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DH:1, Mouse:0
Oh the joys of living in the country. A mouse in the house. Edit... Mice in the house - no such thing as one mouse.
However this morning, there is one less mouse in the house. The battle continues. I know there are worse things.... but I do not like sharing my space with mice. I hate meeces to pieces! |
In our old house about 25 years ago, I was in the bathroom in the middle of the night, just minding my own business. Suddenly, a little gray mouse ran under the bathroom door, looked around, and ran back out. It was so quick, I didn't quite believe what I saw. In the morning, I told my DH, and he set some traps, got the little stinker! I was very glad, I'm not crazy about midnight visitors who can get under doors!
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Our outside cat makes a deposit of mice and moles at our backdoor almost weekly. No rodent problem at all around here. DH says it's the only animal we have that earns it's keep. He went to the shelter and got another one to help out. They have a heated place with comfy cat beds to get in an out of at will before I get replies about outside pets LOL
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I had a opulent little buddies in the ceiling tiles of my sewing room last winter...I gave the hubby his choice..get the mice before I actually see one or I get cats! He dosent want pets right now so he got the mice within two days..all gone! Haven't seen tracks from one since!
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Oh yes, if you hear or see a mouse they are usually not alone. We keep mouse traps set all the time in the attic baited with a little peanut butter. I hate to kill the dear little things but I cannot abide them in the house. For those who get upset and use the catch and release traps, you just end up catching the same mouse and his friends over and over.
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Yes I feel the same way as Tartan but it was a losing battle. I had a big one who had numerous hiding places. Put some poison out and he must have left and died. He got into some of my fabric and boy can they every leave their mark !! He would steal food from my Westie bowl as my Westie slept right next to it.
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We will wage war with traps (sorry people - mice are dirty rodents that carry diseases that can kill humans) for now.
Plan #2 involves our grandkitty - having sleepovers. Plan #3 - setting up those noise emitting deterrents. |
We had a mouse last week! Only one, as it was brought in by DC (Dear Cat? Or D... Cat?). DH caught it and released over the fence. DC probably ate it next morning.
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*** I have had one this year also. *** *** They seem to go in cycles - *** some years none - *** then the population explodes. *** *** They like to get into the motor of your lawn mower in my out building. *** Cost me $60. to get the bed taken out last year. *** |
I have four cats, and my sister next door has about eleven. I don't think I've seen a mouse in about 7 years.
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