View Full Version : Evicted our lodger yesterday!
Gorn Captain
Oct 7, '10, 11:41 AM
It just couldn't go on.
The guy wouldn't let up!
He was constantly going through our things, eating our food.
A total lack of respect!!!!
I said to my wife: "This has got to stop. When I'm watching TV, I can hear him going through our stuff in the kitchen".
The final insult was when I discovered he had crapped in a kitchen drawer! Can you believe it?
I decided "enough was enough". That mouse had to go.....
I set a trap (the "humane" kind), and yes, I trapped the little bugger.
A little brown field mouse.
I walked over to the woods across the street, and released him.
I came home, stretched out on the couch, put on the TV, and noticed his cousin, racing through the living room and heading for the kitchen.
Anybody have a gun I can use?
HardyGirl
Oct 7, '10, 11:46 AM
Oh man, I love the way you make this sound as if it's an actual person.
"CRAPPED IN A DRAWER???" :terror:
Well, at least you were humane about it.
megoapesnut
Oct 7, '10, 12:00 PM
How exactly did you know that the other guy was his cousin?
Mikey
Oct 7, '10, 12:07 PM
Should have killed him.
If you release him he'll only come back.
probably a daddybruther
If you got one, you got more than one. You are gonna need more traps.
We just had a family move in that I evicted, tho with a bit more extreme prejudice. Took about two weeks with a peak eviction rate of 4 in one day. Grand total was 9, and there were probably more. Tho I am hoping they decided the food supply was too snappy for them and they moved to a quieter neighborhood.
Stay vigilant. You never know when they may start borrowing your socks.
starsky
Oct 7, '10, 12:14 PM
get a cat. maybe 2-3 of them.
MegoMark71
Oct 7, '10, 12:41 PM
The drawer thing was pretty funny.
mitchedwards
Oct 7, '10, 12:48 PM
Time to call a professional
http://l.yimg.com/l/im_sigg2O1CO4Q4r22M8BhA.x101Q---x626/tv/us/img/site/47/42/0000054742_20090203111003.jpg
Brazoo
Oct 7, '10, 1:10 PM
If you've got 2 you could have dozens.
You need those wooden old fashion mousetraps that snap them in the head - and if you don't have a pet you need poison pellets.
Think NAM MAN!!!!!! THIS IS YOUR NAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time to call a professional
http://l.yimg.com/l/im_sigg2O1CO4Q4r22M8BhA.x101Q---x626/tv/us/img/site/47/42/0000054742_20090203111003.jpg
Is he still on TV ?
mitchedwards
Oct 7, '10, 1:11 PM
Is he still on TV ?
Yeah its my new favorite show.
I haven't seen it for a while -- thought maybe they cancelled it.
SUP-Ronin
Oct 7, '10, 2:05 PM
I would never recommend poison. They go off someplace in you walls and die, then stink and rot for a few days, then breed who knows what all molds and decomp buggies.
Use the old fashioned snap traps with peanut butter on them. As soon as you start catching smaller ones you know you are beginning to win, as the young are venturing out looking for food, since monny and daddy didn't come home.
I am not some viscious killer, and I generally have a soft spot for critters, but after numerous battles with these pesky and determined guys, I find that total war is the most effective methodology if you really want to get rid of them. And there are always more than 1.
johnmiic
Oct 7, '10, 2:37 PM
I have no sympathy for pestilence. Kill, kill, kill I say. They pushed me over the edge when they knocked down my Mego Dr. McCoy and pizzed on him. After that it was snap-trap-a-palooza for the meeces! I caught 2 and no others. Couldn't believe 2 mice got so obnoxious. I was afraid it was a rat but nope. 2 mice.
Hector
Oct 7, '10, 2:45 PM
What is this PC humane crap?
Man, we don't even want to kill flies and mosquitoes nowadays, lol.
Bloody PETA...it's all their fault... :smiley1:
SQUASH THAT BLOODY DISGUSTING THING!!!
:smiley1: :smiley1: :smiley1:
Hector
Oct 7, '10, 2:48 PM
get a cat. maybe 2-3 of them.
More pests?
I have tons of stray tomcats peeing and pooing all over my yard...I want to assassinate every single one of them...
:wall: :7: :cry: :smiley1:
Oh man, I love the way you make this sound as if it's an actual person.
"CRAPPED IN A DRAWER???" :terror:
Well, at least you were humane about it.
lol, me to! That would make do a lot more than draw a line. :yes:
Oh man, I love the way you make this sound as if it's an actual person.
"CRAPPED IN A DRAWER???" :terror:
Well, at least you were humane about it.
Yeah, up till here I thought it was a person too :smiley1:
vintage spideyfan
Oct 7, '10, 4:50 PM
Stay vigilant. You never know when they may start borrowing your socks.
HA!!!!!!!!!:grin::grin:
Cute mice (and rats) killed almost half of Europe at one time.
Kill them on site.
Duncan
Oct 7, '10, 6:33 PM
Use the old fashioned snap traps with peanut butter on them.
So, I have meeses out in my garage. I recently set 4 of these traps w/ peanut butter, and damn if the little bastages didn't lick 'em clean without setting off a single one. :7:
fallensaviour
Oct 7, '10, 7:42 PM
I would never recommend poison. They go off someplace in you walls and die, then stink and rot for a few days, then breed who knows what all molds and decomp buggies.
Use the old fashioned snap traps with peanut butter on them. As soon as you start catching smaller ones you know you are beginning to win, as the young are venturing out looking for food, since monny and daddy didn't come home.
I am not some viscious killer, and I generally have a soft spot for critters, but after numerous battles with these pesky and determined guys, I find that total war is the most effective methodology if you really want to get rid of them. And there are always more than 1.
I couldn't agree more I have battled these vermin for years across many provinces I've tried to be humane but in the end snap trap and peanut butter is what it boils down to.
Kill,kill,kill...
Get a cat that's as humane as I would get now.Mother nature knows what to do.
They spread disease and are filthy little buggers.
fallensaviour
Oct 7, '10, 7:44 PM
So, I have meeses out in my garage. I recently set 4 of these traps w/ peanut butter, and damn if the little bastages didn't lick 'em clean without setting off a single one. :7:
Try putting a wire or paper in the end of the trap and cover with peanut butter that usually ends that trick real quick.
I had that problem once.Only once. :wink_y:
steelcouch
Oct 7, '10, 8:11 PM
I am opposite of your situation. My neighbor three houses down has like twenty cats and they all come to my yard for some reason. Some of them mill under the house. We have no mice. Now have to figure out how to get rid of the cats.
saildog
Oct 7, '10, 8:30 PM
We have no mice. Now have to figure out how to get rid of the cats.
A dog, then a goat, then a horse....don't know what would come after that.:smiley1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_xO2aN_IA&feature=related
Gorn Captain
Oct 8, '10, 4:23 AM
I ruled out poison, because:
A. It's a terrible way to die, they bleed to death on the inside
B. I have a Jack Russell (retired mouse catcher), who would eat dying mice (RIP, doggie)...
I ruled out those "snap traps", because I'm a big softie. If the mouse were still alive, I'd probably nurse it back to health.
Which leaves the little cages with a treat on the inside.
I've caught two now, but I think they're getting smarter....
I can always beam them to a Klingon ship, though....
Gorn Captain
Oct 8, '10, 4:29 AM
How exactly did you know that the other guy was his cousin?
When he came for a drink, my lazy Jack Russell just stopped him and said: "Let's see some ID first, mister!"
Sandman9580
Oct 8, '10, 10:03 PM
If the mouse were still alive, I'd probably nurse it back to health.
:smiley1:
I had a mouse problem a few years ago. They had gotten into the food cupboards :yuk: and I decided snap traps were the way to go. I felt a little bit guilty but rationalized it by thinking it would be quick and painless. One morning I was in the kitchen, about to rush out the door to a doctor's appointment, and I heard squeaking from the trap-loaded cupboard. I thought, "That mouse is walking through a minefield", and left the house.
I came back maybe an hour and a half later, and heard the exact same squeaking coming from the cupboard. I opened the cupboard door, and right in front of me there was a little mouse, with its little foot caught in the trap, and the trap was upside-down, and the mouse was dangling over the edge of the shelf. He'd been trapped in the space between the shelf and the cupboard door for who-knows-how-long. I was horrified, and immediately went into pre-adolescent girl mode, blurting out something like "Oh no! Did you get your foot trapped Mr. Mousy?!?" I grabbed a plastic grocery bag, threw on a pair of gloves, put him in the bag and went to the backyard. I carefully lifted the wire bar, and the little guy scurried away through the grass... dragging his flattened, lifeless leg behind him.
Well, I'm pretty far from being a vegan, but torturing small animals has never been high up there on my list of hobbies. Humane traps are the way to go. :yeah:
UnderdogDJLSW
Oct 8, '10, 11:23 PM
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Duncan
Oct 8, '10, 11:34 PM
You are not in the U.S. so no worries, but for everyone over on this side of the pond. Here's something to know about ;) Homepage | CDC Hantaviruses (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hps/index.htm)
Yeah, stuff like that is why I'm willing to use poison, though I don't feel good about it.
Here's something that struck me as ironic: when I went to the grocery looking for mouse traps & poison, I found those products on their 'seasonal' aisle. So...at this time of year, they keep deadly poison just down the aisle from Halloween candy. :no: WTH?
UnderdogDJLSW
Oct 8, '10, 11:47 PM
So...at this time of year, they keep deadly poison just down the aisle from Halloween candy. WTH?
Yeah, I've seen that before, too. Like the damage from the rodents themselves, just make sure everything is safely sealed before you eat it. But as someone else mentioned, I wouldn't use poison because you do not want them expiring within your walls.
Gorn Captain
Oct 9, '10, 9:00 AM
Yeah, the little buggers are inside the walls (I can hear them scurrying across the ceiling). Don't want a bunch of decomposing animals in my house, and you also run the risk of poisoning your own pets (ad the neighbor's cat).
A friend gave us this electronic device that emits a low hum. The sound supposedly drives small animals nuts. It looks like a little hifi speaker.
Then again, maybe these are death metal mice, and I'll see them headbanging in front of the speaker......:baby02::music-smiley-007:
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