I am being taunted by a mouse!!!

[malta blue]

I pretty much live in the woods, and so we get mice in the winter.

Well, I have been trying to starve this fucker out, but he won't leave.

I finally set a couple of traps. This morning, all the peanut butter was gone, but the traps were not sprung. So I baited them with cheese before I left for work.

I got home and as I was opening the back door, I saw the little bastard run from the trap and scurry behind the stove - and the cheese was gone! The trap was completely intact :banghead:

This is making me crazy!!! I am compulsively wiping down counters, rewashing dishes before I use them, etc.

AHHHHH

:nuke::nuke::nuke:

[TZ]

1. You don't have a cat do you?

I would suggest (I know this sounds gross but it might be a deterent) getting some used cat litter and putting it where you set the traps..it might deter the mice...

[malta blue]

2. No cat.

:(

My rat terriers would not stand for it.

Although, Egypt spends most of her day staring at the stove - she knows it's back there, she just can't get it.

Out in the yard, she has proven herself to be quite a skilled hunter ;)

[astral]

22. If there is one thing my mother taught me

any can can get used to any dog.

Any dog can get used to any cat.

Her animals that came and went through the years all loved each other and snuggled together and cleaned each other's ears, eyes, it can work, so long as you watch them for a couple days to make sure nobody's capable of actual murder.

A cat is the only solution.

Unless you are allergic to cats.

Or don't like them.

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. Survival breeds a smarter mouse.

There are complex live-catch traps available. You could toss it out up the road a bit.

Or put it in a cage and welcome it as another soul wishing to avoid hunger and freezing weather..

[malta blue]

4. I actually checked out some of the live catch traps at the store

I am thinking that might be the way to go, because this bugger has some big ones!

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. Good luck, whatever you end up doing!

[hobbit709]

5. Make those two rat terrors earn their keep.

[malta blue]

7. they are trying,

damned mouse hides under the cupboard and they can't get to it!

[MineralMan]

8. Poor widdle mousie...

I've shared living quarters with mice several times in my life. They seem to like the dry cat food left out for the kitties, who seem to ignore the little rodents.

As long as they had the cat food, they seemed to stay out of cupboards and drawers and lived in the gap beneath the kitchen cabinets on the floors.

An interesting thing to do is to catch your little rodent friends in a live trap and put them in a mousie cage, complete with a wheel, some shredded newspaper and a water bottle. They're a blast to watch, and they tame down really quickly. A little food and you have lively little companions.

But, then, I'm a sucker for small critters, so my advice may not be welcome.

So far, I've never used kill traps for them. If they become a nuisance, I catch them in live traps and release them near the town butthead's house.

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. When I was a teen, the mousetrap in the garage went off.

I ran in, and quickly learned, =never again=, if it's my choice at all. I didn't have a choice in that one.

[MineralMan]

13. Yeah, I hate finding a smushed mouse in a trap.

Sometimes, you have to do it. My mother-in-law had some mice in her house and she could sleep there until they were gone. As much as I hated to, I set snap traps for them. Got four and found the hole they'd come in through and plugged it. She stayed at our place in the meantime.

Still, they're cute little mammals....

[malta blue]

20. I am not looking forward to the outcome at all, but

since I have a kid who likes to cook her own breakfast, for hygiene's sake, I can't have them around.

[malta blue]

14. I don't mind small critters, but my dogs would kill it

if they had the chance, so I would rather it go away.

[ThomCat]

9. It sounds like you need different types of traps.

:(

It's too bad the dogs can't get to the mouse. They're the right size to be mouse hunters.

[Lavender Brown]

10. Don't starve him...

it might be Fievel, just trying to find his family. :+

[malta blue]

12. You got me with that FIEVEL!!

:rofl:

[Lavender Brown]

15. ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRjb8sMjYu8

:cry:

[malta blue]

16. omg

:cry:

I loved that movie!

[Blue Diadem]

17. When we had our mouse problem we found some traps took more

pressure to spring them. I ended up with a shoebox full of traps that didn't work right and only a couple of traps that were sensitive enough.

I understand how you feel, I turn into a cleaning fanatic when we get one in too. Good luck!

[malta blue]

18. oh nifty - just what I need...

I actually have never used a trap until I bought them yesterday....and I had to use the google to figure out how to set it (but they are set correctly, I set them each off myself).

Thanks for the info though, I will check out other traps.

[TZ]

19. Wish I could lend you my cat..

whom at the moment is going to town on her catnip flavored mouse..:)

[malta blue]

21. why don't you pour some more salt on the wound...

:rofl:

[TZ]

28. I'm sorry Malta Blue but I believe my cat was taunting you last night

Literally thats the first time in god knows how long that she out of the blue just started playing with her toy mouse (I didn't grab it or anything) and she really did start playing while I was reading your post...:)

[harmonicon]

23. join the club

I've got a little mouse bastard who won't go away - he's been here since I moved into this house in July, and all attempts to evict him have been in vain.

[BreweryYardRat]

24. Consider investing in a rat snake, if you can keep your dogs from killing it.

Might be worth a shot.

[bif]

25. Here's the foolproof way to bag the sucker

Load the trap up with peanut butter. Then, wrap string around the peanut butter. He has to tug on the string to get to the bait. Then, WHAMMO! It works for me every time.

[BurtWorm]

26. Have you considered selling your story to Warner Brothers?

Check with their Looney Toons division. ;-)

[texas1928]

27. Sorry, I found that spring traps don't work.

Live traps work sometimes, but the one I found that takes care of the situation. Electronic. Zaps their little asses. Blinks when you have one in there, open the lid, dump in the trash, push the button, and you are ready again.

[tinymontgomery]

29. Maybe it's Stuart Little

Stuart Little was a smart little guy.

[vard28]

30. How much peanut butter are you using?

What kind of traps? I use just the SMALLEST little spot of peanut butter, that way the mice can't lick and run. I use those black plastic rectangle ones that you can reuse, but don't have to see their snapped little bodies. My son actually buries them in the yard 'cause we don't like to have to kill the little destructive beasts, and we feel badly that we have to. But I put a dab of peanut butter smaller than a pea on the back of the little bait circle. That usually makes 'em crawl all the way in.