Those little things can get onto anything, get in anywhere and even lower your house's hygiene. Although some mice are innocent, the mice that invade your home can anger you. Don't worry, this simple technique will get any mice out of your home and revert your home to a lovely clean state.
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Method One
- 1Buy at least 4 mouse traps and place them in random rooms around your home. The more mouse traps you get, the higher chance there is that the mice will get caught.
- 2Get some peanut butter, and some old pantyhose. Cut a small section of the pantyhose, put a very small amount of the peanut butter in the middle of the small strip of pantyhose. Tie the peanut butter inside the pantyhose to the trigger of the mouse trap. (Teeth get stuck in the pantyhose making it more likely to trip the trigger).
- 3Place the mouse traps inside a can or something similar, and place it at entry areas in the house. The garage area should be your first choice of an entry area: a kitchen or bathroom might need one also. Know your house and look for problem areas.
- 4Check the cans often to see if you caught the mouse. If you do catch one, then put the lid on the tin and discard it.
- 5Or, you could skip all of these steps and just buy a cat, they will get rid of the problem quickly
- 6Note: Some mice are pretty savvy, so you may want to lull them into trusting you first. Do this by baiting your traps with peanut butter, but do not set them! Wait several nights until they're used to the traps being a safe food source, then start setting your traps for results.
Method Two
- 1Cut a small mouse-sized hole on one end of a small box.
- 2Put some cereal in the box on the opposite end.
- 3Put a rope on the side of the box with the hole, and attach this rope to the oven handle.
- 4Place the box so it is hanging halfway off the counter, just barely balancing on it.
- 5Wait for the mouse to go in to get food. The box will fall, make a noise and stun the mouse
- 6Rush and remove the rope and take the box to the waiting cage.
Method Three
- 1Get a pail or garbage can, preferably with two opposing handles.
- 2Fill it one-quarter full of water.
- 3Get a used can or bottle and poke a hole in the bottom of it.
- 4Get a string or piece of thin rope or wire double the width of the pail.
- 5String it through the used can/bottle and tie it onto both handles of the pail.
- 6Smear a bit of peanut butter on the can. Provide some kind of access for the mouse to reach one handle of the pail.
- 7Leave overnight and there will be a drowned mouse in the pail to dispose of the next day. On a larger scale this can also work for a rat.
- 8Clean up the place and block rodent entry points with steel wool.
Edit Tips
- Get a large-sized can so the mouse can fit.
- Contrary to popular belief,(some)mice don't like cheese. Chocolate, bread, meat, hard caramel, and peanut butter work well.
- Spread peanut butter on a cotton ball, and attach the cotton ball to the trap.
- Mice also like corn chicken feed. If you know a friend with any, borrow some from them. To catch the mice in our barn, we just left the lid off the top of the feed barrel with a stick leading to the top and picked them out in the morning.
- If the mouse is still alive in the trap, squirming and squealing, then you have to kill it somehow before disposing of it. Leaving it to die slowly or drowning it seems more like torture. Sometimes they can escape the trap, leaving their tail behind. If you must kill it, the fastest and painless way is cerebral concussion, i.e. a swift and hard whack to the head with a hammer. Place the mouse in a plastic bag. This is why live traps are best (see Warnings).
- Get a cat for deterrence.
- Don't forget to plug up all holes; it's a tedious step but a necessary one. Steel wool works especially well, and can be combined with plaster for walls (though it will rust through the plaster eventually). One important spot to plug is the back of the oven, where the wires come out. Stuff that hole well, because there's nothing like the smell of fresh-baked mouse pee to add that special cheer to a day!
Edit Warnings
- Traps hurt animals. Consider buying live traps to release the animals out in the wild. This will also spare you from having to kill the mouse.
- Glue traps are especially cruel. The animal's paws become stuck to the surface of the trap and can't be unstuck. Mice have been known to gnaw off their paw or paws to escape. This will invariably result in a slow and gruesome death.
- Note on ultrasound rodent repellent: according to the FTC's complaint, the respondents do not have a reasonable basis for claims that ultrasound will eliminate or repel pests, including rodents and many insects, from a user's home.
- Glue traps; should you find yourself staring down a mouse on the glue who looks like he just hopped on recently, you can take the trap outside and pour olive oil over his feet--welling it up--this will break down the glue quickly and allow the mouse to run away. Don't do this in the house!! **The mouse will come right back in your house if you do it close by!** Drive a mile or so and dispose of mice.
- It is illegal in many areas to live release trapped animals of any kind on property that is not yours, and makes for bad neighbors if they see you releasing mice in their yard.
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July 23, 2012 by Zeta42
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