How to Get Rid of Things: Forum Tag: mice

How to Get Rid of Things: Forum Tag: mice - Recent Posts http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ How to Get Rid of Things: Forum Tag: mice - Recent Posts en Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:21:45 +0000 karmaking on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help/page/2#post-2259 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:48:15 +0000 karmaking 2259@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Those snap traps are such a pain to set. I remember by big brother torturing me with them when I was little. I still hate them to this day. getagrip on "Getting Rid of Mice" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-mice-1#post-1978 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:44:33 +0000 getagrip 1978@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ LOL...was that a "front end alignment"..I met a young lady that does that for me..FREE after a few drinks! Just a joke people..Don't lose faith in the young uns they are only reflections of the parents. There's a lot of smart one's with drive and desire. I hope. samoya22 on "Getting Rid of Mice" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-mice-1#post-1977 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:54:44 +0000 samoya22 1977@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Doubtful. I spent an afternoon sitting next to three teenagers while I waited for an alignment. Don't expect anything great from anyone born after 1990. You'll be disappointed if you do. getagrip on "Getting Rid of Mice" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-mice-1#post-1975 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:23:25 +0000 getagrip 1975@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ " a better mouse trap" has been an inventors goal since Victorian times. Maybe this generation will come up with something..maybe.. samoya22 on "Getting Rid of Mice" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-mice-1#post-1971 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:21:46 +0000 samoya22 1971@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ 15 mice? Wow. What I wouldn't give for a position at Victor, thinking up insanely genius devices for catching mice... getagrip on "Getting Rid of Mice" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-mice-1#post-1964 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:29:36 +0000 getagrip 1964@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ There are several "live " traps made for mice. Victor makes a unit ( called a tin cat) that has a one way door and can hold up to 15 mice. Another brand is called Ketch-All. Dana on "Getting Rid of Mice" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-mice-1#post-1961 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:23:32 +0000 Dana 1961@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ I just read the Earth Kind site and I must say I've got a line from "Judge Dredd" going through my head: "Eat recycled food! It's good for the environment, and okay for you." I wonder how much pure peppermint costs....? Dana on "Getting Rid of Mice" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-mice-1#post-1960 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:44:31 +0000 Dana 1960@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ People actually DO that? Try to slip in free advertising? Geez. 'Kay, I'm gonna look up that Earth Kind site for my ex-husband's house (he lives in this POS trailer on the Fairgrounds because he's the caretaker there; we call it the "Homeless Shelter" or "Youth Hostel" because that man is just TOO kind, and you never know who you're going to be stepping over in sleeping bags or accidentally sitting on buried in couches... no drugs involved, but sometimes... not often... some of these people are drunk... usually, they just stayed way into the night playing those Guitar Hero games or whatever, or they have nowhere else to go... and many of them call me "Mom"...... sounds like a freaking hillbilly story, I know, but we're talking about college students, who are anywhere from white, straight, black, Indian, Hispanic, gay... male or female... way outlandishly WEIRD to way NOT... super liberal tree-huggers to super-scary Christian Right). Meanwhile, mice are running around, and some of us (like my daughter Rachel) have become the "hunters" (because the three dogs are the most chickensh-- animals you ever saw, and we're not really a "cat" family), and it actually HURTS when we find them on those sticky things Glenn used to use, especially when they're still alive and trying to chew off their feet, so he doesn't use them anymore. Rachel still feels guilty, after two years, about catching a mouse and putting it in one of the empty dumpsters by the Fairgrounds shop, knowing it would die from starvation. There is no guilt involved with wolf spiders or ants or any kind wasps or hornets, though. samoya22 on "Getting Rid of Mice" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-mice-1#post-1910 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:47:11 +0000 samoya22 1910@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Keep pointing them out when you see them. Sometimes the spam filter doesn't catch it, and I don't have time to go through each post and filter them myself. I think things are slowing down because pest season is over. samoya22 on "Getting Rid of Mice" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-mice-1#post-1909 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:46:17 +0000 samoya22 1909@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Got it. :) getagrip on "Getting Rid of Mice" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-mice-1#post-1906 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:30:09 +0000 getagrip 1906@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Thank you for removing the free advertising that some people think they can just slide in this site..Oops here's a link you forgot. gotagrip on "Getting Rid of Mice" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-mice-1#post-1759 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:50:25 +0000 gotagrip 1759@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Buy some pure PEPPERMINT oil and wash the area down . Mice will leave they hate peppermint on their hands and feet it tingles. Your house will smell good, unless you smoke cigaretttes, like Allison, then your house will smell like menthols, still no mice! gene on "Getting Rid of Mice" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-mice-1#post-1750 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:49:09 +0000 gene 1750@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Hey all, we had mice in our home too... and it really sucked! I experimented with traps and poisons, but found them to be too dangerous (I have pets and little children) -- and also in humane. NOt to mention that I read the mice carry multiple diseases. I discovered a little company out of North Dakota, call Earth Kind (www.earth-kind.com) that has an all natural mouse repellent -- called the mouse pouch. YOu simply put these pouches in the areas that they populate (these pouches emit an odor that mice HATE).. we did this 4 months ago, and havent seen a mouse since... cobrapestcontrol on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help/page/2#post-1241 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:53:02 +0000 cobrapestcontrol 1241@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Hi Aimee, I'm not sure I want to touch this one because so much advice has already been given. Some good and some terrible. I certainly do not want to offend anyone. In your situation the best thing you could do is to get some steel wool and a tube of chaulking. Seal every hole you can find (I'm talking about just your room) If you can put your pinky in the hole a mouse can fit through it. Check inch by inch around the baseboards. Check all the heaterpipes, water pipes, electrical lines, around the toilet, behind funiture, Etc. Run your hand under bathroom and kitchen cabinets looking by feel any hole leading to the false bottom of the cabinets. It sounds like you have more than enough control devices to eliminate the problem in your room. Just seal off the holes and you should be ok. Good Luck Rob Sullivan Cobra Pest Control <a href="http://www.cobrapest.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.cobrapest.com</a> <a href="mailto:cobrapestcontrol@yahoo.com">cobrapestcontrol@yahoo.com</a> miceareeverywhere on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help/page/2#post-1202 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:20:51 +0000 miceareeverywhere 1202@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Hey Aimee maybe you can help me! I have a mouse in my room at my folks house. I still live with them and every night for an hour or so there are scratching noises in my new wardrobe. I am 99 percent sure its a mouse but I cant find the bugger. I wanna use traps but we have dogs and cat at my house. HELP Charli on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help/page/2#post-1053 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:39:25 +0000 Charli 1053@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ You might try several different styles of traps. I use a brand called D-con I think that has a covering over the trap. Some mice love this one. I have one that catches 1 mice a day on average (it's caught 4 in one day when I resit it right away each time it caught somehting). We also use Victor Electronic mousetrap. Also very effective. We use the cheap spring traps (25 cents each) and a long arm trap. If you have several kinds and don't put a huge amount of bait on them you'll find you'll catch every one of them. A cat is a good idea too (although some dogs are excellent mouse and rat killers too). Mice will chew through brillo pads, steel, you name it. My husband used to work in pest control and he said given enough time and motivation mice will chew through anything. The problem with the sticky traps is the mice die a slow and lingering death and often scream, and squeak as they die. My husband said what the pest control people do is step on the mice after they are trapped if they are still alive. Save your money on the commecial attracted that is supposed to work better then peanut butter. It doesn't work worth a crap. If you use peanut butter let it dry out a bit and use a very tiny amount. Put out as many traps as you can. There is a website that shows you how to lay them out. Just do a search on google. Good luck rosie471 on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-904 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:31:46 +0000 rosie471 904@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ For mice, the exterminator did the right thing. Placing those snap traps and baiting them with peanut butter is good. You need to have patience. You were also very right about the activity during the bathroom being repaired. However, once there are mice in the dorm, they are probably still there. The electronic things are a waste of money. Cats won't always go after them either. My mom's cats play with the live mice seldom killing them. Poisons set around might help, but then the mice eat the poison and die inside the walls creating an odor that won't go away for a few weeks. Not good. As for the stink bugs, yes, they are annoying. There is currently no known pesticide to kill them off. They are harmless, but they do smell when squished. I prefer to catch one in a tissue and flush it down the toilet. Stink bugs do seem to be in your face all the time, but they do not bite. They are actually beneficial outdoors, eating smaller bugs. See my website greatinfotips.com for other pest control ideas. Christa on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-897 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:04:32 +0000 Christa 897@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ in case you are still baiting your traps, try salami it works! getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-896 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:31:46 +0000 getagrip 896@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Stink bugs! I read somewhere that some primitive people eat those things! There you go Aimee..midnight snacks. I just don't know if you cook them first. LOL J it's not "student janitor" it's "Facility Custodian trainee" or "Facility Custodian I". You know we don't want to offend anyone on this site! samoya22 on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-882 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:08:31 +0000 samoya22 882@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Hmmm, you know, I've seen those bugs before, but I've never had much of a problem with them--at least not up here in Minnesota anyway. It looks like physical exclusion and removal are your only options for control since they're really not looking for a place to eat or breed, but to overwinter, just like lady bugs and box elder bugs. "Get your caulk out and turn on the vacuum," my old boss would say just loud enough for the ENTIRE library to hear. This was back when I was a student janitor. burndi on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-878 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:47:40 +0000 burndi 878@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Sticky traps work awesome too and if you do have any mouse accessible holes in your dorm room steel wool works the best to block them as mice will not chew through it. getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-868 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:35:33 +0000 getagrip 868@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ LOL I had a roomate just like that..His name was Phil. Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-863 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:41:28 +0000 Aimee 863@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Nope, not boxelders. Here's a link to a picture of what we've got: <a href="http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/mt/trinews/stinkbug.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/mt/trinews/stinkbug.jpg</a> samoya22 on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-854 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:58:48 +0000 samoya22 854@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Oh...boxelder bugs! Yes, we have an article on those. Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-846 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:31:24 +0000 Aimee 846@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ We've never seen roaches. Ever. This time of year we do have this one kind of bug that gets in, but all the dorms have them--someone said they're some kind of stinkbug. They're totally harmless, but incredibly stupid. They'll just keep flying into the wall/ceiling over and over again. Other than that, I've been surprised how few creepy crawlies we have, since the house is so old. getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-845 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:53:20 +0000 getagrip 845@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Excellent advice..Sanitation.how's it going with the situation. Also I was wondering about roaches in that old building.She's in a building built in the 1800's and converted into a dorm. Can you imagine the "things" that may be in the walls.? Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-824 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:59:15 +0000 Aimee 824@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Sure. Folks, if you've got mice in your dorm room, or you know other people in your dorm have mice, the most important thing you can do is make sure your food is mouseproof. Don't throw away food or food wrappers in your trashcan in your room. If they learn there's no accessible food in your room, and especially if you put traps around the edges of your room where you've seen them running, they will eventually leave you alone and go bother someone else. getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-823 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:45:21 +0000 getagrip 823@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Cool..can you keep us updated as I'm sure many people going back to school right now are having similar problems. Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-812 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:12:33 +0000 Aimee 812@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ I did, as a last resort--the traps were attracting too many ants. I don't know if it worked or not. After I caught that one mouse, we didn't see too many more. We had a brief scare--the next time I saw a mouse, it was a very small one. Very small. Didn't like that. Also didn't like the fact that I saw it run up to a trap, sniff it, and run away. Or that I later saw it halfway up the side of the box I'd stored my food in. But everyone in the building's been really good about cleaning and keeping food where mice can't get it. I think that's the biggest thing, really. Also, they finished the work in the bathroom--they replaced a lot of rotting wood, and sealed all that up. I think that also really helped. The pest control people and our maintenance guys are coming back next week to seal up as many holes as they can find, inside and outside. getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-811 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:50:02 +0000 getagrip 811@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Did you try that product? I think I'd want something to repell rater than attract the mice. I'm interested as to what the Pest Co. is doing..anything?