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Post by movieliker on Dec 14, 2022 21:28:39 GMT 1
I've been living in my apartment for over 40 years. Twice I've had mice. Once had rats.
What did you do if you had rodents in your home?
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Dec 14, 2022 22:01:46 GMT 1
When I was a kid we would occasionally get a mouse in the house. Good old fashioned mouse trap with peanut butter as bait. They will get away with it a couple of times but sooner or later they get careless.
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Post by movieliker on Dec 15, 2022 0:34:40 GMT 1
I live in an apartment building. So, I can turn to my landlord.
But, I had my sister come over. She has her own construction business. She brought wood, a table saw, and steel wool. She filled in all the holes on top of my hot water heater with custom fitted wood. And left a bag of steel wool. She told me to fill in the little holes with the steel wool.
So, I emptied the cabinets under the kitchen and bathroom sinks. Climbed under with a screwdriver, a flashlight and the steel wool. And screwed in the steel wool into the holes around where the pipes go in and out.
I also laid down on the kitchen floor, and stuffed the holes and seams under the cabinets. (My building is old.)
Last but not least, I bought sheet metal and sheet metal sheers and stuck it behind my water heater.
I still have mice. I think they are getting in behind my oven/stove. One day I'll pull that out and look.
But just getting rid of the clutter, and not leaving out food has cut down a lot on mouse traffic. (I now stick all my food in the refrigerator, the microwave, or hard plastic containers.)
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Post by AQUA CAT! on Dec 15, 2022 3:03:15 GMT 1
We have them right now. I started with Muffy. She died eventually, but then it seemed we got an infestation. Maybe Muffy was pregnant when she was taken into our house by our cat. We have too many right now. I hate it. They're almost as bad as the raccoons in the wall. They're nowhere near as loud when they fight, scratch or fuck as raccoons are, but mice do strut around like they own the place. Now there's Rupert, Frank, Moses, Daphne, and then I lost count.
It's past the breaking point. We can't coexist anymore, so we use glue traps. We only use them when we're around though, or else they'll tear off their own limbs to escape. It's ugly. Ideally the glue traps are only out when we're around, and then if a mouse gets caught, we discover it and end them. It sucks, but at this point it's them or us. We've killed 9 since like Saturday. Who knows if Rupert's still around or if it's a lookalike.
I miss Muffy. No one likes killing them but at this point, it's a hygiene and safety issue. Nobody likes it. Nobody's happy about it. The sooner they're gone, the sooner no one has to trap and kill them. Glue traps are the key since mousetraps don't seem to work, and the mice seem to eat the poising we were putting out but where's the carcasses? Only the glue traps have provided strong, indisputable results. That's my money on the table. If you have the stomach for it, use glue traps.
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Post by movieliker on Dec 15, 2022 3:40:55 GMT 1
We have them right now. I started with Muffy. She died eventually, but then it seemed we got an infestation. Maybe Muffy was pregnant when she was taken into our house by our cat. We have too many right now. I hate it. They're almost as bad as the raccoons in the wall. They're nowhere near as loud when they fight, scratch or fuck as raccoons are, but mice do strut around like they own the place. Now there's Rupert, Frank, Moses, Daphne, and then I lost count.
It's past the breaking point. We can't coexist anymore, so we use glue traps. We only use them when we're around though, or else they'll tear off their own limbs to escape. It's ugly. Ideally the glue traps are only out when we're around, and then if a mouse gets caught, we discover it and end them. It sucks, but at this point it's them or us. We've killed 9 since like Saturday. Who knows if Rupert's still around or if it's a lookalike.
I miss Muffy. No one likes killing them but at this point, it's a hygiene and safety issue. Nobody likes it. Nobody's happy about it. The sooner they're gone, the sooner no one has to trap and kill them. Glue traps are the key since mousetraps don't seem to work, and the mice seem to eat the poising we were putting out but where's the carcasses? Only the glue traps have provided strong, indisputable results. That's my money on the table. If you have the stomach for it, use glue traps.
Supposedly mice reproduce quickly. Sounds like you have an infestation.
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Post by Merv on Dec 16, 2022 21:25:03 GMT 1
I never have but my sister has. She got an exterminator. They also have a dog that kills anything mouse-like, so that's also an option.
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