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Jersey_Boy
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Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1000
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 10:17 pm: | 
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We've had some mysterious scratching noises. I bought mousetraps but haven't set them up anywhere. I have a dog and a 2 year old. Where can I safely put them?
I was thinking of putting one in my wife's purse, and one in her underwear drawer. But I can't decide between putting one on top of the alarm clock or inside of one of her shoes.
Any suggestions? I've got to think like a mouse...
J.B. |
Jgberkeley
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Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 4593
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 10:58 pm: |
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Mouse traps, along the walls, under stuff like a dresser.
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Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 5314
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 11:41 pm: |
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Want to borrow my cat?
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Lizziecat
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Username: Lizziecat
Post Number: 1264
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 11:43 pm: |
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Behind the refrigerator. Look for droppings and put traps where you see them. Use glue traps--they won't hurt your child or your dog. |
snowmom
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Username: Snowmom
Post Number: 14394
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 8:15 am: |
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Glue traps are fine if you're OK with hearing mouse squealings! |
CJH
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Username: Christel
Post Number: 27
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 8:19 am: |
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I agree with lizzie about looking for droppings, also check boxes of cereal or other easily chewed through containers for damage. You could also try putting traps under the kitchen sink, in cabinets, in the pantry if you have one, and possibly at the foot of the bed, under the covers, on your wife's side.
Glue traps are a safer alternative, but do be careful. They are way stickier than they seem and could be horrendous to deal with when stuck to a small hand on an active person or worse, a batch of fur (though yes, better than a steel trap and a tiny finger). The worst experience I ever had with one was when a PETA minded student in my 8th grade class protested the use of glue traps in the room by flipping one over onto the floor. Of course all that really did was transfer the super sticky substance from the trap to the floor, which is where the mouse ultimately got stuck. |
irl
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Username: Irl
Post Number: 243
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 12:57 pm: |
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I simply reach over to my mousepad and grab it. It doesn't usually give me any trouble. |
Smarty Jones
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Username: Birdstone
Post Number: 715
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 1:25 pm: |
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I've some expertise in this area, as my college house was a nightclub for Mice and Roaches....here's what I learned:
1. Peanut butter on the traps...easily the best attraction. We experimented with everything out there.
2. Under the sink caught the most, by far, of all the traps. You should be able to safely put traps there without harming 2 y/o. The mice have other ways of getting in there.
3. In the back of your corner cabinets closest to the stove.
Also, borrowing the cat is a VERY effective idea, but not sure the Dog will approve. Good luck, and happy hunting. |
catmanjac
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Username: Catmanjac
Post Number: 265
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 4:02 pm: |
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Use humane traps. They look like a small grey rectangular box. When the mouse goes inside to get the bait, the box tilts, and the door closes behind it. You can they release it into the wild and use the trap again. This trap is safe for use around children and pets because no poison or any other substance is used, and it is "childproof" as far as opening it to let the mouse out. Be sure to check the traps regularly, or the mouse will die and start to stink. |
catmanjac
Citizen
Username: Catmanjac
Post Number: 266
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 4:15 pm: |
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crabby
Citizen
Username: Crabbyappleton
Post Number: 658
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 4:19 pm: |
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release into the wild? You've got to be joking! |
Elizabeth
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Username: Momof4peepers
Post Number: 95
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 5:13 pm: |
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Mice apparently hate the smell of peppermint, so you could also tie a few sprigs together and place in areas (like your wife's shoe and handbag) where you don't WANT the mice to go. Then once you think you've got 'em, put the peppermint all over the house to detract them from coming back. |
Jenny
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Username: Jwasyliko
Post Number: 17
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 7:24 pm: |
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If you use the less humane traps, use peanut butter instead of cheese.
Also, even if it upsets you, you shouldn't disrupt or clean up their food source until after they're caught if you're trying to lure them in. |
Jersey_Boy
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Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1012
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 9:13 pm: |
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Did any of you actually read my post?
My wife and I were laughing till we cried about the places I was suggesting putting mousetraps.
That's why I married her.
J.B.
The rest of you? I don't know. |
Proud Daddy
Citizen
Username: Proud_daddy
Post Number: 29
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2006 - 9:16 pm: |
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Recipe for an Upstate Rodent swim Party
Ingredients
5 gallon bucket half full of water
empty pop can
wire hanger
peanut butter
Directions
Drill 2 small holes in the bucket 180 degrees apart from each other, preferably through the lip
Cut the long end of the hanger
run it through one hole on the bucket, lengthwise through the can and out through the other bucket hole, Make sure that the can rolls freely
Put peanut butter in a ring around the can
Turn off the lights and wait for the action
Beats Netflix on a Thursday night
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Rick B
Citizen
Username: Ruck1977
Post Number: 1118
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, June 9, 2006 - 8:35 am: |
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JB,
Don't dismiss the mouse's need to IM with his mouse buddies and download podcasts.
Turn on logging on your firewall and IM programs and iTunes.
Try some peanut butter on or near your Mac/PC. This way he can chat and eat at the same time. You might not catch him this way, just let him feel comfortable.
Then, late at night check your IM logs and try to detect a pattern in his behavior. Read the content of his chats, find out where he goes, who his buddies are, what podcasts he's downloading. Then, set up the ultimate trap.
This type of sleuthing almost always leads to capture and or death...
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