Mouse in the house!

When I came home the other day a mouse scurried across the kitchen floor. I set a catch it live trap and I have been leaving a trail of food to it which Domino has eaten most of. I'm jumpy when I'm in the kitchen, I'm not scared of mice but don't want one round my feet.

We were just in our lounge and the mouse ran in past the cat who had a little go at playing with it but Domino ran the other direction. By the time I decided what to catch him in it had disappeared.................. so now I don't know where he is.

I know I was thinking of another pet but this is not what I expected.

Poor Domino probabaly wondered what on earth it was,thought one of his toys had come to life!

I'm sure if Jess (my ) came face to face with a mouse she wouldn't know what to do - she's a very wussy pussy - tho she did actually catch a field mouse in the back garden when I first moved in here, but she is getting on a bit now and spends most of her time curled up on my bed

My Holly is very good at catchin mice I find dead bodies all over the back garden......  She would love it at your house!!! lol

I've just given Domino a brush as he rolled and played in some fresh snow and heavy frost this morning. Smoky the cat likes a brush as well but his fur pushes the bristles in so I've got him something that he is loving.....the most effective grooming thing you can use on a cat. I bought it in a hardware store, it cost 99p and is a junior hacksaw blade on a handle!

We used to recommend this tool when I worked at a vets' when I left school. What's good is, it only takes out the loose dead hair and the edge of the blade is "raspy" like a cats tongue. Smoky loves it and he then leaves less fur on our clothes. Try it, trust me.

I'll try that on our Jasper, he hates being brushed and I usually end up being bitten and scratched  

Must be a January thing. Late last night, when I went into the kitchen, a fair sized mouse ran across the kitchen working surface and dropped down behind the oven. Last January he was seen on the floor and during the year I have sensed a few signs in cupboards but was not keen to really find him. He's dodging the live traps, I think I might have to put poison down behind the oven, away from dog and cat. I hate the thought of killing him (or her) but not happy with it running across the units.

Can anyone suggest anything that works? Not a trap.

You can get humane traps which doesn't kill them, & digestive biscuits are better bait than cheese.

Alternatively you can borrow our cat, Wicksie, he's being catching rats just lately, but I'm sure he still have a mouse given the opportunity

  you could move!!!!

Quoted from Seven61

  you could move!!!!

Do mice avoid bungalows in Westward Ho!?

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You can get humane traps which doesn't kill them, & digestive biscuits are better bait than cheese.

Alternatively you can borrow our cat, Wicksie, he's being catching rats just lately, but I'm sure he still have a mouse given the opportunity

It's the humane traps I'm using but to no avail. I agree they like digestives. Once when we had them, I'm sure I caught the same mouse 5 times. Someone told me you have to take them over 2 miles away to stop them returning????????

Quoted from Bumble

Do mice avoid bungalows in Westward Ho!?

We haven't had one yet

our cat is quite keen in bringing in little gifts for us, mostly dead.  although we have had one of two live ones, after turning the house upside down, we have found our vacume cleaner , Henry, is good for catching the litter *********.   the last one was a rat.  once you have the poor sole sucked up the pipe, quickly run outside ,then switch the hoover off  and give the pipe a good shake amie at next doors garden, and with a bit of luck, he should land  a safe distance away.   quite safe but might suffer a heart atttack later. good luck

My cat, Tike, has a habit of catching mice while he's out and then bringing them in and letting them go! My dog, Sprite, seems to sense them and points to where they're hiding and points them out with her nose. We have catching them off to a fine art now and they go straight out the front door!

Quoted from Bumble

Someone told me you have to take them over 2 miles away to stop them returning????????

You can throw them that far...... I'm impressed

no there are certainly no Mice in WW ho and if there are they only live in Detached houses with outbuildings and room for a Pony !!!

We bought our mouse a present in the village today.

how kind !!!!!   a piece of cheese Warfarin Flavour???

We reluctantly bought pellets and I dropped some down the back of our slot in cooker, safely away from our pets. I then proceeded to cook sunday roast. There was some fat on the inner floor of the oven which began to smoke and when I opened the oven door, the smoke billowed out setting both smoke alarms off. It made me cough and splutter and my eyes were smarting. I'm sure those pellets were involved some way.

Andrew was too busy watching West Ham losing to Arsenal to help a lot but eventually realised the severity of the problem.

I think I might have smoked the mouse out, I'll keep an eye for him.

poor mouse i expect he is packing up his belongings              




perhaps you should of tried cooking earlier

I had something in the old workshop and they would run away with the traps. I lost about a dozen. Not sure if it was a mouse or a rat but I never found the traps again. Never get to many Rats around here as the cats keep them down.

Ooh I can remember Bonnie under one of the many minis with something that was still wriggling - ugh!

Quoted from Bumble

Andrew was too busy watching West Ham losing to Arsenal to help a lot but eventually realised the severity of the problem.

It wasn't serious at the time as they were outplaying the Gunners.

Or did you mean the severity of the house filling with choking smoke?