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Originally Posted by joecool

"and stop them from getting back in."

I meant he should block up the holes so the mice could not get back in. But what if he is not there to moniter each glue trap? The mice would suffer then.
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Well, only put the glue traps down when your home. You can hear the mice/rats when they get caught on the trap because they squeek.
When I lived in this one house (don't live there now thank goodness) the neighbors had a junkyard in the back and it bred rats. I never knew how they got into the house so I wouldn't know how to block off the entrance routes. The neighborhood was overrun by rats. On roofs, in bushes smased on the streets-everywhere! I wouldn't want to live catch them and let them go!!!
 
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Originally Posted by bengalbabe

Well, only put the glue traps down when your home. You can hear the mice/rats when they get caught on the trap because they squeek.
When I lived in this one house (don't live there now thank goodness) the neighbors had a junkyard in the back and it bred rats. I never knew how they got into the house so I wouldn't know how to block off the entrance routes. The neighborhood was overrun by rats. On roofs, in bushes smased on the streets-everywhere! I wouldn't want to live catch them and let them go!!!
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Ewwww, that is so nasty. But if you do not live in a place like that(i sure hope not!), live traps should be okay if you can find how they get in.
 
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yeah they even chewed the wires in our wall. The phone went out! One got electricuted in the wall by chewing a wrie and it stunk for weeks!
Man, there was nothing you could do to rid yourself of those rats.
During the day when out in the yard if you wanlked by the bushes they would be all rustling around in there. One was behind a log and I thought it was a squirrl unitll it ran and I seen it's tail! For some reaon there was a population explosion in that area and it didn't help with the junkyard being so close.
To make matters worse my hubby is extreamly petrified of rodents! He is phobic.
 
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oh and we tried the plug in thing that makes the sound they dont like-that didn't work. And it dosent matter how clean you are they still come in.
 
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Originally Posted by joecool

Sounds like the perfect place to move a speutered feral colony to, as soon as they all had their shots.
You could get some volunteers to make sure the cats didn't actually eat the rats... and problem solved!!
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There were quite a few starys that lived there. Actually, I don't mind if the cats eat the rats that what they are designed to eat. As long as the rat was not poisioned before the cat got it.
If I could stand to do it i'd feed my cats some mice. I thought about buying some feeder mice for them but just couldn't do it after looking into the mouses little beaty eyes
 
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Regardless, I only had 2 traps and I had checked em just about everyday, and I haven't caught anything with em anyway...besides my cat. Had I caught a mouse tho I was planning on putting it out of its misery.
Speaking of my cat....no one answered my question about getting the oil/lard out of my cats hair. I cleaned it off with a warm towel and then gave him a bath and shampooed his feet and tail figuring that should do the trick. Now his fur is just really greasy in those areas and Im not sure how to get it out.
 
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Originally Posted by 2nah

Regardless, I only had 2 traps and I had checked em just about everyday, and I haven't caught anything with em anyway...besides my cat. Had I caught a mouse tho I was planning on putting it out of its misery.
Speaking of my cat....no one answered my question about getting the oil/lard out of my cats hair. I cleaned it off with a warm towel and then gave him a bath and shampooed his feet and tail figuring that should do the trick. Now his fur is just really greasy in those areas and Im not sure how to get it out.
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Sorry we kinda went OT earlier but try dishwashing liquid to get the oil out. Dishwashing liquid is desigend to wash off oil.
 
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Just soap should do the trick in breaking down the oils. Give them a good bath, and try to lather them more than once. Then, rinse them extremely well.



I am sorry, we were upset because you didn't say you checked the traps every day. Members here believe in being kind and humane always to all animals. At least, most members. But all the ones that have replied do, and just don't like to hear about any animals suffering.

So good luck!
 
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Originally Posted by bengalbabe

Sorry we kinda went OT earlier but try dishwashing liquid to get the oil out. Dishwashing liquid is desigend to wash off oil.
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Will I need to give him another bath with his cat shampoo then after the dishwashing soap? Or will it be ok to just wash it out? Just curious cuz I dunno if itd be good for him to lick that off his hair afterwards....
 
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It should be fine to just wash him in the dishwashing liquid. It wouldn't hurt to wash him twice though-once with the DWL and once with the kitty shampoo. Some breeders use DWL to wash thier cats for cat shows because it gets all of the oil out of the fur.
 
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If you are intent on killing mice and you want a quick kill, set out a small saucer of instant potato flakes and near it fresh water. The mouse will eat the flakes, go drink the water, go back to his nest, and go to sleep and not wake up. Set it out of the way of your pets. You can do the same thing with quick cooking grits and water.

There was a mouse under our hay barn and he was gigantic. I used this method and he is now gone. He was scaring my horses (and me) by going into the stalls. He was to large even for the barn cats to get him, plus I don't want them getting tapeworm. I read about this method and tried it and it does work. I found his body and buried it the other day.
 
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Originally Posted by hissy

If you are intent on killing mice and you want a quick kill, set out a small saucer of instant potato flakes and near it fresh water. The mouse will eat the flakes, go drink the water, go back to his nest, and go to sleep and not wake up. Set it out of the way of your pets. You can do the same thing with quick cooking grits and water.

There was a mouse under our hay barn and he was gigantic. I used this method and he is now gone. He was scaring my horses (and me) by going into the stalls. He was to large even for the barn cats to get him, plus I don't want them getting tapeworm. I read about this method and tried it and it does work. I found his body and buried it the other day.
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Gosh.......why does that work???...How bizzare
 
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Originally Posted by joecool

"and stop them from getting back in."

I meant he should block up the holes so the mice could not get back in. But what if he is not there to moniter each glue trap? The mice would suffer then.
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Originally Posted by Nebula11

Gosh.......why does that work???...How bizzare
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That's awesome! Hopefully readers will try that next time instead of glue...?
 
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You can kill ants much the same way- once they eat the food, and then drink the water, the food swells in their stomach and they just die. There is a great book out by Jerry Baker called Bug Off and I read about it there.
 
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Originally Posted by joecool

"and stop them from getting back in."

I meant he should block up the holes so the mice could not get back in. But what if he is not there to moniter each glue trap? The mice would suffer then.
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a mouse can fit through a hole the size of a ballpoint pen. how many of them do you think you have around your house that you havent noticed yet?

i've heard that cat urine is meant to be a rodent detterent, not sure if thats true though. if it is, you could always lay dirty litter or the litter tray around where you saw the mice.

glue traps are also unsanitary to humans as they often cause the mouse to pee and poo themself in terror increasing the risk of diseases that are carried in their waste.

i like Hissy's idea best as at least the animal gets a good meal before it dies.
 
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