mice

Saralee4

Heard and then seen a mouse in our on suite bathroom last night. It freaks me out. We have set a trap so just waiting now to catch him.

Has anyone any other good methods for catching them?

It reminded me of a story my friend told me years ago. She is very proper and would be a bit of a clean freak. She moved in with her boyfriend who ran a chipper. So they lived in the upstairs flat.

She was telling me for weeks how she hated the flat. It was an old building and damp. Anyway she was always really upset about it and complaining about the flat.

One day she arrived into work with a worried look on her face. She started crying. She seemed very traumatised.

It turned out she had put toast in the toaster for breakfast that morning. The toast popped and also a burning mouse flew out on fire running in flames around the kitchen while she stood there screaming.

I know its not nice that the mouse went on fire but I couldn't help but laughing when she told me. It just sounded so dramatic like there was this little evil possessed devil flaming mouse running around her kitchen.

Anyone any funny mouse or mouse catching stories too?

Sauve

That's not a funny story
Poor little mouse

Menas

I had a date with this girl years ago and when I went to pick her up she was in a state. A mouse had been spotted in her bedroom.
So I had to be all manly and brave and catch and dispose of the mouse without killing the little fcker.
Now I hate mice but I did it....

What thanks did I get from my date?

"I'm not in the mood any more...sorry".

Fckin mouse.

Saralee4

I know suave but these things happen!

Tearin It Up

Get rid of the traps and get a cat.

Buona Fortuna

Its a bit funny:p

Get a Jack Russell or a cat.

Lucyfur

I rescue mice from my cats and set them free.

And I ground the cats so that the poor little mousey cab get away in peace.

I like mouses.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Tearin It Up wrote: »

Get rid of the traps and get a cat.

Feck that. I'd rather have a mouse than a cat.

BoardsMember

She can't have been that "proper" to go out with a fella that runs a chipper, and then move in with him above the chipper.

PizzamanIRL

Mice sperm is bigger than elephant sperm

Buona Fortuna

BoardsMember wrote: »

She can't have been that "proper" to go out with a fella that runs a chipper, and then move in with him above the chipper.

Always handy for a butty though

Tearin It Up

The Cunning Linguist wrote: »

Feck that. I'd rather have a mouse than a cat.

I would somewhat agree. My cat brought home a headless rat and left it on the door step. Nice of him.

The Bould Rabbit

To hell with all the mice.

Cantremember

Rented a kip back in the day and went into Kitchen for brekkie. Fcukers were coming out the cornflakes box. I slaughtered them with traps in that kitchen but they kept coming. Wave after wave of mouse b*stards. Moved out. To this day I can smell out the b*stards. One sniff of a flat and I know if it's mouse free or the fcuking second battle of mouse Somme.

Luke92

Cats love mice!

Not mouse but cat related.

My uncle is terrified of pigeons because one of our cats from years ago brought him a present to wake him up.

It was a still flapping pigeon! Scared the fcuk out of him! Now he really hates pigeons.

pablo128

We had mice a few weeks ago. She had said she had seen one so we put a few traps down. Anyway one evening we could hear one rustling about behind a cabinet. I flushed it out in the open and gave it a crack of a spirit level.
The next one we got in one of the traps.
And the last one was caught in a trap but only by the leg so he was still alive. I showed him the spirit level too.
Haven't had any more since.

Iranoutofideas

Did you seen it OP?

Cantremember

pablo128 wrote: »

We had mice a few weeks ago. She had said she had seen one so we put a few traps down. Anyway one evening we could hear one rustling about behind a cabinet. I flushed it out in the open and gave it a crack of a spirit level.
The next one we got in one of the traps.
And the last one was caught in a trap but only by the leg so he was still alive. I showed him the spirit level too.
Haven't had any more since.

One sight of Joe Duffy generally sorts them out.

ewinslet

Get a big fat cat and he'll sort it out for you.
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Banjo String

I currently have them, started finding mouse droppings under kitchen appliances (dish washer etc) a few weeks ago, wasn't sure if they were fresh or not so cleaned them up and sprinkled some talc around the area, rechecked a couple of days later and there was new droppings and the talc was disturbed.

Anyway, Monday of last week I set 3 traps, arrived home on Christmas Eve after a few days away and checked the traps..... 3 mice in 3 traps.

Reset them on Christmas Eve and haven't had a catch since, I did hear something snap last night in the kitchen, have checked 2 of the traps but nothing, so have to check the third later (whenever there isn't an oblivious wife around)

One of the side effects of country living I suppose, plus we live in a semi detached, so they're possibly coming from there for all I know, and it's impossible to stop them coming into my house.

I have a dog who sleeps in the kitchen at nights and I've never heard her alert me to any of my invaders, guess dogs don't hear or don't give a sh1t about mice?

All you can do really is try making your place as unattractive to them as possible, seal food in containers or sealed presses. Clean up scraps, uneaten dog food etc.

Then check the exterior of the house for gaps cracks and holes, seal the up with wire wool, or broken glass / cement mixture.

Saralee4

Iranoutofideas wrote: »

Did you seen it OP?

yes I seen it. its coming through a small gap in the wall where the radiator is. its going behind the bottom of the sink and digging where there is no tile. Im afraid that means that its nesting.

Banjo String

Saralee4 wrote: »

yes I seen it. its coming through a small gap in the wall where the radiator is. its going behind the bottom of the sink and digging where there is no tile. Im afraid that means that its nesting.

See my post above, seal the hole, and it's also highly unlikely it's alone.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news op.

evolving_doors

put down white pepper...

When they sniff it they sneeze and smash their heads off the ground. Either pass out, brian damage or die from shock.

Saralee4

Banjo String wrote: »

See my post above, seal the hole, and it's also highly unlikely it's alone.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news op.

yea are the same as you, country and semi detached.

ugh we are going to have to set more traps so. I really don't fancy sending my husband upstairs to give them "a crack of a spirit level" pablo128 style ha-ha!

The Backwards Man

I get the odd fieldmouse in the turf bucket now and again, always make sure to free them again, cute wee things.


House mice can fcuk right off though.

gozunda

One night the lights sent out ...
Reset the override switch on the fuse board ...

Several months later - opened the fuse box to find a mouse had made contact with two terminals and had fried himself - unsurprisingly the little fellow was well fried at that stage - never did have any other problems with mice

Guy:Incognito

Saralee4 wrote: »

One day she arrived into work with a worried look on her face. She started crying. She seemed very traumatised.

It turned out she had put toast in the toaster for breakfast that morning. The toast popped and also a burning mouse flew out on fire running in flames around the kitchen while she stood there screaming.
?

I call shenanigans. If a toaster worked like a flash of lightning and instantly toasted the bread then maybe, but we're lead to believe the mouse sat burning (and on fire for some portion of it), for about 3-4 minutes in the toaster. Then to get out somehow when he was trapped before, and still be alive?

Saralee4

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

I call shenanigans. If a toaster worked like a flash of lightning and instantly toasted the bread then maybe, but we're lead to believe the mouse sat burning (and on fire for some portion of it), for about 3-4 minutes in the toaster. Then to get out somehow when he was trapped before, and still be alive?

hey i'm only repeating what the girl told me! her tears were real! Maybe he was trapped and maybe she smelled something burning and popped the toast early I'm not sure

Cantremember

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

I call shenanigans. If a toaster worked like a flash of lightning and instantly toasted the bread then maybe, but we're lead to believe the mouse sat burning (and on fire for some portion of it), for about 3-4 minutes in the toaster. Then to get out somehow when he was trapped before, and still be alive?

Don't ruin it! Flaming mouse arcs into the morning air and then runs in ever decreasing circles!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPT3RFTpSUw

Vincent Vega

I have one of these angle traps and it always works.
You'd wanna be sure to go a good distance away from your house before you release the mouse though, as they can find their way back.

Turtyturd

Hate the little sh*ts.

Had one a few weeks ago and the OH seen it which resulted in her barricading herself and the kids in another room for a few days. Put down traps and talc but didn't see any sign of it still being around. Morning I intended to take the traps up the OH was getting breakfast for the kids when there was a snap and about 20 seconds of twitching against the washing machine, a traumatic experience for all apparently. Threw the trap, body and all over the back fence for the cats that are always around.

NegativeCreep

Put Nutella in the traps. They love the stuff.

downwesht

Put chocolate on trap and set perpendicularly to the wall.
Try and find the crack or hole where they are entering and block it up.
If you put down poison they could die under the floorboards and will smell the place out:(

AndonHandon

The old fashioned traps work best. Presumably what you put in it isn't that big a deal (we used cheese).
http://www.huntercourse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mousetrap.jpg

We had mice at the beginning of November this year; within three weeks of putting these down we had 5 corpses. No sign of them since.

joe stodge

Saralee4 wrote: »

Heard and then seen a mouse in our on suite bathroom last night. It freaks me out. We have set a trap so just waiting now to catch him.

Has anyone any other good methods for catching them?

It reminded me of a story my friend told me years ago. She is very proper and would be a bit of a clean freak. She moved in with her boyfriend who ran a chipper. So they lived in the upstairs flat.

She was telling me for weeks how she hated the flat. It was an old building and damp. Anyway she was always really upset about it and complaining about the flat.

One day she arrived into work with a worried look on her face. She started crying. She seemed very traumatised.

It turned out she had put toast in the toaster for breakfast that morning. The toast popped and also a burning mouse flew out on fire running in flames around the kitchen while she stood there screaming.

I know its not nice that the mouse went on fire but I couldn't help but laughing when she told me. It just sounded so dramatic like there was this little evil possessed devil flaming mouse running around her kitchen.

Anyone any funny mouse or mouse catching stories too?

Have you tried blasting it with pïss?

Sheep Lover

Glueboard the bastards. Also catch his mates when they go to save him.

tayto lover

Where there's mice there's no rats or so they say.

Banjo String

Armelodie wrote: »

put down white pepper...

When they sniff it they sneeze and smash their heads off the ground. Either pass out, brian damage or die from shock.

Never heard of this before.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Bought one of those plug-in rodent repellent things in Woodies a few years ago,haven't had a mouse since.

Steven81

Was emptying a trailor of timber into the garage and was up on it moving it over to the side of the garage when 2 field mice came within feet of me, dont know who moved faster me or the mice. The heart was pumping.

We are a different generation when a generation or 2 before would be well used to this.

Duff

Vincent Vega wrote: »

I have one of these angle traps and it always works.
You'd wanna be sure to go a good distance away from your house before you release the mouse though, as they can find their way back.

We've one of those too. Me and my brother usually use it as a tag-team. Once the mouse is caught, we go out the back and he opens the door of the trap, launches the mouse into the air, which is then sent sailing into the field via a hurley operated by myself.

ShRT

If you put down traps, make sure to wear gloves as that will prevent your scent from being on the trap

Use peanut butter/nutella as bait. Make sure it's a light coat so they will have to lick it firmly so it triggers.

You can also put the trap down without being sprung so they get used to it as a food source. Then set it and.... Surprise!

Using talc is a good idea to track it as you may be surprised as to where it is going.

Banjo String

Duff wrote: »

We've one of those too. Me and my brother usually use it as a tag-team. Once the mouse is caught, we go out the back and he opens the door of the trap, launches the mouse into the air, which is then sent sailing into the field via a hurley operated by myself.

Give me get giggles tbh.

kylith

I have mice at the moment. Got three traps down, two baited with peanut butter and one with chocolate, so we'll see which catches more. I'm also using two types of snap trap.

I don't like live catch traps; you're either moving the problem to your neighbours or killing the mice slowly by moving them out of familiar territory.

suicide_circus

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I had a date with this girl years ago and when I went to pick her up she was in a state. A mouse had been spotted in her bedroom.
So I had to be all manly and brave and catch and dispose of the mouse without killing the little fcker.
Now I hate mice but I did it....

What thanks did I get from my date?

"I'm not in the mood any more...sorry".

Fckin mouse.

Got mickey blocked there

RayM

I spotted a mouse under my kitchen sink a couple of weeks ago. The door had fallen off my ESB meter box, and I'm pretty sure that's how it got in. I put some poison down (the cheap stuff from Woodies) and within less than a week, the poison and the mouse were gone. No sign of any mice since. No nasty smell either.

I know poison isn't humane, but it seems to get the job done fairly quickly.

evolving_doors

RayM wrote: »

I spotted a mouse under my kitchen sink a couple of weeks ago. The door had fallen off my ESB meter box, and I'm pretty sure that's how it got in. I put some poison down (the cheap stuff from Woodies) and within less than a week, the poison and the mouse were gone. No sign of any mice since. No nasty smell either.

I know poison isn't humane, but it seems to get the job done fairly quickly.

Ouuuu be very careful of the poison thing. Mice and rats head for water after consuming poison....

Cue Anecdote: So there we were in the rented gaffe wondering if anyone smelled anything funny about the water (mainly me!), I couldn't quite place it but knew it had a certain 'deja vous' about it. Nobody thought anything of it for a couple of weeks then I twigged what the smell was ( remembered from childhood after a similar incident!). So I grabbed a chair and rushed upstairs into the attic with torch..... 2 BIG FAT BLOATED ROTTEN PUTRID RATS in the water tank. Luckily I had been showering in the gym but the other folk had been washing themselves away goodo in rotten rat stew.. and then we realised that we had put down rat poison a month previous which seemed to work no probs....

Lesson Number 1: Black hard plastic rat traps from B&Q are a good investment
Lesson Number 2: Get a goddam cover for your water tank in your attic.
Lesson Number 3: Rat poison = Dead rats in walls/under floor boards/in the attic/in the water supply... the smell aint funny.
Lesson Number 4: Close your mouth when you shower.
Lesson Number 5: I was joking about the white pepper/sneezing/mouse bashing heads earlier on.

Saralee4

Armelodie wrote: »

Lesson Number 5: I was joking about the white pepper/sneezing/mouse bashing heads earlier on.

Haha I told my husband to try it and he said not to be stupid

Saralee4

We caught him in a trap with a bit of chocolate.

Set the trap again and blocked up the gap so hopefully that's it.

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fg7w49UnGA

I saw a mouse -- where? There on the stair
Where on the stair? Right there
A little mouse with clogs on -- well, I declare
Going clip-clippety-clop on the stair - oh yeah

Raging_Ninja

Use more than one trap, and don't place them just in the one room.

If you can, use the sonic things and put them in every room.

If you catch the mouse, keep the traps down because if it's a female it might have spawned and you could have an infestation.