Invasion from Miceopia

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We have mice. Truthfully, we're about to get less mice, because however they get in here, they tend to leave for summer vacation, so we won't have as many for half a year.

We have mouse traps -- the electronic kind because snap traps tend to snap on us, before they ever snap a mouse, and that's painful. I stopped using sticky traps, because have you ever been face to face with a live mouse? They're so cute, so I'm the dumb one, who can't kill them, let them go, so they can return.

But what they leave behind is not cute.

Ever see TV shows where someone is poisoned and the blood comes streaming out of their ears and eyes as they're screaming in agony for full minutes? Yeah, that is what rat poison does, (to people or vermin.) I do not want mice in my house, but I don't want them to die a painful death either.

AND, the critters live in our false ceiling, so we can hear raging mice wars above us.

Can't afford a cat, don't want snakes, can't take care of a dog, so does anyone know a humane way to kill those cute little turdy critters?
 

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I agree that the chemical they put in rat poison is a very inhumane way to get rid of mice. Very, extremely inhumane.

As much as your fingers may get snapped, snap traps are the only things I have found effective. Bait them with peanut butter, not cheese.
 
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I agree that the chemical they put in rat poison is a very inhumane way to get rid of mice. Very, extremely inhumane.

As much as your fingers may get snapped, snap traps are the only things I have found effective. Bait them with peanut butter, not cheese.
Same. My brother has also been known to sit up with a BB gun when the critters are particularly bold, but he's never had any luck that way ;).
 

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Not really, our mice are stronger than our sticky traps except the small ones. We always use rat poison but i don't think the effect is as extreme as yours. We also use a human drug.... it gradually slows down their nervous system and poof.. dead, can't really remember the name now but will tell when i do
 

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I put moth balls out around the outside of my house. I don't use them in the inside because they stink.

I use peppermint oil on the inside of my house. Mice can't stand the smell of either so they both are a deterrent for mice. It doesn't kill mice just keeps them away.

You can look it up on the internet and there are mixed reviews about it. But I've never had a mice in my house and I live by a creek. The neighbors have mice problems, but I have not since I moved into this house 4 years ago... so I'm assuming the moth balls and peppermint oil really works....well at least for me.
 
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I agree that the chemical they put in rat poison is a very inhumane way to get rid of mice. Very, extremely inhumane.

As much as your fingers may get snapped, snap traps are the only things I have found effective. Bait them with peanut butter, not cheese.
We can't even set up a mouse trap. I have hand tremors and he has something like palsy. We're able to get the peanut butter on, but 95% of the time setting it up comes complete with setting it off. And the other 5% of the time, we accidentally kick it, which sets it off. lol
 
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Same. My brother has also been known to sit up with a BB gun when the critters are particularly bold, but he's never had any luck that way ;).
When hubby sees a mouse on the kitchen floor while we're eating dinner, he'll grab a pen, (steak knife, fork, or any other small object near him) and fling it at the mouse. The mouse is 20-25 feet away, and once every 20 shots, he hits it. (Hasn't killed one yet, but not for lack of trying.) All I can imagine is spending a lot of time taking BB pellets out of the base of the sink, dishwasher, kitchen island, floor, my end table, soda can, and left arm. lol
 
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Not really, our mice are stronger than our sticky traps except the small ones. We always use rat poison but i don't think the effect is as extreme as yours. We also use a human drug.... it gradually slows down their nervous system and poof.. dead, can't really remember the name now but will tell when i do
It really was as bad as I said. Maybe not enough time for blood coming out of eyes and ears, but the rat poison is a anticoagulant, so the critter did bleed to death internally.

And I have considered sleeping pills strong enough that the little mousey falls to sleep and never wakes up again, but have no idea what dose that would be, and how I can get the prescription for it. So, let me know on the other drug, if'n you ever remember.
 
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I put moth balls out around the outside of my house. I don't use them in the inside because they stink.

I use peppermint oil on the inside of my house. Mice can't stand the smell of either so they both are a deterrent for mice. It doesn't kill mice just keeps them away.

You can look it up on the internet and there are mixed reviews about it. But I've never had a mice in my house and I live by a creek. The neighbors have mice problems, but I have not since I moved into this house 4 years ago... so I'm assuming the moth balls and peppermint oil really works....well at least for me.
I heard about peppermint. I was growing some at the time, so brought in a little container of it. And then I saw a mouse actually hop over the container, (and it was a good 3 inches high, and the peppermint was another 2 inches, so, kudos on mad micey-jumping skills), to continue on its merry way along my counter top. (Until I yelled at it. It turned around, scurried past the pot again, and right into the hole in our stove top. Grrrr! :mad:) A couple of years later, I was in my gardening watering the peppermint under the clematis, when a mouse hopped out of that container. :rolleyes:

I've chalked it up to the same reason they aren't scared of fox urine either. Urban mice. Never ran into the danger that is called "fox" and no one ever taught them why they aren't supposed to like peppermint either. (I tried powdered fox urine, although, I admit I surrounded the garden with it, not inside the house. Might not be scary stuff, but a bit stinky. lol)
 

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It really was as bad as I said. Maybe not enough time for blood coming out of eyes and ears, but the rat poison is a anticoagulant, so the critter did bleed to death internally.

And I have considered sleeping pills strong enough that the little mousey falls to sleep and never wakes up again, but have no idea what dose that would be, and how I can get the prescription for it. So, let me know on the other drug, if'n you ever remember.
I did remember....... actually i asked my grandparents to remind me... lol.
We use indocide, not sure you might have the exact drug there and not sure that's what you guys call it but that's what we use. It has this rubberry yellow and black coat. What we actually do is gather a lot of (not too much) edible waste (for rats, mostly leftovers)then pour the amount of the powdery stuff (inside the coat) that looks equal to or more than the food and yhen put little amounts in all the places we know as their hideouts or passages...... works everytime. If you can't get the drug, you can still use your sleeping pills, just put as much as you think is an overdose for a baby and voila! Dead. Lol
 

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Trivial info: Your mice spend their summer vacation here in California. I'll send you a note via one of them the next time I catch one alive.
 

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I heard about peppermint. I was growing some at the time, so brought in a little container of it. And then I saw a mouse actually hop over the container, (and it was a good 3 inches high, and the peppermint was another 2 inches, so, kudos on mad micey-jumping skills), to continue on its merry way along my counter top. (Until I yelled at it. It turned around, scurried past the pot again, and right into the hole in our stove top. Grrrr! :mad:) A couple of years later, I was in my gardening watering the peppermint under the clematis, when a mouse hopped out of that container. :rolleyes:

I've chalked it up to the same reason they aren't scared of fox urine either. Urban mice. Never ran into the danger that is called "fox" and no one ever taught them why they aren't supposed to like peppermint either. (I tried powdered fox urine, although, I admit I surrounded the garden with it, not inside the house. Might not be scary stuff, but a bit stinky. lol)
I'm in the country so Maybe country mice and city mice are different...lol :p

But really though, it works for me and I don't know if maybe it's because the moth balls outside might be causing mice to go to the neighbors instead of my house.

I told my mom about she's tried and it dont work for her. She doesn't have close neighbors, either though...She's uses poison and is having a nightmare with it. It works but they sometimes die inside of the walls and cant's be found...so she is having to deal with the smell of it. As scared as I am of mice, I would still rather deal with a live one than a dead one that can't be found.

But hopefully you can find something that will work for you...

I'm just hoping my neighbors don't find out my secret and start trying to send the mice to my house....lol

Seriously though I hope you can find something that will work good for you.
 

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That is the trouble with poison, it leaves a dead mouse hidden in your walls for you to smell. When I lived in Oakland, California, I had an old blind lady about 95 years old on my street. I went into her house a couple of times and noticed mouse droppings all over. She even was eating out of food containers that were chewed into.

She had a 65 year old son but he wouldn't do anything for her. I went through her house cleaning up and setting traps for three weeks until I finally had her de-moused. I thought it was the Christian thing to do. She called me her boyfriend from that time on. Hardiharhar...

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I did remember....... actually i asked my grandparents to remind me... lol.
We use indocide, not sure you might have the exact drug there and not sure that's what you guys call it but that's what we use. It has this rubberry yellow and black coat. What we actually do is gather a lot of (not too much) edible waste (for rats, mostly leftovers)then pour the amount of the powdery stuff (inside the coat) that looks equal to or more than the food and yhen put little amounts in all the places we know as their hideouts or passages...... works everytime. If you can't get the drug, you can still use your sleeping pills, just put as much as you think is an overdose for a baby and voila! Dead. Lol
LOL We don't call it that, but close enough. It's for arthritis. Yippee! We both have that, so got related meds to use.

Here, mousy, mousy, mousy! You like our food? Well made some especially for you. (evil laugh)
 

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LOL We don't call it that, but close enough. It's for arthritis. Yippee! We both have that, so got related meds to use.

Here, mousy, mousy, mousy! You like our food? Well made some especially for you. (evil laugh)
Glad you found it. Very soon your house will be (according to the book of deade chapter 1 vs13) de-moused. I never used the drug so i have no idea what's it's for. Lol
 
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I'm in the country so Maybe country mice and city mice are different...lol :p

But really though, it works for me and I don't know if maybe it's because the moth balls outside might be causing mice to go to the neighbors instead of my house.

I told my mom about she's tried and it dont work for her. She doesn't have close neighbors, either though...She's uses poison and is having a nightmare with it. It works but they sometimes die inside of the walls and cant's be found...so she is having to deal with the smell of it. As scared as I am of mice, I would still rather deal with a live one than a dead one that can't be found.

But hopefully you can find something that will work for you...

I'm just hoping my neighbors don't find out my secret and start trying to send the mice to my house....lol

Seriously though I hope you can find something that will work good for you.
I've already lived with dead-rodent-in-the-wall, and they died by poison. I once sprayed a water bug, (think "black roach, not red roach") before I went to bed. Next morning, there was a dead mouse a few feet form where I sprayed. I figure mouse ate the water bug, so I'm hoping the water bugs will return the favor if they find dead mouse in wall.

I would rather put up with 1-2 weeks of stink, than 24/7/365 of auditory proof, (they sound like squirrels when they go to battle in our ceiling :eek:), or visual proof that we have mice.

But, funny story. The first time I ever saw a mouse cohabiting with us wasn't here. We were on week-long vacation in Canada in a little fishing cabin. Saw it in the middle of the week, and was terrified sleeping the rest of the week. I had visions of a mouse tickling my nose as I slept. :eek:

For the first decade we lived in this city, never had any mice problems. But, two doors down (and our houses are literally connected to our neighbor's houses), was vacant for a year, while someone rehabbed the inside. Ever since then, mice! And how long ago was that? The people who moved in had a baby. The baby is now a teenager. Not so afraid to sleep at night anymore, but very tired of cleaning up after our housemates.
 
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That is the trouble with poison, it leaves a dead mouse hidden in your walls for you to smell. When I lived in Oakland, California, I had an old blind lady about 95 years old on my street. I went into her house a couple of times and noticed mouse droppings all over. She even was eating out of food containers that were chewed into.

She had a 65 year old son but he wouldn't do anything for her. I went through her house cleaning up and setting traps for three weeks until I finally had her de-moused. I thought it was the Christian thing to do. She called me her boyfriend from that time on. Hardiharhar...

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I was the assistant maintenance manger for a property management outfit in Center City Philly. One poor woman had an invasion from the planet Roachtopia. When the maintenance men went to check out how bad it was, one dropped her phone when he was calling in to tell me about it. He dropped it because a roach was calling up to the receiver. (Back in the days when all phones had cords.) We set her up in a hotel for a few days while fumigating. But after the third time we did that, and she still was having serious problems, we were trying to come up with a better idea.

The fire department gave us our best clue. They were called in because someone saw smoke. Ends up this tenant lived across the hall from a Section 8 tenant of ours. Old, crazy lady. The apartment was a studio apartment, but that tenant never told us she had a roach problem. Instead, she set off TEN roach bombs in her studio apartment! :eek: Thus the fire department was called in on a "smoke" call.

And it was that tenant's fault. She was certifiably insane, a hoarder, and not much (at all) into washing her dishes or cleaning her apartment. Section 8, so the owners knew this kind of thing could happen. After that, every month, we had an exterminator come in to deal with the roaches. And the tenant with the original problem loved us. :)
 

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I've already lived with dead-rodent-in-the-wall, and they died by poison. I once sprayed a water bug, (think "black roach, not red roach") before I went to bed. Next morning, there was a dead mouse a few feet form where I sprayed. I figure mouse ate the water bug, so I'm hoping the water bugs will return the favor if they find dead mouse in wall.

I would rather put up with 1-2 weeks of stink, than 24/7/365 of auditory proof, (they sound like squirrels when they go to battle in our ceiling :eek:), or visual proof that we have mice.

But, funny story. The first time I ever saw a mouse cohabiting with us wasn't here. We were on week-long vacation in Canada in a little fishing cabin. Saw it in the middle of the week, and was terrified sleeping the rest of the week. I had visions of a mouse tickling my nose as I slept. :eek:

For the first decade we lived in this city, never had any mice problems. But, two doors down (and our houses are literally connected to our neighbor's houses), was vacant for a year, while someone rehabbed the inside. Ever since then, mice! And how long ago was that? The people who moved in had a baby. The baby is now a teenager. Not so afraid to sleep at night anymore, but very tired of cleaning up after our housemates.
Actually... in our house the rats are renting the roof but strangely they don't pay rent.... lol. The worst thing is there is a broken part in our ceiling where the rats come out from. At night i just hear running and running like they are havinf a marathon or something. Lol
 

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For the first decade we lived in this city, never had any mice problems. But, two doors down (and our houses are literally connected to our neighbor's houses), was vacant for a year, while someone rehabbed the inside. Ever since then, mice! And how long ago was that? The people who moved in had a baby. The baby is now a teenager. Not so afraid to sleep at night anymore, but very tired of cleaning up after our housemates.
Oh my...It may not be the moth balls and peppermint oil...

This house was foreclosed. I think it set vacant for about 6 month to a year before I bought it. I got it for really cheap and so I did a total remodel on it.

So I guess mice figure there is no food here and now they have no way in...so I guess they don't want to deal with the stinky moth balls to try to chew their way in here to find out...lol So that may be why my neighbors ended up with the mice. OOOPsie....:)
 
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Actually... in our house the rats are renting the roof but strangely they don't pay rent.... lol. The worst thing is there is a broken part in our ceiling where the rats come out from. At night i just hear running and running like they are having a marathon or something. Lol
First time I ever heard a rodent in our ceiling, I thought it was squirrels playing tag. My bedroom ceiling, so I slept in my comfie chair in the living room. Had to face that bedroom eventually.

All these years later, I figured out it wasn't squirrels. It was mice. They're very loud and squealy in attack mode up there. (I believe above our ceiling tile has a name -- The Battle of the Bulge. Huge war ground up there. lol)