Of Mice And Me

Meister · 11-10-2004, 11:48 AM

There is a mouse in my attic.

Now don't get me wrong, I like living where I do... a rather old house, not exactly in the countryside, but by no means in a big city. Suburban, if you will. And being as it's an old house, there are bound to be some holes in the walls through which mice can enter. One (or possibly several of them) did so recently and set up camp in the attic directly over my bedroom. I wouldn't mind that much if it weren't for one thing.

The little fucker burrows.

All. Night. Long.

See, he sits there in the ceiling and, apparently, bides his time by shoveling all the gravel and stuff that is in there to even out the floor from one corner of the room to the other and back, starting over once he's finished and keeping me wide awake in the process, or, even worse, waking me up at 2 am. How something that's so small is physically able to produce such a racket is beyond me. I can only imagine he has scattered Capt'n Crunch all over the floor and walks over it repeatedly in heavy boots.

In short, anyone know how to repel mice or, failing that, how to effectively bait them into a trap?

Flarecobra · 11-10-2004, 11:51 AM

Get a cat.

Barring that, just set traps in places that you think it might come and go.

Osterbaum · 11-10-2004, 01:10 PM

Man...I can really imagine a whole The Mouse That Couldn't Be Cathed scenario with you and the mouse...

Oh the funniness...

Omega · 11-10-2004, 01:50 PM

i would suggest the cat method.... but then you get to listen to burrowing and a large crashing sound when the cat you got crashs into somthing in your attic.

i would go with some good old fasion mouse traps baited with peanut butter.

or if you dont wanna kill them get some plug in mouse sound makers (not what its actuqally called) they produce a low frequency sound that is hard to hear and even if you do you will get used to it.

the thing is the mice wont it drives em insane untill they flee from your home like a Normal person from a texas hoe-down
hope that helped.

Foamy · 11-10-2004, 01:56 PM

Heh, i thought this was going to be about the book...

Meh, to really get rid of them is to set a line of pieces of cheese that leads outside....

Or you could go with the noise maker.

BlackMageGirl! · 11-10-2004, 02:04 PM

I searched on Google and I found this site. I hope that it helps.

Meister · 11-10-2004, 02:14 PM

Indeed it should. So they go for peanut butter, eh? I'll try that out, thanks for the info. The use of an electronic device is pending and the cat... well... I guess I could, like, borrow one...

*listens for a minute*

... I can't begin to imagine what in the world it is doing up there.

Deathosaurus Wrecks · 11-10-2004, 02:14 PM

find out where the little guy is living at, and make a bunch of noise during the day. smack the walls with a broom and stop around on the floor. if he's gonna keep you up when you try to sleep, do the same to him.

Omega · 11-10-2004, 02:25 PM

the thing about the beanut butter is that mice are greedy they cant get it all off so they keep trying to get more and more untill SNAP!

on a side note i mouse trap i used once actually decapitated the mouse! to this day have not located the head. sleepy hollow any one?

also a warning to the mouse trap user. REMEMBER HOW MANY TRAP YOU HAVE SET AND CHECK EACH OF THEM! nothing sucks more than finding a rotted mouse carcass that is stuck via peanut butter to your mouse trap... EWWW!

BlackMageGirl! · 11-10-2004, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meister

Indeed it should. So they go for peanut butter, eh? I'll try that out, thanks for the info. The use of an electronic device is pending and the cat... well... I guess I could, like, borrow one...

*listens for a minute*

... I can't begin to imagine what in the world it is doing up there.

Maybe constructing a robot army to eventually rally his fellow vermin in conquest for taking over the world?

Okay, maybe not.

Why don't you try going into Wal-Mart(or stores like it)? They usually carry mousetraps and the like.

11-10-2004, 11:48 AM	#1
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Of Mice And Me There is a mouse in my attic. Now don't get me wrong, I like living where I do... a rather old house, not exactly in the countryside, but by no means in a big city. Suburban, if you will. And being as it's an old house, there are bound to be some holes in the walls through which mice can enter. One (or possibly several of them) did so recently and set up camp in the attic directly over my bedroom. I wouldn't mind that much if it weren't for one thing. The little fucker burrows. All. Night. Long. See, he sits there in the ceiling and, apparently, bides his time by shoveling all the gravel and stuff that is in there to even out the floor from one corner of the room to the other and back, starting over once he's finished and keeping me wide awake in the process, or, even worse, waking me up at 2 am. How something that's so small is physically able to produce such a racket is beyond me. I can only imagine he has scattered Capt'n Crunch all over the floor and walks over it repeatedly in heavy boots. In short, anyone know how to repel mice or, failing that, how to effectively bait them into a trap?

11-10-2004, 11:51 AM	#2
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	Get a cat. Barring that, just set traps in places that you think it might come and go. __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them.

11-10-2004, 01:10 PM	#3
Osterbaum The revolution will be memed! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: FIN Posts: 5,967	Man...I can really imagine a whole The Mouse That Couldn't Be Cathed scenario with you and the mouse... Oh the funniness... __________________ D is for Dirty Commie!

11-10-2004, 01:56 PM	#5
Foamy I may look innocent... Join Date: May 2004 Location: Your closet, trying to untie these ropes. Posts: 899	Heh, i thought this was going to be about the book... Meh, to really get rid of them is to set a line of pieces of cheese that leads outside.... Or you could go with the noise maker. __________________ I reject your reality and substitute my own. I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.

11-10-2004, 02:14 PM	#8
Deathosaurus Wrecks Underachiever Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,996	find out where the little guy is living at, and make a bunch of noise during the day. smack the walls with a broom and stop around on the floor. if he's gonna keep you up when you try to sleep, do the same to him. __________________ "There was another, who came before you he was a hero and your brother and my son he fought the darkenss, the darkness won" -The Protomen "Unrest in the House of Light"

11-10-2004, 02:04 PM	#6
BlackMageGirl! Oh hi! :D Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Currently in reality! Posts: 2,688	I searched on Google and I found this site. I hope that it helps.