What would you do if you had a mouse in your house?

by La Posted 2012/08/12 13:07:57

Related Topics: Pet, Dead, Sad, Mice, Cat, House

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	Mousetrap it up	28 votes	33%
	Take it outside	21 votes	25%
	Ignore it	6 votes	7%
	I have a cat; it catches all the mice	30 votes	35%

Mum always wants to take them outside, which I find pointless since it will just come right back in. Dad fastidiously sets mousetraps, which are pretty successful. I appreciate that we don't want them in the house but I used to have pet mice so it makes me sad to see them dead.

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♒ßεllεchεvεllε®♒ 2012/08/12 13:24:14

Mousetrap it up

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I'd fire the cats, firstly.
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Splashstorm 2012/09/02 17:33:52 (edited)

Take it outside

Killing mice is cruel. Use this humane mouse trap instead:

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Becca 2012/08/13 18:49:03

Take it outside

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Mice don't bother me. I'd take it outside.

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elisa 2012/08/13 09:21:33

Mousetrap it up

i dont like mouse it is allfull

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2sly 2012/08/13 08:47:29

Mousetrap it up

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Trap it and throw it out with the trash.

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santa6642 2012/08/13 01:46:10

Mousetrap it up

Kill it.

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kobidobidog 2012/08/13 01:08:28

I have a cat; it catches all the mice

My heart says one thing logic says another. We had mice one time. Two things needed to be done. One seal up the ways they got in, and two quickly get the others in the house before all the food for people, and pets became their food. Sticky traps to catch the ones in side. I knew of one personae who caught them alive, and took them a long way away to let them go, but I don't know how effective that is. The one thing people don't realize is that the non human animals have a soul in them that will never die. That is why Jesus only had to lay his life down for us. It will not always be this way.

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vegan 2012/08/13 00:22:57

Take it outside

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I don't believe it should be killed because of the species it was born as.

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Serenity the goth. 2012/08/13 00:20:52 (edited)

I have a cat; it catches all the mice

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cats save us money on mousetraps.thanks cats.

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jody.cotton3 2012/08/13 00:16:28

Mousetrap it up

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i had caught 26 mice in 2 months in my house,,the cat only caught 2 mice,,,

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La to jody.co... 2012/08/13 00:32:13

Haha, we have two dogs and I can't believe how supremely disinterested they are in mice. If I was a dog, I'd at least bark at it or something.

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jody.co... to La 2012/08/19 16:51:53

my dogs would play with it,,,,,and let it go...lol

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Enya 2012/08/12 22:38:46

Take it outside

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Take it outside before my cat gets it

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Lorax 2012/08/12 21:50:24

Mousetrap it up

+3

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Mrs.Vader-BN0 2012/08/12 20:50:16

I have a cat; it catches all the mice

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I have seven cats. Mice, moles, voles, squirrels, chipmunks, birds, snakes and any other small creatures tend to give our house a wide berth.

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KB 2012/08/12 20:31:28

Take it outside

Keep it and call it Peter.

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La to KB 2012/08/13 00:32:57

+1
We tried to do that once when I was a kid. Wild mice just die of fright if you try to keep them in a container of any kind.

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KB to La 2012/08/13 05:05:20

:'(

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Splashs... to La 2012/09/02 17:35:49

ours didn't. he eventually escaped back into the wild that is my house though.

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j2 2012/08/12 20:03:04

I have a cat; it catches all the mice

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lm1b2 2012/08/12 19:50:22

I have a cat; it catches all the mice

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Wish it luck,it will need it.

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Carol 2012/08/12 19:24:42

I have a cat; it catches all the mice

I haven't had a mouse in this house, but we had a shrew in the basement.
They aren't the same as a pet mouse you buy at the pet store. They carry germs and disease. Not to mention, unlike your mouse in the cage, they poop all over your house, even where you store your food.

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Mrs.Vad... to Carol 2012/08/12 20:51:12

Fire the cat. LOL

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Carol to Mrs.Vad... 2012/08/13 19:42:31

+1
In fairness to the cats, they aren't allowed in the basement.
The cat did just catch a bat that got in the house the other night. It was a cool night and I think I brought it in on some equipment that was on my porch. Kitty snatched that thing right out of the air. :)

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Mrs.Vad... to Carol 2012/08/13 22:36:13

Ugh. One of ours dragged a live bat into the house and then set it loose. Thanks Cat. It scared the crap out of my kids. LOL

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Metaldane 2012/08/12 19:21:44

Take it outside

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If my dog doesn't get it I have traps that will catch without killing then I'll just take it away from the house far enough that it won't be near my place and let it out they've never come back and since I got one of those sensors that keep them away they've stopped showing up.

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Papillon 2012/08/12 19:04:56

Ignore it

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Mice don't hurt anything or anybody. They are very cute and are also proof that one has no rats. They are also very tamable but people are turned off...probably by their tail.

On the subway platform at West 4th st. in NYC I used to see one rat that was probably bigger than most teacup dogs. Typically I'd be there around 4am. He'd hang out on one of the steps and I would bring stuff to feed him. HA! We developed a friendship. They are highly intelligent.

As far as mice go, unless you have an actual infestation, 2 or 3 are fine and will hurt nothing. They'll probably become de facto pets.

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La to Papillon 2012/08/13 00:35:13

Um, we've killed about 8 so far and there are at least a few more. And wild mice can't become pets, exactly. If you try to put them in a cage or something, they'll die of fright. I don't really want them to have the run of the house and nibble our food :/

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moomoof 2012/08/12 19:02:02

Take it outside

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I don't want to kill it...Dx i can't so i would just drop it off somewhere

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MOMMA THOMAS 2012/08/12 18:52:37

I have a cat; it catches all the mice

....GO GET THE CAT! (BEEN THERE, DONE THAT....A THOUSAND TIMES FASTER THAN A TRAP!)

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La to MOMMA T... 2012/08/13 00:35:34

Can't, a member of the family is allergic....

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MOMMA T... to La 2012/08/13 05:28:58

ALLERGIC TO MOUSE FUR TOO? ...TELL THAT PERSON TO GO OUT FOR THE DAY, .....BORROW THE NEIGHBOR'S CAT? ...DOESN'T TAKE LONG, JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES (IF HE'S A GOOD MOUSER.)

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La to MOMMA T... 2012/08/13 10:28:24

No....allergic to cats :P He is super sensitive with hay fever and stuff, he would not let us have a cat in the house even temporarily.

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Piper 2012/08/12 18:13:41

Take it outside

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I'm on your mother's side here. The humane mouse traps aren't expensive, and it takes little effort to catch and release them in an area away from houses.

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La to Piper 2012/08/13 00:36:16

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I suppose, she just puts them in the backyard which is not effective, but I guess we could walk down the street to the park....

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Piper to La 2012/08/13 02:33:18

I suppose, I would try to find out where they were coming in, if mice getting into to the house was a problem. If I couldn't, and mice were everywhere, I would be sad if I couldn't think of a solution other than killing them.
I have used traps that don't hurt them, the few times I've had a mouse in the house. I released the mice in a wild area, away from houses.

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Xerxes,Phantom of PHAET 2012/08/12 18:00:37

I have a cat; it catches all the mice

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I have Steve, the cat(that is her full name), blame an exceptionally cute 5 year old for the name

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««Gingey, the Master Debate... 2012/08/12 17:36:35

I have a cat; it catches all the mice

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Actually, I have a dog. She's a rat terrier so she'd take care of it.

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La to ««Ginge... 2012/08/13 00:36:45

+1
We have two dogs and they don't even blink if a mouse runs across the floor in front of them >.<

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««Ginge... to La 2012/08/13 04:55:46

Lol. What breeds are they?

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La to ««Ginge... 2012/08/13 10:28:43

Spaniels

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