Mouse (and other Pest) Wars

[WolFish]

This is not ghost mouse, and I am not hearing or seeing things. I caught two of them trying to get into my backpack at the same time. This in spite of a dousing with a reeky men's cologne. Peppermint does not deter them - they ate the peppermint stick I left out and they chewed the peppermint tea bag.

I caught one on video. Tried to get them both but they stayed behind things after that.

The little bastards are following me - they made noise in my room all night and now I am down in my office and they are here making noise. Two fat, sleek mice. At least one will be dead within the week because I have one snap trap left and a nice hunk of snack bar as bait. The bucket trap is still untouched.

For the rest I am buying ramp traps and putting glue boards inside. I think we caught one or two with glue boards so I might add some of those in the areas too small for a trap.
If the squeaking means kids, then this is mom and dad and the kids are going to be orphans very soon.

And just FYI we could call the landlord but that would precipitate a visit from the handyman who probably is the only thing worse than the mice. He smells, he goes into off limits areas and we are pretty sure that once when we were away he made himself at home here - we found food missing. We had "visits" during the week as well; those stopped when we installed a camera pointing at the door.

['andersom']

Peppermint works, till the mice get used to it.

["couldbecousin"]

  Go forth, and wreak thine vengeance! 

["couldbecousin"]

Peppermint works, till the mice get used to it.

I hope they don't get used to the Lysol.  I hope the ammonia has them pissing their little pantaloons! 

['andersom']

Peppermint works, till the mice get used to it.

I hope they don't get used to the Lysol.  I hope the ammonia has them pissing their little pantaloons! 

In the end they get used to anything apart from traps that kill. They get immune to poison too.

["couldbecousin"]

Peppermint works, till the mice get used to it.

I hope they don't get used to the Lysol.  I hope the ammonia has them pissing their little pantaloons! 

In the end they get used to anything apart from traps that kill. They get immune to poison too.

  They're so adaptable, they're like cockroaches. 

['andersom']

Peppermint works, till the mice get used to it.

I hope they don't get used to the Lysol.  I hope the ammonia has them pissing their little pantaloons! 

In the end they get used to anything apart from traps that kill. They get immune to poison too.

  They're so adaptable, they're like cockroaches. 

Furry fierce cockroaches.




One day, cockroaches and mice may swap DNA to make themselves even stronger.

["couldbecousin"]

  If mice really want to increase their survival odds, they need to grow fur on their feet and tails.
  I'm all the more hostile toward them because of their little rubbery tails and sticky little feet. 

[Queen Victoria]

I had mice when I was a teenager.  The house mouse kind, not white rat.   They were kept in a covered aquarium.  I really enjoyed them.

['andersom']

I had mice when I was a teenager.  The house mouse kind, not white rat.   They were kept in a covered aquarium.  I really enjoyed them.

Like that they are really cute. But finding evidence that mice have been under your bed covers, maybe even while you were sleeping, is a different thing.

["couldbecousin"]

I had mice when I was a teenager.  The house mouse kind, not white rat.   They were kept in a covered aquarium.  I really enjoyed them.

  My former landlady had a few pet rats, and she had a mouse (deermouse I think) in a tank
  in the bathroom.  I wasn't aware at that time of the germs mice can carry, so I didn't mind. 

[Queen Victoria]

I had mice when I was a teenager.  The house mouse kind, not white rat.   They were kept in a covered aquarium.  I really enjoyed them.

Like that they are really cute. But finding evidence that mice have been under your bed covers, maybe even while you were sleeping, is a different thing.

Agreed.  When the houses behind us were torn down we had a mouse or two (and babies) for a while until we exterminated them.

['andersom']

I had mice when I was a teenager.  The house mouse kind, not white rat.   They were kept in a covered aquarium.  I really enjoyed them.

  My former landlady had a few pet rats, and she had a mouse (deermouse I think) in a tank
  in the bathroom.  I wasn't aware at that time of the germs mice can carry, so I didn't mind. 

Pet mice are probably less likely to carry nasty germs, because they don't have to go through all kinds of dirt to get to their food.

["couldbecousin"]

I had mice when I was a teenager.  The house mouse kind, not white rat.   They were kept in a covered aquarium.  I really enjoyed them.

Like that they are really cute. But finding evidence that mice have been under your bed covers, maybe even while you were sleeping, is a different thing.

  If I ever thought a mouse had been in my bed while I was sleeping ...    

[WolFish]

I had mice when I was a teenager.  The house mouse kind, not white rat.   They were kept in a covered aquarium.  I really enjoyed them.

Like that they are really cute. But finding evidence that mice have been under your bed covers, maybe even while you were sleeping, is a different thing.

  If I ever thought a mouse had been in my bed while I was sleeping ...    

Ours have been. That's really what decided it for me, finding evidence on waking up in the morning. Apparently they could be carrying at least one virus and or bacteria that make people really sick, and my immune systems is impaired.  It's called hantavirus and can cause severe upper respiratory distress. I have asthma in the spring, and that's coming so I don't want to take chances on anything that might exacerbate things.

I set the last snap trap today. Hoping to reduce the problem. Ordering a multiple trap and some other kinds from Amazon. Hopefully something will work.