I had a mouse problem earlier this year, and I’ve started hearing scratches and pitter-pattering of feet again.
God damnit, I thought they had gone away, but I guess they’ve just been hibernating. Last time I called my landlord, she basically told me I’d brought them on myself, and accused me of leaving the porch door open for too long and letting them in that way.
The janitor told me other apartments in the building are having mice problems as well, but I really don’t want to have to call them again. All they do is put up mousetraps. What am I supposed to do with a dead mouse? I can’t just throw it in the trash, can I?
ARgh.
Talk to me about mice and rats and other infestations?
In the assisted living facility I was in there was a deck and beneath there mice. One day one came out and started begging for food. So I left a Cheeto near where I saw the mouse go under the deck. It came out and grabbed it and went back in. Over the course of a couple months I had given it lunch meat and a lot of other food. Then it was winter and I didn’t see the mouse for a while. Then the next year came and a huge mouse started begging for food. It probably wasn’t a good idea to feed it.
You can buy an ultrasound pest repeller which just plugs into a socket and is supposed to keep pests away, including mice and rats.
I got one when I had a problem with a rat living in my bathroom wall, it didn’t actually work for me in getting the rat to go away, but I think that’s because it had already become established there and made its home.
I’ve heard that the ultrasound devices are useful for keeping pests away and stopping them from making a home, but if your mouse has already done that then the device may not be effective in getting it to leave. But it may be useful in preventing future problems.
I had a problem with a mouse once and used a humane mouse trap, caught it then released it about a mile away.
A good way to keep the mice out, provided they are not coming in the door, is to find out where they are getting in and block the holes to keep them out. They can chew through a whole range of materials to create a bigger hole and gain access again. Some common areas are large holes around plumbing, try looking inside cabinets or anywhere else there might be a hole. The method I have heard is to use steel wool to pack in and block a small hole as they cant chew through it. For a bigger hole cardboard and duct tape it flat to the surface covering the hole. I heard mice can chew a hole bigger if there is a 5mm or 1/5" gap to get started but if there is no gap to start they have trouble and will not be able to. I hope this may help, I am having a similar problem. If i get a dead one I would put it in a plastic bag in the bin.
I have a live trap, but I find if you release them outside then they might just find a way back in.
I have three rats as pets. They’re very gentle and sweet. Intelligent too.
Once I found a tiny little mousey in my house. It was so small and cute. I couldn’t be scared of it, it was a little ball of fluff.
I’m pretty sure you can get them to jump into a bucket somehow and they can’t jump out. Then you can release them into the wild. I’ve forgotten what you have to do with the bucket though.
Yes throw it in the trash not inside though as you must have an outside dumpster. Unless there is a law in your country that prohibits such a thing and if they do I don’t think garabagemen will go through it anyway.
Had mice in an old rented house i stayed in. I thought there was only one mouse.
I put out a trap. It snapped a total of 4 times over 3 nights. The 4th one was the worst.
He was tiny. It hit him way below the shoulder blades. He was still alive. Sitting there, back crushed in the trap, doing that cute thing mice do (cleaning their ears by rubbing).
I did the most humane thing possible, after finding him like that.
I still could not sleep the rest of the night.
I am a total b- - t - - d.
Yes, the traps work. but I hope you dont have to deal with a bad hit by the trap.