Did you know cheese isn’t really the greatest thing to put in a mouse trap? It’s too easy for the little creatures to nibble off and run.
Bacon is the answer - - raw bacon. Especially the white fatty part. It’s chewy and they have to gnaw on it in order to release it from its bounds of the mouse trap. In the meantime, while they are gnawing…..
THWAP!
Latest count: Four mice down. An unknown quantity to go. Our attached garage seems to be infested - - that is, if 4 mice equates to an infestation.
I won’t go in there anymore. What can I say? I’m just a girl.
eek!
4:48 pm on September 9th, 2004
Two words: “barn cat.”
4:59 pm on September 9th, 2004
Good words - - I may have to sic my cats on them . . my cats are only indoor cats, but technically - the attached garage is still indoors, right?
Right.
5:00 pm on September 9th, 2004
That reminds me of when I lived in NY and I was about 7 so my dad poisoned our RATS and it ended up doing nothing but making them blind. So somehow he caught a bunch and put them in a bucket of water to drown them and took us kids out so we couldnt/wouldnt watch..
We came back a few hours later and these rats were on their tippytoes with their noses peeking out of the water STILL alive. That was traumatic. I should call dad now.
5:34 pm on September 9th, 2004
wow rachel - - that story is pretty disturbing . . the thought of rats standing on tippytoes in order to breathe . . . that’s almost like a Stephen King plot! lol
I almost feel sorry for the rats . . almost.
9:18 pm on September 9th, 2004
Bacon, huh? I’ll keep that in mind.
I caught mine with peanut butter (see here), but it took him forever to get the nads to try it. For good reason, too.
10:53 pm on September 9th, 2004
yes I think the attached garage coumnts as inside Lisa. I think our cat would love the sport of catching a few mice, so maybe you should let them run free. as long as you haven’t put out any poison of course
9:47 am on September 10th, 2004
Okay — we couldn’t be polar opposites anymore if we tried — on everything. I find it so amazing!
I have to ask you what is the purpose of a mouse trap? To kill mice? Well actually no. I don’t think your goal is to “kill” mice — it is to eliminate them.
I have a trick for you. Go get a live trap. Trap the guys (they love popcorn kernels uncooked) or sunflower seeds.
Once you have the mouse, take it right outside the garage (door closed). Then release it and watch it.
WATCH WHERE IT RUNS…follow it for a minute or two…and 8/10 times, the mouse will run right back into the house (or in your case garage) — and it will show you the hole!! Then you can PLUG UP THE HOLE. That is the goal, isn’t it? If you have more than one hole, you’ll have to do it several times — also if you have more than one mouse — you’ll have to do it several times.
Mouse traps are dumb, if you ask me. They kill mice — they don’t stop them from coming back in.
When one comes - many will come. Killing them won’t stop them — but plugging the holes will…
Peace.
5:49 pm on September 10th, 2004
I know exactly how they got in, Fredette. My son has a bad habit of leaving the side door to the garage open. I’ve dealt with my son - - now I have to deal with the existing mice.
Unfortunately, my son wouldn’t go for the bacon!
lol
10:02 am on September 13th, 2004
Couldn’t you at least live-trap them then so they don’t have to die for your son’s mistake? It would teach your son to appreciate nature a little more.
Why teach him to kill? Teach respect of all living creatures : )
10:39 am on September 13th, 2004
Clearly, Fredette - it appears there is more than one way to catch a mouse, isn’t there?
Killing the mouse doesn’t tug on my heart strings, as it seems to yours. The way I figure it - - it’s one less mouse to get back in and chew things up.
9:48 am on September 15th, 2004
I see that as cold-hearted but I suppose you don’t mind sending your children off to war — to die — for your country right. They are going to enlist when they are old enough — aren’t they??
12:16 pm on September 15th, 2004
So report me to PETA, Fredette.
What my kids do when they are of age is their decision - my son does talk about the Air Force, though - he’d like to be a pilot. He also talks about college to become a history professor - - I’d be proud of him, either way.
My daughter talks about being a nurse, like her mom - - I’m trying to talk her into med. school though . . they make more money and don’t work as hard lol
Hey, thanks for asking about my kids, Fredette - - do you have any? What are they going to be when they grow up?
10:15 am on October 19th, 2004
Ths sad state of affairs of the world is related to how we treat all forms of life. If we have no mercy for an animal less than 100th our size who is only trying to live and does not know we do not like having them in our homes, how can we expect there to be peace in the world? The human species in general is one of the most vicious ever to have existed on this planet and cannot in clean conscience call itself civilized. For those that dont KILL to get rid of a mouse for example, good job, you are the first sign of humans evolution to becomming civil. But obviously we have a long way to go.
12:53 pm on October 19th, 2004
Yes, yes - - my name is Lisa and I’m a mouse killer. I’ve killed about 5 mice this year, alone.
Someone lock me up! Get me away from the general population!
3:32 pm on October 19th, 2004
Errr… Mice, last check were onmniferous, and have no problems “killing” when ever they get the chance, This guy is just an overly sentimental fool, Kill ‘em all Lisa.
12:38 pm on November 16th, 2004
I’m going through this same kind of thing now, only I started off with the live traps. Nothing caught in a week. Switched to death traps, one down in one night. I hate to kill them, but they have to go.
12:42 pm on November 16th, 2004
I’m tellin ya, Collin - bacon. Raw bacon in the simple spring traps. Our mouse problem is done
9:13 am on November 18th, 2004
I can’t believe you guys. Is there anyone here who doesn’t want to kill the mice. There is a mouse loose in my office and I don’t know what to do and I DO NOT want to kill it. Can someone please help?
9:49 am on November 18th, 2004
Have you thought about maybe getting a little thimble and a minature whip so you can teach it to do tricks???:roll:
9:52 am on November 18th, 2004
I go for peanut butter on the trap, and set it on the ledge above m comp at home so when it snaps I can easily see it when I come downstairs in the morning.
I tried letting them live and making little art thingies to see out of all the turds they left around and pieces of things they chewed up, but I guess nobody wants mouse art.
10:16 am on November 18th, 2004
ha! Astro - I have missed your wit
Mouse art ::: shaking head :::
Do you see how much crap I get in here for killing mice? I think PETA has invaded my blog!
11:10 am on November 18th, 2004
Geeze, I forgot, it’s almost Christmastime! YOu can dress them up like Santa and his reindeer and have them pull a little sleigh around the house. Sometimes the superglue doesn’t work the best to hold on the antlers, so you might have to use staples…
12:32 pm on November 18th, 2004
If I lived in Texas, rather than a housing development in California, I would target practice with my shotgun on mice. !!!
Oh, wait, I don’t have to do that … I have two cats that will play with them to death. PETA indeed. Hmph.
7:44 am on January 19th, 2005
I have a mouse in my house now. I set a trap out last night with peanut butter but he has took the bait yet. Will get more traps and try the raw bacon. Thanks.
7:28 am on May 16th, 2005
tehe I’ve never been to this site but i looked up on google how to catch a mouse without killing it and this came up… well… I agree with you:razz:killing mice is mean.. paintence is a vertue. I mean when you think about it you are putting food out for a little creature to be like yay I get to eat I havnt done that in a while!! and then it goes and eats and then gets killed.. I hope next time you guys go for food someone shoots you in the face
fuckers!!!!!
7:22 am on May 30th, 2005
Well, I just caught a mouse today. I used a glue trap, which I found at a drugstore. The trap comes with bait; when the mouse tries to get it, he gets stuck. The trap had been out only for a few hours–I guess the trick is to know where to place it. There is the option for a humane release once the mouse is caught–just add a little veggie oil to the glue and release the little sucker with a pencil. I was outside at 5:00 this morning, releasing the little creature Eek–I hope he doesn’t come back–my husband says he will because I didn’t let him go far enough from our house. Uh oh….
8:35 pm on July 12th, 2005
I have to say that I have bookmarked this page. I googled to find out how to just get rid of pest. I have been well entertained. And… it seems that all folks are represented here. I am far more likely to see these furry, scurrying little pest that think nothing of eating my baseboards to a peaceful but humane death. Sorry, but Fivel must go. At the hardware store I asked for boxes that they go into and do not come out. I am willing to give them nitrous oxide (lauging gas) as they meet there maker but truth is they must go. They have friends. And they are free loaders Good to know about the raw bacon. anything that entices them to entreaty is fine by me. But in the meantime I have had a wonderful time reading the blog.
7:46 pm on August 13th, 2005
I have 12 PET mice!!!
YOUR ALLLLL EVIL 
2:04 pm on September 4th, 2005
I was laughing so hard as I read this blog…I too, like many of you have determined that there are “mice” living among my family…I don’t know about you…but if it is not willing to pay rent…then it is going to be evicted….it knows how it came in…and can go out the same way on its’ own accord….or we will take it to court for eviction….my way…on a wooden board. The people who are trying to fight for this freeloaders protection are forgetting a very important thing….HEALTH????? There is something really nasty about these things crapping all over my house….if we “humans” did this …. we would be in big trouble…why should the mouse be any different?
~~Just my 2 cents….
1:55 pm on September 30th, 2005
yeah well killing those poor little things which have no options is just too cruel.Hope ya’ll burn to crisps in hell for destroying them, you know thois world is big enough for all of us!!:evil:
7:03 pm on October 6th, 2005
To those who don’t want to kill mice:
1) Where does your dinner come from?
2) What does every animal live off of? Other living creatures!
It’s survival of the fittest, and either I feed the mouse or it feeds off me. The way I look at it I’m protecting another living creature from being eaten by the mouse. I suppose the ones who hate killing mice are also ones that hate war at any cost. You would have let Hitler take over the world.
Just so you know, when I find my mouse I’m going to put him in a bucket and either drown him or let him starve. Haven’t decided which to do yet.
11:24 am on October 8th, 2005
A hilarious entry again
11:56 pm on November 28th, 2005
Okay, so I have real problem. My mice are smart. I want to kill them — in fact, I would love to get a blow torch and scorch them out of my home — but I can’t seem to catch them. I have glue mousetraps everywhere AND I’VE SEEN THEM RUN AROUND THE TRAPS. And I also have baited spring-loaded traps, AND THEY KEEP EATING THE BAIT WITHOUT SPRINGING THE TRAP. They even did this with Peanutbutter. I better try bacon.
Worse, I can’t find the holes. I love in a NYC tenement apartment, and there are holes everywhere I think. Especially where the pipes come in for the stove.
Help!!!
11:28 pm on December 23rd, 2005
We eliminated all crumbs and thinly wrapped foods thinking that would drive them away or into the traps. The mice just started bringing their own food from outside! What they brought was acorns. Acorns under pillows, in drawers, behind pictures in the pantry! We blamed each other thinking someone in the house was playing tricks. Finally we decided it was the mice. And they avoided the traps, well we caught one now and then, probably the visitors.Eventually we got them all. We have mice come back every few years. This year we have more than ever and we’re going through the stages again. Good to get a laugh from this blog!
6:38 pm on January 6th, 2006
Ive got a beauty of a rat in my tour coach! It must of got in from the air ventilation. It has ate half my bus and took a huge blanket I had and tried to stuff it in a hole under the brake pedal! I mean a big heavy blanket. So I set my steal super trap last night with sultanas as bait (they love them) and it went of in the night, but not only it didnt catch it but the rat broke it! and left it in pieces, and draged them to its hole but they didnt fit in! This rat must be the size of a cat. Tonight Im going for the bucket with the water trick. I hope it doesnt know how to swim. I feel its passing my traps for a theme park or something. Ive got a trip next week. Please someone give me a hint how to get the thing.
2:25 pm on January 12th, 2006
Hi Fellow mousers.
Read various sites about this. Catching and releasing may apease your consience however if you release em in an alien environment they very often die anyway so a quick broken neck is the answer.
Most effective way, use a hot glue gun or similar to secure a small piece of hard sweet or cereal onto a snap trap, I have had 100% success rate with this cos the moose has its neck right in the trap so it gets an effective death. It can not just tug the bate off or lick it off.
Good luck Tony Newcastle England
1:52 am on January 30th, 2006
so igot this mouse in my room! let me start off by saying mice are the worst thing in the world they are my biggest fear in the world and they all need to die!! they are just so gross!! so i woke up in the middle of the night it was in a bag of chi[s. so i set a trap the next night and the mouse ate 3 peices of cheese of the trap, then i got new traps put peanut butter on it and he stil ate it off, (now im pissed off) so now i got a sticky trap and a trap right by eachother. i seen the mouse run right over the sticky trap and keep goin. so then i put it in another spot. i was watchin the mouse then boom stuck on the trap i sat there and watched him and he was stuck. but alive so then the mouse is trying to get off, he got his front to legs off then i was lookin for a bat so i could kill it but i didnt have one so i got a baseball when i approached it i started to freak out then i put the baseball on it and it started to make that noise (i cant stand that noise anything to do with them i cant stand)so i let off of the baseball then he was free. the mouse is freaked out now. i havent seen him running around any more. does anyone know if those traps are posiouns? but when i catch this mouse its gettin cover in gasoline and set on fire and im gonna watch him burn alive and laugh thats how much i hate mice!!!
2:01 pm on January 30th, 2006
I’ve heard there is a thing called mouse paper, which the mouse gets stuck to. Doesn’t kill it and can be carefully removed afterwards. Can’t find it on the internet anywhere. Anyone heard of it. I’ve a place in France which is in the countryside and can confirm that once you block up all the holes, guess what. Yep no mice. Harder in my place in England with airbricks, voids under the floor and a 1930’s house that was designed especially for mice.
Interesting debate on death or no death. I’d like to have kept them alive initially, but after a while I’ve become murderous and like some SAS hit man. I’ve killed the last two myself. Suffocated one (by accident I’d caught it in a blanket), squashed the next one behind a book case.
So much for my noble early ethics.
Steve
8:32 am on February 14th, 2006
Mouse in the House. The mouse was discovered jst the other nite licking the stove in the house - to say the least i was not amused. Firstly at seeing it and then the fact that it prminently charged towards me to find cover, at which point i ran out the room shouting (or as my housemates describe it shrieking like a girl). So the landlord got some traps and set them but the little fucker jst nibbles at the bait and leaves, content that his friends have provided him with another hearty meal out of their good nature. This is jst his dillusion I WANT HIM DEAD. Problem is i could swear hes fearless, probably the panzer of all mice so he has been christened Mamixus Supermaus after a german cartoon. SO How will i kill him? Bacon sounds good but im going to glue it to the trap so the little fucked has to struggle to get it and hopefully SNAP as his spinal cord is severed and a little shriek signals his demise.
I appreciate he jst wants to survive but so do i and if the little fucker is here soon coakroaches, maggots, and rats will follow and to be honest thats intolerable.
I will report back when i have the little gits head on a platter mayb even Post a picture, this has become my temporary mission in life! I may need a hoby after this 1 dies!
11:19 pm on March 16th, 2006
omg!guys please help me out! i found out we had a mouse in our kitchen it kept on hiding under the oven,under the fridge and the dishwasher! i dont know how to get rid of it!i tried everything!I MEAN EVERYTHING!!traps,glue,poissonning food EVERYTHING!!i think this one is sooo smart!seriously does the bacon thing work?or what else!!i had enough!!
3:28 am on March 17th, 2006
Discovered there’s only two ways to get rid of mice. One is to go round all perimeters and block up holes. two Is to keep your home spotless. We have made our oven so clean you can eat off it and used aluminium (or aluminum for the americans) foil in the base so there’s never any delicious leftovers for them. The mice are then forced to leave your house or come out of hiding.
Probably not for you, but once they’re hungry they take risks and come out in search of food. that’s when you can thwack them. I’m afraid the glue paper and traps didn’t work for me either. That’s evolution - Darwin was right - although I understand this is a dangerous thing to say in some parts of the US and can lead to being shot! so I should probably say Darwin might have been right
Ste
2:02 am on May 31st, 2006
I too have been quite amused as I am reading this blog to the mouse that is running laps around my room. I have invited him to go live with Fredette, but it appears that he doesn’t like her either as he’s still in my room. I have come to the conclusion, that in order for the glue traps to work, I have to turn off my air conditioning and live in the hell like environment that he is calling his new home. I live in the south so the heat is unbearable –ya gotta have air! Anyway, back to the problem at hand.. due to the cool air - the “glue” isn’t very sticky. The room has to be warm for the glue to stay sticky enough to catch him long enough for me to “bag and tag” him in the trash. Does anyone know of some type of glue additive that won’t “cool” so he’ll stick? Duct Tape is my next option. Placed sticky side up, I’m thinking that nothing can escape it. I’ll keep you posted!
10:36 am on June 2nd, 2006
I have absolutely no problem with killing a mouse that has invaded my home!! In fact I hope to do so tonite!! Thanks for all the good tips
10:14 pm on June 4th, 2006
After a Supernatural marathon last night i heard a scratching noise from under my bed.
Looked to see what the time was - my clock had stopped 
Streaked to turn on the light and made a tentative inspection under bed. Nothing. Crept to the other side of my room to my bookcase (I read when I can’t sleep) and saw a small mouse leap from athletically from my rubbish bin into a pile of uni study notes. You too can be pleased with your resident mouse when you realise it isn’t going to chop off your head.
11:45 pm on June 9th, 2006
haha well my mouse came to a rather funny end when it crawled into the Dryer vent. Heard that little sucker trying to scratch its way out and then i decided i was going to do some laundry.. hehe hope everyone likes their mouse baked hehe…
8:41 pm on September 8th, 2006
For those of you who wish to plug the holes, you can use steel wool which will stop the little pest from coming in. They hate steelwool. Try it…You’ll like it.
Micky mouse, Stewart Littles, Speedy Gonzalez, you named them, they all are a pain in the A**. Cute, but a real pain.
Good luck mouseketeers!!
3:23 pm on September 17th, 2006
Well, Wow.. I googled how to kill mice and got this site like a pervious poster.. Wow…lol Today I went to my sweet dear grandmothers house. She said she had a small mouse problem, when i investigated I found..slightly more than just a small problem..there was over 100 mice scampering around, and she was wondering why they were starting to go into teh garage and her house… These ones were out in her yard under her garbage bin and compost pile.. So there I was with the shovel and some other spikey thing, Im a complete city boy with no killing experience.. I got me 33 and a half dead mice, in less then half an hour..I am going to try again tomorrow but there has to be a better way then 3 good thwacks with the shovel.. althou with the baby ones, if you just leave them in the middle of the alley/road, they stay there and attract cats pretty quick..I know peta will probably have something to say but I think I shall try fire tomorrow, seeing as how it is outside and that they are too fast for the pellet gun.. awesome site!
3:17 am on September 18th, 2006
i have to say entry number 32 by pfoutz is hilarious, and very true…..killing mice is protecting whoever mice kill, so it evens out, and isnt so bad….same thing he says about war, going to war to kill hitler protected the people he was going to kill…..same scenario as killing mice….were protecting our food, health, and other creatures that mice would kill….pfoutz, you are smart
8:49 pm on November 5th, 2006
WE HAVE A MOUSE IN OUR KITCHEN AND PEST CONTROL JUST CAME OUT PRIOR TO T HIS MOUSE A2 MONTHS AGO SOMEONE PLEASE HELP IM SCARED OF RATS AND MICE. RECENTLY IM FINDING RAT DROPPINGS IN OUR BED AND THATS VERY GROSS AND VERY PARONOID CAN SOME ONE HELP
4:15 pm on November 18th, 2006
There’s a fairly smart little guy somewhere in the house. The usual assortment of traps are pathetically exhibited everywhere- the kitchen, the living room, window sills, in the bottom drawer of the oven (yes he’s even been there!) etc. This is one limber sucker. My brother saw him the other night, so he devised a trap, and barraded the other openings and placed it in front of the only opening left. Somehow, he got away. We were dumbfounded. I am going to try the ramp leading up to a garbage with a peanut butter in a toilet paper roll trick tonight. This better work. He is leaving his “mark” everywhere. I might also try the hot glue gun method.
I have to say, this blog is very helpful and very humorous. Right to lifers vs. eradicators. I am for the latter. Mickey does not belong in the house.
5:31 pm on November 22nd, 2006
1:59 pm on November 28th, 2006
i have just discovered “my” mouse last night. and i was up ALL night with a broom just waiting for it to come out of hiding. the little bastard got the best of me. since i’m a college student, i’m a little messy… who am i kidding, i am messy.
i have a small room for me and my dog, and i swear that mouse has been everywhere! but now, that i’ve basically cleared out the room, he’s no where to be found. Oh. and did i mention, since my dog basically lives in my room, the mouse has been eating his dog food? YES. can you believe that. i wasnt quite sure what it was at first about his dog food being behind the desk and under the bed when he cant even get under them. but yes, i’m going out to the store now to get traps and bacon. i hope it works… and fast. i cant stand it!
ps. this site has been both useful and hilarious.
pss. to the non-believers out there: KILL THEM ALL!
12:40 am on November 29th, 2006
Listen people, I want to help you solve your problem.
Last year I put a bowl of antifreeze outside under my closed in porch where animals cannot get to, and I haven’t seen a mouse or rat inside since, also works for roaches, and damn roaches cant become immune to antifreeze, lol.
I did it after the son of a bitches had made a nest in my cars heater and screwed it up, a mechanic got it out for one hours labor charge, and they also made a nest under my hood on top of the motor, payback is a bitch.
When I was a kid I saw a dead mouse with a piece of Licorice stuck in its throat because it couldn’t swallow it and it couldn’t throw it up so it choked on it, Try this also.
Also Internet searching reveals that blue cheese dressing is (toxic!) for rodents, although I haven’t had a chance to try it.
Internet searches also state that too much peanut butter can cause a rat to choke and they cannot vomit. They lack the necessary muscles that would allow them to do so.
Lastly go to this web site and read what it says about “foods never to feed your rat.â€
http://fatratcentral.com/the-basics/diet/
I hope this will help your rodent problems.
jeff
3:19 am on November 30th, 2006
Darn mouse wont get caught. Tried cheese, peanut butter, chocolate and 7-grain crackers on the glue and snap traps but this guy is smart. However, I think I have him now becuase he’s eating the poison seeds I left out. Hoping it goes outside to die and not in my wall, but gonna risk it.
Found when I had a problem before at another place that the best thing was a glue or snap trap with a little peice of cracker with peanut butter and a chocolate chip on top. Give them a nice little meal and they should go after it. If it’s still alive in the trap drown it or club it with something. Check your traps often so you put the little creature out of it’s miseary as as soon as possible.
Looks like PETA is gone from this site so hopefully they don’t come back. If you love the mice so much then live with them or something … just don’t release them so they go in someone else’s house where they’ll be killed. And don’t waste a bunch of gas driving them out to the country to release them. They’ll die anyways out there and all you did was contribute to global warming and the war in iraq. The house mouse has to die and the only reason it’s here in the first place is becuase it’s scavenging off of people … nothing natural about it. If nobody killed mice and rats they would multiply and be a much bigger problem.
12:26 am on December 8th, 2006
wow, i have this mouse in the house and i’ve brouhgt like so many glue sheets that i cant wake aroundthe house anymore
its crazy how this mouse avoids all the mouse traps. but guess what i see that little fucker go into the living room one day and since he likes to go from the kitcen to the living quite often, i said whynot line up traps at the doorstep. so i did, and it CAUGHT HIM! but wait!!! that little sucker mangaged to get himself out of the trap and free himself. wowowowow. i dont know how he did that… well no i am going to sleep i have made traps alll around the house and i cant wait for the morning when i am going to put him in a plastic bag and just let him suficate to death or ill just step on him…. hahahahhahahaha or swing the bag around while hitting it on the walls and shit like that aahahahhahahaha TORTUREEEEEEE ahahahahaha i cant wait
alrighty now, but wait does those mouse traps with the springs, do tehy really work?
ive been using mouse gluee traps and notthing been happing.
4:49 pm on December 12th, 2006
ok, call me what you want, but I am not excited about communing with mice. I discovered one in my kitchen (I am glad because I wouldnt have known I had them) then I saw another one in the basement. I caught both of them, but I am sure there are more, theres never just one. I suggest cleaning out all of your closets and under furniture… you will find droppings in places you never though you would.. YUK!! I moved all of my food to my refrigerator to limit the food supply. I too like an earlier poster- the mice gained access through the open door in my garage.
so call me mouse killer.. I am a Christian, but I think God has and will forgive me for getting rid of disease carrying rodents.
P.S. Did u know that you shouldnt vacume up the droppings until you have sprayed disenfectent on them?
cathch em, kill em
Creeative1
AKA Mouse Killer
10:10 pm on December 13th, 2006
Uhh goodness I came upon this site when I googled how to kill mice. I just noticed about 3 days ago a horrific scratching sound……..come to find out it was a mouse. I bought some dcon and spring traps tonite, I can’t wait to see if they worked. I am begining to think this mouse is Houdini! I don’t think there is anyway to go about getting rid of mice without killing them. If you just let them go they will find their way back into your home. NOT WORTH IT……its hard enough catching the damn buggers! Good luck to all! If the peanut butter dosen’t work tonite I am resorting to the bacon or superglue!
9:09 am on December 19th, 2006
Instead of killing mice in a trap, I like feeding them to my pet snake. He loves the little guys.
12:22 pm on December 19th, 2006
i came here the same way sara (dec 13) did. tomorrow i’ll try the bacon idea. our East Village mousie (who I’ve dubbed “Roberta”) enjoys power protein powder and dried seaweed. Perhaps she’ll go for the bacon…
thanks for the idea. (and good for you, lisa — kill those suckers.)
1:40 pm on December 20th, 2006
Hey Lisa
Tonite Im trying your bacon trick and see if that helps us catch them. So far they have escaped the glue traps with only a bald spot.. Eluded the snap traps by just eating all the peatnut butter.. and they dont like the taste of the poison seeds or the aintifreeze cups. we know they are there because so far the headcount between us the landlord and the cats been hovering around 11 this week….
Found your blog while looking for ways to catch/deter/kill mice.. For the PETA lady up there..Look up all the diseses that are in mice feces. Its not a pretty sight. You have to remove them at least a mile from the home or else they will come back in since thats the nesting area. They could have a burrow down the street from you so you watch himr run away but hes only going back to the hole that leads into the foundation of your home. Considering mice produce around a dozen babies who are mature enough to reproduce in only a couple months.. Taking out one or 2 of them for the sake of your health and your childrens health I think that the powers that be will forgive me on that one
Note for anyone.. Goldfish brand crackers stuck with glue to a trap works a pretty good too
9:08 pm on December 20th, 2006
PS.. Update in the ocuple hours since I read this post on the bacon bit I set a trap and caught a mouse within a couple hours of setting it..
Now we are up to 13 in this house..
3:37 pm on January 5th, 2007
Lisa - i’m impressed that this little discussion has been going on for two years. i was particularly entertained by the peta/animal right people. my name is jose and i’ve killed more mice than anyone on this page - probably more than everyone on this page put together. i’m guessing i’ve killed 2000-3000 mice. i used to work in a lab doing cancer research on mice and a lot of them get sick and need to be sacrificed. i felt bad for the little guys, but i also like to know that if i get cancer - or if our peta friends get cancer even - they will have much better odds at beating it thanks to these mice.
but now my nyc apartment has mice. little bastards. i saw one little guy last night about 2 feet away from me while i was watching tv last night. i tried to step on him but he ran under the couch too quickly. he’s a brave little shite, i’ll give him that. i’ll get him though. he needs to die. he pooped on my freaking bed sheets after all. when i saw him last night in my living room i got to thinking - a bb gun or a pellet gun would be a lot of fun to off that little crumbsnatcher. sure, glue and snap traps work (i refuse to use poison because of the smell when they die in a wall), but they really are unsporting. a bb gun would take some skill and patience - and it would be good fun. i’m on my way to the sporting goods store tonight to buy me a pellet or bb gun. i’ll let you know how it goes.
6:46 pm on January 5th, 2007
joselito!! Your post made me laugh so much, thank you - I needed that today!
I’m happy to hear I’m not the only big, mean and ugly mouse killer out there - - not only that, but I’m not the worst! You have us all beat! Beware PETA!
Best of luck with your mouse and the BB pellet gun! Sounds like good weekend fun.
1:19 am on January 6th, 2007
I just found this blog from a google search for catching mice, and must admit that I’m a bit disturbed by the mentallity of some people. How can anyone in their right mind compare a human life that to of a mouse?? I am an animal lover, but I have no problem killing mice that invade my house. Should I not worry about my health while they spread their disease infested poop all over my place. Comeon you peta people, be realistic instead of been one sided, ignorant idiots. I doubt rodents would think twice of killing you peta people in a heart beat if you invaded their space and were eating their tasty treats and pooping in their beds.
8:45 am on January 6th, 2007
Well I guess by what Jose said those peta people wont be getting Cancer treatments or any other treatment for any sever long term illnesses either since those poor lil mice had to be sarificed. I know Ill sleep better knowing that they helped my father beat cancer and that it wasnt in vain that they died. Mice are a real problem in households and I guess some people would rather sit on their high horse then admit it. I guessthey dont like washing their hands to clean germs off them or even shower because they are alive as well..
7:49 pm on January 14th, 2007
Here is a animal story that fits this topic well.
My sister is currently on a mission to get ride of a tribe of mice, which is what made us look at this site.
Man’s Homemade Mole Killer Kills Him Instead
BERLIN (Jan. 11) - A German retiree who wired up a high-voltage cable to try to wipe out the moles digging up his garden killed himself instead, police said Thursday.
Uwe Werner, police spokesman in Stralsund north of Berlin, said the 63-year-old retired construction foreman was found dead in the garden of his weekend house in Zingst next to a 380-volt cable and metal spikes rammed into the ground.
“The moles survived,” Werner said, noting the voltage was enough to run a cement mixer or heavy-duty power saw. “It was in any event an unorthodox method to try to get rid of moles.
4:09 am on January 15th, 2007
Hey Lisa… just caught one of the little bastards in my kitchen with a glue trap. Sorry PETA people, but this freaking thing has got to DIE!! Ever heard of hantavirus? Freaking things have invaded my house, and I’m going to try the bacon trick next time.
In the meantime it’s time for bed… I’ll take care of this squeaking little pest tomorrow… and then I have to mop the kitchen and my room because he left his droppings everywhere
3:18 pm on January 16th, 2007
I’ll joing the ranks of the mice killers here. What seems to work for me is the white cream filling of an oreo cookie. 5 little critters down, hopefully not too many more to go. I had heard of using peanut butter before, but since they seem to have eaten all the oreo cookie snaks my daughter left out, I tried that.
6:22 pm on January 22nd, 2007
I new there was a mouse in the house how it got by my Akita I’ll never know (or did he bring him in?) Anyway I walk up to the kitchen sink lean on it sip out of a cup of water and absent mindedly toss the remainder in the sink - in a flash something flies out of the garbage disposal hits my chest lands on the floor. He recovered from his shock before me but I did have enough time to notice a large wet mouse escaping - I’ve been staying with friends since and needed medication so to all you bleeding hearts - DIE MICKEY!
2:32 pm on January 27th, 2007
I empathize with you all.. I really do… (KILL MICE BY WHATEVER MEANS)….As a Matter of up-most urgency.!! - Risk to Human Health, especially Children, if you have any.! MY STORY…(I have a Clean, Tidy Home)
I only noticed 10 days ago that I had some unwanted rodents .. I heard a loud Noawing noise, sounded like a Mouse, shapening its teeth, on wood underneath my floorboards, in a Cupboard… later that day, I noticed it out wandering around, I have read mice can only see a few inches, well this mouse gave me eye contact, when it see me pause for a sec and look at it directly, off it ran.. (Dispeared until a few days latter) heard some Meee, meee, meee, Noises, YES. a sound of a few mice, perhaps young ones.. seemed again, to be from under the floorboards in my home… I have bought SNAP Traps on ebay, and also bought GLUE Traps… Have set them and used a few last night with chocolate… (Tide to trap with fishing cable), will let u know how I get on… (I’m fearful because, Ive read they breed at an alarming rate. They spread serious virus, and Mice urinate over your dishes, knivfes and spoons, and clean areas for preparing food to eat… So, I bleach everything daily, just so I dont get food poison, or a nasty virus… (I intend to set as many traps as possible), also block all entry so mice can never re-enter my Very Cosy Home… I may even buy a Tom Cat… GOODLUCK..!! - Thank for the Bacon TIP.!
3:30 pm on January 27th, 2007
Always Remember, to try and eliminate as many Mice as possible, before they breed, again, again, and again… until the point you have a major infestation… which would be very serious.
I have read a lot on the internet on http://www.google.com do a search.
Ive learned to wash hands very often, bleach dishes, cups, and other utensils BLEACH all worktops (very regular) each day, until Mice are Eliminated for Good! (Important).. Mice can get through a whole the size the end of a Pencil… they can get most places, when hungry they will eat their way through a Cardboard and Plastic packaging to get at food.. (Nasty) They spead many different germs, viruses and bacteria… (Can be all Googled on the intenet).
Also, Do NOT USE POISON, if you keep pets or have Kids.!
I’m taking my mice problem very seriously, and will NOT spare a single moment until I eliminate the disease spreading rodents - Once and for all… (Ive bought many various Traps and bait)..Been living rodent FREE in my home for many years, and am shocked by lots I’ve learned on the internet about my new visitors. If you don’t wish to take care of the problem, call the professionals, they will deal with it.!
I will check back here in a few weeks and keep you all posted about my success rate, (Take NO Prisoners).!
Thanks for reading…
3:36 pm on January 27th, 2007
Please click this link for information: http://unexco.com/mice.html
8:49 pm on January 27th, 2007
good luck with your mice, David! The little critters are an annoyance, for sure!
6:14 am on March 25th, 2007
Okay, so I was sleeping last night (for like 2 hours) and I feel something in my bed next to me…I open my eyes and there is a mouse beside my head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so freakin insane. I don’t really believe in killing mice, but they don’t seem to be going away…I think I’m gonna do that peanut butter trick and set some traps tomorrow. Ahhhh that was so scary. I haven’t slept at all since that happened. Too scared to go on my bed
. Well thanks everyone 
8:36 am on March 26th, 2007
Dear Fellow Mouse Catchers… (READ BELOW) 2nd Blog “The Aftermath”…
Well Im back after just over 2 months, from beginning elimination, 1st I bought 36 snap traps on ebay, and tried peanut butter and bacon, however, the mice I had seemed to have a kind of insight to stay away from all snap traps… thats the spring loaded ones.! - USELESS COMPLETELY USELESS.!!
So, after googling some more I read CatchMaster GLUE Traps where the most efficient & FASTEST way to eliminate Rodents of all kinds.. (MICE) & (RATS) So, I bought 2x different sizes from the Online trap wholesalers.
150 Catchmaster Mouse GLUE TRAPS
80 Larger CatchMaster RAT GLUE Traps…. I thought the bigger Glue board would be a Good idea, and it turned out to be true, The RAT Boards are Bigger and have thicker GLUE…
So far I have caught 11 Mice, I honestly dont know where they came from, but as you can see from my last blogg that explains it all, just a few bloggs away from this one.!
I placed the glue traps together in groups of 6 beside each other, and put a few pieces of brocken up chocolate in the Glue Board Trap, the mouse then runs over expecting a 5 star meal, and oh! dear hes in for a suprise…lol 11 fair sized mice, caught via the same trick, they lick MARS Bars the best, well thats what their called in the United Kingdom.
The Mouse immediately trys to FREE himself from the Glue Trap, but the more he tries to break FREE he burries himself into the GlueBoard, Just “Like Quicksand” - very effective 100% never lost a single mouse who put a single foot on my Glue Traps, they are so damn sticky, thats why you need to handle them with care, if a pet in your home, like a cat or dog gets stuck, dont worry because simple cooking oil is all thats required to appply to their foot and they will be easily realesed in seconds after cooking oil is applied to the area where their foot is stuck.
Keep also changing bait and changing the position of the Gluetraps, so the mice dont get too suspicious…
with the catchmaster glue traps, (get them on ebay.com) they contain peanut butter essence inside the glue, so really they dont even need bait…. put them also in walkways, where mice are known to travel.
Ive tried absolutely everything, snap traps, electric noise plug in high pick DB that only Mice and Rats can hear, they are a waist of money.! I never used poison because I never wanted the mice to decompose underneath my floor boards, or between the walls, even under a cooker or fridge. Poison, is only a last resort.! and the modern poison used to kill mice is absolutely harmless to humans, only kills Rats & Mice, 1st by making them feel very, very thirsty, so they then try desparately to leave your home to outside to find water, its then the poison then kills them dead, while they are searching for water. (So make sure NO WATER) is about in the kitchen sink, and keep the lid on the toilet seat. lol
if you have a genuine story you would like to share with me, please email me at david-glasgow@blueyonder.co.uk please email me if you have a rat or mouse problem and could use some friendly advice.
lable the email, “help to kill a mouse”… that way I know its NOT spam.
Thanks LISA for hosting this site, it really helped me to read all the comments, Ive now graduated to professional Mouse Catcher..lol
Warmest Regards, - David from Glasgow, United Kingdom.
To: Lisa, and to all People affected by unwelcome Rodents.!
Try to keep this website going for as long as possible, thank-you so much.!
9:32 pm on March 30th, 2007
Arghhh, I seen a mouse a few times in my apartment,, and now everytime I hear any slight noise I go into flight or fight mode… so this means I can’t sleep. Now I’m imagining noises, and even seeing things..everytime a shadow moves,, or the tv shines onto something it makes me jump and become alert.
I found some holes and blocked them up with polyfilla but a few hours later the holes were back,and the undried pollyfilla was everywhere so don’t try that.. I stuffed the holes full of plastic bags and it worked, maybe they can’t chew plastic bags well,, it keeps breaking off and they cant grip it with their teeth..but only used this as a temporary measure but will block up pemanantly when I get time..
I found a big hole in the ceiling and am sure thats how they got in,, I put some poision down about 9 days ago, it was all eaten, then more the next day all eaten,, but hasnt been touched for a week now.. I hope it has scarpered and not dead under the cooker or somewhere but as yet I cant smell anything. YUK,, I’m a grown man 38 years old, but the thought of pulling the cooker out and seeing a dead mouse freaks me out.
Not wanting to spend my weekly pittance on mouse trapsI thought I could outwit it,, I put a plank of wood against a 3 foot plastic bin and put lots of lovely food inside, I strategically balanced it on sticky tape, near the top, thinking that it would go for the bait, and the tape would not hold its weight and it would fall into the bin and wouldn’t be able to escape.. or be tempted by more grub at the bottom of the bin..however it didnt fall for it, but the piece of apple on the first level of tape had been half eaten,, very clever !!
So after a few sleepless nights and several sightings.. I had to invest in a mouse trap.. I read that the snappy ones didnt work and couldn’t stomache finding a dead mouse anyway..so I bought some humane trap thingy it never even went into it.. so then made a trail of food leading to the trap entrance,, all the trail got eaten, and half the food inside the trap,, right up to the point where the closing mechanism would have got triggered..but he stopped right there as if he knew !! So am really intrigued by that.. Would love to get some mice and give them radio collars and track them with mini cameras all round a house they have infested,, you know like that Meercat Manor program on TV.. track their behaviour next to lots of types of traps, and baits, and what happens when they eat different types of poisons, their reaction to peppermint ols..etc..see the places inside the building where they go and their routes.. their breeding habits and if they have any social structure..would make a cool tv program.
However it would need a big budget,, so if anyone wants to invest a million quid let me know.. it would be a smash hit on tv,, and we could sell it to all the networks and make squillions. Can anyone think of a cool title.. Mouse about the House…
Or a program about mouseproofing someones house - 60 Minute Mouseover..
We could even have celebrities who have infestations swapping houses in… Celebrity Mouse Swap…
Or you have to guess the celebrity whose house is infested in…Through the Mouse Hole
Or a debate on whether to kill them or release them … Squeal or no Squeal
10:17 am on April 3rd, 2007
I have been so entertained by the mouse tricks everyone has related on this blog, but I still believe in MOUSE DEATH!! First noticed dog food in my overnight bag, wondered why the dogs were putting food in my bag, but they do travel with me so thought maybe they were packing. Then noticed dog food in my dresser drawer, and knew the dog couldn’t open and then close the drawer after depositing food there. Hadn’t seen a mouse though, so thought maybe Mickey left. No such luck. Saw the mouse run along the baseboard one night while watching t.v. Went out the next day and spent $2 on 8 snap traps. Baited them with peanut butter and put them all over the place, but especially along the wall I saw the mouse running by. Actually saw a mouse jump over one of the traps on his way to the kitchen. Finally caught one mouse the first night, and the dogs just went crazy. Betty, my old momma dog, couldn’t stand the idea of a rodent in the house. She hated the one in the trap, wanted us to let her have it. The other dogs don’t seem to care as much, but they’ll follow her around when she checks the traps if she appears agitated. She began to sniff along the baseboards, around cupboards, in closets, everywhere. She would become very agitated and would check the traps several times a day. Had only caught one with the traps though, and Betty and I were both ever-vigilant in checking. (although if I find one in a trap have to have my son empty it because I can’t stand to touch them, look at them, or deal with them even when they’re dead) Night before last, heard a terrible commotion in the kitchen, dog toenails on the linoleum and scrabbling around. Went to see what was going on and BETTY had caught a mouse! She’s an American Pit Bull Terrier, and she was so proud. Snapped its little mouse spine in two when she caught it in her jaws. GOOD DOG!!! My son removed it from her mouth, showed all the other dogs what she did, gave her a treat and off we all went to bed. Last night, trap got another mouse. Not nearly as exciting as Betty getting a mouse. Betty keeps checking every day though, smelling along the baseboards and watching behind the entertainment center where they seem to run to. So far, the score is traps two, Betty one. I’m betting on Betty.
1:56 am on April 7th, 2007
i love this site i also did a search on google found this 1 very ammusing and insightful thanks for ideas yes i also have a mice problem fuck peta mice diei put some strawberry jelly on victor trigger hope it works i will let u know and to all fellow killers rock on
8:58 am on April 12th, 2007
I have tried nearly all types of traps and nothing really happened, until last night when my friend came around in the flat and said : “put some garlic on the trap”, I laughed at first, and then I followed the advice… I did not have anything to lose…. 30 minutes later click!
I cleaned the trap and disposed the little friend and set the trap again … another 30 minutes and… click! another one!!!
I really hope this is the end of this experience!!!
How many mice can I possible have in the kitchen?
3:19 pm on April 14th, 2007
Oh my gosh! I just got a new loveseat and couch and noticed some stuffing from a cushion! You guessed it, the little bastards are nawing away at the fabric on the fabric and getting up under and eating the batting where the cushions go. What am I to do? We have used cheese with little luck, the bacon sounds good and maybe I’ll try the garlic tonight. I hate cats but I love my couch. I think we will set traps around the couch and loveseat. any suggestions, please write.
chris
10:01 am on April 15th, 2007
I have a mouse ready to has babies and she is fixing a nest in my new couch! I tried the bacon and garlic last night and caught 2 with the bacon. My husband set up a glue trap in the couch..nothing last night. we have an old farmhouse with many holes and cracks in the foundation so I think we will always have mice. Kill the suckers!!!!
8:53 am on April 16th, 2007
I have a mouse that is eating and nesting in my new couch! I tried the bacon and caught 2. Last night one got away with a little bacon and never sprung the trap! Now the damn thing will go to its friends and inform them that theres a trap set and to be on the look out.
11:17 pm on April 20th, 2007
Me v. mouse. It wasn’t always like this, i used to have a cat. But in my 100 yr.old apt. building, why my space?– I pay for it and there are 5 stories of walls and ceilings a mouse could live well in without bothering me and risking death. My round “no view” trap just triggered. Now the little mouse is running around inside the tiny trap space and moving the trap slightly across the floor. Whatever happened to that “killed instantly” promise? and most definitely I am not going anywhere near a trapped live mouse (ycch) plus, a very tiny part of my heart doesn’t want to kill anything anyway. Since I don’t want it to have a lingering death, I’ve covered the trap with a metal bowl on the floor, where i’m hoping it will run our of oxygen before morning, and i can deal with it in daylight. The last time, I bought one of those ultrasonic devices that “mice hate (sic)” And that’s just where i saw my first mouse here, sitting on top of the little device plugged into the kitchen wall outlet– mocking me, obviously.
2:53 pm on May 5th, 2007
Ordinarily, I wouldn’t go out of my way to
kill another of “God’s creatures” (unless I can
eat it), but these little bastards have got to
go. Anything (or anyone) caught sneaking
around my house stealing my food (and defiling
everything in its path) is fair game. That
includes you PETA people, too.
City mice are sneaky and arrogant. They can
invade your home and live there for months
before you realize it. But once you discover
them (usually by their choice) the war is on. little The little suckers will get into everything
despite your best efforts. There is almost no
place in your home than they can’t go. And
just to prove their superior intellect, they
will leave you their “calling card”, as if to
say “Nice try, idiot. Is that all you’ve got?”
The only way to catch them is to take advantage
of their smugness and overconfidence. I had a
mouse that thought the kitchen counter was his
personal playground. We removed everything
from counter, eliminated all means of access
and tried various traps. It made no difference
to him. (Apparently, this mouse could fly).
He’d come out in the open just to taunt us and
if we gave chase, he’d jump over the traps,
leap off the counter and vanish into thin air
before he hit the floor.
He was a worthy adversary but he underestimated
me. To catch him, I simply put the bread box
back on the counter, giving him what appeared
to be safe cover. I also placed snap trap
behind it. I knew he’d just jump over it so I
also placed a second trap a few inches away.
He cleared the first trap easily but landed
squarely on the second. I have his little
head mounted over the fireplace today.
When they came looking for him, his buddies
didn’t fall for that trick. I caught two more
with an improvised trap. I folded a thin piece
of cardboard and secured it to the egde of the
counter with tape. Then I placed a single
square of mini-shredded wheat at the free end,
secured it with a needle and put a large empty
trash can under it. The next morning, the
shredded wheat was gone. Initially, the
cardboard plank must have looked like an easy
path to a free meal. Imagine their surprise
when it suddenly buckled under the extra weight
of a only few ounces. I hope they enjoyed
their last meal. Hahahahaha! Now who is
superior?
The most satisfying method of pest control is
with a pellet gun. DO NOT use BB’s. They are
just copper-coated steel balls and will ricco-
chet around until they hit something soft –
usually YOU. Use the .177 caliber lead
pellets. On impact, they just flatten out or
shatter into tiny pieces. Maybe the mice will
eat them and die a slow, lingering death from
lead poisoning…
When on mouse safari, patience is the key.
Stalk your quarry and learn its habits. You
have to wait for the right moment and line up
the shot perfectly. If you miss, he will
become wary and more elusive. Choose a spot
where you can sit comfortably with a clear view
of the kill-zone. Take aim and wait. When he
feels safe, he’ll poke his head out cautiously.
Don’t react. He may try darting across the
floor in the open, just to spook you. Don’t
fall for it. Eventually, he will feel safe and
come out of hiding. Wait. Don’t move. Let
him come to you. He will walk directly into
your sights and give you the finger. Exhale
slowly and squeeze the trigger. Reload, just
in case. Afterwards, stand over the body and
gloat. Loudly assert your triumphant dominance
and issue a challenge to all comers (in case
any of his friends is watching). Have a beer
or a smoke before cleaning up. Brag to your
friends or anyone else who will listen.
My best kill was a shot through the neck at 25
feet with a Crossman air pistol. (Okay. I
admit that I was aiming for the largest part of
his body but I’ll take it. He must have felt it
coming and tried to escape.) I thought I had
missed when he leaped into the air but he
didn’t move when he landed. The projectile
must have severed his spine and killed him
instantly. No squeaking. No twitching.
Not much blood either. Just Miller time.
As I write this, I am preparing for battle
once again. They seem to be coming in pairs.
I took out the alpha last week. This morning
I found his successor’s reply on top of the
stove and the kitchen counter…
6:49 am on May 6th, 2007
The entry from qdemon was wonderfully funny, thanks for the sunday morning laugh.
As for my couch, the sucker hasnt come back, must have had her vermon spawn elsewhere. There are more because I to have seen a calling card on my counter. Since the first 2 where caught 3 weeks ago, the others are very cautious but eventually, the humans will win.
9:14 pm on May 11th, 2007
Update: Victory is mine! Found him upside-
down in the snap trap after I finished the
previous installment.
How’s this for irony: My neighbors have been
putting out food and water for a couple of
stray cats. Of course, mice are being
attracted to the free buffet and are chased
onto my property by the cats. Ultimately, the
few who aren’t caught escape by infiltrating
my house.
No wonder the cats are afraid of me. They
always slink away when they see me coming.
Now I know why. They’re just using me for
their own amusement and they knew I’d catch on
eventually.
Imagine being punked by a couple of stray
cats. I can hear them mocking me even now.
11:17 pm on May 24th, 2007
You all need to get jobs.
11:13 pm on May 25th, 2007
Karl:
We do have jobs but we have to find ways to
amuse ourselves so we stay out of trouble.
Did you know that most employers frown on the
use of various traps (and pellet guns) against
one’s fellow employees? Probably not.
How fortunate that you have enough free time
to read this blog while perusing the want ads
between naps.
Just don’t let me find your little footprints
on my kitchen counter…
7:07 pm on May 26th, 2007
I have a wonderful job, just dont like mice. As for mine, gotem both.
6:59 pm on June 7th, 2007
Nobody likes mice in their home but some ways of getting rid of them are more humane than others. First you must find out how they are getting in and plug it up or you will never rid your home of mice. Glue traps and poison are the most inhumane. They both cause mice to slowly suffer a terrible death. If you must kill them buy a good snap trap (old or rusty ones may not work correctly). I choose to live trap mice with humane traps (Smart Mouse Trap brand) and take them outside. Since I’ve plugged up the holes I don’t worry about them coming back. Regardless of their size, they feel pain and experience terror just like our dogs and cats can. No need to make them suffer needlessly.
9:16 pm on June 7th, 2007
Let the mice get jobs and pay their own way.
4:23 am on June 17th, 2007
I have been trying to catch ‘Ralphie’ for over a week now. I went to Target to buy those little walk in traps, but I have yet to catch anything
2:14 pm on June 17th, 2007
Danielle,
I tried raw bacon on a trap, caught 2 that night. Also tried those mouse sticky traps and put them along the wall(thats where mine usually run)and caught 2 that way. Now this method is hard to take because when I threw the trap and the mouse in the trash, he or she turned its head and looked in! Then I remembered all the holes in my bags and poop on the counters and didnt feel as bad. I would try the raw bacon first.
Good luck,
Chris
2:46 pm on June 30th, 2007
Someone once told me that mice don’t like the smell of pine… so pine scented air fresheners might be the answer to drive them away… and even keep them away… if you can stand the scent yourself!!!
10:27 pm on July 7th, 2007
I have had a mouse for several weeks now. I can not seem to catch it. I have put out glue traps. I thought he was gone, but kept hearing strange little noises. I just saw him run out of my bread box and run behind the stove. I put three glue traps lined up at the opening of the stove and wall. If this does not catch him, perhaps I will try to move the stove tomorrow away from the wall and see what I can do. AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH. I hate this. I am a single mom and I hate mice. Let’s pray this works.
8:20 am on July 8th, 2007
I caught my mouse. I hope there are no more. I put an empty instant grits box on the edge of the counter. You can use a toilet paper roll or anything similar. I put a big dab of of peanut butter on the edge of the box. Balanced it on the counter and put a deep kitchen trash can underneath. Trash can was empty. I put about 4 inches of water in the trash can. I went to bed praying it would work. I woke up and saw that the box was gone. When the mouse went for the peanut butter he knocked the box and himself into the trash can. This little mouse used the box as a float. I did not want to touch it. I put a trash bag over the top and went down the road about a mile and a half and let if free. I hope there are no more but at least I know how to catch it if there are.
12:32 am on July 14th, 2007
hahaha i caught 5 mice this weeks, and ive had them for over 5 years and am sick and tired of em, i love nature but these mice went too far, so i took em to my backyard and poured gasoline on them and set them to fire
!!!!!!!1
12:34 am on July 14th, 2007
just kidding lol i would never do that
10:54 pm on July 22nd, 2007
I caught another mouse the same way mentioned in my earlier post. This time however, I made sure the sucker was dead. I know I am cruel but I was not going to take a chance by setting him free down the road and he coming back. I think this was a different mouse. I sprayed bug spray into the trash can and covered the trash can with another trash bag. Within minutes he was not moving. I will dispose of him in the trash within the bag. Sorry to all those who find this offensive, but I am sick of a mouse in my kitchen.
Last week, I took everything out of my cabinets, and wiped them down with clorox kitchen cleaner, have been wiping my counters down at least twice a day and making sure to keep things tidy. I thought they were gone and then I find thier calling card on my counter. AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I am telling you the trash can and tunnel trick really work. Here is hoping they stay gone for a while. If not I will bring the trash can back out. I may end up calling an exterminator.
6:37 pm on July 23rd, 2007
I stumbled upon this site like a few of the other posters.
I am sooooo sick of these mice. My husband and I got in a HUGE fight this weekend over these filthy little creaters. Finally I told him it was the mouse or me.
My husband bought one of those humane traps about 4 months ago. I asked him what we were supposed to bait it with and the box suggested that mice were just curious by nature and that curiosity would lead them strait into the trap. Well that is just bologna because the little pest just shits on top of the trap and doesnt bother wondering in. So then my husband tries cheese… Which I told him was not going to work after reading this site but he didnt believe me and now I have a trap with hard cheese in it and still no mouse.
UGH…
So can anyone explain to me how in the world this mouse is able to scale my high boy dresser and shit all over it? Thankfully I do not believe he has been in my kitchen but my dogs stay in there. However, he has been in my linen closet and shit over EVERY towel and sheet that I have. He has gone in my son’s room and shit on his TV and window sill.
I do not see how they can climb dressers though when there is nothing to place their feet on???
It boggles my mind.
So my hubby went out and got some poison and a freaking $20 mouse trap that is supposed to electricute the mouse once it gets in the trap. I am thinking that if the mouse wont go in one without an electrical charge that more than likely it wont bother with