mice

January 12, 2004

<<<<the cats were better at search &

destroy!>>>

At least your cats distroyed.... mine just want to give the mice to me

ALIVE!! or play with the mice and let them go!! lol gotta love my kitties

though.... I just put one (Daisy Mae the wild kitten) on the floor in the

middle of this email... she tried to type howdy. (chasing my fingers on the

keyboard!)

Terri

August 1, 2004

> Does anyone know where the " human part " of remicade comes from? I

have to say the mouse part is really creeping me out that I have been

allowing mouse to be injected into me.

Yeah, I don't even like being in the same room with one! But

seriously, a lot of medicines have originated from plants and

animals--gifts from the beautiful natural world of which we are a

part.

S

October 31, 2006

Never heard of coca-cola. Do they just drop over? or do they go hide

somewhere?

Also, we use " cheap " peanut butter as it sticks to the traps better and

makes them work for it. The real peanut butter seems to slide off the

trap before it catches anything. Our cat will catch mice but he only

plays with them and bats them around the living room. We still have to

catch them.

March 24, 2007

In a message dated 3/24/2007 3:09:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, susannah2005uk@... writes:

true could be, my family do have bad habits leaving food around and thats probably one of the reason we get rodents and that needs sorting lol

Susie

Yes, there's nothing like seeing that mice have been all over the counters. Its really fun to be asleep and wake up to hear them munching one something you left out and is still within arm's reach.

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March 24, 2007

In a message dated 3/24/2007 3:09:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, susannah2005uk@... writes:

true could be, my family do have bad habits leaving food around and thats probably one of the reason we get rodents and that needs sorting lol

Susie

Yes, there's nothing like seeing that mice have been all over the counters. Its really fun to be asleep and wake up to hear them munching one something you left out and is still within arm's reach.

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March 24, 2007

true could be, my family do have bad habits leaving food around and thats probably one of the reason we get rodents and that needs sorting lol

Susie

We have trouble with mice from time to time. The first thing you should do is to try to find their food supply. That could be bird seed, animal feed, or packets in your cupboard. Once you find the food source, secure it. The mice here used to get into the bird seed, which we kept in uncovered buckets. I replaced those with containers that had hinged and gasket sealing lids. They work really well since the lid pops up and hinges up without having to fool with putting it somewhere, and the seal keeps it fresher longer. I also switched the dogs to canned food rather than dry, which took away more food for the mice.

The next thing to do is to try to find as many nests as you can. We had nests in disused cupboards near the bird seed, in old closets and other places. Pretty much anywhere that there is clutter, drawers you haven't opened for a while, etc., mice can build nests. Getting them out of the wall would be tough, but cut off the food supply and they should leave.

Then, you find out how they are getting around. Look for mouse holes along the floor and wall joints, under cabinets, around sinks, etc. Also look for gaps around pipes, between the wall and floorboards, etc. Stop those up with steel wool: mice won't chew that stuff. Check the exterior walls and around doors too. For the walls and such, you can use either steel wool or single expansion foam. You can get that in cans that you can spray very precisely with a tube. You have to use the whole tube at once because the excess in the can won't last, so find all the spots first before you start to minimize waste. You don't need the double or triple expansion variety because that stuff really swells up and makes a mess. Around doors you can used either steel wool or that foam, depending on if there are holes or gaps and how concerned about appearance you are. In the basement I used the foam, but at the kitchen door I used steel wool carefully packed into the hole so show very little. Fortunately, the front door wasn't a problem.

You'll want to leave one exit close to where the mice are living so that they can get out as the house becomes less welcoming to them. Otherwise, you'll trap them in.

If you do this and keep checking for new holes or new sign of them getting into other food sources and dealing with the problem, then you should get a handle on it.

If their food source is outside and they are just living in the warm house, follow the suggestions I have made and also call the council to help catch them. Once they seem to be gone, plug the last entrances, but remain vigilant. If you can, police up the food sources outside too, at least as much as practical.

Anyway, once you get them cleared up, keep traps out all the time in the areas that had the highest traffic of mice so that you can catch new ones soon, before they get established.

I have followed all of this for the last several years and I haven't seen any mice since. A number of traps have sat untriggered for a long time. There may be a few in the basement, but I'm not sure. If they are there, they're smart enough to leave the traps alone.

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March 24, 2007