A Mouse in the house

FortyTwo

So living in the city and winter setting in I have noticed that my little rowhouse has picked up an extra tenant.

I have a mouse in the house.

I figure that is only one, at most two. I have seen no droppings but I have caught glimpses of the invader.

I think he has taken up residence behind the dresser in my room. I hear the scratching - scratching.

Now, I could just invest in snap traps, but I am a FANTASTIC pussy and I don't want to kill the little guy. Any advice for the non-lethal eradication and removal of mice?

Do the ultrasonic things work?

Got pests in your house?

KalTorak

Don't give him a cookie. He'll just want some milk to go with it.

Cold Salmon and Hatred

Don't give him a cookie

EDIT: FUCK

SA

kill it

with your mind

see

you got to out smart him

got it

Pony

they sell humane, non-lethal traps, duder.

now, the snag is what to do with the little feller once you got em

just tossing him outside is probably even more cruel than just snap-trapping him.

best place to ditch a trapped mouse is an abandoned building in your town. mouse'll find it's own way from there.

i don't endorse snap-traps, because the simple fact is it's easy to forget a snap trap and then hey a rotting mouse in your basement fucking wonderful and gross

FortyTwo

scarlet st.

There are live mouse traps for sale near most killing mouse trap areas in your local hardware store. The thing is, they hardly work, so I'd recommend a killer trap.

Cold Salmon and Hatred

Take your finger, stick a little bun on it and cover it with mustard

Then wait by the mouse hole for it to come out

It's foolproof

STATE OF THE ART ROBOT

That should be enough to kill the fucker.

FortyTwo

Pony wrote: »

they sell humane, non-lethal traps, duder.

now, the snag is what to do with the little feller once you got em

just tossing him outside is probably even more cruel than just snap-trapping him.

best place to ditch a trapped mouse is an abandoned building in your town. mouse'll find it's own way from there.

i don't endorse snap-traps, because the simple fact is it's easy to forget a snap trap and then hey a rotting mouse in your basement fucking wonderful and gross

I know, just keeping my options open.

I live near a park so a door trap (ie the mouse-cube) so it would go in the park.

SA

Get a cat

Pony

fun fact: if you allow your cat to become a vermin hunter it will make it more irritable and aggressive and more prone to disease

KalTorak

Any traps you get should be baited with peanut butter, not cheese.

PotU

Or chocolate.

evilbob

Get a length of cardboard tube and balance it hanging over the edge of a table with a piece of cheese in the end and an empty bin or something under it. Mouse crawls in to get the cheese and the tube with mouse inside tips over the edge into the bin.

Staleghoti

FortyTwo wrote: »

So living in the city and winter setting in I have noticed that my little rowhouse has picked up an extra tenant.

I have a mouse in the house.

I figure that is only one, at most two. I have seen no droppings but I have caught glimpses of the invader.

I think he has taken up residence behind the dresser in my room. I hear the scratching - scratching.

Now, I could just invest in snap traps, but I am a FANTASTIC pussy and I don't want to kill the little guy. Any advice for the non-lethal eradication and removal of mice?

Do the ultrasonic things work?

Got pests in your house?

Grow some balls, put some peanut butter on an oldschool trap.

It won't even feel it dude. Then just put on some gloves and toss it in the garbage, you don't even have to take it out of the trap, just toss the whole package, this happened to me a couple months ago.

Ubik

The board game Mouse Trap is actually a fully functioning mouse trap

Pony

i am not sure what it says of me as a person

i enjoy hunting deer

but i won't kill mice if i can avoid it

the way my standards work befuddle even me

The Otaku Suppository

KalTorak wrote: »

Any traps you get should be baited with peanut butter, not cheese.

Peanut butter doesn't always work. I had three traps baited with peanut butter to catch this mouse living under my kitchen sink. I finally put a piece of banana on top of the peanut butter. Next day, there's the fucker in the trap.

Dely Apple

Have you considered playing Van Halen's "Panama" until it leaves? Play it at 120 db as to fully get the Noriega effect going.

Wrench N Rockets

Does the mouse have a toy car?

This is important.

simo

you need a tiny wind-up female mouse

FortyTwo

Wrench N Rockets wrote: »

Does the mouse have a toy car?

This is important.

I haven't seeen one......yet

Pony

simo wrote: »

you need a tiny wind-up female mouse

this by far sounds like the best plan

FortyTwo

SA wrote: »

Get a cat

august

When I was a kid, my gerbil escaped more than once, and we captured him with a live trap at least once. Also, a mouse that we unfortunately didn't find until well after the fact.

CrossBuster

or you could dress up like a girl mouse

I know what you're thinking. What if I'm dealing with a female mouse? It can still work. Put on some Melissa Ethridge, put out some wine, and start chatting her up. Get her to confide in you about how insensitive her husband is, tell her that there's a better way.

Pony

yeah glue traps are pretty inhumane

if you're going to use a lethal trap, there is a reason why "building a better mousetrap" is a phrase in engineering denoting a useless effort: the snap-trap really is the best mechanism there is for the thing

i still endorse non-lethal traps, though.

Hamju

Eat lots of garlic, then, gas the fucker.

FortyTwo

Pony wrote: »

yeah glue traps are pretty inhumane

if you're going to use a lethal trap, there is a reason why "building a better mousetrap" is a phrase in engineering denoting a useless effort: the snap-trap really is the best mechanism there is for the thing

i still endorse non-lethal traps, though.

Yeah glue traps are the absolute worst.

If you're going to kill something, just fucking kill it.

Dely Apple

Panamaaaaa

Panamaaaahaaaaaa

Centipede Damascus

glue traps work really, really well though

but it depends if you're okay with picking up a piece of plastic with a live mouse glued to it and dropping said mouse in something like a bucket of water to drown it

I can't do it myself, but my dad cares about being humane to animals about as much as he cares about video games

My father hates video games

FortyTwo

Centipede Damascus wrote: »

glue traps work really, really well though

but it depends if you're okay with picking up a piece of plastic with a live mouse glued to it and dropping said mouse in something like a bucket of water to drown it

I can't do it myself, but my dad cares about being humane to animals about as much as he cares about video games

My father hates video games

Torturing animals is a sign of being a serial killer.

Is your Dad a serial killer? Do you smell boys beneath the floorboards?

Is he a party clown?

Has he ever attempted to "Put his evil inside you?"

skinny87

Seal up all the windows, doors, holes, nooks and crannies in your apartment. Then stick a hose in there and pump in some form of toxic gas.

You might want to leave the house first though.

Centipede Damascus

Not that I know of, we don't have floorboards in our house, no, and ew

FortyTwo

Centipede Damascus wrote: »

Not that I know of, we don't have floorboards in our house, no, and ew

ew huh.

That is not a denial

Baroque And Roll

FortyTwo wrote: »

Centipede Damascus wrote: »

glue traps work really, really well though

but it depends if you're okay with picking up a piece of plastic with a live mouse glued to it and dropping said mouse in something like a bucket of water to drown it

I can't do it myself, but my dad cares about being humane to animals about as much as he cares about video games

My father hates video games

Torturing animals is a sign of being a serial killer.

Is your Dad a serial killer? Do you smell boys beneath the floorboards?

Is he a party clown?

Has he ever attempted to "Put his evil inside you?"

I LOL'd.

Pretty much every method I've heard of has been mentioned already. I maintain that the classic traps are the most effective, but there are some pretty creative live capture methods mentioned. evilbob's suggestion is probably the one live capture method I'd try.

And that thing about Panama? That's just cruel and unusual.

Jimothy

You might want to check to make sure that it is actually a mouse, and not a young kangaroo.

Pony wrote: »

fun fact: if you allow your cat to become a vermin hunter it will make it more irritable and aggressive and more prone to disease

Are you sure that this is true, because my cats have killed so many things, and they are still awesome and healthy.

evilbob

Found a video of what I mentioned earlier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGQLhTeR5zc

Stale

If we're dealing with a house mouse here, just snap the fucker. Believe me, the world will not suffer for his loss, there are 500 right behind him.

However, if we're dealing with a rat, then I suggest not only poison, but firearms. Especially barn rats.


Fuck barn rats. I've spent many a night in a barn with a maglight strapped to rifle.






fuck barn rats.

skinny87

Stale wrote: »

If we're dealing with a house mouse here, just snap the fucker. Believe me, the world will not suffer for his loss, there are 500 right behind him.

However, if we're dealing with a rat, then I suggest not only poison, but firearms. Especially barn rats.


Fuck barn rats. I've spent many a night in a barn with a maglight strapped to rifle.






fuck barn rats.

"They're coming outta the freaking walls!"