Mouse under my bed

Melisandre121

I keep hearing rustling noises under my bed, usually very late at night if I wake up. It sounds a lot like a mouse. I've only lived in my current house about a month and I don't leave food lying around. I'm very squeamish so not looking forward to handling this.

Any tips on how to get rid of my friend (if it is a mouse) without the use of mouse traps or anything that would involve having to look at a dead rodent?!

Barry Badrinath

Ya cant go wrong with a couple of grenades.

You could try one of those plug in things that emit a high frequency noise that apparently deters them. I don't know if it works. I used mouse traps prior to useful cats (although most of the mice I contend with these days the bloody cats brought in the window to start with).

SteelyDanJalapeno

Are you sure it's a mouse?

Fr_Dougal

Might not actually be a mouse. It's rat season at the moment.

Melisandre121

TiltedBrain wrote: »

Are you sure it's a mouse?

No, I've no idea what it is but the rustling is quite loud so I'm just assuming

Fr_Dougal

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Might not actually be a mouse. It's rat season at the moment.

This is mean. Stop that. You'd know if it was a rat, they absolutely reek.

Melisandre121

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Might not actually be a mouse. It's rat season at the moment.

This is a joke yes?

thelad95

Piss on it.

Barry Badrinath

Its probably a troubled demon who has posessed the limp body of a half eaten dead guy and he's clawing at your bed in an effort to climb under yout duvet and stick his long nailed, cold, claw like finger in your mouth as you sleep.

Night

vicwatson

Its The Gruffalo

iLikeWaffles

Get a cat. Maybe its not a mouse. Maybe its a big cat sized rat. I wouldn't worry too much make noise and it will soon leave the vicinity. Most definitely will be more afraid of you as you are of it.

CPTM

I watched a couple of pretty cool mouse trap videos on YouTube recently, that don't harm the rodents at all. But you or a delegate would need to empty the trap somewhere!

You could get a cat! Or one of those plug-in rodent deterants?

I feel for you though, let us know how you deal with it in the end 😊

kittensmittens

Borrow a cat.....problem solved

Outlaw Pete

Woodies do humane traps so you won't have to see it or kill it. Then just release in the wild.

Dr Strange

Melisandre121 wrote: »

No, I've no idea what it is but the rustling is quite loud so I'm just assuming

Could be a massive spider.

TherapyBoy

If it's just the 'dead' bit you want to avoid you could try a humane trap. Take him/her down the park afterwards and reunite them with the great outdoors.

gctest50

The monster sized ones are the quietest :

http://bit.ly/2cPXHfH

The Bengtsson-Korsås family thought they must have had a mouse infestation after they heard noises coming from behind appliances in the kitchen – but darker suspicions were aroused when their cat started refusing to go near that part of the house.

Pest controllers said the Swedish monster, measuring 15 inches (40cm) non including the tail, was the largest rat they had ever seen.


It emerged that the rat had entered their basement by burrowing through wood and cement, carving out a lair for itself behind the dishwasher

Tin Foil Hat

Melisandre121 wrote: »

I keep hearing rustling noises under my bed, usually very late at night if I wake up. It sounds a lot like a mouse. I've only lived in my current house about a month and I don't leave food lying around. I'm very squeamish so not looking forward to handling this.

Any tips on how to get rid of my friend (if it is a mouse) without the use of mouse traps or anything that would involve having to look at a dead rodent?!

Someone is having a go on your other half and you came home unexpectedly. Go out for a walk. It'll be quiet when you come back.

PARlance

Sounds like you've a rat infestation.

Stigura

Sounds like a " Migrant ".

Have you a hoover, and a shotgun, OP? Good torch would be a bonus too.

forestgirl

Definitely a ghost

Esel

If the bedroom is upstairs, the mouse may well be under the floor, in the space between the floor and the ceiling of the room below.

You can get humane traps, but you will need to place them in places you know the mouse frequents.

Mice are relatively harmless, but I have seen a grown man jump onto a chair when one appeared... )

Junkyard Tom

If it wasn't for cats we'd be covered in rodents, flies, moths and all sorts of things.

Aceandstuff

Dr Strange wrote: »

Could be a massive spider.

Well, it IS giant spider season....

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-news/giant-spiders-set-invade-homes-4276622

Tin Foil Hat

By the way - You never a mouse. You have mice. They travel in packs; like Spanish students.

Clampdown

If it is a mouse you're better off getting a trap. If it dies and you can't find it or access it, the smell is absolutely horrendous (and this is coming from someone very non squeamish, who has had rats as pets).

You definitely don't want to have it die somewhere under your bed.

Riddle101

You wouldn't hear a mouse rustling around, more likely a rat.

Had mice there a few months back and never heard a peep. Only way we knew was because they'd gotten to the biscuits and eaten at some of them, and there was mouse droppings around the area we kept the biscuits.

myshirt

Have you considered charging this mouse rent? That'll learn em.

The Princess Bride

There's always a chance it's neither a mouse nor a rat, but one of these instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv9CkjkOyzo

Riddle101

Riddle101 wrote: »

You wouldn't hear a mouse rustling around, more likely a rat.

Had mice there a few months back and never heard a peep. Only way we knew was because they'd gotten to the biscuits and eaten at some of them, and there was mouse droppings around the area we kept the biscuits.

Most certainly can hear mice moving around, they're really not that quiet.