Mouse in the house

[photomom]

Any advise on how to get rid of a mouse/rodent would be appreciated. We noticed noises coming from the vents. When hubby looked in the vents in the finished basements, he noticed the protective covering around the pipes chewed up and mouse droppings in the cold room. So far we have put mouse traps with cheese in some of the vents and in the cold room. Any other suggestions would be appreciated? We are still looking around the house to figure out how the rodent came in.

[afong56]

Any advise on how to get rid of a mouse/rodent would be appreciated. We noticed noises coming from the vents. When hubby looked in the vents in the finished basements, he noticed the protective covering around the pipes chewed up and mouse droppings in the cold room. So far we have put mouse traps with cheese in some of the vents and in the cold room. Any other suggestions would be appreciated? We are still looking around the house to figure out how the rodent came in.

you have some options, depending on whether you have kids or not.

if kids: live-release traps, baited with peanut butter
if no kids: old fashioned victor spring traps, or some of those new one-shot one-kill types, but they can get messy. or if you like it clean--poison bait

place them away from where kids might go, but where the mice go

if you find droppings, that's a good spot. along the walls, that's where they like to travel, so place them in their pathways.

depending on what type of rodent, you'd be surprised what size hole they can fit through--you might want to find that hole and seal it.

also, if you see one, there's probably more.

[Pete_Coach]

Mice are nearly blind and they always travel against the walls so, you need to set your traps against the walls. Also, use peanut butter instead of cheese. They seem to like it better.
If you find the entry point, use steel wool to plug the hole, they will not chew or eat that.
Lastly, where there is one mouse, there are five (or whatever size the family is. Mice are social and do not wander far from the family.

[woof]

Also, use peanut butter instead of cheese.

+1
Yeah the cheese never worked for me either. It only seems to work well on cartoon shows :)

[pkguy]

Buy a cat

[rehearser]

Buy a cat

+1

or a fox terrier, they're good rat catchers.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Fox_terrier_smooth.jpg/250px-Fox_terrier_smooth.jpg

[GTT1]

+1
Yeah the cheese never worked for me either. It only seems to work well on cartoon shows :)

Need a cheese like Parmigiana or Romano and you use the hard rind that you don't eat. I have done the PB and cheese to get rid of mice in the fall that migrate from outside into our garage. Both work. I like to reuse my trap after I toss them so don't like doing the PB second time around. The cheese seems to stay and not need replacing.

[heat]

Recently found out that I have mice in the kitchen. Tons of droppings near the garbage can.

What would be the best way to get rid of them? I don't mind it being messy as long as I can see it. I don't want to deal with a rotting smell somewhere in the corner :lol: , which is what I'm assuming poison bait would do.

[Pete_Coach]

Recently found out that I have mice in the kitchen. Tons of droppings near the garbage can.

What would be the best way to get rid of them? I don't mind it being messy as long as I can see it. I don't want to deal with a rotting smell somewhere in the corner :lol: , which is what I'm assuming poison bait would do.

Did you read the posts above? A trap perhaps? :confused:

[mason]

Trap + Peanut Butter.

We had a mouse in our kitchen, it took all of 10 seconds to nail the critter under the sink. Take some time to look for entry points around the perimeter of your house as well. I had run a lattice up the side of the house that reached our stove exhast fan vent... the little begger got in that way.

[rotjong]

I've heard all kinds of old wifes tales , like sprinkle grated Irish spring soap around you house, pieces of drier sheets, moth balls etc. But still the best thing is the good old mouse trap with peanut butter.

Or you can get mouse bait where the mouse eats the seeds , dies and and dries up but won't stink. I personally don't like that I want to catch the mouse and make sure He is dead.

Just last week I cought Mickey, Minney, and speedy Gonzaless in my RV.in 1 day, and that was just with a good old Victor mouse trap.

[discoblues]

if you want a humane trap try this: - it worked at a friends' cottage as well as as at a house i used to rent downtown.

what you need:

- a coffee table (or other table about knee height)
- a wastepaper basket no taller than the table
- a large bag of potato chips
- a wooden plank or hockey stick

1. open the chip bag at the top and eat the chips. Leave some crumbs at the bottom of the bag.
2. place the bag sideways on the edge of the table, with the crumbs portion at the bottom of the bag overhanging the edge of the table.
3. place the wastepaper basket directly at the side of the table, directly under the chips bag.
4. use the wooden plank to create a ramp for the mouse up to the coffee table


leave this trap and leave the room for the night. The mouse will smell the food, climb the incline wooden plank and make its way onto the table and into the chip bag. Once the mouse goes to the back of the chip bag, the weight of the mouse will cause the chip bag will fall vertically into the wastepaper basket with the mouse inside it. The mouse will not be able to climb out of the chip bag because the sides are way too greasy/slippery from the chips.

Do what you want with the mouse. If you don't want it to come back be sure to take to some field or something, far away.

Good luck.

[major]

+1 for a standard mouse trap (Victor) and a dab of peanut butter. It is virtually impossible for a mouse to pass up on the scent of fats/oils. Peanut butter holds the scent for quite a long time without drying out.

One hint: You might have to adjust the sensitivity of the mouse trap trigger by bending the bait holder a little. Some of the little critters are smart enough to simply lick the peanut butter off the trap without tripping it. A small adjustment takes care of that.

[COCAPOO]

I really got a cat to slove this problem. It works well. My mouse used to empty an extra large 40LB dog food package without any single bit pieces left/ I did not see any mouse again, but my car did not caught any mouse either. May be the mourse can smell the cat, so they are afraid to come.