Mouse Problem

[williamsjr22]

Last night before going to bed, I heard a mouse in the kitchen. I couldn't find a trap so I just went to bed and thought that I would deal with it in the morning. So I go to bed and within 30 seconds of laying there, I heard another one scratching in the wall. Now my wife thinks we are infested with these furry critters and is freaking out. I caught 3 mice back in the beginning of July. We have been in this house for over 8 years and only had one mouse prior to this year. Obviously something has changed. Any ideas on how to get rid of them and how to prevent them?

............and buying a snake to slither around in the house is NOT an acceptable answer!!

 

[mcolford]

The old school mouse traps with peanut butter on them.
A cat?
.22 rifle and a slow evening?
Atomic Bomb?

 

[Hoosierdood]

Do you live in the city or country? Outside cats are great if you live in the country. Feed them once or twice a week, and you will never see a mouse. Otherwise, just set out traps. You may have to tamper with the traps to give them a "hair trigger", or else the smaller mice will just steal the cheese/peanut butter. Old fashioned mouse traps work just fine.

The main problem, though is finding where they are getting in. It can be a small hole the size of a quarter. if you can find their entry point, you can repair it, or stuff it with steel wool. Of course, it may be a challenge finding that point of entry.

 

[williamsjr22]

I caught the last 3 with a traditional trap and peanut butter. But if I don't get the one out of the wall in my bedroom, I am liable to open fire with a 12 ga out of the closet.

 

[Hoosierdood]

I caught the last 3 with a traditional trap and peanut butter. But if I don't get the one out of the wall in my bedroom, I am liable to open fire with a 12 ga out of the closet.

He isn't staying in the wall. If he got in there, he knows how to get out. Just keep setting out traps like you're doing. You'll get him eventually.

 

[printcraft]

Sounds like you need a mouse gun.

 

[Classic Liberal]

Whether it is PS2 or USB, just unplug it.

 

[wizard_of_ahs]

Peanut Butter works great

Wish my cat hadn't of died She was a GREAT mouser, left them at the front door for us to admire

 

[IndyDave1776]

Whether it is PS2 or USB, just unplug it.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Place the trap with the bait side against the wall. They rarely leave the edge of the room unless there's some food. Use peanut butter, and squish it into the bait holder; the mouse won't get away. They can get in through a round hole the size of a quarter, or squeeze through a 1/4" gap. I used to have a few as pets, and one found it fun to get the wheel going and run through it where the gap was just slightly wider between two spokes. You should try to find copper wool; it won't corrode like the steel. I've also screwed ball chains to the traps and thumbtacked them to the wall. This makes them easier to find and retrieve, should there be anything the trap can get behind. Oddly, I caught a couple of shrews on the peanut butter traps one winter. Those are insectivorous, related more to moles.

 

[9mmfan]

I use these kind: Amazon.com: JT Eaton 409 Jawz Easy To Set Plastic Mouse Trap, 2 Pack: Patio, Lawn & Garden
They work great!

 

[williamsjr22]

Thanks! I'll give it a try tonight.

 

[Kagnew]

D-Con Mouse Pellets.

 

[BGDave]

If you are really cold blooded, and have no other pets, glue trays can provide some entertainment. These are too hard core for me. Have to get out the tiny smokes and blindfolds. Execute them with a pellet rifle.

 

[Brandon]

noise, light and a broom.
Found one hiding when I shined a flash light on him, made some loud noise and he came running out in the open where he was quickly smashed with a broom.

 

[Suprtek]

http://youtu.be/6dRSsnbvfVY

 

[tom1025]

If you are really cold blooded, and have no other pets, glue trays can provide some entertainment. These are too hard core for me. Have to get out the tiny smokes and blindfolds. Execute them with a pellet rifle.

I have tried glue traps in the past with no luck. The last time I used one there was an impression of a mouses left side along with a ton of hair in the glue but no mouse. I have
no idea how it would have gotten away. I have also used poison but if they die inside they
stink really bad until you can find them. Anymore the old fashion ones seem to work the best.

 

[tatic05]

What worked for me with basic house stuff is this. I took a toilet paper cardboard roll, you know when your done with it. Then I tape two quarters to the top of it kinda 30% to one side. Then balance it on the end of the counter and place a trash can or bucket below. Put a piece of peanut butter or rasin at the very end of the tube. The idea is the mouse smells the food can only get to it by going through the tube once it reaches the end of the tube the mouses weight will make the tube tip into the bucket. It does work and really well too. Just make sure it is all balanced right.

 

[Benny]

Decon, Decon, Decon.

Put it everywhere your kids and pets can't reach it.

I had what I want to call an epidemic about 2 years and Decon cleared it up within 2 weeks...Just make sure you don't have any water sources for them, because you want them leaving your house to try to rehydrate (before they die).

 

[dswilson]