Theres a moose loose about my hoose.

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Well its a mouse not a moose, but its causing havoc.

gelico wrote:

wine gums, there's juice loose aboot this hoose

anyone remember this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9OtlYwQvQo

Yes! Hoots mon!

Hoots Man, Lord Rockinghams Eleven I think, any one remember ?

Cass wrote:

Syl wrote:Well so much for the humane mouse traps.

It worked, a mouse went in after the food, it ate it all, the other end closed so the mouse was trapped....but its dead.

It cant have suffocated because there are 4 airholes in the tube, I think it must have had a heart attack or something.

It happens Syl. We’ve had the humane ones too and they’ve died. It’s not nice but it’s for the best x

Its really disappointing Cass.
I hate killing anything, I dont understand how it died, unless it was so scared it died of fright.
I bought some peanut butter and have reloaded the two traps....im hoping it was a lone mouse though....fingers crossed.

Syl wrote:

Cass wrote:

It happens Syl. We’ve had the humane ones too and they’ve died. It’s not nice but it’s for the best x

Its really disappointing Cass.
I hate killing anything, I dont understand how it died, unless it was so scared it died of fright.
I bought some peanut butter and have reloaded the two traps....im hoping it was a lone mouse though....fingers crossed.

I understand x

nicko wrote:Hoots Man,     Lord Rockinghams Eleven I think,  any one remember ?

Yes I’ve heard it.

The old 'uns are the best !

Cass wrote:

Syl wrote:

Its really disappointing Cass.
I hate killing anything, I dont understand how it died, unless it was so scared it died of fright.
I bought some peanut butter and have reloaded the two traps....im hoping it was a lone mouse though....fingers crossed.

I understand x

Well....last night there was no sign of any mice, hopefully this one was a lone mouse...the traps are still set though just in case.
Fingers crossed this thread will be over and done with now. x

I wouldn’t count on it. I posted a thread up years ago about advice on getting rid of spiders and look how that turned out.

eddie wrote:I wouldn’t count on it.  I posted a thread up years ago about advice on getting rid of spiders and look how that turned out.

I avoid that thread now....I would prefer to deal with 10 mice rather than one spider.

Syl wrote:

Cass wrote:

It happens Syl. We’ve had the humane ones too and they’ve died. It’s not nice but it’s for the best x

Its really disappointing Cass.
I hate killing anything, I dont understand how it died, unless it was so scared it died of fright.
I bought some peanut butter and have reloaded the two traps....im hoping it was a lone mouse though....fingers crossed.

I hate killing mice too, but you have to do it. They can give you some serious diseases and they urinate and shit in your food. In fact, they spread 35 diseases. Once they breed, you've had it. It becomes an infestation. I remember one of them sitting on the toaster staring at me with his little boot button eyes and it was tempting to just try and live with it. But you can't.

A few years ago we had a rat (I made a thread on Dogs about it at the time and it was quite informative the stuff people posted in it) I actually hated killing the rat.....especially the way it died.
Mice are different, they are quite cute, but no one wants them in the cupboards potentially spreading disease.

I just don't know how it died in the humane trap though.....it stupidly upset me when we found its lifeless body.

Syl wrote:

eddie wrote:I wouldn’t count on it.  I posted a thread up years ago about advice on getting rid of spiders and look how that turned out.

I avoid that thread now....I would prefer to deal with 10 mice rather than one spider.  

If you live in the desert or outback, you can learn that those big, ugly spiders can be your friends. They eat scorpions and crickets...things that go bump in the night.

Original Quill wrote:

Syl wrote:
I avoid that thread now....I would prefer to deal with 10 mice rather than one spider.  

If you live in the desert or outback, you can learn that those big, ugly spiders can be your friends.  They eat scorpions and crickets...things that go bump in the night.

Reasonableness doesn't enter into it Quill.

Syl wrote:

eddie wrote:I wouldn’t count on it.  I posted a thread up years ago about advice on getting rid of spiders and look how that turned out.

I avoid that thread now....I would prefer to deal with 10 mice rather than one spider.  

I know. It’s a place of horrific pictures and turmoil.

Original Quill wrote:

Syl wrote:
I avoid that thread now....I would prefer to deal with 10 mice rather than one spider.  

If you live in the desert or outback, you can learn that those big, ugly spiders can be your friends.  They eat scorpions and crickets...things that go bump in the night.

I DON’T CARE!!!!

Do you know that Mice are almost always dribbling urine where ever they go?

Oh yuk Nicko.

I hate mice, if I see one I'd freak out. Horrible things

nicko wrote:Do you know that Mice are almost always dribbling urine where ever they go?

Yep. And they run all over stock rooms and piss on cans and bottles etc which is why I always wipe the top of a can before I take a sip from it - which is rarely ever as I detest drinking from cans.
I tell men all the time: wipe your beer bottles and cans....you’re drinking rat piss mate.

And the problem is you cant see the wee. I have thrown away about 20 packets of tissues and 2 packs of J cloths, dusters and cardboard boxes...they particularly liked the green biodegradable plastic bags the binmen leave for food waste...all nibbled and poo'ed on..

Update is no more signs of any mice....still keeping my fingers crossed.

Human babies generally carry a wider range of potential diseases than any mice, rats, cats or dogs (although, some animals can carry the bigguns if you live in the rigjt region, e.g. dogs with rabies, tapeworms;  rats with the plague, dysentery;  pigs with hydatids, liver flukes..     ).

One of the worst contagion nexuses in moder-day society has to be harried yoing mothers who don't take care of basic hygiene when looking after young bubs  --  talk about spreading urine, faeces, vomit around;  not washing their handles properly (or at all, with some..).        

Human Babies carry more diseases than Mice ? You'd have to prove that mate,

nicko wrote:Human Babies carry more diseases than Mice ?  You'd have to prove that mate,

Yeah that seemed like a stupid comment to me too.

Well he wasn't a lone mouse.

We always check the traps before we go to bed, last night/well this morning at 2am OH checked the one right under the kitchen pelmet...I cant reach that one, anyway, it had closed, which meant a mouse was in there.
We decided not to open it in the garden because it would possibly get back in the house wherever its found a way in, so we put coats on (it was pouring) and walked a few hundred yards to some woodland. OH thinks I am mad btw.
Anyway, armed with big torch we trudged up the road, I was expecting the mouse to be dead like the previous one, because I was holding the trap to my ear and I couldn't hear any movement.
We opened trap...OH shook it, and a little mouse dropped out and ran like the clappers inside the trees and bushes.

Mice have feeling too !

Don't think I hadn't thought of that. /\

nicko wrote:Mice have feeling too !

So do spiders.

nicko wrote:Mice have feeling too !

The three that have had the misfortune to meet my BeagleXJack Russell pooch Mitzy in the utility room that is her exclusive territory over the past couple of weeks had the "feeling" of very sharp teeth.....

Syl wrote:Well so much for the humane mouse traps.

It worked, a mouse went in after the food, it ate it all, the other end closed so the mouse was trapped....but its dead.

It cant have suffocated because there are 4 airholes in the tube, I think it must have had a heart attack or something.

That's weird. At least you know they work though.

Syl wrote:

Cass wrote:

It happens Syl. We’ve had the humane ones too and they’ve died. It’s not nice but it’s for the best x

Its really disappointing Cass.
I hate killing anything, I dont understand how it died, unless it was so scared it died of fright.
I bought some peanut butter and have reloaded the two traps....im hoping it was a lone mouse though....fingers crossed.

Food poisoning?  Was the cheese hygienic? 

Raggamuffin wrote:

Syl wrote:Well so much for the humane mouse traps.

It worked, a mouse went in after the food, it ate it all, the other end closed so the mouse was trapped....but its dead.

It cant have suffocated because there are 4 airholes in the tube, I think it must have had a heart attack or something.

That's weird. At least you know they work though.

Cass said that happens sometimes...I suppose they could possibly die of fright.
The one we caught last night was healthy enough though....and he had had a good feed of peanut butter too.

Jules wrote:

Syl wrote:

Its really disappointing Cass.
I hate killing anything, I dont understand how it died, unless it was so scared it died of fright.
I bought some peanut butter and have reloaded the two traps....im hoping it was a lone mouse though....fingers crossed.

Food poisoning?  Was the cheese hygienic?   

It was M&S stilton, I ate some myself and I'm still alive.

Syl wrote:

Jules wrote:


Food poisoning?  Was the cheese hygienic?   

It was M&S stilton, I ate some myself and I'm still alive.

Mmmmmmmm Stilton...sorry!

Glad you saved one Syl x

nicko wrote:Human Babies carry more diseases than Mice ?  You'd have to prove that mate,

Why do you think that human babies and children require so many vaccinations and immunisations to help protect them, nicko  ???

Then compare that with how few vaccinations domestic animals such as cats, dogs, horses, birds, cattle or sheep require..

IF mice and rats were the disease-ridden vermin that people on here like to imagine,  then we wouldn't be seeing mice, rats, ferrets, rabbits and guinea pigs being such popular pets.

And, then there's the corresponding "home truth" that parents of young children, especially those harried young mums of new born bubs, will come down with common childhood diseases, colds, 'flus,
at a rate around 6 times higher than either childless people or those with older children (where developed immune levels are higher, plus the children are both less "clingy" and less demanding..).

Likewise, girls in primary schools become sick more often than boys, due to the way they cluster in together, sharing all those dreaded lurgies and "girl germs"..

I see your point Wolfie !

Cass wrote:

Syl wrote:

It was M&S stilton, I ate some myself and I'm still alive.

Mmmmmmmm Stilton...sorry!

Glad you saved one Syl x

I love stilton too Cass, so I took your tip and bought a jar of peanut butter.  

They love that too....caught two more, so the 2am walk to the woodland happened again, and another was caught when we got up today...so three have been released, hopefully they find each other and make a new nest somewhere far from my kitchen cupboard.

HoratioTarr wrote:

Syl wrote:Well its a mouse not a moose, but its causing havoc.

Some advice.  Don't bother with humane traps.  They don't work.   If they've been breeding the only thing that will get rid is poison.   We had a problem with mice some years ago when a neighbour moved a huge outhouse.  The mice living beneath it scattered and swarmed into the surrounding houses.   We tried everything.  The only thing that got rid was the poison.  It takes up to a month to work.  But it does work.    Then you have the problem of the bodies.   In summer it creates fly infestations.   It really was horrible.  I spent my time being hysterical over it.   Thank God  hubby isn't squeamish!

They definitely do work HT...a packet of 2 from Homebase cost around £8.....so far they have caught 4, one died, but three scarpered off when they were released.
If they are breeding we have a bigger problem, hopefully we are catching them before they have.

Syl wrote:

Cass wrote:

Mmmmmmmm Stilton...sorry!

Glad you saved one Syl x

I love stilton too Cass, so I took your tip and bought a jar of peanut butter.  

They love that too....caught two more, so the 2am walk to the woodland happened again, and another was caught when we got up today...so three have been released, hopefully they find each other and make  a new nest somewhere far from my kitchen cupboard.

A friend told us about peanut butter. I was skeptical until we saw it worked. Something I would never have thought of myself. I’m glad it’s working for you.

At work I have a tame lizard inside. We call him Larry. He eats the bugs so we are cool with him. He also eats the cookie crumbs from storytime!

Cass wrote:

Syl wrote:

I love stilton too Cass, so I took your tip and bought a jar of peanut butter.  

They love that too....caught two more, so the 2am walk to the woodland happened again, and another was caught when we got up today...so three have been released, hopefully they find each other and make  a new nest somewhere far from my kitchen cupboard.

A friend told us about peanut butter. I was skeptical until we saw it worked. Something I would never have thought of myself. I’m glad it’s working for you.

At work I have a tame lizard inside. We call him Larry. He eats the bugs so we are cool with him. He also eats the cookie crumbs from storytime!

Aww, I love lizards. Last time we went to Majorca we visited dragon island, its a nature reserve on a small island which breeds thousands of tiny lizards, they will feed out of your hand.....its a lovely experience.