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omg mice

Pooky1 — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 23:55:50 GMT

well over a month we started seeing mice. and bought all kinds of traps poisons you name it. we caught a couple but last couple weeks we see them but nothing is catching it or them.last night one came right up to my wifes recliner and totally freaked her out so we have an exterminator coming tomorrow. and last night i went in kitchen and we can see livingroom and saw it on her recliner and then on my couch. it was totally nasty. thank god exterminator is coming tomorrow. hope everything goes well when he come tomorrow. never had an issue like this. wish us luck.

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Shelbelle — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:04:15 GMT

Pooky, you did the right thing calling an exterminator, that is the best route to take, trust me!! good luck !!

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NickNack — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:32:23 GMT

I had a mouse I couldn't get rid of a year or two ago. I called an exterminator and they were able to get rid of it. I'll never try to get rid of them again on my own. The good thing is that the poison that they put around the house in plastic containers lasts about five years. It might not last quite as long if you had a lot of mice though. They also found a tiny hole where the mouse was getting in and patched it.

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lavenderfields — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:35:56 GMT

EWWWWW!!! I hate mice! I have recently had them in my attic and my garage. They started chewing on cardboard boxes and wrapping paper. I'm buying more plastic storage bins and putting everything into them. Stocked up on the D-Con and I think they are dead in the attic now. It smells like a dead animal but I can't find any evidence.

Thankfully, we haven't seen any inside the house!

Good luck, pooky1.

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colliemom4 — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:36:38 GMT

Good luck @Pooky1. I'm sure the professionals will take care of it.

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walkingal — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:55:30 GMT

@lavenderfields I've always heard D-Con works very well. I guess it's similar to the bait stations the pest control companies use.

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walkingal — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 01:00:48 GMT

@Pooky1 I am absolutely petrified of rodents. It's good you hired profesionals. I have a pest control company come bi-monthly. They have bait stations around the outside of my house. Some months the bait stations are completely empty! They tell me their goal is to prevent the rodents from entering the house.

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Mom2Dogs — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 01:05:49 GMT

@Pooky1...back your bags and go to a hotel....I'd be freaking out, and if my husband did not want to go, I'd go alone. I despise mice.

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Peaches McPhee — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 01:12:09 GMT

We had some mice last spring, for the first time in forever. I found one smashed down flat on the top step. Pretty sure my husband stepped on it. I picked it up with a garden trowel, and it was all bloody underneath. Poor thing, I hope he went fast.

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itsmagic — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 01:29:44 GMT

We had mice in our attic and basement about 2 years ago. We caught the basement mice with traps but we could still hear them in the attic especially at night. I could hardly sleep listening to them up there. Of course my husband slept through it. 🙄. I ended up calling a pest control company. In addition to placing poison traps in the attic, he also plugged all outside entryways and set up enclosed outdoor bait stations that adhere to the outside of the house. Thank goodness we haven’t had any mice since. I highly recommend calling in the professionals.

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Carmie — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 14:49:58 GMT

We have never had mice in the house we live in now, thank goodness.

The house we moved from had a few mice every winter. We set traps with peanut butter on a small cracker and they were gone in no time.

However, one time I walked out of the kitchen and running towards me from the living room and through the dining room was a mouse. Now I am not afraid of mice, but this one startled me and I screamed.

The mouse fell over and laid there. I was afraid to walk past it for fear it would get up and crawl on me, so I yelled until my husband came down to investigate. The mouse was dead. My DH said I probably gave it a heart attack when I screamed. I don't know if that is true, but I swear the story is.

If the exterminator doesn't get rid of it, call me. I can try screaming at it.

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AmyRD71 — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 04:55:18 GMT

A tip to keep them out. Once you see one mouse in your house put mothballs outside around your house where they can come in. Every time we have used them no more mice come in and helps from having to deal with multiple mice at once.

Also try using a cheese curl on the trap. It’s not as easy to get off and they have to work to get it off increasing chances the trap will get them,

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CinNC — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:44:39 GMT

@AmyRD71 Thanks for the tip about the cheese curl. We live out in the country and get a few every year. We've had issues with them getting the food out of the traps and the traps not springing this year. The two we caught were with my more expensive Jarlsburg cheese rather than the peanut butter or plain cheddar. They are getting rather gourmet in their tastes.

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JCF — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:01:08 GMT

We have never had a huge mouse problem, but in our former house we had three. The exterminator came out each month and put out bait all around our house. The bait was safe for humans and animals if the cap of the ground container came off for any reson. We never saw anything out of the ordinary with the containers.

He told us that the mice would eat it and go back to their boro to die. No oders and in twelve years time we had three mice.

Also, I bought the Pest Repellant sensors to plug in around the house and that helped a lot.

When we sold the house I left the sensors there and bought new ones for our current house.

Now this isn't saying we won't have any, but so far so good.

We also have the same company doing the exterior treatment each month. Well worth the money.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:54:19 GMT

We live in the country and when cold weather starts they appear. not regular size mice, but deer mice, little tiny dudes. Hubby set traps near cellar door and got them. Kicker was our cat sat there and watched. She's afraid of them.

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giddy up — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 17:05:44 GMT

Have you ever tried those electronic gizmos that you plug in to outlets. They actually repel mice (at least they are helpful). I have several plugged in upstairs and downstairs. I almost never see a mouse anymore and if one does come in despite the electronics (maybe a deaf mouse?) they are caught in a standard mouse trap that I always leave up and ready (basement only). They not only repel mice they repel lots of varmints, spiders, bugs and other critters. My house is nearly void of spiders anymore since plugging them in. It even seems to help keep ants out (to an extent).

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FastDogWalker2 — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:53:44 GMT

This happened to us last fall/winter. We live next to a field and after it was harvested it seemed like the mice decided to move in! It happened up and down our block. I do think it was partly my fault because on warm days I would leave the door from our screened porch into the kitchen open so the dog could come in and out. I did not repeat this mistake this year and so far no mice. We were able to get rid of them ourselves but it was a process!

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Pooky1 — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 23:32:09 GMT

wow . your cat is even afraid of them. our dog is afraid of everything. even just a brezzee blowing will scare her. big blue bug came today to do the inspection and on tuesday they will be sending out people that deal with mice. he said yes theres evidence we have mice but not bad. he said your house is very neat and clean so that helped the price.so we got the 90 day service. he said you shouldnt need more than that because your not to bad.he said having the parrot down stairs dosnt help because bird seed atracts mice plus the wine cellar smell of wine doesnt help either. he said move the parrot to another area of the house will. help. i said if we had a cat would it help. he said no. not really. he said he has 3 cats and he gets mice sometimes.

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SunValley — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:10:45 GMT

@Pooky1 I would completely freak if I saw mice scampering around the living room looking for a comfy chair. Where there is one, there are sure to be others. Calling a professional was a good idea. Hope this gets sorted soon. Good luck.

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RedTop — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 21:03:14 GMT

@Pooky1,

We have been very satisfied with the bait stations maintained by our exterminator. Our biggest issue is rats. Having outside dogs is a draw for rats, due to dog poo and dog food. Both dogs kill the rats who come near their food, and leave them laying for us to dispose of.

We’ve always had rats on this property, due to wood piles, a granary and my brothers chicken coop, so we always have rat bait hidden in multiple places. We use bait that kills quickly and dries the mice or rats from inside out, leaving a flat hairy body. The bait in the bait stations works the same way, so even if the critter dies inside the house, there is no dead animal smell.