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Omg theres a mouse.....

Shorty2U — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:12:32 GMT

I woke up to a mouse at the bottom of our steps. I stepped over it. At first I thought it was the cats toy till it moved.

We have THREE CATS. The cats sit and watch the mouse roll around, walk and do NOTHING. I am fit to be tied. We never had mice, due to having cats.

I cant believe our cats are watching the mouse and doing nothing. Our 1 cat bites and scratches the vet and me (if you touch her further than her neck but she cant get a mouse!).

I called my friend and shes laughing that Im grossed out. She said spray it with some kind of poison (I cant do that if our cats bite it then they could get poisoned) Then she said smash it w a broom. I cant get myself to do it b/c Im thinking the mouse will run and hide if I miss.

I had 2 mice at my old apartment years ago, and I called the landlord at the time while standing on a chair.

I called my husband at work and he yelled you called me over a MOUSE and hung up. (I never call him at work, never ! So I couldnt believe he hung up). My husband will come home and think its nothing. Well Im sorry some people hate snakes, spiders, whatever. I am formerly a city girl and I hate mice!

Its nice to know our cats do nothing. I know this sounds dumb but I have to get ready for a Dr appt. and I cant get myself to go upstairs and get ready and go past the mouse. I know Im acting dumb but I HATE MICE!

Re: Omg theres a mouse.....

Preds — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:19:27 GMT

It's okay! I hate spiders. You're cats are being mean to you by not catching the little stinker, but then that's how cats are. They'll go after it when they are ready ... not when you want them to. LOL Take a deep breath and bound up those stairs young lady. You have clothes to get on. It will be okay when you get out of the house and hubby comes home. Maybe the cats will be bored while you are gone and will catch the little varmint. Good Luck!

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nunya — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:22:25 GMT

put a coffee can or something over it to trap it. Then, when your husband gets home, he can slide something under the can and put it outside.

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Yahooey — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:23:37 GMT

Are the cats nearby? Maybe they are stalking their prey. if it moves, they are ready to pounce on it. If the mouse is just lying there, perhaps your cats have already injured it and it can't run away. Mice don't just stay in one place. Good luck. Don't like mice or water bugs. My cat have presented me with both on occasion. Yuck.

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deepwaterdotter — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:25:44 GMT

My family had a terrier-beagle mix as a family pet. A mouse didn't stand a chance with that dog around. He would corner it and then paw at it until it just lost the will to live.

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issiestorm — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:32:16 GMT

That mouse is a lot more afraid of you than you are of it.

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nekodaisy — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:34:26 GMT

I read that as moose. I thought you were really brave to step over it and had to go back and re-read it. I think I need to update my reading glasses.

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depglass — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:35:04 GMT

My neighbors cats kill anything and everything. Nothing is as unpleasant as going over there and finding guts all over the sidewalk. Count your lucky stars.

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JustJazzmom — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:35:35 GMT

Get a snap mouse trap and smear it with peanut butter and trap the mouse.

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Shorty2U — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:39:36 GMT

Thank you for understanding. (I feel like a nut!).

I went to get a bucket thinking I can put it over the mouse. Now the mouse is up against the woodwork just sitting so I cant get the bucket around it. (I HOPE its injured from our cat but I dont know). Because earlier as I said 2 of our 3 cats were sitting there watching the mouse roll over, walk, and did nothing but watch it. I watched the whole thing w my own eyes and couldn't believe what I was seeing.

Now Im thinking where theres one mouse theres more. I have the creeps. I must go up and get ready, my husband will be home in a bit over an hour to take me to my pain Dr.

I bet my husband comes in and picks that mouse up with his bare hands! (Brrrrrr I could vomit).

And PS Im calling an exterminator. When I had the mice at my appt. (when we were dating) my husband tried to use a bate thing to trap and release and we saw a mouse walk by it. They don't work. And I picture my husband to argue w me about an exterminator. OK I love animals too, just not mice!

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Yahooey — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:46:45 GMT

If your cats are nearby, they want the mouse to move do they can chase it. It must be injured, no mouse just sits in the open. You are bigger and stronger. Yeah, I'm one to talk.

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Preds — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:47:49 GMT

Sounds like the mouse is injured or he would be getting out of there. Cats may have put a puncture wound in him. You might be able to get him under the bucket, but since you are afraid of him, I wouldn't try it. He's not trying to go anywhere so I bet he's already dying.

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Shorty2U — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:57:22 GMT

He is now at the bottom of our steps blended in to side, and the 1 cat just looks at it. (the other 2 cats are upstairs probably sleeping. I cant get over it. I MUST go get ready for my appt. I have sneakers on so I will have to bite the bullet and just go get ready. I cant believe how sick I am over a mouse. I feel like throwing up. But I cant go to the Dr like this. I must shower!

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muttmom — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:21:28 GMT

Since the poor thing hasn't scrambled away in over an hour, he's either dead or dying.

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Buck-i-Nana — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:36:25 GMT

On 8/8/2014 Shorty2U said:
Thank you for understanding. (I feel like a nut!).

I went to get a bucket thinking I can put it over the mouse. Now the mouse is up against the woodwork just sitting so I cant get the bucket around it. (I HOPE its injured from our cat but I dont know). Because earlier as I said 2 of our 3 cats were sitting there watching the mouse roll over, walk, and did nothing but watch it. I watched the whole thing w my own eyes and couldn't believe what I was seeing.

Now Im thinking where theres one mouse theres more. I have the creeps. I must go up and get ready, my husband will be home in a bit over an hour to take me to my pain Dr.

I bet my husband comes in and picks that mouse up with his bare hands! (Brrrrrr I could vomit).

And PS Im calling an exterminator. When I had the mice at my appt. (when we were dating) my husband tried to use a bate thing to trap and release and we saw a mouse walk by it. They don't work. And I picture my husband to argue w me about an exterminator. OK I love animals too, just not mice!

Please make sure the exterminator you call doesn't use those awful glue traps. Even a nuisance critter like a mouse deserves a more human death than those glue traps result in.

Not all cats are mousers. I had 18 cats at one point in time and only ONE of them was a mouser! I have a Jack Russell terrier mix who is the best mouser/small rodent killer I've ever seen.

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terrier3 — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:39:05 GMT

My first wire fox terrier was a fantastic mouser. We used to put him on a pulley type run in my mom's yard and he always managed to find (and play with) a field mouse!

Terriers are bred to kill vermin...they are just as good at it as cats, IMO.

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occasionalrain — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:39:59 GMT

For G's sake kill the poor suffering thing. No wonder women aren't taken seriously when we have ones that act like helpless children.

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Buck-i-Nana — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:44:29 GMT

On 8/8/2014 terrier3 said:
My first wire fox terrier was a fantastic mouser. We used to put him on a pulley type run in my mom's yard and he always managed to find (and play with) a field mouse!

Terriers are bred to kill vermin...they are just as good at it as cats, IMO.

Oh boy, my girl can hear the voles and she digs them up and kills them. My yard, when she was young, looked like the surface of the moon!

I think terriers are actually better than cats because they go straight for the kill instead of playing with their victim for a while and risk them getting away.

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Allegheny — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:45:05 GMT

Mice in the house aren't my favorite thing either. I had three cats, mostly all house raised and they would just think a mouse was another novelty. However, I have compassion for most living things. When I found a mouse in our bedroom, I frankly reasoned with myself, realizing I was being silly and managed to catch it in a shoebox and put it outside.

I know if you see one mouse, there are probably more, so my brother set traps in the attic and garage and took care of them so I didn't have to see the carnage.

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docsgirl — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:51:42 GMT

Many years ago we had a cat. We also had a mouse in the house. We were shocked to find that the cat and mouse developed a friendship. The mouse was adorable. I would put cheese in the cat's bowl and both of them ate out of the same bowl. When the cat would take a nap, the mouse would sit right next to him. It was the strangest but most precious relationship we ever witnessed. Our neighbors had two cats. They also had mice. The cats would sit near their litter boxes and watch the mice run back and forth. Perish the thought they should move to go after the mice. My neighbor said, "These cats eat me out house and home but refuse to work for their food." Too funny!!! docsgirl