[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'G')et a humane live trap and relocate him.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'G')et a humane live trap and relocate him.

[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrairieMule', '
')Does he have a name yet?

[PenultimateManStanding]

My guess right now is that it came in from behind the stove. I saw it shoot across the stove top last night and dive into the burner holes. It/they probably live in there. Good suggestions PM.

[SinisterBlueCat]

I say you just live with him....he may be a good spirit come to guide you. Call him bojangles.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SinisterBlueCat', 'I') say you just live with him....he may be a good spirit come to guide you. Call him bojangles.

[Leanan]

You definitely don't want mice living in the stove. They love stoves, since they're nice and warm. But every once in awhile they'll get trapped in the oven, and roasted alive. Doesn't smell very nice.

[AmericanEmpire]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'B')ut every once in awhile they'll get trapped in the oven, and roasted alive. Doesn't smell very nice.

[BlisteredWhippet]

PMS, you have a dog, don't you?

PS. its called a 'tin cat' baitless repeating mouse catcher. Guaranteed to catch them alive over and over again for your choice of euthanization technique.

[PenultimateManStanding]

I see it's running about 50/50 with a little edge for the thumbs up. I've decided that GandalfNewMexico is right, kill the little bugger. If we can talk about die-offs and billions of dead people, one stinking mouse isn't going to make a difference. No time for getting squishy sentimental. (I don't want mouse piss on the counters, either) So I got those sticky things and the mouse will get stuck and die a horrible slow death. And for extra sinister good measure, I bought them at Wallmart!

[SinisterBlueCat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'S')o I got those sticky things and the mouse will get stuck and die a horrible slow death. And for extra sinister good measure, I bought them at Wallmart!

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SinisterBlueCat', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'S')o I got those sticky things and the mouse will get stuck and die a horrible slow death. And for extra sinister good measure, I bought them at Wallmart!

[gnm]

A lot of people in NM died a really nasty death as a result of the hanta virus. Just one of the presents those guys will piss all over your stuff when they are not shredding stored clothes in your closet or some other nefarious deed.

Don't bother with the sticky traps they don't work all that well and can be considered cruel. Just use the good ole wire snap trap and put peanut butter or soft cheese on the bait tab.

Anyone who has a soft spot for mice might have enjoyed the plague of mice which swept the San Juan region of CO/NM a number of years ago. I had a freind who lived up there and she literally had situations where you would open a cabinet and 20+ mice would stream out. They were in everything! And they will turn to cannibalism in such situations also.

disgusting creatures.

-G

[gnm]

Oh a follow up on the traps.. look at it this way - its natural selection. If they are stupid enough to go for the bait on an obvious trap then oh well.... SNAP! - you be dead.

The glue ones are a pain because sometime they will get stuck halfway or not on real well or they will chew off a leg etc and then smear really nasty glue all over under your cabinet or whatever.

Oh and I did try the humane catch and release traps for a while and then I'd dump them a mile away in the forest. Then I found a couple dead in the trap the next day (heart attack I guess) so that wasn't working too well...

But really the clincher was after they got into a lot of storage containers (the plastic ones with the double fold tops) which I thought were mouse proof. No such luck they pissed all over everything and ruind a lot of photos/keepsakes/important papers. At that point I switched to lethal traps of every kind.

best bet - knock down the population with poison (careful if you have cats/pets however) and then follow up with snap traps for a while...

-G

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gnm', '
')Don't bother with the sticky traps they don't work all that well and can be considered cruel. Just use the good ole wire snap trap and put peanut butter or soft cheese on the bait tab.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gnm', '
')they pissed all over everything and ruind a lot of photos/keepsakes/important papers. At that point I switched to lethal traps of every kind.

[gnm]

Yeah like I said in the followup the glue can have other disadvantages however. The deer mouse isn't really a whole lot bigger and does get into houses frequently. I have seen standard grey mice bigger than wild deer mice though. I believe hantavirus is widely distributed but most frequently is seen in the SW. Thats not the only disease they (and other types of mice) can carry however.

If you have pets or children I'd just go with the snap traps...

-G

[PenultimateManStanding]

I just checked up on hantavirus in San Diego. There have been a couple cases in the rural east county mountains. That's it. I'm down on the coast where they say there are no deer mice.

[eastbay]

Folks we're talking about one mouse in an apartment! It's not as if its hiding out in a 4,000 sq foot 19th century mansion.

Dude, just chase him out.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'F')olks we're talking about one mouse in an apartment! It's not as if its hiding out in a 4,000 sq foot 19th century mansion.

Dude, just chase him out.