Okay folks, I know someone has an answer to this. I am having a problem with mice. They scare the bejezuz out of me. I can handle most anything, but they are fast and they have tails!!!

I have a two story house on a slab, all my food is in storage containers, house is always clean. I have tried everything from sticky traps, mouse traps, humane traps, and moth balls. I cannot seem to get rid of these critters.

All holes leading to the outside such as the dryer vent have either been sealed or critter-proofed.

I had them all winter and went through the summer fine. Yesterday I found one in my bathtub!!! This morning found one running through my bedroom!!!

These look like babies. I have no idea what to do, can someone please help me? I am a very clean person and rodents like these are known to harbor disease. Please I am desperate!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah, cats are out of the question!!!!

kp2171

we'd get them in the house i grew up in from time to time.

theyd get into the register vents, as we had bigger registers with ornate, shell shaped openings... big enough for them to jump in. we'd actually have to lift up a floor register here and there and put traps in the venting. what a pain. this was an older house, and most houses dont have floor vents like ours did, so that may not be your problem. wed also put foil on the floor of the vent so you could hear it crinkle if there were in there.

wed just use traps until they were gone.

J_9

Our vents are ceiling vents. We have foil under the kitchen sink and the bottom of the pantry. I understand they do not like the feel of the foil.

We have been using traps, but they are not going away!!!!!!!
EEEKKK, I HATE MICE!!!

momincali

Have you considered using hot sauce???? Okay, sorry. But, actually, I know for a fact that cayenne will keep most animals away.

I think you have 2 choices really. Find their source of entry and food and eliminate it completely or call a professional exterminator. There is this stuff on the market called "Just one Bite" rat bait, you can find it online at valleyvet.com. My mom has used it and swears by it. The only downer is that a couple of days later, you will really have to scrupulously look through your home to find the dead mice or your home will stink to high heaven.

I feel for ya, I don't like Mice either. Good Luck!

J_9

Hot sauce? As pres of the hot sauce club I shoulda known that. Where do ya put it? I don't want to pour my precious hot sauce around the perimeter of the house like a barricade??!!!

Oh, Lordy, I just don't know what I am gonna do!!

Now, I am afraid to go up to the bedroom!!!

momincali

Walk around in rain boots, at least if it comes near your foot you won't touch it! eeewwwww!

J_9

LMAO!!!! I may have to do that. But now I don't even wanna sleep in my own bed. I am going out in a few to buy the entire city of Memphis out of traps.

Gonna put em around all the baseboards!!! Just hope the dogs don't try and lick the peanut butter off the traps!! OUCH!!!

I GOT HIM!!!!!!!!!!

One mouse down, hopefully no more to go!!!!!!!

momincali

Wow, you are a true Mouse Terminator...... (in her best Arnold voice) "AAhhhhl be bock!"

Impressive, now who has to discard it???? I'd pay someone a thousand dollars to do it for me...

kp2171

POLICE REPORT

Memphis, Tn -

A woman was found today after neighbors heard a scream and what sounded like a "thump." Local police arrived on the scene to find a woman, dressed in rain boots and carrying hot sauce, passed out in her bathtub after apparently, this is a direct quote, having "the bejezus" scared out of her. no arrests have been made. Rumor is there is a thousand dollar reward for finding the culprit. =)

momincali

KP-

Thank you for the visual! I am being stared at strangely by all here wondering what brought me to the floor laughing in histerics.!