Help. found 3 dead mice? (townhome, sink, dogs, cold)
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Floating in a pot in my sink. And a few droppings near the sink. Never saw a mouse in 7 years of living in this townhome. Found out my neighbor found 5 of them and called pest control. They set traps. It's been 2 days and I haven't found any more. No droppings either. I didn't get traps yet because I worry about our dogs getting into to them. Would the traps in her home catch them? Will I find more?
Get those sticky traps, think like a mouse and put them where they could hide. I put a dollop of peanut butter in the center of the trap to make it more enticing. Check frequently (once a day).
Wow that must be gross. Might as well leave a big dirty pot with water in the sink again since that fairly effective already.
Just to let you know, I used the sticky trap before and a mouse actually got caught and then freed itself. So they do work but not bullet proof. Good luck
I prefer the snap traps. They will kill the mouse instantly. The sticky traps freak me out. Won't the mouse still be alive when you find the trap?
Sometimes. Mostly they'll die of exhaustion by the time you find it.
Yes, they can sometimes free themselves, one foot goes on it, they start pulling it and the trap hangs up and the foot gets pried loose. That's why I put the peanut butter on them, it's too good to pass up.
It wasn't mentioned what area you are in, but periodically we get huge amounts of mice. If it's been dry for awhile, all the grass goes to seed all at once. Grass seed is a high energy food like grain so the mice have more litters and more babies in each litter. So, you then end up with a lot more mice than usual. Young stupid mice, too. In our area, the owls and mongoose then increase in numbers because they then have a bigger source of food. However, it also means we find mice everywhere. It could be cold driving the mice inside or something? In any case, it is usually a problem that is of a short duration if it is one of those "waves of mice" sorts of situations. Do other folks in your general area have the same problem? If so, then it might be a whole slew of mice all over. If it's just you and your neighbor, then it could be a very small generalized source of mice. Something like them getting access to horse grain in the neighbor's barn or something. Once the food source is removed, the mice will disappear.
Three of them in the sink seems odd, though. Is there a drought in your area? Why would they want water? If you had a bucket of water with mice access then perhaps more of them would fall in and drown. That would be a dog safe "trap" as long as it's not a tiny dog that could also fall into the bucket and not get out.
Get those sticky traps, think like a mouse and put them where they could hide. I put a dollop of peanut butter in the center of the trap to make it more enticing. Check frequently (once a day).
The poor rodent dies a slow, agonizing death. If you check the trap and find the mouse is still alive, are you prepared to break its neck? I don't want to have mice in my home either, but I don't see any point in torturing another living thing. The old-fashioned snap traps are quick -- if you worry about pets getting into them, try the electrocution traps. They work really well.
The poor rodent dies a slow, agonizing death. If you check the trap and find the mouse is still alive, are you prepared to break its neck? I don't want to have mice in my home either, but I don't see any point in torturing another living thing. The old-fashioned snap traps are quick -- if you worry about pets getting into them, try the electrocution traps. They work really well.
I have less luck with snap traps. No pets to worry about. Neck snap? Yes.
The poor rodent dies a slow, agonizing death. If you check the trap and find the mouse is still alive, are you prepared to break its neck? I don't want to have mice in my home either, but I don't see any point in torturing another living thing. The old-fashioned snap traps are quick -- if you worry about pets getting into them, try the electrocution traps. They work really well.
Yeah, that's why I like the snap traps. I put the peanut butter on the underside of the lever. I've had great luck with them. They kill the mouse instantly. It's quick and efficient.
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