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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 09:10

wahhh!! discovered it scurrying across the floor last nite - while the dog looked on in mild curiosity!! anyone got any ideas what to do/how to catch it? got a house full of visitors arriving from tomorrow and don't quite want them to be greeted with the mouse on its hind legs begging for some cheese, lol!

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 21:50

We have a pet moth called Layla. Its a good job they all look the same as sometimes Layla is having a "sleep" on the stairs or in a corner of the house, sometimes she is in the garden and sometimes she follows us to school. Pretty amazing pet if you ask me *Like* In our house in the uk we have had a resident spider for years, called Wilf. He comes out when its rainy (ie very often,) & sometimes he has his mates around. He's huge, sleeps in a corner of the ceiling, pretty amazing creatures too. <em>edited by hilbos on 16/02/2011</em>

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 21:32

Please dont use the poison.....thats an awful way to die, they basically heamorrage and internally bleed to death.... I looked into every humane way of getting the 'rat in me kitchen' and I found the best thing is with the traps that break their neck. I was hoping no to have to resort to killing them, but before I knew it there were 2. The trap is an instant death, no suffering, plus you know where the body is, they cant go off and die somewhere where your cat or dog might eat them.....

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 12:37

rhubarb: bought the poison @ Geant, Ibn Battuta. :)

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 12:36

right, i'm off to buy PB and traps - crunchy or smooth, lol?

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 12:32

The peanut butter thing works! We had mice crawling around IN the couch and behind it, and with live traps laced with PB we caught the mother (didnt know at that point it was a mom) and a baby the following day.

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 12:28

used to have a gecko that slept on the internet wireless router - was always switched on and warm

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 12:21

thanks all - the problem is i can't see/catch it quick enough so i am unfortunatley going to have to 'lay a trap' of sorts. WaxMuch - where did you get the Rat poison? simple as - will give the trap route a go also. since discovered its gnawed away the back of a sofa! grrr!

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 12:04

We have a pet moth called Layla. Its a good job they all look the same as sometimes Layla is having a "sleep" on the stairs or in a corner of the house, sometimes she is in the garden and sometimes she follows us to school. Pretty amazing pet if you ask me

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 12:00

Waaaay back when I was laid up on the sofa for months on end with a broken leg, we developed something of a mouse problem. They were tiny little things which would scuttle across the floor with absolutely no fear. Every pest control company I called for assistance refused to assure me -- in the event they took on our 'case' -- that our dogs would be safe from any poison they laid down. Anyhoo, we ended up scattering RAT poison at the back of all our cupboards [we have lots of nooks and crannies in our Meadows kitchen'> and within a week, we were mouse-free. The stuff we used -- with apologies to animal rights types -- is ingested by the rodents and gradually causes them to lose their sight at the same time their central nervous system is compromised. In this way, they do not die 'on site', but seek more light [ie outside'> where they go to die. And their little carcasses, had they been discovered by a neighbouring cat or even our dogs, were apparently not toxic. Sounds cruel, but I am happier NOT sharing our villa with mice. And all their associated bacteria. :\: And we haven't seen one since. Good grief that is awful! Those poor little things!! I'm not attacking you, you did what you were happy with. When I see a mouse scuttling about I throw a dish towel over them, this stops them dead in their tracks. Pick up mouse whilst still covered with dish towel, take them far away from the house and release them... simple. Wellll ... I was desperate. You try 'catching' a mouse [or more than one'> when you have a fractured fibula + dislocated ankle, pins & metal plates etc in your leg, and you're non-weight-bearing for several months. :(

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 11:28

I have a 6 inch gekko in mine. I've named him Larry.

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 10:26

Waaaay back when I was laid up on the sofa for months on end with a broken leg, we developed something of a mouse problem. They were tiny little things which would scuttle across the floor with absolutely no fear. Every pest control company I called for assistance refused to assure me -- in the event they took on our 'case' -- that our dogs would be safe from any poison they laid down. Anyhoo, we ended up scattering RAT poison at the back of all our cupboards [we have lots of nooks and crannies in our Meadows kitchen'> and within a week, we were mouse-free. The stuff we used -- with apologies to animal rights types -- is ingested by the rodents and gradually causes them to lose their sight at the same time their central nervous system is compromised. In this way, they do not die 'on site', but seek more light [ie outside'> where they go to die. And their little carcasses, had they been discovered by a neighbouring cat or even our dogs, were apparently not toxic. Sounds cruel, but I am happier NOT sharing our villa with mice. And all their associated bacteria. :\: And we haven't seen one since. Good grief that is awful! Those poor little things!! I'm not attacking you, you did what you were happy with. When I see a mouse scuttling about I throw a dish towel over them, this stops them dead in their tracks. Pick up mouse whilst still covered with dish towel, take them far away from the house and release them... simple.

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 10:11

Waaaay back when I was laid up on the sofa for months on end with a broken leg, we developed something of a mouse problem. They were tiny little things which would scuttle across the floor with absolutely no fear. Every pest control company I called for assistance refused to assure me -- in the event they took on our 'case' -- that our dogs would be safe from any poison they laid down. Anyhoo, we ended up scattering RAT poison at the back of all our cupboards [we have lots of nooks and crannies in our Meadows kitchen'> and within a week, we were mouse-free. The stuff we used -- with apologies to animal rights types -- is ingested by the rodents and gradually causes them to lose their sight at the same time their central nervous system is compromised. In this way, they do not die 'on site', but seek more light [ie outside'> where they go to die. And their little carcasses, had they been discovered by a neighbouring cat or even our dogs, were apparently not toxic. Sounds cruel, but I am happier NOT sharing our villa with mice. And all their associated bacteria. :\: And we haven't seen one since.

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 09:21

We caught two mice last week (husbad was creating a dog-flap but left a dog-size hole in the door to the garden whilst he went off on business for 10 days). He got a trap-cage for AED10 from Ace, put some cheese in it and caught them that way. He didn't release them into the wild, though, looked on the internet for an easy way to get rid of them painlessly.

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 09:15

We managed to catch a mouse humanely last summer. You need two people, a flashlight, a broomstick, and a box. First we located the mouse and shone the flashlight in his face. He got very scared and stood still. Then we pushed him along the wall with the broomstick right into the box. Then we released him into the wild. I hope you are as lucky as we were.

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 09:14

would offer you my cat but she is somewhat useless and probably wouldn't know what to do with it......

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Latest post on 16 February 2011 - 09:13

Did you see where it ran to? It could be hiding under kitchen cupboard fascias? If so get some traps and lace them with peanut butter, set them under there, that should catch him (pest control in the uk told me that mice love peanut butter for some reason??)

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