How to Get Rid of Things: Forum Tag: rodents

How to Get Rid of Things: Forum Tag: rodents - Recent Topics http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ How to Get Rid of Things: Forum Tag: rodents - Recent Topics en Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:29:54 +0000 Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-734 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:07:10 +0000 Aimee 734@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ I'm in college. My room happens to be in a house that was built in 1886, so forget sealing any openings outside that may be letting mice in. I doubt it's possible, and even if it was, the school couldn't be bothered to do it. I first spotted a mouse (still don't know how many there are, I like to kid myself that there are only a few--so far as I know, out of 11 rooms, only two people have reported mice or evidence thereof) last week. At three in the morning. Immediately, every single item of food in my room went into plastic boxes (those big Rubbermaid tubs). I got rid of the trash can in my room. I vacuumed. I was told it would be a few days until the exterminator came to look, so I plugged in two of those ultrasonic pest repeller things. Those do work, by the way--but only for about two days. My room has an old fireplace that was tiled over probably decades ago. There is a hole where a bunch of said tiles are missing, right at the juncture between wall and floor. There is currently a mousetrap next to said hole, right where I've seen the damn thing dissappearing. The exterminator put three traps in my room. They're baited with peanut butter and hot cocoa mix. The problem: at least one mouse, possibly two, has been scurrying around my room all night. Going nowhere near the traps. Do I a) get them to give me enough mousetraps to completely line the walls of my room, b) obtain a VERY against-the-rules cat, c) never sleep or turn off the lights again, or d) give up on this whole school thing and join the circus instead? Anyone have any better ideas before I go completely insane? Should I be baiting the traps with something else? Do I need several dozen more? (There goes a mouse running around again...) Do any of the commercially available "mouse repellent" products work? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. The school's not going to do anything besides give us traps if they can help it, and last time I lived in housing with a really bad mouse infestation, I developed bronchitis & allergy-induced asthma. Thank you so much, Aimee **edit: I realize the chances of getting the mice out of the building are basically nil. Barring that, is there anything I can do to keep them out of my room? sausageball54 on "GETTING RID OF MICE" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-mice#post-432 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:09:54 +0000 sausageball54 432@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Good article, blogger! There are pest control companies that specialize in repairing damage to your home and "excluding" pests like mice. You can put a screened cap on your chimney, look at vents in the attic, check your dryer vent, put traps and poisonous bait in your attic. Some of the powdered products you shake out around the perimeter of your house are supposed to be safe around pets and make them rodents flee. The way they can multiply it may take a lot of determined effort on several fronts (traps, exclusion, powdered products) to make progress and frankly your average pest control company (non specialists) may not give you the kind of assistance you need to conquer the problem. If they love your captain crunch cereal, put it in the fridge or they may try to eat holes in the box in your pantry in order to have their favorite feast! P.S. I hear they have limited vision and like to run along the edges of floors, counters, etc. That may be informative as to where to put gluetraps.