Me and My Designer Mouse

PickyPicky3 · ‎10-22-2018

I have had a mouse with unique fur coloring in my house for three months. It was still a baby when I first saw it; now it's full grown. He/she has dark camel-colored background fur with dark brown and black markings. Quite striking! I learned on line that tri-color mice are bred for sale as pets.

I've used various traps, but this mouse won't be caught. I've never seen any droppings or signs of anything being chewed. We usually see each other around 10:00 pm.

I don't want to call an exterminator for one friendly high class mouse. Maybe I should put out brie and crackers? I don't have pets.

Any ideas?

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@PickyPicky3 I once had a mouse problem when I lived in a townhouse in Houston. I caught about 15 of them in traps and at least half were white. Obviously somebody's pet had escaped and was living the high life. I wasn't as hospitable as you.

I hate to tell you this but there's never just one.

New Mexico☀️Land Of Enchantment

J Town Girl · ‎06-13-2011

Why don't you use a trap that catches the little guy alive and then release him away from your home.

I can't bear the thought of killing anything. I once caught a mouse with a live trap and took him /her to a local park. When I opened the trap door the mouse came out and for just a second he looked at me, and then he ran into the woods.

While I have no idea of how his life went after I released him, I just knew that I couldn't be the one to end it.

gidgetgh · ‎03-09-2010

Ok, I'll be the one. I can be the one to end it. I don't want them living with me, for 3 minutes, let alone 3 months. They can carry illness and they don't belong in my living space. The thought makes me get chills. I would never sleep.

Call an exterminator Monday morning.

Why is it, when I have a 50/50 guess at something, I'm always 100% wrong?

eddyandme · ‎09-24-2011

I had an exterminator after a contractor pulled out tons of trees next to my property to put in two hundred houses!!! Eddy traced ther entry - around where the pipe is for the heating oil to go in.

Found out: 1) @Kachina624 is right. There never is only one!

2) they really don't necessarily seek cheese; assume crackers, etc

would be fine - if you want to sustain them - and they will multiply!

3) exterminators don't kill them: they just put down food traps and

the mice eat that stuff, get very thirsty and vacate the premises

in search of water. No harm done.

I suggest if you want to keep them, go to a pet store who can give you the proper food and 'housing' for them. If you let them roam free, you'll probably land up with a ton of mice.

Sweetbay magnolia · ‎04-14-2013

Quick and painless, whatever you choose.

I hate setting traps, myself - I'm always afraid I'll lose a finger - but they are effective.

Cogito ergo sum

Witchy Woman · ‎03-15-2010

@PickyPicky3

As another poster suggested, get a humane trap (I got mine on Amazon), and put peanut butter in it.

You might want to set up several and check them often.

I've had great luck with the humane traps and cannot stand the idea of killing a mouse.

Bri369 · ‎11-03-2018

I have a pest service every 3 months as a preventative measure. I do not share my home with rodents. We had some in the garage and it was taken care of quickly before they caused any damage or got into the house. I feel no regret or remorse

eddyandme · ‎09-24-2011

@J Town Girl wrote:
Why don't you use a trap that catches the little guy alive and then release him away from your home.

I can't bear the thought of killing anything. I once caught a mouse with a live trap and took him /her to a local park. When I opened the trap door the mouse came out and for just a second looked at me and then he ran into the woods.

While I have no idea of how his life went after I released him, I just knew that I couldn't be the one to end it.

@J Town Girl, I've tried those traps. I'd walk the mouse back into the woods and let it out; then, went way down the street to let it out. Although the mice couldn't eat the cracker left in the trap, they kept coming back!! I kept leaving traps, etc. The last time I tried the trap thing, walked into the woods to release it, the mouse did not want to leave!!!!! I had to hold the trap up and open, tap the other end, until it fell out and ran off. Thnik they thought it was some kind of game!