddy Ball" sketch. ;)

[warrens]

36. Late night snack

For one of those nights when you have the munchies and there's nothing in the house.

[prolesunited]

40. I'm a vegetarian

:D

[Kali]

38. The general rule for mice, cockroaches and drug busts at the border

is for every one you see, ten more got by. Set some traps. Snap traps are fast, humane, inexpensive and permanent. I use a dab of peanut butter with a chocolate chip squished into the PB.

Letting them go in the "wilderness" only gives the false impression of kindness. They more than likely will either get back in or die anyway, probably not as fast as in snap trap.

[SoCalDem]

42. Check your phone lines.. A mouse chewed up the wires inside the wall

and to this day, a phone will not work in our bedroom.. But it's no biggie.. we hate phones anyway..

Mousies are actually cute.. Get a no-kill trap, and escort him outside:)

[prolesunited]

43. We don't live in California

There's really no shelter for him outside. I'm not sure making it freeze to death would really be more humane.

[Jamastiene]

44. Be glad my cats aren't in your house.

You would hear squealing sounds followed by the tickly of little writhing mouse feet still alive on your feet. That's what my cats did to the mouse we evicted when we moved in here. They caught it, tortured it, and then brought it to me and dropped in on my bare foot one night. The worst part of it was that the squealing woke me up and not long after I sat up in the bed and put my feet on the floor, I heard a mumbling meow sound followed by Yogi "giving" me the live mouse. To say I was grossed out would be an understatement.

[asthmaticeog]

46. If you can get it into the toilet, I can help you.

That's the limit of my rodent experience, though.

[Blue-Jay]

47. If I catch one, I'll send it to you.

Your death chamber toilet will assure its demise.

[Habibi]

48. If I don't secure the bird food receptacle

I will almost guarantee that a mouse will get its stupid self trapped in there. They are so tiny and helpless, I can't harm them myself. I scoop the feckless git up with the feed scooper and let it scamper to safety.

But, that's out in the garage. In the basement, I take pleasure in knowing that the fearsome Ramzi SteelClaw will stalk and destroy . . . unfortunately, he usually brings the trophies upstairs, and reverently lays them just where your bare feet will step upon arising.

Cats are cool. It's Nature, man.

[RockaFowler]

49. Great we have one, too

As I was reading this post, we heard some noises under the stove. We moved the stove and there it was - a big mouse. The dogs went nuts. The cat went running. And I screamed like a little girl. My husband put him outside. We used a glue trap and it caught the little devil. I don't find them cute at all. They smell and they leave those little turds. Yuck! Good luck. I hope you can get the other ones (I know we have more).

[prolesunited]

50. You should have heard my screams today

We've never had mice here.

I had some in an old duplex where I lived. One day I opened a drawer in the kitchen and it came flying out of the drawer at me like it was going to attack me. Until it was disposed of, I would literally knock on every drawer and wait a few minutes to avoid any surprises again.

I couldn't actually kill one myself, but I would be happy if it was thrown out the door or failing that, put out of my misery.

[MissB]

51. You know there is likely wayyyy more than just one, right?

We rented a vacation home one time that had mice. They'd party on the stove at night.

[prolesunited]

53. Maybe a few but not WAYYY more

there's not been enough poopy evidence left behind to signal a major problem.

[Skittles]

52. aw just catch him

mice are cute

[prolesunited]

54. Not crawling in THE BED

But, if we nab it, would you like us to send it to you so it can poop in your cabinets and drawers?

I'm sorry, but I find that disgustingly nasty.

[Skittles]

56. I just catch em and let em go

I don't have a problem with them; the problem I have is they cannot coexist in my residence

[put out]

55. Yeah, until they find the chocolate stash and eat all of it.

Then, they're cute as they swirl down the toilet; burial at sea is dignified.

My son found out, when a rodent fucks with his chocolate and leaves only turds, the cuteness goes away quick.

We got a cat, and she might have found them cute. I think they smelled her and she was deprived of the opportunity to meet and get to know them. Maybe they found better accommodations, more friendly, more chocolate, less catliness? }(

[AVulgarianHue]

57. Put out peppermint tea bags

Peppermint is a mouse repellant.