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Rodent In The House

chiclet — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:12:54 GMT

We have an open candy dish with hersheys dark chocolate kisses. My husband noticed purple crumbled foil arond the cabinet the candy dish is on. He pulled out the cabinet and it was full of empty hershey kisses wrappers. Then I went into my purse and saw more shredded fold wrappers for the kisses since I had a few in my purse. Also the kisses were in the cabinet in zip lock bag and they got into those. Seems all they want is herscheys dark chocolate. I am ready to pack up and move. We bought some traps and rat killer. I am so grossed out that a rodent was in my purse.

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Stormygirl — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:19:25 GMT

@chiclet ACKKK! I know the joys of rural living and am surprised I havent had any li furry visitations yet LOL. A friend had them and she used peppermind soaked cotton balls to drive them away!

Do you have pets? Years ago we had dog food bag in laundry room and noticed an odor. The mice had eaten the dog food and dragged kibble into the insulation of water heater!!! Ughhh had to replace water heater and all.

Those crafty mice will get into anything and squeeze into small spaces. Even if you move will be same. Just look up (google) natural deterrents for mice. Hugs xxxxxxxxxx Stormy

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maximillian — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:19:31 GMT

Your post leaves me with such mixed feelings. I guess I wouldn't like that to happen to me either. Honestly though, we live in a housing development that was formerly farm lands. I see deer, bear, possum, rabbits, raccoons, chipmunks, squirrels and skunks. They get hit by cars. They get killed by neighbors with guns. They get poisoned. It makes me very sad. I keep telling my husband: "They were here FIRST. We are taking their territory.:.

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blackhole99 — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:24:29 GMT

Get a cat, if they don't catch the mice they will certainly let you know one is in the house. I had a very prissy female cat who knocked a bat out of the air and killed it in our house. My male cat will try to bring the mice he gets outside into the house so he can finish the job. LOL It's really best to find out where the mice are entering your home and seal that up.

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Stormygirl — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:25:25 GMT

@maximillian so true....so true. Is like the Indian Removal Act but this time is critters who have always lived in a territory but now find themselves displaced. aka Critter Removal Act. Human encroachment makes me sad as I keep most of my 11 acres natural habitat. I am sure some day they will plow it down and make a Walmart here. Sigh.

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2blonde — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:30:50 GMT

@chiclet That is kind of creepy. I've had mice in my basement that I used to catch with traps (never got upstairs). Since I got my newest cat (Al), no more mice problems. He LOVES them. He'll wait for them for hours, then.....gotcha! With all that chocolate, the mice must be getting pretty fat. Maybe you should get a cat, or I could send Al over for a couple days. In the meantime, if you have any metal containers, that's the only way I know to keep them out.......they can smell food a mile away!

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Carmie — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:41:51 GMT

Rodents are everywhere and now that it’s getting colder, they are coming inside.

Your rodent has good taste. Dark chocolate is the best. You might want to keep everything in containers that are chew proof and look to see how that could be getting in

often, it’s a very, vary small opening at the house base or where wire or plumbing is coming in. A can of that spray foam insulation will keep them out.

A nutty story: when I was in high school, my younger sister had a short term friendship with a girl who’s father was a doctor. She lived in a beautiful home, had nice clothing, etc. and she was better than thou. Really spoiled and not nice in an uppity way.

This girl spent a Saturday in our home and my sister put a pizza in the oven for lunch. Somehow a mouse was in the oven and no one knew it until this awful smell was detected. My sister had baked the mouse along with the pizza. We had to throw the pizza and the mouse away.

My sister was so embarrassed and that “ friend” was never in our home again.

Those critters can get into everything and the most inopportune time.

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dex — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:45:58 GMT

@chiclet You win gross story of the week.I couldn't sleep at night wondering if they would get in my bed.You need a cat or two right away. Once when my DH and I went camping I heard scratching sounds in the tent.I woke him up to tell him and he said go to sleep it's just the wind....so I did.A few minutes later I awoke to him screaming that something ran across his face.I said in his same tone...go to sleep it's just the wind.Well we got out the falshlight and sure enough there was a mouse in the tent and later we heard others crawling around on our tent...they were looking to join us I am certain.Bought a cabin with friends after that.

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2blonde — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:49:56 GMT

@dex @chiclet ROFL! That's a good one!

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maximillian — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:56:00 GMT

Cats are natural predators. I like that idea. We had a dog once, a Norwegian Elkhound, that could hear mice scratching in a wall. I believe they were in our basement, trying to come up through the walls. We had a beautiful tortoiseshell cat that would actually catch mice in our kitchen. Again, they came up through the walls from the basement. It's Mother Nature. I know it can be a bit creepy, but it's the natural world. I am more afraid of human beings than I am of animals. As of this point in time, animals don't mow people down with assault rifles.

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mistriTsquirrel — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 22:48:11 GMT

Geez...

I'm sorry I went into your purse and ate your chocolate. I'll buy you a new bag.

You didn't have to start a thread about it.

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sabatini — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 23:00:35 GMT

Cute pic, @mistriTsquirrel!

BTW, have you seen this one? LOL!

OP, so sorry about your rodent problem!

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mistriTsquirrel — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 23:23:18 GMT

@sabatini I'm not much of a material squirrel, but I do love that scarf and handbag.

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jaxs mom — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 23:26:53 GMT

We're in a rural area and even though we have seven cats, mice still come in my house occasionally. I know they're in the house because are camping the area where they're hiding. Dh caught one a week or so ago and put it outside. I caught one that the cats had pinned down but was still alive and put it outside but it didn't survive as dh found it out there later. It doesn't gross me out or anything. I do wonder what the heck these mice are thinking though.

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MalteseMomma — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 00:48:00 GMT

@dex wrote:
@chiclet You win gross story of the week.I couldn't sleep at night wondering if they would get in my bed.You need a cat or two right away. Once when my DH and I went camping I heard scratching sounds in the tent.I woke him up to tell him and he said go to sleep it's just the wind....so I did.A few minutes later I awoke to him screaming that something ran across his face.I said in his same tone...go to sleep it's just the wind.Well we got out the falshlight and sure enough there was a mouse in the tent and later we heard others crawling around on our tent...they were looking to join us I am certain.Bought a cabin with friends after that.

@dex / @chiclet

Your stories remind me of my honeymoon in the Pocono's. We had a mouse in our cabin.I sat up all night watching it eat the cookies I had thrown ito the waste basket!

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Eileen in Virginia — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 01:23:22 GMT

I worked for the Federal government in DC. Although everyone knows vermin are a problem there, I didn’t have any firsthand knowledge of them until a mouse ran across my foot while I was sitting at my desk meeting with a coworker. We both screamed and some of the men in the office ran over to see what was wrong (I can laugh about it now). It turned out that someone had left a bag of Hershey’s kisses in a nearby cubicle and the mice were going to town on them. Also, an executive in the office above mine was leaving plates of cookies open on a table in his office - again, mouse picnic. Seriously, what were they thinking??? The mice were using the pipes between floors to go from the cookies, through my office to the Hershey’s kisses. Anyway, Building Services put glue traps in my office to catch them. This was effective, but I had to watch the traps so they could remove the cadavers before they started to smell. I agree with those who recommended that you get a cat. They’re effective and they dispose of the remains.

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SharkE — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 01:31:53 GMT

Sounds like Mama June and Boo Boo stories

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Fiero Woman — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 01:45:47 GMT

Loving the pictures of the squirrels. Reminds me of my rescues that have been released. However, I do have two pet flying squirrels that are in a huge cage in my house. They are wonderful, so much fun to watch and very social.

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Lapdog — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 01:57:35 GMT

@Stormygirl So glad to see you are back!

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Lapdog — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 02:04:17 GMT

I installed those plug in anti-bug rodent things awhile back from HSN but, they are not everywhere.

So, Monday at 3 am I awoke to hear gnawing on my nightstand 2 feet from my face. I have peanut butter crackers in a ziplock to take a pill in the am.

It took 3 times of me turning on the light and shaking things before I found a sealed container to stash them in.

They poop everywhere!!!!!!!