Mouse (or mice) in my kitchen!!

cheflady wrote: I'm telling you guys - since I put out the pepperming oil Q-tips - NO SIGN WHATSOEVER!!!

And the kitchen smells terrific!!

cool - refresh them often
you can thank me with a box of homemade girl scout cookies, since you have the peppermint oil out . . .

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/001370.html

laura wrote: Everyone says the ultrasonic thingabobs don't work, but they seem to for me. I had mice in my old place, and two of my cats caught one each, but after I got one of those boxes they seemed to pack their bags and stay away.

A few nights ago I heard something scratching and crawling in my ceiling, I plugged in a repeller and all's been quiet. I think they're worth trying ... could help, and can't hurt (unless you've got a pet hamster!).

They also work as excellent elephant repellers. I bet you haven't had any of those since you plugged it in either! :twisted: :P :twisted:

Subject: Mice

The answer depends on your tolerance levels.

I had mice on my apartment around two years ago. A quick solution was found: Loads of glue traps strategically placed. The only problem was the disposal. I hated the idea of having the rodents die a slow death. The modus operandi I devised was to pur the trap in a black trash bag, take it outside and kill the animal with a big cement slab. I catched, killed and disposed of nine in five days.

Six months ago they appeared again. This time, for personal reasons, I could not use the glue traps and had to attemot to catch them first with humane traps. Big waste of money and effort. Not even one fell for them. The mice were becoming bolder and bolder. Disgusting. Poison was the only option left. However, I advise against it: They died beneath the floorboards. The apartment was inhabitable for almost two weeks.

Summary: Glue traps are the best but only if you can deal with the aftermath.

pitu wrote: ratonitos, si
cucarachas, no
homophobia, no también
:evil:
(cuáles era que el comentario pinche de mcgreevy y librerías? )

ay!! mujer. pero no te tomes tan seria.
ensena un poquito, tu sentido de humor O:)

no leiste que en el libro de mcgreevy relato como a el le gustaba
{mientras era governador de nueva jersey}
ir a las librerias para tener sexo con hombres desconocidos? :shock:

quijibo wrote: [quote=pitu]ratonitos, si
cucarachas, no
homophobia, no también
:evil:
(cuáles era que el comentario pinche de mcgreevy y librerías? )

ay!! mujer. pero no te tomes tan seria.
ensena un poquito, tu sentido de humor O:)

no leiste que en el libro de mcgreevy relato como a el le gustaba
{mientras era governador de nueva jersey}
ir a las librerias para tener sexo con hombres desconocidos? :shock:

ay dios mio!
crees que necesitaban los libros para saber que hacer? que pendejo!

erikka wrote: [quote=quijibo]oh man. peppermint oil Q tip sounds great!
i'm gonna use it even tho' i have no ratones O:)

what works for cucarachas?

boric acid powder
on a Q tip? :-s

Um, what do you do when they eat the food off the traps without setting them off? And then they avoid the glue traps, avoid the rat zapper, and won't eat the delicious poison you put out for them? Somebody help...

quijibo wrote: [quote=erikka][quote=quijibo]oh man. peppermint oil Q tip sounds great!
i'm gonna use it even tho' i have no ratones O:)

what works for cucarachas?

boric acid powder
on a Q tip? :-s

put it in the cracks and baseboards--the kind of places roaches hide. The acid disolves their nasty little exoskeletons a bit so they dehydrate and die. Just be caseful that pets don't get near the stuff...

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_019.html
http://www.geocities.com/~olelo/r-roach.html

Does anyone think dogs help keep the mice at bay as well as a cat?

peppermint oil: moderately although not completely effective
and you have to keep doing it
even when it's not working, the house smells nice

You can get it at health food stores, or probably candle/essential oil type places.

MUST be used in conjunction with not making any breakfast cereal or other mouse treats available . . .

My loves-to-hunt squirrels/birds/cats dog never showed any interest in a mouse.

yeah, our dogs would just stare as mice ran across the floor. they knew SOMETHING was there, but they couldn't quite figure it out. drove 'em nuts, though.

the cats keep mice at bay just by smelling like cats, if you're lucky. in our old building, we were the only ones without a mouse problem. the mice took a sniff and moved on.

I don't want mice.

The cat, on the other hand, does. She's been training hard on her practice rat - and my forearm - and I think she's looking to strut her stuff on the real thing. I hope for her sake one (1) and only one (1) mouse gets in the place so she get her cat on...

Subject: Re: Mouse (or mice) in my kitchen!!

cheflady wrote: Last week we saw the guy creepin on the floor. So I patched up his hole. Now he's poopin' all over the counter every night. Previously we did not see any sign of him on the counter until recently.

I'm appalled about having mice poop where I fix my sandwiches - that is totally disgusting.

Please tell me what you have done to get rid of mice (besides the obvious snap trap, which I'm getting closer to accepting as his fate) and anything else you know about mice sneaking around my kitchen at night.

:twisted:

I haven't read all of the other posts, so I'm sure that someone else has already posted this:

Get a cat.

BTW, make sure that the Mother is an established mouser. Mousers are taught to hunt as kittens.

OpossumQueen wrote:
A cat seems like the best solution but I'm allergic and really don't want a cat anyway. I do want a dog, though so I was hoping to convince the landlord that a dog might help with the problem I've had dogs but never when I had mice, so wasn't sure if they'd go after mice like they go after spiders and such.

i wonder if a dachshund would do it? they're fierce and small....

Rat Terriers might be good mousers.

I recently bought the Rat Zapper. I caught (and killed) two mice in two nights. Since then, nothing. I think they have figured out that going in this box is a bad idea after seeing what happened to their brethren.