I've got mice!

[InsaneApache]

Was cleaning the kitchen this morning when I saw the tell tale signs of black cardumin seed like droppings on the window sill. So I go to the hardware shop to get some traps.

The guy was showing me all these fancy devices for catching them humanely. There were drop traps, sticky mats, that sort of thing. I informed him that I wasn't in a humane mood and that I wanted the little buggers dead. Not trapped, dead.

So I settled on the traditional 'little nipper' traps, with a refinement. They were made of brass. Fine I thought, I can wash the blood off them and use them over and over again.

I get home and try to set the traps. The hair trigger was too hairy and they kept snapping shut, narrowly missing breaking my fingers. Anyways, I managed to set them and put some nice chocolate biscuits on them. They like chocolate biscuits them mices.

I checked them from time to time, until I found that the biscuits had gone but the traps hadn't snapped shut. Little blighters. Anyroad, I was tired and so decided to go to bed, after I'd had one last peruse of the .Org.

The wife gets up and asks if I'd like a cup of tea. Of course I would, I'm an Englishman! I go down for my cuppa and lo-and-behold, one of the cunning little sods had wandered onto one of the empty traps. Dead but still warm, I took it outside and chucked it into the garden for some rooks breakfast.

Job's a gud 'un.

I felt the primeval power of the hunter surging through my veins. Drunk with power and bloodlust, I decided to make this post.

I shall keep you abreast of developements.

Any other mouse killers out there?

N.B. Christopher Walken, eat your heart out!

[Strike For The South]

I use my man grip to break them. That'll teach for finding warm shelter.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

The only way to kill mice is to sit in a dark kitchen with an air rifle, shooting at all shadows less than five inches long.

[Strike For The South]

The only way to kill mice is to sit in a dark kitchen with an air rifle, shooting at all shadows less than five inches long.

So Im guessing you do this fully clothed

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

So Im guessing you do this fully clothed

That was below the belt.

[Somebody Else]

Had some of the sticky traps a little while ago. They catch the buggers. They break their legs trying to free themselves. I found out about them (my flatmate 'phoned me from the next room whilst I was still in bed) hours after capture. They'd been struggling all night. I had to dispatch them with my boot. There's nothing humane about a sticky trap.

I don't like killing.

Best way to keep mice away is to remove the incentive. Surely? Trying to get flatmates to keep things in cupboards... Almost working.

Good thing I'm going into the profession I am. I'd hate for a killer to do so.

[Reverend Joe]

The only way to kill mice is to sit in a dark kitchen with an air rifle, shooting at all shadows less than five inches long.

Why an air rifle?

So Im guessing you do this fully clothed

And why clothed?

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Why an air rifle?

Anything larger than a .308 may dent my cupboards.

[Yoyoma1910]

Had some of the sticky traps a little while ago. They catch the buggers. They break their legs trying to free themselves. I found out about them (my flatmate 'phoned me from the next room whilst I was still in bed) hours after capture. They'd been struggling all night. I had to dispatch them with my boot. There's nothing humane about a sticky trap.

I don't like killing.

Best way to keep mice away is to remove the incentive. Surely? Trying to get flatmates to keep things in cupboards... Almost working.

Good thing I'm going into the profession I am. I'd hate for a killer to do so.

Glue traps work really good. Just sprinkle them with some nice nuts and biscuit bits (technically I would say cookie), and the little critters are stuck and dead. They're far more effective than snap traps. You might also catch a few six legged pests as well.

My experience with mice and cupboards, usually involves me finding the mice in them.

[White_eyes:D]

Yeah my buddy had one of those 'spring traps' turns out it didn't die and was crying out for some time.......my buddy ended up having no choice but to wrap it in a bag, then dump it into the toilet BACK WORDS and then watch it VERY slowly for about 10 minutes try to keep itself afloat with a broken back and a plastic bag over it's body. He then called me up and said "it's done" I was like WTH? you kill someone?(then he told me what happened to the rat...)

[Yoyoma1910]

Yeah my buddy had one of those 'spring traps' turns out it didn't die and was crying out for some time.......my buddy ended up having no choice but to wrap it in a bag, then dump it into the toilet BACK WORDS and then watch it VERY slowly for about 10 minutes try to keep itself afloat with a broken back and a plastic bag over it's body. He then called me up and said "it's done" I was like WTH? you kill someone?(then he told me what happened to the rat...)

He could have just clubbed it with a shoe, and been done in 10 seconds.

[White_eyes:D]

He could have just clubbed it with a shoe, and been done in 10 seconds.

I told him the same thing but he can't even hurt a bug let alone a rat.......

[Yoyoma1910]

I told him the same thing but he can't even hurt a bug let alone a rat.......

It seems that in the end he was far crueler. Trying to, what, flush a half dead rat down a toilet, while suffocating it with plastic? He was also about to end up with a clogged toilet.

[Strike For The South]

It seems that in the end he was far crueler. Trying to, what, flush a half dead rat down a toilet, while suffocating it with plastic? He was also about to end up with a clogged toilet.

[seireikhaan]

Had mice in my dad's last residence for a little while. He picked up some kind of blue/green poison sort of stuff that we just left in the corners of the rooms where we knew the buggers would usually come out from. The bonus with this one is that you don't have to actually kill the sucker yourself, usually find them a few days later hidden behind a stove or something. Plus, than you can torment any females you dislike with the stiff body.

[Fragony]

Cages work fine. Could also get a cat. Females are best they tend to be homicidal maniacs less lazy

[Yoyoma1910]

Had mice in my dad's last residence for a little while. He picked up some kind of blue/green poison sort of stuff that we just left in the corners of the rooms where we knew the buggers would usually come out from. The bonus with this one is that you don't have to actually kill the sucker yourself, usually find them a few days later hidden behind a stove or something. Plus, than you can torment any females you dislike with the stiff body.

Yeah, but it ruins the flavor.

[Husar]

Mustard gas.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Or Zyklon B.

[Yoyoma1910]

Mustard gas.

What about just mustard, on hot dogs.


Tons of it.



The slow death of obesity and cholesterol.

[cmacq]

I have the time-tested remedy for what ails ya, and it works like magic every time. It’s called the bucket’o-death and it involves an empty food can with the outside smeared with peanut butter, a half-filled metal bucket of water, and a short wooden slat. By the way, Peanut Butter is the chieftain of the rodent race. Actually, mice don't seem to be able to resist the Peanut Butter, like some Crack Head jonesin for a fix, I suppose? You may be surprised at the number of mice you find in the bottom of the bucket each morning. I know I was.

Water

+ + + + =

CmacQ

[Subedei]

Ain´t mice "hording"? U know- rat pack - mice pack.....

Beware of the revenge of the surpressed rodents!

evil

For now, sleep well!

[AlexanderSextus]

Could also get a cat.

once again I agree with the dutchman. Lighting a spliff for him right now.

At least you're dealing with them naturally. Those sticky traps and the snap traps are freakin horrible.

I only use the humane traps. Mice are harmless little animals who's only detriment to our living is the fact that they take a dump after they eat just like us. Oh, and the fact that they may eat our food. Honestly i think decapitation or self induced breaking of their legs is terrible and definately not a fit punishment for the crime. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

honestly, is it really that hard to catch all of them in a trap door cage and then set them free in a park somewhere? are you people that lazy?

I mean, they're tiny little furry animals, not genuinely harmful animals like termites or carpenter ants or cockroaches. If you found a wild hamster in your house you would kill that too????

[InsaneApache]

Err...no. Mice are vectors of disease.

Rodents, such as mice, hamsters and guinea pigs, are popular as pets in many households. However, not all rodents that enter homes are intended as pets: some rodents are brought into homes as feed for other animals (e.g., pet snakes), and others, such as the house mouse, are pests that find their own way into homes. This fact sheet is intended to provide information about lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), which can be transmitted to humans by rodents, including wild and pet mice, hamsters, and, on occasion, guinea pigs.
What is LCMV?

LCMV is carried by rodents and can be passed to humans. Not all people who are exposed to the virus become ill. Signs and symptoms of LCMV infection are similar to those for influenza and include fever, stiff neck, malaise, anorexia (lack of appetite), muscle aches, headache, nausea, and vomiting. Symptoms occur 1–2 weeks after exposure.
How is LCMV transmitted to humans?

The house mouse, a wild rodent found near and in homes, is the primary host of this virus. Humans can develop LCMV infection from exposure to rodent urine, droppings, saliva, or nesting material of infected rodents. Virus transmission can also occur when these materials are directly introduced into broken skin or into the nose, eyes, or mouth or by a bite from an infected animal. Pet rodents, such as hamsters and guinea pigs, can become infected with LCMV after being in contact with wild rodents at a breeding facility, pet store, or home. Human infections from pet rodents are rare.

http://www.cdc.gov/HEALTHYPETS/lcmv_rodents.htm

Besides which I don't want pee and poo all over the worksurfaces, no matter how small and cuddly the origin.

[Maion Maroneios]

I got one this year, it was the mid February and I was at my (empty) father's hotel to study for my last school year.

So I got inside and suddenly our cat shot inside before I could close the door like lightning, so I was kind of surprised. I followed her (our cat) and I found out she was chasing a mouse around. When I shooed the cat outside, I searched the whole bottom floor until I finally found the little bugger hiding behind a fridge. So I moved the fridge and the mouse started running for it's dear life until I moved my foot in order to block it's path... *Crunch* I killed the poor guy... Accidentaly,that is but still.

Well, that's my mouse-killing story

Maion

[Fragony]

The terror of rodents, my cat Blitzkrieg.



quik, easy, and messy. I love it when he has a present for me in the morning, nothing better then waking up with dead animals on your pillow. What a guy.

[Rhyfelwyr]

I will get my trusty bandinet, with which I managed to catch a rabbit once. But I was quite young at the time and I wouldn't let my dad kill it so he had to take it up to some park somewhere.

[drone]

Never had mice before, but a dumphouse I was staying at in college had a rat make it's presence known. This was downtown Atlanta, which did/does have a rat problem (kicking trash cans at night always got a few scurrying). And the house hygiene was, shall we say, less than stellar.

So we did what any bunch of drunken college kids would do. Bought one of these bad boys . Wrote messages to the rat on it ("Don't worry, it's just cheese!", "Surprise, You're Dead!", that sort of nonsense). Spent a good hour alternating between narrowly breaking our fingers setting the trap, and throwing pennies at it to make it jump in the air (the rat version of the snap trap is pretty impressive). Then we put peanut butter on it, set it near the hole, and went to a concert.

We came back to a foot-long nose-to-tail rat with a crushed skull and a decent sized pool of blood. Pitched the rat, and drank beer til dawn in celebration.

[Louis VI the Fat]

I would take my cue from medieval warfare. Rodents touching my food? Can't touch this

[Banquo's Ghost]

The only way to kill mice is to sit in a dark kitchen with an air rifle, shooting at all shadows less than five inches long.

Havermeyer!!!

My esteemed parent considered the best way to rid a house of mice was to wait up at night, trap one under a bowl, and then paint its tail yellow. His theory was that the poor blighter was so ashamed, and the potential social implications for its place in society so immense, that it would leave with its entire family that night for some foreign shore where it might one day find acceptance.

He claimed many times that this was the reason for the micelessness of our house. Personally, my money has always been on the cats.

[Hooahguy]

I would take my cue from medieval warfare. Rodents touching my food? Can't touch this

that... is... the.... best.... trap... ever....