YIKES! I have a MOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!

[eh24fan]

Slightly off topic. I was sitting on the toilet reading a book, when all of a sudden I heard a gurgle of air bubbling up through water.. "What is wrong with the plumbing" says I while I got up to look. There was an animal in the toilet!!! I freaked! I screamed and ran out into the hallway. My daughter came out to see what the commotion was all about, but I sent her into her room and closed the door. I ran into the bathroom saw this little black animal looking back at me and put the lid down, and flushed. I ran and got a broom, incase he got out of the toilet, and I certainly didn't want a little black wet poopy animal running through the house. I phoned my husband. No answer. It seems that man is never here when I need him. I flushed about 7 times but the thing would not go down. The tank was taking too long to refill, so I started filling up bowls and dumping them down the tank. Then I thought what if this thing gets stuck in the toilet and have to plunge him down!! I phoned my girlfriend. She said to pour bleach into the toilet. It would blind him and make him easy to control. I couldn't find the bleach. Good thing I had just been to Costco. Into the toilet went Fantastic, Shout, and anything else I could think of. This animal was squirreling around the bowl, while I was in panic mode. Eventually my girlfriend came. The thing was not only dead, but his fur was gone by the time I fished him out of the toilet with a pair of pliers and burried him in the back yard. I think he may have been a squirrel. He must have fell down the septic vent, an 18' straight drop down a copper pipe, and couldn't get back up, so he swam the other way. I swear it took years off my life.

Now don't get me wrong. I like wildlife, but if it enters my home it gets killed. This happened about 3 years ago, and it still panics me to think about it. It took some time before I could even sit on the toilet again, and this is someone who has crohnes disease. Needless to say, I had my husband up on the roof with some screening and a clamp that weekend! Now every oriface of our house has some sort of screening on it-even the chimney.

Wow...thanks. Not only do I have to scan the room every 10 seconds to see if it's safe to continue with my feet on or near the floor, I have to worry when I go potty!!! GEEEZZZ

 

[lovetoscrap]

If I found a rat in my bedroom, I would need adult diapers!

I would need an ambulance to treat my heart attack!

There was an animal in the toilet!!! I freaked! .

Same with this!


OP I am so feeling your pain! I posted a month or so ago about my mouse issues. We live caught 4 of them and released them a few miles away but I knew there was at least 1 more in the house. I finally had had enough and told DH no more worrying about getting them alive, I wanted them GONE! In a week we got 2 with the snap traps. We did find the peanut butter LICKED off of one of the traps with no catch. And DD8 told me today she thinks she saw one in our pantry today. After we get back from our holiday trip we are emptying and cleaning out both of our pantries AGAIN. I am so tired of mice.

But my inlaws keep teasing me that they are here because they feel my house is Mouse friendly since I have an entire Mickey Mouse bedroom and Disney tree and other assorted Disney items around the house. So they tell me it is my own fault!

 

[lovetoscrap]

Wow...thanks. Not only do I have to scan the room every 10 seconds to see if it's safe to continue with my feet on or near the floor, I have to worry when I go potty!!! GEEEZZZ

Oh, and I have now gotten into the habit of kicking my shoes before I put them on cause I am terrified a mouse will be in them.

 

[Plantlady]

We have mice. I have found that peanut butter cups and snickers, in a snap trap are the most effective tool in catching them.

Although, the last mouse, stole my trap.

I'm a bit nervous to go hunting for it. I've sent DH out for more traps, while he's Christmas shopping today.

 

[Rora]

I do feel your pain OP but name him Mickey and try to catch him.. good luck!!

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Slightly off topic. I was sitting on the toilet reading a book, when all of a sudden I heard a gurgle of air bubbling up through water.. "What is wrong with the plumbing" says I while I got up to look. There was an animal in the toilet!!! I freaked! I screamed and ran out into the hallway. My daughter came out to see what the commotion was all about, but I sent her into her room and closed the door. I ran into the bathroom saw this little black animal looking back at me and put the lid down, and flushed. I ran and got a broom, incase he got out of the toilet, and I certainly didn't want a little black wet poopy animal running through the house. I phoned my husband. No answer. It seems that man is never here when I need him. I flushed about 7 times but the thing would not go down. The tank was taking too long to refill, so I started filling up bowls and dumping them down the tank. Then I thought what if this thing gets stuck in the toilet and have to plunge him down!! I phoned my girlfriend. She said to pour bleach into the toilet. It would blind him and make him easy to control. I couldn't find the bleach. Good thing I had just been to Costco. Into the toilet went Fantastic, Shout, and anything else I could think of. This animal was squirreling around the bowl, while I was in panic mode. Eventually my girlfriend came. The thing was not only dead, but his fur was gone by the time I fished him out of the toilet with a pair of pliers and burried him in the back yard. I think he may have been a squirrel. He must have fell down the septic vent, an 18' straight drop down a copper pipe, and couldn't get back up, so he swam the other way. I swear it took years off my life.

Now don't get me wrong. I like wildlife, but if it enters my home it gets killed. This happened about 3 years ago, and it still panics me to think about it. It took some time before I could even sit on the toilet again, and this is someone who has crohnes disease. Needless to say, I had my husband up on the roof with some screening and a clamp that weekend! Now every oriface of our house has some sort of screening on it-even the chimney.

I wish I hadn't read this. It's one thing killing an animal, but it sounds like that poor "thing" suffered quite a bit. We had a mouse in the hosue a couple of weeks ago, and I was pretty freaked out...first actual sighting in 21 years here...and yes, we killed him, with a snap trap, but it was over and done with pretty quickly. And I felt pretty bad afterwards even about that.

 

[Ride Junkie]

If you can figure out where it nests then place a sticky trap next to the entrance. Worked tons of times for me.

The sticky traps are the best. If you use regular traps with food on it (like peanut butter), that attracts ants. If you put out D-con, they will eat it & die somewhere...then you have the smell & can't locate the mouse. Unfortunately we've had both these things happen.

About a week ago, a mouse hitched a ride into the house from the garage in a Christmas box. We set a few sticky traps down near the walls, and within about 5 minutes of us shaking curtains, furniture, etc. to scare it, that bad boy was STUCK! They work like a charm.

 

[kydisneyfans]

We had our first mouse transported into the house with our Christmas stuff, that is the only 1 that made it into the house.

We have had several in the garage. I found 2 holes chewed through the concrete in opposite corners of the garage. I filled 1 hole, put out a glue trap, and had 2 dead mice on the trap within 24 hours.

We saw another this summer, put out 12 glue traps and never caught a thing. I then cleaned everything out of the garage, put everything back in, moved the traps around, and caught a mouse within 2 days.

We've seen nothing since.

 

[mjkacmom]

Well, lucky for you that he has no family! We get them now and get, and I can't stand it (and we have 2 pet rats!). Usually, we trap a couple, and the others get wise, and stay hidden!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I've killed 4 in the house, all in the boys bedroom. And one in my car!!! That one skeeves me out, I'm paranoid one will pop up while I'm driving.

I get the de-con twist traps and fill the bottom with peanut butter. Not always effective as snap traps but I can toss the whole thing without seeing the mouse. That reminds me, I need to set some in the basement tonight.

 

[turning40withMickey]

Oh no...~tis the season
DH saw one running in the family room
and we set traps
so far we have caught FOUR

snap traps and peanut butter
I hope we got them all

they were all caught rather quickly, within a day of each other

We live near woods and seem to get a mouse or two every year
when the weather turns cold like this....

It is all DH's job to get rid of them!

 

[Papa Deuce]

Thing is, you almost never get just one.... We caught one last week on a glue trap and thought we were good... then 3 days later we found mouse droppings in the exact same area... Caught another on a glue trap.... we have been OK for a few days now, though....

 

[MinnieMe87]

If I found a rat in my bedroom, I would need adult diapers!

Oh Tag Fairy.....

 

[manning]

Slightly off topic. I was sitting on the toilet reading a book, when all of a sudden I heard a gurgle of air bubbling up through water.. "What is wrong with the plumbing" says I while I got up to look. There was an animal in the toilet!!! I freaked! I screamed and ran out into the hallway. My daughter came out to see what the commotion was all about, but I sent her into her room and closed the door. I ran into the bathroom saw this little black animal looking back at me and put the lid down, and flushed. I ran and got a broom, incase he got out of the toilet, and I certainly didn't want a little black wet poopy animal running through the house. I phoned my husband. No answer. It seems that man is never here when I need him. I flushed about 7 times but the thing would not go down. The tank was taking too long to refill, so I started filling up bowls and dumping them down the tank. Then I thought what if this thing gets stuck in the toilet and have to plunge him down!! I phoned my girlfriend. She said to pour bleach into the toilet. It would blind him and make him easy to control. I couldn't find the bleach. Good thing I had just been to Costco. Into the toilet went Fantastic, Shout, and anything else I could think of. This animal was squirreling around the bowl, while I was in panic mode. Eventually my girlfriend came. The thing was not only dead, but his fur was gone by the time I fished him out of the toilet with a pair of pliers and burried him in the back yard. I think he may have been a squirrel. He must have fell down the septic vent, an 18' straight drop down a copper pipe, and couldn't get back up, so he swam the other way. I swear it took years off my life.

Now don't get me wrong. I like wildlife, but if it enters my home it gets killed. This happened about 3 years ago, and it still panics me to think about it. It took some time before I could even sit on the toilet again, and this is someone who has crohnes disease. Needless to say, I had my husband up on the roof with some screening and a clamp that weekend! Now every oriface of our house has some sort of screening on it-even the chimney.

Good thing it didn't happen to your husband because.......ah never mind.

 

[manning]

I would need an ambulance to treat my heart attack!




Same with this!


OP I am so feeling your pain! I posted a month or so ago about my mouse issues. We live caught 4 of them and released them a few miles away but I knew there was at least 1 more in the house. I finally had had enough and told DH no more worrying about getting them alive, I wanted them GONE! In a week we got 2 with the snap traps. We did find the peanut butter LICKED off of one of the traps with no catch. And DD8 told me today she thinks she saw one in our pantry today. After we get back from our holiday trip we are emptying and cleaning out both of our pantries AGAIN. I am so tired of mice.

But my inlaws keep teasing me that they are here because they feel my house is Mouse friendly since I have an entire Mickey Mouse bedroom and Disney tree and other assorted Disney items around the house. So they tell me it is my own fault!

Use chunky peanut butter. Jam a peanut into the trap so the mouse has to give it a good pull. then smear it with peanut butter.

 

[eh24fan]

Well, there have been no sightings and I don't know about the traps yet. I won't check them and the "man" had to go get a haircut this morning. He is on his way home and I will have him check them when he gets back. I have to pick up around the living room and I'm afraid I'll disturb the little critter and it will run at me. HAHAHA

 

[sunnyday123]

It's the time of year.....

Last night I was awakened to thudding in my bedroom. Woke up just in time to see my male cat batting something around, and his sidekick sitting next to him. I said "NO!" he looked at me and his toy promptly ran into my Ugg boot. ( anyone wanna buy a pair of Uggs??) Which he immediately sticks his head in, and now is stuck. I'm frantic because I am picturing how I would react if my head was stuck in a boot with a mouse in it. Then he pulls his head out, runs out of the room and down the stairs. I jumped up,slammed the door shut, put on shoes ( Not the Uggs ) and went downstairs. Poor little dead mousie is laying on the kitchen floor. I walked into the other room to see where the mouse killing machine was, turned around and the mouse was gone. I said alot of words that would make my Mother slap my head, and went upstairs. There they sat. It was like he was showing the little one something really cool.."Yea, see those legs there, they run really fast..." She really needs alot of help, because after he left the room with the mouse, she walked around sticking her head in my boots for about an hour and then curled up and went to sleep. Not really the sharpest tool in the shed.

I put a tupperware bowl over it and woke up DD. According to her, dead mice aren't a big deal because she's had 3 hamsters and they don't last long.
I suppose it's better than the head they left in front of my bedroom door. DD said they think they are bringing me a present. I told him today I would prefer money.
I do know that before I had cats, I didn't have a mouse problem. Ignorance is bliss. I live in the middle of a wildlife preserve so I know it's like fighting a losing battle but I don't even know how air much less mice are getting into my house at this point I've plugged every hole,caulked outside and inside and even put mothballs around the house.

Anyone want a free pair of Uggs???

 

[eh24fan]

I WON! The little sucker was drawn in by the peanut butter. hehe But we put another trap back there just in case he had friends.

 

[chloe770]

About 2 weeks ago, I went to throw out a piece of paper in my garage, I looked down at the trash can and there was a little mouse looking back at me. I screamed at first, then realized he was trapped (caught himself ). He was kinda cute. I called DS5 over to see him.
DS5 says to me " Oh he's so cute. Can we keep him? We can name him Mickey."
Needless to say we did not keep " Mickey". But we did set him free back into the woods. You can't hurt Mickey Mouse after all.

 

[eh24fan]

I am afraid to check the 3 traps...I'm going to make "the man" do it when he gets home from work. Now ya'll have me thinking I only won a battle, not the war!!!