Eeeek! There’s a mouse in my house!
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Topic: Eeeek! There’s a mouse in my house!
Posted By: Maya
Subject: Eeeek! There’s a mouse in my house!
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 8:47am
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And Willie thinks it is absolutely hilarious that I am so scared of it. I'm completely easy with insects, spiders and stuff, but little furry things are a different story. I had nightmares all night of standing on it when I get up to go the toilet (frequently).
Willie has ordered me to go and get a trap today. I don't know how I feel about that. I mean, I don't want it in my house, and I certainly don't want it breeding, but at the same time I don't want to kill it neccessarily, and even worse, I don't want the trap to go off when he's not here to deal with the mess. Yuck! My dad reckons I'm slowly losing it. He said the poor mouse has probaby been here forever (we have a vacant lot next door with very overgrown grass) and we only just spotted it. But ewwwwww, my skin is crawling just thinking about it...  -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 8:53am
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hee hee hee. You could always buy a cat. Mouse problem solved ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 9:10am
Not when your cat brings one inside  Thats what mine did hehe
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 9:31am
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Hey Emma, you can buy traps that just "trap" the mouse in so they can't get back out but doesn't kill them. Ewww gross story, my sister lives on a farm and their cat regularly brings fieldmice in but doesn't kill them, just lets them go. Anyway they noticed some mouse poo somewhere and put down one of these traps (they must be quite big) then the next morning went to check it and ther were 8 mice in there!!!! Ewwwww *skin crawls*!!! I'm sure you can buy the traps at Mitre 10 or somewhere. Good luck, mice are disgusting little things! ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 9:56am
my darling cat had one bailed up in the bathroom the other night! got dean to get rid of it for me, she wasn't interested in eating it, just tormenting the crap out of it  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 10:26am
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Yup, that's exactly the trouble with cats - ours do it ALL the time, or at least they used to in our old house... the last one was completely intact but scared out of it's wits, managed to get it into a box, fed and watered it, and then let it go out in the garden. That said, the cats probably just hunted it down again !
With the traps, yes, you can buy "humane" traps... some supermarkets have them, but otherwise Placemakers, Mitre 10, any of those sorts of stores. I'd offer to come over and trap it for you but... *looks around the room and mumbles something about boxes to unpack*  ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
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Posted By: k&jsmum
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 10:26am
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i used to get mice when i was living in the wop wops which didnt bother me 2 much - it was the giant rat that ran out from my fridge and out the cat door that did my head in - YUCK. Thankfully my dog Milo got it otherwise I would have been like you Emma and having nightmares about it. ------------- Marlene Keegan ~ 14 October 2003 Jaidyn ~ 14 October 2003 |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 10:53am
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we are mean to our cat. We have the cat door so he can get out but he cant come in we have to open the door. Got sick of cleaning up dead animals a long time ago ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 10:55am
| Jake was waking in the night which was unusal for him and crying. in the morning we found mouse poo in his cot. I think the mouse had crawled on him! Anyway, we caught it...one dead mouse |
Posted By: robyn
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 4:30pm
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we used to have one that lived in our heat pump (was one on the wall at ground level) we tried to catch it but it always escape. Once it went running from behind the tv to his house but ran straight into our huge newfoundland, poor max had a heart attack trying to figure out what was running over him, looked funny seeing him do a little dance but was so gross at the same time. ------------- KOBE born 19 March 2004 http://www.TickerFactory.com/"> 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 7:24pm
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ok this might be a little gross but a ture storey now i used to work at a old folks home mainly for edldy with mental health issuse anyways at the home we had around 3 stay cats the old folks use to feed and care for anyway it was around 4 pm but getting dark i had just finshed work went out the back door of work were the strays stay when i hread a pop looked down and there lay squsshed dead mouse ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 9:45am
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The mouse is gone. Pak n Save didn't have any humane traps, so I had to get an evil killer one. Willie sat up until 1am watching the trap coz he wanted to see the mouse get caught. Silly male. And then of course came to bed and bragged about it.
I do feel much better about it being gone... ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 12:56pm
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Yay for you Emma, altho sick Willie!! I am a wuss too. I remember once that Daniel had gone away for a long weekend, and of course while he was gone the mouse got caught in the trap - well I left it for a few days but eventually swept it up with the fire brush and shovel thing and chucked it out on the lawn for him to deal with when he got home!
And Liz, your story creeps me out! Poor Jake ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 1:38pm
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We've got a mouse in our house too... and I don't mean our pet rat, Charlie! We were away for a few days, and when we got home there was a random dead mouse on the kitchen floor. We weren't sure how it got there, as we don't have a cat, hadn't left any windows open, and the cat door (previous tenent) is locked.
Nat and I have suspected there might be more... he's heard them moving around at night in the laundry (off the kitchen)... I thought I caught a glimpse of the tail of one the other day... this morning I opened the laundry door to throw some washing at the dirty washing basket, and saw a grey mouse scoot across some towels and down to the floor by the tub! Nat's going to get some poison. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 8:06pm
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ohh i hate mices tooo piaces lol horrable yucky thinigs they are ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 8:22pm
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eww eww eww eww Poor Poor Jake!!!
and WILLY!!!! SICKO!!!! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 8:23pm
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Liz, i just looked at your ticker!! Is Taine REALLY that old ALREADY????? ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 08 May 2006 at 10:02am
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Yuk we had a mouse under our kitchen sink cupboard...We knew because there was little poos and cut up packets and so my hubby went a bought two traps. A plastic new version and then the old wooden version. We put cheese and set both the traps....next morning no cheese but trap was still on.....hmmmmm finally after fidling (sp??) with the old version trap...hubby broke it!!! so the new plastic one was set....we were watching TV and heard Clap!!! Hubby told me to go and check as he didnt wanna see the poor dead mouse....so I did...it was a tiny mouse that looked really dead!!! made hubby clean it up tho....I wasnt gonna touch it!!!! EEEEwwwwww[:s] ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 08 May 2006 at 10:08am
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Glad you got rid of it Emma!! We could smell a dead smell once and finally find a dead mouse that had managed to find its way into the motor of our fridge and had died lying against the motor which was warm... ewww I can still smell it now ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 08 May 2006 at 10:42am
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Yep, Willie is a little sick. Needless to say there was no loving going on when he came to bed and bragged about it!
Aimee - you are so much braver than me, firebrush or no firebrush I would not be going near it! When Willie and I were separated I had a dead bird on the back lawn for 4 days until Willie came to visit Maya and moved it coz I wouldn't even go out the back door! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 08 May 2006 at 11:56am
| I can't belive he is so old too! He's lying comatose on the sofa now. I'll have to post some more pics. |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 12 May 2006 at 8:26pm
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Bumped for Kelpa ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 12 May 2006 at 9:58pm
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how old is he now liz????? I cant see the ticker part,can only see taines pic and jakes ticker ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com"> 
Angel Baby 10/07/09 (10wks4days) |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 13 May 2006 at 12:19pm
I can't see it either! 
I have mice in our house. They are friendly types. Actually do me a favour by eating the food that Hannah leaves lying around on the ground. Ick. The plastic mouse traps are way more 'Female Friendly' they don't make any mess and you don't have to actually toucht he mouse to remove it, just press down the top of the trap and the mouse can happily (well, kinda) fall into a pre-dug hole for him to decompose without any odour!! I hat the old fashioned traps. I'm too petrified of losing a finger to set the damn things, let alone remove a gross squished up mouse. |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 13 May 2006 at 12:19pm
| And that is hate* btw. Hat wouldn't nearly be a strong enough word to use. |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 13 May 2006 at 1:26pm
| he's four months on the 17th. I know his ticker is weird, but too lazy to fix it. |
Posted By: 3under3
Date Posted: 13 May 2006 at 1:40pm
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When we get mice in our house I don't want to know about it. DH has to set the trap & empty it and NOT tell me anything about it. Live/dead mice are gross.
yuck ugh I'm such a girl Hey maybe that's because I am one! Rosie |
Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 13 May 2006 at 5:48pm
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LOL - I wish our cat would stick to mice - she brings in bits of birds as presents for us. ewwwwwww. ------------- |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 13 May 2006 at 10:13pm
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Hahaha ours do that too ! Haven't done it in the new house yet, and I hope they never do - won't be holding my breath though. Usually it's just feathers, very rarely will there be any other birdy bits lying about.... ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 13 May 2006 at 11:24pm
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We had feathers and one lone foot last week. ------------- |