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SingsCooks
Citizen
Username: Singscooks
Post Number: 57
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 8:28 pm: | 
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Help! We have mice (and I cannot stress enough how repulsed I am). We have trapped 3 in 2 days and today I saw a live one. AACCCKK. We had the exterminator here and we have traps set but is there anything or anyone that has worked particularly well for anyone?
They have all been seen/trapped in the kitchen.
We have lived here for almost 9 years and never had this problem. |
Pdg
Citizen
Username: Pdg
Post Number: 1091
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 8:44 pm: |
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poison - did your exterminator toss little bags of poison in inaccessible places? That'll get rid of them. We haven't seen mice in YEARS since doing that. |
SingsCooks
Citizen
Username: Singscooks
Post Number: 58
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 8:47 pm: |
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We have kids and a dog. Is that safe? I assume they eat the poison and then die (but where do they die and where are their bodies???). Who was your exterminator.
Signed,
the wimp who is afraid of the mouse (mice) |
Jgberkeley
Citizen
Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 4623
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 8:54 pm: |
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The poison is placed where kids and dogs can not get it.
When the mice eat it, it causes a blood problem and they bleed out. Often in the nest, but I do find them in odd places around the house. If your dog eats one, no problem. The mouse died of a blood problem, not a massive chemical problem.
Later,
George |
rssounds
Citizen
Username: Rssounds
Post Number: 391
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 12:11 am: |
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CAT |
Pdg
Citizen
Username: Pdg
Post Number: 1094
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 9:32 am: |
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I have young kids (no dog yet, but that can be a big concern w/placement of poison). I showed one of the bags to the kids, told them it was a deadly poison for the mice and that if they ate it they would have a horrible tummy-ache and might die. (These are kids who won't eat food with pepper sprinkled on it or a very large variety of vegetables, so it wasn't a hard-sell to ask them to please not eat the poison!)
The bags were tossed into our attic crawl spaces and in the basement in very difficult to access areas (although a dog COULD have gotten to those I suppose.) Never noticed a bad smell or dead mice anywhere. We recently had the basement completely emptied and painted, so there is no poison there now (expecting a puppy in Oct.) Hoping for no more mice in the Fall!
We used A-Eastern Pest Control (908) 464-5544. They are a family business and seem very knowledgeable, nice and reasonably priced. They guarantee services for a certain amount of time too.
I've (unfortunately) had to use them for carpenter bees, carpenter ants, thousands of honey bees (made a nest in a tiny opening in a void near my window sill!), those evil-looking cave crickets and the lovely mice of course!
We now DYI a lot of stuff using products found on www.bugspray.com, but it is a much nicer luxury to "call the guy!" |
Pdg
Citizen
Username: Pdg
Post Number: 1095
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 9:36 am: |
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BTW, it is my understanding that the bags have a poison that somehow liquifies the mouse's insides. My MIL has a bichon-frise that found a bag of the poison. They knew b/c the little white fluff ball had blue dye all over its face. They rushed the tiny dog to the vet and it survived - this happened at least 5 years ago.
They scent the poison with something that is attractive to animals, so you do have to take care when animals are freely loose in the house.
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Kibbegirl
Citizen
Username: Kibbegirl
Post Number: 665
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 2:32 pm: |
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When we had a mouse (I saw it once out of the corner of my eye but never any droppings), I called a local exterminator who is often talked about here online, and I can't remember his name, but what a great guy! He told me to get some poison blocks from Home Depot and throw them behind the stove, fridge, deep in cabinets, and under radiators. The mouse should eat that and die. If not, call him back and he'd come out. Sure enough, two days later, it was stiff and dead on my kitchen floor -- ewwww! I used TomKat poison blocks (can buy them at the grocery store) and afterwards, never saw droppings or another mouse again. |
Shanabana
Citizen
Username: Shanabana
Post Number: 848
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 12:35 am: |
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There was recently a thread where the use of cat hair (you can get some from a cat owner, as I assume you are not one) to get rid of mice was said to work wonder...worth a try. Cheaper, more humane...
PS: I have plenty of cats. Going out of town Tomorrow, so PL me if you want some hair before 4pm... |
Shannon OReilly
Citizen
Username: Soreilly
Post Number: 29
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Friday, August 4, 2006 - 7:35 pm: |
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Well- I am VERY disgusted to announce that we seem to have a little visitor in our home (please, let it be only 1). I left a bag of my son's goldfish/pretzels in my bag last night and awoke to them scattered on our floor (so grossed out- I used an entire bottle of cleaner within an hour of discovery)...anyway, I called Buckingham Pest Control and Jerry arrived within a few hours, did a thorough investigation, found most probable source of entry (dryer duct), put out traps and poison in areas where my little guy couldn't get them....and hardly charged me a thing! So happy with him!!!!! |
Soki
Citizen
Username: Soki
Post Number: 11
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, August 5, 2006 - 10:18 am: |
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I would be very careful about using poison bags is you have a dog. We have a small dog and a year ago we took our dog to spend the night with friends. They had a mouse problem and put some bags is fairly hard to reach places. Unfortunately, at some point during the night, our dog had a feast. 12 hours later there was blood coming out of both ends. A dog or cat would die the same way a mouse would, basically bleed internally. We had to rush him to an emergency vet who gave him vitamin k. He survived but this was the most horrible experience. Once a dog is poisoned, if you don't see them eating it and make them throw it up right away, their cure is out of your hands. We had to just wait and hope that he pulled through. Mouse poison is eaten for a reason. It's tasty and tempting. I don't have an alternative if you have a mouse issue but don't underestimate the danger and level of caution you need to take if you have a pet. After what my dog went through I think I would opt for the good old mouse trap. |
S.L.K. 2.0
Citizen
Username: Scrotisloknows
Post Number: 1839
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, August 5, 2006 - 6:51 pm: |
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we just took a mouse out via gluetraps. we tried every method available (minus poison)to know avail. this critter was smart but the glue worked within hours. i tried to get him off outside but i would of torn him in half. so into a plastic bag and garbage can he went. gluetraps are no joke and cheaper than an exterminator. just put some peanut butter in the middle and you are guaranteed to catch the critter(s).....
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sac
Supporter
Username: Sac
Post Number: 3661
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, August 5, 2006 - 9:09 pm: |
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The exterminator who is frequently mentioned is Jerry Buckingham and I also recommend him.
Buckingham Pest Control 973-762-6760 |
Lizziecat
Citizen
Username: Lizziecat
Post Number: 1361
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, August 5, 2006 - 10:39 pm: |
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Another disadvantage of poison is that the mouse goes off and dies someplace and you can't find the corpse. And it could start to smell.
We took out 8, that's right, eight mice last winter with glue traps and a snap trap. We had a whole mouse family. One of our MOLers, the kind and lovely LAS, told me that mice will stay away from your house if you stick some cat fur in strategic places, and she gave me fur combings from her cats. We haven't had any mice since. Looks like the fur might be working.
Mice are disgusting rodents that carry disease, and come into your house and leave their repulsive droppings everywhere. When they do so, they are fair game, and deserve to be killed. If they want to stay alive, they should stay out of our houses. |
cecilia david
Citizen
Username: Ceciliadav569
Post Number: 38
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 - 4:02 pm: |
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Give a home to a homeless cat from the Jersey ANimal coalition and you will not have mice again. Mine were out in the yard killing them over the weekend. |
doulamomma
Citizen
Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 1695
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 - 4:13 pm: |
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Don't know if this works (as I adopted a stray recently), but it has been posted on MOL that if you don't wish to have a cat but want the benefit, get some cat hair & place it where mice will smell it...
Second or third for Buckingham Pest
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Darren Say Grrrrrrrr
Citizen
Username: Darrensager
Post Number: 518
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 - 5:56 pm: |
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Mice are NASTY so that being said....
A friend of mine has the worst case of mice I've ever seen. In his apartment we'd be watching TV and the mice would run past us. At first I thought it was funny however after they started eating all the food it wasn't.
He went out and purchase a mouse trap from D-con. Its covered and easy to set. You can't catch your fingers in the trap itself unless you really try.
Anyway he purchased one of these and used peanut butter to attract the mice. From what he told me they like it a whole lot better than cheese. Turns out he caught more than 100 mice in all. It was crazy. He would set the trap, walk away, and you'd hear "pop" the trap getting sprung with a new dead mouse in it. I can't tell you how well this trap works.
Here's a picture of it. You never touch the mouse with it.
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