There is a mouse in my house and I want to trap it. page 1
Teshi
25th January 2012, 05:39 AM
I would prefer to trap it alive, but this point is negotiable.
The two challenges are these: one, I have a dog that is messing up all the traps I come up with because she is literally a nosy bitch; and two, I don't have access to any commercially available traps at this time because I live in Satan's icy armpit and oddly enough, capitalists aren't big into exploring this particular emerging market. There is a small grocery store and a gas station.
Invent a dog-proof mousetrap that I can build out of readily accessible stuff.
The two challenges are these: one, I have a dog that is messing up all the traps I come up with because she is literally a nosy bitch; and two, I don't have access to any commercially available traps at this time because I live in Satan's icy armpit and oddly enough, capitalists aren't big into exploring this particular emerging market. There is a small grocery store and a gas station.
Invent a dog-proof mousetrap that I can build out of readily accessible stuff.
Hermit
25th January 2012, 05:54 AM
Hi, Teshi.
Place your mouse traps underneath or behind wardrobes, in kitchen cabinets and drawers, where the dog can't get to them.
I once caught a mouse alive. It was hiding behind a wardrobe. I placed a Wellington boot at one end, went to the other end and said "Boo" in a menacing voice. The mouse ran into the boot. I upended the boot into a conserving jar and gave it some rolled oats to keep it occupied while I took it for a walk to a nearby forest, where I released it.
Place your mouse traps underneath or behind wardrobes, in kitchen cabinets and drawers, where the dog can't get to them.
I once caught a mouse alive. It was hiding behind a wardrobe. I placed a Wellington boot at one end, went to the other end and said "Boo" in a menacing voice. The mouse ran into the boot. I upended the boot into a conserving jar and gave it some rolled oats to keep it occupied while I took it for a walk to a nearby forest, where I released it.
borealis
25th January 2012, 05:56 AM
First, build your trap on the kitchen counter where the dog does not go, but I guarantee the mouse does go.
Don't use one of those sticky traps. They are horribly cruel and you'll have to shave the dog to get it off her if she gets near it.
I recommend hunting it down yourself.
I have personally live trapped two mice during my catless years. One I chased off a counter and it landed in one of my rubber boots, so that was easy (though stepping into the street late at night in my housecoat carrying a rubber boot caused the two hookers on the corner to look at me with some trepidation). The second I managed to clap an ice cream container over, also on a counter. There weren't any hookers that time because I lived in the country by then, but my neighbours laughed at me for letting it go on the lawn. They said it was back indoors before I was, but they were wrong*!
*A weasel moved in instead.
Don't use one of those sticky traps. They are horribly cruel and you'll have to shave the dog to get it off her if she gets near it.
I recommend hunting it down yourself.
I have personally live trapped two mice during my catless years. One I chased off a counter and it landed in one of my rubber boots, so that was easy (though stepping into the street late at night in my housecoat carrying a rubber boot caused the two hookers on the corner to look at me with some trepidation). The second I managed to clap an ice cream container over, also on a counter. There weren't any hookers that time because I lived in the country by then, but my neighbours laughed at me for letting it go on the lawn. They said it was back indoors before I was, but they were wrong*!
*A weasel moved in instead.
borealis
25th January 2012, 05:57 AM
OMG Seraph! Obviously boots are the IDEAL MOUSETRAP!!!
Jerome
25th January 2012, 06:04 AM
mice are not good for a human home running lose, you need a cat
Teshi
25th January 2012, 06:06 AM
Hi, Teshi.
Place your mouse traps underneath or behind wardrobes, in kitchen cabinets and drawers, where the dog can't get to them.
Hi, Seraph! I don't have wardrobes or kitchen cabinets or drawers. If I can make a thin enough trap I can put it under the fridge or the sofa, though!
First, build your trap on the kitchen counter where the dog does not go, but I guarantee the mouse does go.
If I had a mousetrap that would be a good place to put it.
Don't use one of those sticky traps. They are horribly cruel and you'll have to shave the dog to get it off her if she gets near it.
I recommend hunting it down yourself.
I have been trying for a couple days now and it's been farcical :sadyes:
I have personally live trapped two mice during my catless years. One I chased off a counter and it landed in one of my rubber boots, so that was easy (though stepping into the street late at night in my housecoat carrying a rubber boot caused the two hookers on the corner to look at me with some trepidation). The second I managed to clap an ice cream container over, also on a counter. There weren't any hookers that time because I lived in the country by then, but my neighbours laughed at me for letting it go on the lawn. They said it was back indoors before I was, but they were wrong*!
*A weasel moved in instead.
A weasel would solve my mouse problem!
Place your mouse traps underneath or behind wardrobes, in kitchen cabinets and drawers, where the dog can't get to them.
Hi, Seraph! I don't have wardrobes or kitchen cabinets or drawers. If I can make a thin enough trap I can put it under the fridge or the sofa, though!
First, build your trap on the kitchen counter where the dog does not go, but I guarantee the mouse does go.
If I had a mousetrap that would be a good place to put it.
Don't use one of those sticky traps. They are horribly cruel and you'll have to shave the dog to get it off her if she gets near it.
I recommend hunting it down yourself.
I have been trying for a couple days now and it's been farcical :sadyes:
I have personally live trapped two mice during my catless years. One I chased off a counter and it landed in one of my rubber boots, so that was easy (though stepping into the street late at night in my housecoat carrying a rubber boot caused the two hookers on the corner to look at me with some trepidation). The second I managed to clap an ice cream container over, also on a counter. There weren't any hookers that time because I lived in the country by then, but my neighbours laughed at me for letting it go on the lawn. They said it was back indoors before I was, but they were wrong*!
*A weasel moved in instead.
A weasel would solve my mouse problem!
Teshi
25th January 2012, 06:07 AM
mice are not good for a human home running lose, you need a cat
killer cure
killer cure
Jerome
25th January 2012, 06:07 AM
sticky traps require that you kill the animal, otherwise it is cruel
Teshi
25th January 2012, 06:10 AM
I meant that having a cat in the house would be worse than having a mouse
Jerome
25th January 2012, 06:15 AM
lol
:hehe:
:hehe:
borealis
25th January 2012, 02:39 PM
sticky traps require that you kill the animal, otherwise it is cruel
It's still cruel because even if you check them daily, the animal can have been struggling and tearing itself to bits all night. Those traps are really horrible.
It's still cruel because even if you check them daily, the animal can have been struggling and tearing itself to bits all night. Those traps are really horrible.
borealis
25th January 2012, 02:50 PM
My mother has had good success with ultrasonic mouse repellers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_pest_control
I think they work for her because she has a small house and has one plugged in in every main room. Hers are cheap ones, can't remember the brand, and some of the sound they make is within human hearing range - you can hear a shrill sound if you are less than a metre away from one.
She's had a serious house mouse problem for years, is too arthritic to deal with mechanical traps, does not like cats, and after seeing the effects of the sticky traps was too horrified to ever use one again. After the repellers were plugged in, within a week or so there were no more signs of mice at work.
So it appears some of them do work on house mice. But where you live, Teshi, your mouse may be a deermouse - I've had those move in occasionally. They're so cute it's a wrench to kill them. I don't know if the repellers are as effective on them, but they might.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_pest_control
I think they work for her because she has a small house and has one plugged in in every main room. Hers are cheap ones, can't remember the brand, and some of the sound they make is within human hearing range - you can hear a shrill sound if you are less than a metre away from one.
She's had a serious house mouse problem for years, is too arthritic to deal with mechanical traps, does not like cats, and after seeing the effects of the sticky traps was too horrified to ever use one again. After the repellers were plugged in, within a week or so there were no more signs of mice at work.
So it appears some of them do work on house mice. But where you live, Teshi, your mouse may be a deermouse - I've had those move in occasionally. They're so cute it's a wrench to kill them. I don't know if the repellers are as effective on them, but they might.
Brother Daniel
25th January 2012, 03:20 PM
a nearby forest, where I released it.
And an owl thanked you for the snack?
And an owl thanked you for the snack?
borealis
25th January 2012, 03:54 PM
Better to feed an owl than the trash bin.
borealis
25th January 2012, 03:59 PM
*A weasel moved in instead.
A weasel would solve my mouse problem!
Yabbut you know where that leads - coyote to kill the weasel, wolverine to kill the coyote and then you have a wolverine living in your kitchen. Try catching one of those with a sticky trap.
A weasel would solve my mouse problem!
Yabbut you know where that leads - coyote to kill the weasel, wolverine to kill the coyote and then you have a wolverine living in your kitchen. Try catching one of those with a sticky trap.
maiforpeace
25th January 2012, 04:01 PM
I would prefer to trap it alive, but this point is negotiable.
The two challenges are these: one, I have a dog that is messing up all the traps I come up with because she is literally a nosy bitch; and two, I don't have access to any commercially available traps at this time because I live in Satan's icy armpit and oddly enough, capitalists aren't big into exploring this particular emerging market. There is a small grocery store and a gas station.
Invent a dog-proof mousetrap that I can build out of readily accessible stuff.
I haven't tried this, but it seems like a fabulous idea. We live in the woods and get so many critters in the house that it was worth the cost for us to get a humane live trap which is what we use.
How to catch a mouse with a toilet paper roll (http://journal.chrisglass.com/2005/09/how_to_catch_a_.html)
Here's a You Tube of the same idea
The two challenges are these: one, I have a dog that is messing up all the traps I come up with because she is literally a nosy bitch; and two, I don't have access to any commercially available traps at this time because I live in Satan's icy armpit and oddly enough, capitalists aren't big into exploring this particular emerging market. There is a small grocery store and a gas station.
Invent a dog-proof mousetrap that I can build out of readily accessible stuff.
I haven't tried this, but it seems like a fabulous idea. We live in the woods and get so many critters in the house that it was worth the cost for us to get a humane live trap which is what we use.
How to catch a mouse with a toilet paper roll (http://journal.chrisglass.com/2005/09/how_to_catch_a_.html)
Here's a You Tube of the same idea
Cunt
25th January 2012, 04:23 PM
Mouse. Simple.
I used a small walkway leading into a bucket of bait (small, smelly amount of bait). The bait was small and floating on a bit of styrafoam in a pail of soapy water. The sides of the bucket were soaped.
Drownded mouse. But I was a brutal lad.
If you want it alive, leave enough 'land' in the pail that he doesn't have to swim to death.
Mouses can't see for shit. For this reason, they will rarely cross a large floor, but instead will stay near a wall.
If you look into commercial bakeries, you will find a 10cm white stripe painted around the edges of the building, and nothing on the outside wall for them to hide in. This makes the mice easier to find for the employees.
Peanut butter is good mousebait.
Any pail too tall to jump out and too slippery to climb out should be good, but make it easy to walk in (like have the edge of the pail level with and against a chair)
Good luck, and stay away from the sticky. They work well, but are about the worst for handling and quite cruel compared to stomping on it with your jack-boots.
I used a small walkway leading into a bucket of bait (small, smelly amount of bait). The bait was small and floating on a bit of styrafoam in a pail of soapy water. The sides of the bucket were soaped.
Drownded mouse. But I was a brutal lad.
If you want it alive, leave enough 'land' in the pail that he doesn't have to swim to death.
Mouses can't see for shit. For this reason, they will rarely cross a large floor, but instead will stay near a wall.
If you look into commercial bakeries, you will find a 10cm white stripe painted around the edges of the building, and nothing on the outside wall for them to hide in. This makes the mice easier to find for the employees.
Peanut butter is good mousebait.
Any pail too tall to jump out and too slippery to climb out should be good, but make it easy to walk in (like have the edge of the pail level with and against a chair)
Good luck, and stay away from the sticky. They work well, but are about the worst for handling and quite cruel compared to stomping on it with your jack-boots.
Cunt
25th January 2012, 04:27 PM
Darn I am slow. Good trick with the video...looks mostly humane.
How are they getting in? Find every small hole and close it. Those which you can't close you may wish to fill with steel wool (they don't like chewing it for some reason)
How are they getting in? Find every small hole and close it. Those which you can't close you may wish to fill with steel wool (they don't like chewing it for some reason)
Brother Daniel
25th January 2012, 05:32 PM
Better to feed an owl than the trash bin.
:yes:
:yes:
Mantisdreamz
26th January 2012, 01:19 AM
sticky traps require that you kill the animal, otherwise it is cruel
It's still cruel because even if you check them daily, the animal can have been struggling and tearing itself to bits all night. Those traps are really horrible.
Exactly. And they will do this... tear themselves. :[
Old fashioned spring mouse traps do work. If you don't want to kill it, there's also those metal contraption like traps in which you put bait in, and when the mouse goes for it, the door shuts behind it. That may be too difficult to find though. But they work well.
I've had dealt with several mice in the house. My cat used to bring them in. The living room window would often be open for her to run in and out of.... which is my own fault.
I remember catching one once, it was cornered in the kitchen between 2 walls. I let it out the front door, forgetting that my living room window was still open... so my cat flew outside before i knew it, caught it, and brought it right back in.
I wasn't able to catch it again, but noticed a rotten smell behind my fridge a few days later. :\
It's still cruel because even if you check them daily, the animal can have been struggling and tearing itself to bits all night. Those traps are really horrible.
Exactly. And they will do this... tear themselves. :[
Old fashioned spring mouse traps do work. If you don't want to kill it, there's also those metal contraption like traps in which you put bait in, and when the mouse goes for it, the door shuts behind it. That may be too difficult to find though. But they work well.
I've had dealt with several mice in the house. My cat used to bring them in. The living room window would often be open for her to run in and out of.... which is my own fault.
I remember catching one once, it was cornered in the kitchen between 2 walls. I let it out the front door, forgetting that my living room window was still open... so my cat flew outside before i knew it, caught it, and brought it right back in.
I wasn't able to catch it again, but noticed a rotten smell behind my fridge a few days later. :\
Danny
26th January 2012, 01:23 AM
a mouse is thinner than a dog so you could theoretically lay a copper mesh on your floor and electrify it to the point it stuns a mouse but not a dog
borealis
26th January 2012, 03:33 AM
^ Science!
ConvolutedLogic
26th January 2012, 06:34 AM
Try reasoning with the mouse, you might have more sucess talking to your mouse, than most members at TR. :]
Teshi
26th January 2012, 06:40 AM
So it appears some of them do work on house mice. But where you live, Teshi, your mouse may be a deermouse - I've had those move in occasionally. They're so cute it's a wrench to kill them. I don't know if the repellers are as effective on them, but they might.
Yep, I'm pretty sure it's a deer mouse. It has a fuzzy tail.
*A weasel moved in instead.A weasel would solve my mouse problem!
Yabbut you know where that leads - coyote to kill the weasel, wolverine to kill the coyote and then you have a wolverine living in your kitchen. Try catching one of those with a sticky trap.
Hey, wolverine pelts bring a pretty penny. I am warming to this plan.
I would prefer to trap it alive, but this point is negotiable.
The two challenges are these: one, I have a dog that is messing up all the traps I come up with because she is literally a nosy bitch; and two, I don't have access to any commercially available traps at this time because I live in Satan's icy armpit and oddly enough, capitalists aren't big into exploring this particular emerging market. There is a small grocery store and a gas station.
Invent a dog-proof mousetrap that I can build out of readily accessible stuff.
I haven't tried this, but it seems like a fabulous idea. We live in the woods and get so many critters in the house that it was worth the cost for us to get a humane live trap which is what we use.
How to catch a mouse with a toilet paper roll (http://journal.chrisglass.com/2005/09/how_to_catch_a_.html)
Here's a You Tube of the same idea
Clever. Worth a try.
Yep, I'm pretty sure it's a deer mouse. It has a fuzzy tail.
*A weasel moved in instead.A weasel would solve my mouse problem!
Yabbut you know where that leads - coyote to kill the weasel, wolverine to kill the coyote and then you have a wolverine living in your kitchen. Try catching one of those with a sticky trap.
Hey, wolverine pelts bring a pretty penny. I am warming to this plan.
I would prefer to trap it alive, but this point is negotiable.
The two challenges are these: one, I have a dog that is messing up all the traps I come up with because she is literally a nosy bitch; and two, I don't have access to any commercially available traps at this time because I live in Satan's icy armpit and oddly enough, capitalists aren't big into exploring this particular emerging market. There is a small grocery store and a gas station.
Invent a dog-proof mousetrap that I can build out of readily accessible stuff.
I haven't tried this, but it seems like a fabulous idea. We live in the woods and get so many critters in the house that it was worth the cost for us to get a humane live trap which is what we use.
How to catch a mouse with a toilet paper roll (http://journal.chrisglass.com/2005/09/how_to_catch_a_.html)
Here's a You Tube of the same idea
Clever. Worth a try.
Teshi
26th January 2012, 06:41 AM
a mouse is thinner than a dog so you could theoretically lay a copper mesh on your floor and electrify it to the point it stuns a mouse but not a dog
Never mind, forget the paper tube plan, I'm going with this
Never mind, forget the paper tube plan, I'm going with this
PermanentlyEphemeral
26th January 2012, 12:02 PM
Nuke the entire site fom orbit - YouTube
borealis
26th January 2012, 03:49 PM
Yep, I'm pretty sure it's a deer mouse. It has a fuzzy tail.
I was staying in a friend's remote cabin once in winter - pretty basic tiny dome with no electricity. I opened a drawer just in time to see a deer mouse's fat little rear frantically exiting over the back of the drawer. The drawer was her storehouse. All the different foods were neatly piled in separate areas, different kinds of seeds sorted, bits of bread in a pile, and in one corner, a pile of little perfect spheres of peanut butter. I could just imagine her patting the peanut butter into balls with those teeny little paws.
No one was likely to use the place again until spring, at which point they'd have to do a clearout of old food anyway, and if I got rid of the one mouse another would likely move in anyway, so I closed the drawer and left her in peace.
I was staying in a friend's remote cabin once in winter - pretty basic tiny dome with no electricity. I opened a drawer just in time to see a deer mouse's fat little rear frantically exiting over the back of the drawer. The drawer was her storehouse. All the different foods were neatly piled in separate areas, different kinds of seeds sorted, bits of bread in a pile, and in one corner, a pile of little perfect spheres of peanut butter. I could just imagine her patting the peanut butter into balls with those teeny little paws.
No one was likely to use the place again until spring, at which point they'd have to do a clearout of old food anyway, and if I got rid of the one mouse another would likely move in anyway, so I closed the drawer and left her in peace.
borealis
26th January 2012, 11:00 PM
Could be worse, Teshi. Could be a dormouse and you'd never get any sleep.
Snoring Dormouse with sound - listen - YouTube
Snoring Dormouse with sound - listen - YouTube
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