I've got mice!

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Vladimir]

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.

Valuable insight on Banquo's upbringing. This will contribute well to the psychoanalysis.

I left the corpses out all night as a message, then cleaned up at dawn, before Missus got her coffee.

Interesting. Did you consider mounting their heads on pikes? (toothpick)

[KukriKhan]

Valuable insight on Banquo's upbringing. This will contribute well to the psychoanalysis.



Interesting. Did you consider mounting their heads on pikes? (toothpick)

Did, but there wasn't much remaining of the craniums. Then I thought "Tie 2 toothpix together at right angles and hang 'em on that." But, taking a smoke-break outside, I saw Venus & Jupiter hanging out together with the moon, and saw the Wise Men display across the street - and decided not to play P.Pilate. Just in case, yanno?

[spmetla]

I tried just about all methods of rat killing except poison. I'd say my favorite are cage traps, smear some chunky peanut butter on the the latch and you'll get yourself a rat/mouse. Because I used to have a cat I'd then call Speedy out and let the rat loose in front of him (outside of course).

Speedy of course was a good rat catcher but couldn't patrol areas in which I put traps (ceilings), in cabinets, etc...

As for snap traps, they're very effective but I'm not good at setting the damn things, for some reason those large snap traps go off in my hand just as I'm trying to ease them in place. It startles the hell out of me and frustrates me to no end after a few failed tries.

Glue traps work really well but I don't like them, nasty as they are I prefer not to see furry things stuck in glue. Also I kill them by drowning them in a bucket of water which is not much fun either. There's also the matter of cost, other traps you can use till they break and I don't feel like trying to 'reset' a glue trap.

Electric traps are also good but they do take batteries and sometimes they don't seem to be shorted or something and fail to kill as they should.

Reason I haven't used poison is that I don't want them dieing in some inaccessible location and stinking up the house. Also I didn't want my cat eating a poisoned rat.

@Hosa How can you not like the tribute?!?! I don't eat it of course but I enjoy being acknowledged as 'king.'

Interesting. Did you consider mounting their heads on pikes? (toothpick)

Didn't Vlad the Impaler do that to mice while he was imprisoned in Hungary?

[Yoyoma1910]

I've never eaten rat or mouse, but I have had squirrel and nutria.


It tastes a lot like rabbit.

[Megas Methuselah]

I've heard a lot of good stuff about rabbit stew. The animal/thing must taste awesome...