Category: Animal House
Hi all. I have a mouse in my apartment well I think it's a mouse anyways. I was just wondering what is the best way for a blind person to try to get rid of mice in a safe way? I have traps but the mouse seems to trip them but he still survives. Thanks.
Troy
Radio shack used to make a device that put out a high frequency sound that drove the beasties bonkers.
By the way, do you have a dog? If so, forget it.
Bob
*cringe*. All I have to say.
Well set out some rat poison in hopes that it'll eat it and die, That ought to solve your problem. However if you have any cats or dogs then DON'T put out the rat poison otherwise they'll get very sick.
Just in case that for some reason doesn't just keep using the traps for a backup plan who knows you might get lucky and it'll get caught. However if you have any cats or dogs then DON'T put out the rat poison otherwise they'll get very sick. Try putting cheese, bread or some type of food on them though. That might help.
They say that peanut butter works great in traps.
Btw, watch the poison shit. They tend to eat it then crawl into your walls and die. I know from first hand experience.
Bob
There are humain sticky traps which the rat or mouse whatever you call it can't trip. It works like fly paper once they step on it it sticks to them. All it takes is one paw and they hooked. I should know I stepped on one once and it was amazeingly sticky.
Wanna borrow my cat? hehehe. He loves mice.
Well, I like the sticky traps, because you can't get hurt on them. After you catch the mouse, you throw the thing away. If you haev a basement appartment on outside walls, you might see if any pipes come into your apartment. Pack steel wool around the opening. This acts as a barrier when packed very tightly. We had this in our house the first year we lived here. Caught the mice, packed the holes in the wall, and haven't seen them since. You might put any traps under the sink, because they go there for water.
That's the most important thing: find how they're getting in, or you will have the problem forever.
I used a sticky board once to catch a mouse, and I did. But then what do you do? This mouse/rat was desperate and mean, and I was scared shitless. Finally threw a trash can over him, and left the area till it died. Gads what an ordeal: wouldn't go through that again.
Borrow a cat.
Bob
I do have those noise thingies or whatever you call them. As far as blocking the mice goes may have to ask maintenance as I'm not allowed to modify anything without approval. Thanks for the tips.
Troy
Terminex or Orchan should do. Have your apartment sprayed on a regular basis. Also they'll put these sticky traps down and to get the mice's attention put a spread of peanut butter on the traps. Place traps in areas that mice go in (under neath things) and lay traps there. Thats how we caught our little brown mouse. Or google around and see if those little devices are available. My grandparents had some, the mouse or whatever crawls on the pad, and it gets stuck to it. Then the pad brings the mouse in. And thats when it's killed.
These sticky pads sound like a good idea, will have to try those.
Troy
If you don't want to harm the mice in any way, we had them in our garage when we lived in Sunbury-on-Thames, and we got these well, little oblong clear plastic box things, with a sort of ramp thing at one end. You just put some cheese or something in the closed end of the box and just leave the humane trap where the mouse will run up the ramp to get at the food in the box, the ramp should then flip up, blocking the mouse's exit, then you could get somebody to help you take them outside and release them.
If you do get have-a-heart traps, don't forget to check them. There's no point if you forget that they're there, and they die a slow and painful death of starvation and panic. The stickey traps work well, and the spring loaded traps are all right, but if you have a cat don't use them anywhere where the cat can fit. It won't usually break their paw, but it can break the skin and do some major dammage, with infection and disfigurement as a real possibility. If you are going to bring in a cat to take care of the problem, hire one from a breeder of mouse hunting cats. These cats have much stronger immune systems, to protect them from mouse born diseases, and usually have thicker coats, quicker reflexes and will have had all of the standard and some supplimental vaxinations to protect them. Just be aware, they may bring any ketches to you as gifts, and there's nothing worse then stepping on a cold dead mouse at two in the morning on the way to the bathroom. Yarg. Good luck with the meeses.
Maintenance came and laid some glue traps for me, and they work very wll. They seem to kill the varment from struggling too much.
Troy