I Hate Meeces to Pieces!!!

[johnmiic]

Ok guys enlighten me. I think I have "a" mouse. I found the droppings in an obvious place last night and saw that damn thing this-morning, ( yes, I screamed).

It doesn't seem to be eating the poison pellets because it's alive and kicking. I put out a snap trap and so far it has not gone for it. I used peanut butter as bait. Only had the trap out since this after-noon. Is it just a waiting game? How ill I know I only had one? Set another trap out after, if, it gets killed?

[jwyblejr]

The problem with those poison pellets is they don't work until the mouse drinks some water. At least that's what it says on the one I've got.

[Marvelmania]

Forget about the sticky traps. Been there and done that. Had a mouse in my downstairs this past summer. The poison pellets worked good for me but then again after the little critter dies you have to find it.

[grayhank]

Well the bad news is if you've seen one...you've probably got many. I live in an old farm house and mice are always a recurring problem. I use those little box traps, put some wheat bread in them, they go in but can't get out. Once I've caught one I just dump the little guy into the outside trash container. He goes to the dump and lives his peaceful existence there.

The problem with poisons is they die and then you get that rotting smell of mice corpse in your house. You then have to figure out where the corpse is and it could be anywhere.

Mice HATE the smell of Peppermint. Get some cotton balls and soak them in Peppermint Oil. Then you can put the cotton balls in drawers or places where you believe the mice to be.

If all else fails, get several cats!

[toys2cool]

man if there's one thing I hate or that i'm terrified of,is Mice and rats I agree with Hank if you saw 1 there's probably a lot more

[Bo8a_Fett]

Don't get a cat called Tom....he never gets the mouse

[monkey tennis]

Use a shotgun...with some cheese on the end

[Bo8a_Fett]

Whatever you plan ...remember to draw it with a white pencil on blue paper.

[monkey tennis]

And get your shotgun from Acme

[mitchedwards]

Pour some coke in a container and leave it on the floor.

Mouse drinks it and then they die.

[monkey tennis]

You could always get a Rat to kill the Mouse
then get a Cat to kill the Rat
then get a Dog to...

There was an old woman who swallowed a horse

[Bo8a_Fett]

Any plans you draw must also look like Heath Robinson inventions and should include at least 1 boot on a lever held by string...

[megocrazy]

Keep using peanut butter and set the trap against a wall in an area where you suspect it has been, and go to work. Keep the trap set for a while even after you catch one. If this is the first time you've found evidence it is probably just looking for warmth from the drastic weather change we're experiencing here in the Northeast. If it finds a steady supply of food it will stay and bring friends so keep your food in containers it can't chew through easily and catch it quick. Store chips and other soft bag or boxed foods you would keep in cabinets in a sealed totes or tupperware for the time being. They're much easier to catch when they're hungry. Use the snap traps so it kills them right there, mouse corpses can smell badly. You don't want one dying under a cabinet or refrigerator that you can't get to. I usually tie a piece of string to the trap and secure it to the floor or something as I've had two times where the mouse dragged the trap away after being caught in it and was not killed instantly. I found em like five to ten feet away from where they were set. I wouldn't say yet that there are lots of em. The cold weather may have pushed them inside. Just make sure there is no food lying around. That's the important thing. Hasta La Vista Mousey!!

[Marvelmania]

Catch it and train it like the guy did in The Green Mile

[johnmiic]

At 9:45 Est Standard time the mouse was killed in a standard snap trap set by my landlord. I collected it in a double plastic shopping bag and placed it outside for garbage pick-up tomorrow. This has been the longets 3 days of my life.