COMMENT 325151P
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2012-09-28 07:19 AM |
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Borrow a python.
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COMMENT 325158
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2012-09-28 07:29 AM |
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shoot him? where do you live, on a ranch?
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COMMENT 325166
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2012-09-28 07:48 AM |
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Get the sticky mouse traps. they eat the seeds and stick to it, you toss it out in the garbage. They are disturbing Roger but no poison is involved and they work better than the hard traps.
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COMMENT 325174
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2012-09-28 07:59 AM |
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Roger, just wanted to let those in Lompoc know that my granddaughters were sent home from school with flyers about the attempted kidnapping. It happened about a block from La Canada Elementary in Lompoc. Keep your kids close everyone.
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COMMENT 325192P
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2012-09-28 08:30 AM |
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Roger, I've read that mice don't like mint. Try buying a couple of mint plants. You can also make a mint spray. See http://www.ehow.com/how_2340830_use-mint-repel-mice.html Good luck!
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COMMENT 325299
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2012-09-28 10:48 AM |
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Tear your house apart to find it then get it out the door!
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COMMENT 325320
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2012-09-28 11:33 AM |
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I wish I could loan you my electronic trap.. It's as humane as it gets.. You turn it on, leave some peanut butter in it, and when they enter, they touch two plates, they get stiff and fall over in a minute. Then you grab the trap, dump it in trash and reset it and put it back down. No trapped fingers or false alarms like a set trap. I had a Smart rat, then I got this from Ace hardware, and it got numerous on the 6 C batteries. It cost $40 but will last and last. My yard has been clear for a while! Those other glue traps are pretty inhumane as they die slowly.. And will even chew off their own leg to get out.. Spring loaded is cheap but finicky and can hurt pets or kids or splatter blood and yuckiness. Electronic zapper is the way to go..
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COMMENT 325323
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2012-09-28 11:35 AM |
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Had a rodent get into my garage earlier this year... ended up destroying (gnawing on) a bunch of stuff, and peeing/pooping on everything else. Ended up being hundreds of dollars worth of damage... I had always had a "live and let live" policy prior to this, but no more!
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COMMENT 325338P
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2012-09-28 11:53 AM |
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Roger, you know the news feeds lately include Hanta Virus from mice in Yosemite, and the guy in Oregon who pulled a mouse out of his cat's mouth and contracted Bubonic Plague. Cat died anyway, the man lost his hands and some toes to the spreading infection. NOT WORTH being nice to the mouse... who will bring in family once the homefront is established. Been through it myself.... put down the awful snapping traps, they will work and your guilt will die down eventually. It is simply NOT a good idea to "live & let live" with rodents.
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COMMENT 325320
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2012-09-28 12:23 PM |
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Roger has a cat... The snapping traps might pose a challenge.. Electronic .. The last trap you will ever need.. Unless you want to build a trap off google. But most homemade traps kill slowly or drown the guy. Nobody wants to hear torture sounds.. Electronic equals, no mess, instant kill, no suffering or no outsmarting the trap.
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-09-28 01:11 PM |
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The neighbor has a ton of them he gets rid of two or three 4 more come in..I got one friggen mouse be my luck the booger wastes me. A misquito put me in a coma for acouple weeks..I just can't kill him Dogs will I guess. Pooh Bears retired he's too slow. After I get paid I'll pull everything out and mint the hell outta the place..Been in here awhile I hadn't even knowed they were here..Thank You for your suggestions.
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COMMENT 325411
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2012-09-28 01:35 PM |
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320 has it right. If you live anywhere close by, where I can walk to you/take bus, I will loan you my RatZapper. Electrocution is most humane method.
PLEASE don't use such cruel methods as glue traps, people! And the snap traps can be a horror show if they don't "quite get" the rodent. I know. It happened in my kitchen, blood everywhere and I still had to kill the poor little woodrat with a shovel! RatZapper. A good investment, easy to use. Batteries last forever. No "incidental" kill, no suffering. Rodent can be buried in back yard. RIP.
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COMMENT 325429
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2012-09-28 02:10 PM |
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I have things that will fit you Roger, size 15-16 shoes and XXXXL shirts.
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COMMENT 325433P
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2012-09-28 02:22 PM |
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If anyone is concerned with Hanta Virus remember if you see mouse poo don't sweep it up immediately. Spray it with bleach and let it sit a while and sweep it up while still wet. Hanta Virus is an airborne disease. Don't let it get swept into the air.
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-09-28 02:29 PM |
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You sound bigger than me..My shoe side is 13 and a half but when I get gym shoes that size don't fit I have to get 15's..Shirts I'm 4x plus..As far as zapping the mouse I got this thing about not killing the little booger..Someone just gave me another office chair :)..
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COMMENT 325455
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2012-09-28 02:46 PM |
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We had a problem with mice and plugged the whole they were coming in. I know you've mentioned you're not sure where they are coming in from. Then we bought these devices you plug in and they are supposed to send out some current or noise that the mice don't like, and keeps them away. My husband took care of it so I apologize for not having all the information. Maybe something to look into if you're really against killing the mice.
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-09-28 03:08 PM |
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Yea Belinda has a bunch of those thangs I'm gonna get some of those and do the mint thing too..I'll have to really gp thru the place on the holes..I don't don't want to wake up some morning with the little booger sleeping in my beard.
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COMMENT 325483
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2012-09-28 03:20 PM |
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Use a .22 with #12 shot. Have a little fun.
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COMMENT 325411
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2012-09-28 03:35 PM |
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Roger, thank you for your kind heart. I hate to kill anything, and whatever I can, I relocate animals/insects/ spiders into the great outdoors. You really must not have ANY kind of food/crumbs around, if you want to keep mice and rats away. Plugging up entry holes is good, but I had a problem with woodrats sneaking in through open doors during balmy evenings.
One night I heard a strange sound. it was pure luck that I was staying up very late. A woodrat had got "trapped" in my dining room, and was trying to chew a hole through my 100-year-old house's sliding pocket door! The damage would have been sickening and costly.
I zapped him/her the next night, in my living room. Poor thing, but I used him as fertilizer for my tomatoes.
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-09-28 03:38 PM |
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Overdose on the Sidewalk 624 State street right now 3:36pm Friday.
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COMMENT 325192P
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2012-09-28 03:48 PM |
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One other thing, Roger -- as someone mentioned, you need to eliminate any crumbs, etc. Find some sturdy plastic containers to keep food in that the mice can't chew through. If there's no food, they won't be so attracted to your house.
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-09-28 04:46 PM |
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Yea I found alot more mouse poopy this is going to be a major clean up..If I'm still kicking in a week and a half that is when Attack Kick Mouse Butt begans..Food crums I don't know where else I'll eat maybe I'll just put the mice in the crock pot..
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COMMENT 325299
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2012-09-28 04:53 PM |
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I have swept so many stalls, tackrooms and mousy offices it isn't funny.
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-09-28 05:27 PM |
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I had acouple elderly neighbors when I first moved in here they were in their 90's rat poop all over their house they didn't seem to notice it..
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COMMENT 325613P
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2012-09-28 07:31 PM |
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We had to get a professional to come in and they patched up even the teeniest holes with wire mesh and then used several Rat Zappers. They really do work great and are humane way to take care of the problem without having to see or touch them. A little red light flashes when there is something in the trap, be it rat or mouse.
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-09-28 08:51 PM |
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Be my luck I come out of the shower and that little mouse push the trap in front of the door ZAP!
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COMMENT 325744P
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2012-09-29 08:22 AM |
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There isn't any Hanta virus in house mice.
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-09-29 11:41 AM |
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Really then the little BOOGER can stay!!! At least until I catch him Thanks for telling me that..
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COMMENT 325320
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2012-09-29 04:36 PM |
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Gross..
And I wouldn't trust some anonymous poster saying its safe.. Rats get into houses, or baby rats.. Rats definitely can spread Hanta through fecal matter (usually airborne dust from the poo.) And some mice do carry Hanta as well as other diseases. Once they leave enough scent trail(from waste) then even after that mouse is gone, others will follow the scent to feel comfortable in that space. I'm not lecturing, I speak from experience:(
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-09-29 07:59 PM |
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Ah well if I get hanjive virus it would be Dogs will I can't catch the little booger..I'm so tired and sore I'm just an old fart living with an old cat and a mouse...
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