need help killing mouse

Dijos said:
I got glue traps, and put peanut butter on the spring traps, and nothing. I have found cockroach legs, and mouse poop, but no ******** mouse. I will keep trying.
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should have listened to me.
 
Saturday nite, a little after 10:00...I just killed a (pretty good sized) mouse that my cats (Stanley & Rudy) chased/brought into the dining-room part of the kitchen! (It's been here for the past couple days, and has been driving my wife & step-daughter crazy!)...I killed it with a chop to its' neck with my Smith & Wesson HRTDR "combat knife" after the cats had once again cornered it...Blood on my blade...Damn, I feel like a warrior...LOL!.:).

And no, I didn't have to shoot it with my Glock 10mm!.:D.
 
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.




"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"


He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.


And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!


One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.


"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.




`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
 
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Is that what the Jabberwock is??! A mouse??! :eek:
All these years listening to you and that damned verse....I always wondered!!
Now I know, and "knowing is half the battle."--G.I. Joe
 
Copaup said:
To this day though my Scottish Terrier won't go into the shed for fear of the rats. WTF? Weren't they bred for the sole purpose of killing rats? If I'm ever attacked by a vaugely man shaped peice of plush foam stuffing he'll be there though.
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Brodie, my Scottish Terrier who has since gone on to the great hunting grounds, actually clawed and bit his way through a sheet of drywall to get a mouse. He was quite please with himself when we got home. I was equally impressed and upset at the dammage.

There are few things more fierce and determined than an unfixed male Scottish Terrier that has noticed the scent and sound of a rodent.

Oh, also from what I read about them from the AKC they are one of the oldest terrier breeds and were actually bred for hunting animals in their dens. Ratting became a sport much later and other breeds were used more for that.

Chris
 
Try melting a little american cheese on the trap. They will pick at it....and snap!
 
Update: I bought a electric mousetrap that is supposed to electrocute the little bugger if he crawls in.. I'll let you know.
 
How about a humane trap and then let the little guy go somewhere away from your home?!
 
i bought a house that was empty for a year or so,had a boatload of mice-used some of the green poison cubes and the sticky sheet stuff-

the sticky sheets work great-
my pittrott roscoe has a thing for moles,had a few and he showed me were they lived ,so i poisoned them too-
 
Dijos on 11-18-2004 said:
Although that seems rough, I have a mouse that lives in my kitchen
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Dijos on 1-6-2006 said:
Update: ...
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That mouse has been terrorizing your kitchen for OVER A YEAR? :eek:

In that time you could have learned to throw knives! You could have applied for a pistol permit and gotten it -- in Massachusetts! You could have blown up the mouse with dynamite and built yourself a new kitchen! (Okay, that might be a little extreme, but you could have. This is war!)

I don't even remember this old thread. Why isn't that mouse dead??? :confused:
 
TheKnifeCollector said:
How about a humane trap and then let the little guy go somewhere away from your home?!
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They spread diseases!

Plus, a lot of times, they'll run into and live in high grass or think brush near houses and stuff, then in the summer time or when the grass gets chopped back, they'll come back. By then they probably have went poke a few times and yeah. So you might find a bunch of miceletts under your fridge one day...
 
Call these guys. They'll bring their M1 Carbine and dispatch him.

http://www.komar.org/faq/hunting_rats/

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I have used the regular old spring traps quite effectively for many, many years. Do not use the ones with the big yellow bait holder. Get the ones that have the copper bait holder. Make sure the bait is secured, either by wiring it or simply squishing it around the the copper bait holder. I use the squished bread method myself. Also, make sure to only use enough bait to cover the bait holder. That way, the mouse has to go inside the spring bar "kill zone" to get to the bait. Once it tries pulling on the bait, snap ..... bye bye mouse.

Place one trap in each drawer. Also, pull out the bottom drawer and place a trap all the way at the back of the cabinet then replace the drawer. Be advised, mice and rats follow their urine trail. So figuring out their path is pretty easy, it'll have little dried urine stains and feces. Try to place traps directly in their paths.

The problem with poison is they eat it and die somewhere you can't get to the body. Could be smelly for awhile.

Good luck.
 
how about being nice? its not like the mouse/mice are trying to fuck with you-- they're just trying to get by.


try a hav-a-hart trap. it's this plastic canister with a trap door. put some food inside and leave it over night. when a mouse walks in, the canister tips and teh door shuts. tomorrow morning grab it and empty the mouse outside far away from your home.


i used to raise mice to feed to my californian kingsnake. mice got out all the time, and i never had a problem catching them w/ those traps.
 
Midget said:
how about being nice? its not like the mouse/mice are trying to fuck with you-- they're just trying to get by.


try a hav-a-hart trap. it's this plastic canister with a trap door. put some food inside and leave it over night. when a mouse walks in, the canister tips and teh door shuts. tomorrow morning grab it and empty the mouse outside far away from your home.


i used to raise mice to feed to my californian kingsnake. mice got out all the time, and i never had a problem catching them w/ those traps.
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There's a problem with that. Your mice are several thousands of generations being raised in captivity and are virtually disease free. Unfortunately, wild mice (and rats) are not. They carry disease and can make humans sick or even kill us. It's better to kill them, then use a bleach water solution (5%-10%) to clean up after them.
 
yam said:
I have used the regular old spring traps quite effectively for many, many years. Do not use the ones with the big yellow bait holder. Get the ones that have the copper bait holder. Make sure the bait is secured, either by wiring it or simply squishing it around the the copper bait holder. I use the squished bread method myself. Also, make sure to only use enough bait to cover the bait holder. That way, the mouse has to go inside the spring bar "kill zone" to get to the bait. Once it tries pulling on the bait, snap ..... bye bye mouse.

Place one trap in each drawer. Also, pull out the bottom drawer and place a trap all the way at the back of the cabinet then replace the drawer. Be advised, mice and rats follow their urine trail. So figuring out their path is pretty easy, it'll have little dried urine stains and feces. Try to place traps directly in their paths.

The problem with poison is they eat it and die somewhere you can't get to the body. Could be smelly for awhile.

Good luck.
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These are good tips. I like the copper bait holder too. I like sticky bait like peanut butter or cream cheese. I think the mouse sticks around a little longer increasing your chances.

The most important thing is to set the trip bar so that it requires very minimal pressure on the bait holder. When I am setting a trap, it usually takes me several tries because setting the trap down or sliding it along the floor is usually enough to trip it.
 
Midget said:
how about being nice? its not like the mouse/mice are trying to fuck with you-- they're just trying to get by.


try a hav-a-hart trap. it's this plastic canister with a trap door. put some food inside and leave it over night. when a mouse walks in, the canister tips and teh door shuts. tomorrow morning grab it and empty the mouse outside far away from your home.


i used to raise mice to feed to my californian kingsnake. mice got out all the time, and i never had a problem catching them w/ those traps.
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Although I appreciate your sentiment, if you read cougar's reponse, this little guy has been torturing me for a year plus. Spreading disease in my freaking house-I'd kill him with a hammer if I could catch him.
 
a year...? :confused:

just gass it and live with the smell for a while if nothing else works after all that time

or get an exterminator and admit defeat
 
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