This is our second winter in whitby shores, last year had no problem, but this year to my disgust we have noticed mice in our house!!!.....My cat would not leave the front of the fireplace a couple months ago, and even i could hear something underneath (it is not finished to the floor, bout an inch gap) and i ended up seeing the lil critter try to come out. To make a long storey short we have caught 2....now 3 from under there, we have it blocked so that they cant come out only into a trap. I knew we had them in our garage in the summer but we cleaned that up and caught alot from there too. Does anyone else have this problem???....I cant figure out how they are coming in, have tried to block everything, not to mention i am a neat freak so this is driving me crazy!!....They havent got anywhere else in the house..yet!!...but i would appreciate any comments or help with this, and if anyone around here has the same problem please let me know.
Grossed out!
(P.S We didnt kill the mice we trapped we released them far away...=P)
This is our second winter in whitby shores, last year had no problem, but this year to my disgust we have noticed mice in our house!!!.....My cat would not leave the front of the fireplace a couple months ago, and even i could hear something underneath (it is not finished to the floor, bout an inch gap) and i ended up seeing the lil critter try to come out. To make a long storey short we have caught 2....now 3 from under there, we have it blocked so that they cant come out only into a trap. I knew we had them in our garage in the summer but we cleaned that up and caught alot from there too. Does anyone else have this problem???....I cant figure out how they are coming in, have tried to block everything, not to mention i am a neat freak so this is driving me crazy!!....They havent got anywhere else in the house..yet!!...but i would appreciate any comments or help with this, and if anyone around here has the same problem please let me know.
Grossed out!
(P.S We didnt kill the mice we trapped we released them far away...=P)
I hate mieces to pieces. Not really. We've had them in the garage,,,,,it is winter, and an early winter, so they want to get out of the cold too. There are more and more humane traps out there now. I find the noise(frequency) thing doesn't do it, so don't waste $20-30 on those. The sticky traps work great, when placed along a wall, or their normal path. The good thing about them is they catch more than one,,,so you can catch 3,4,or 5 before throwing them out in the garbage. They are so cute though,,,in a mousie sort of way,,,lol
I hate mieces to pieces. Not really. We've had them in the garage,,,,,it is winter, and an early winter, so they want to get out of the cold too. There are more and more humane traps out there now. I find the noise(frequency) thing doesn't do it, so don't waste $20-30 on those. The sticky traps work great, when placed along a wall, or their normal path. The good thing about them is they catch more than one,,,so you can catch 3,4,or 5 before throwing them out in the garbage. They are so cute though,,,in a mousie sort of way,,,lol
Scuse me - are you saying that trapping the mice on a sticky paper is humane??
I am confused - one minute you are saying there are more humane ways to trap them and then you are laughing about trapping them on sticky paper and leaving them to die!!!!
MnM, if you are in a townhouse that is attached to others, they may be getting in through holes in the attached houses. We were in our attic this summer and it is very easy for the mice to gain access to all the houses that are attached in the ceilings.
As for humane vs. not humane ways of getting rid of them, here is the deal with mice. They breed fast. They have up to 20 babies in a litter and are able to reproduce after three weeks of being born themselves. They are designed to mass produce to survive.
I grew up on a farm. Mice are destructive, can carry disease, and can cause house fires by chewing threw electrical wires.
If you feel the need to catch and relocate them, that is your choice, but we put out poison. There will be more mice.
Scuse me - are you saying that trapping the mice on a sticky paper is humane??
I am confused - one minute you are saying there are more humane ways to trap them and then you are laughing about trapping them on sticky paper and leaving them to die!!!!
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I didn't see me laughing,,,,I felt that if you wanted to solve your problem, at least you could catch more than one, and the trap was easy to dispose of.
There are more humane ways,,,I didn't elaborate on those,,,I just refered to what I found worked the best for me, to at least control the problem.
I don't see the catch and release meathod as working very well, It's a lot of work, and depending how many you have,,it could make for a lot of trips to an open field,,,or to that neighbours house, that you don't like,,,,,now that could be funny,,,,,maybe even feed them once in awhile to fatten them up, and encourage them to stay there.
You guys gotta lighten up out there,,,,the stress will kill ya. Ho Ho Ho
I agree with BrianC........they are disgusting and trapping them on the glue pads works best. There's no catch and release program at my house, LOL
MnM, if you are in a townhouse that is attached to others, they may be getting in through holes in the attached houses. We were in our attic this summer and it is very easy for the mice to gain access to all the houses that are attached in the ceilings.
As for humane vs. not humane ways of getting rid of them, here is the deal with mice. They breed fast. They have up to 20 babies in a litter and are able to reproduce after three weeks of being born themselves. They are designed to mass produce to survive.
I grew up on a farm. Mice are destructive, can carry disease, and can cause house fires by chewing threw electrical wires.
If you feel the need to catch and relocate them, that is your choice, but we put out poison. There will be more mice.