Need Advice... MICE problem

[texas1928]

We discovered last night that we have mice. They were under the sink in the kitchen getting into the cat food. Our neighbors in our duplex also are having a problem.

Anyone know of a good ultrasonic mouse repellant?

we have some live traps under the sink now and are looking for some good ultrasonic ones that repel mice and other pests. Our neighbors tried some and she said the mice acted like it was an attraction not a repellant.

Anyone know of some?

[Scout1071]

1. You should also put the pet food in an air tight container.

Something they can't smell or get into easily.

[0007]

2. Find how they're getting in!

I just bought a new mouse, an Opitcal Mouse and man is it great.

[texas1928]

9. It is there was some left that would not fit in the container...

SO it was just in the bag my wife was adding it to the food and they fell out into the container. SO they were in the container with the lid on.

[Scout1071]

19. Bastards. n/t

[crispini]

3. Wait, you have cats AND mice?

Hmmmm. Sounds like your cats aren't doing their job! :rofl:

[texas1928]

5. No they let us know they are there.

But they could not get to them.

[RebelOne]

4. Check out this Web site.

http://www.lentek.com. I have a couple of their electronic pest controls. So far, I have not had a problem since I have been using them. It plugs into your wall socket.

[Maat]

16. Thanks.

I use ultrasonic solutions too, but I didn't realize that you could use them for mice.

I hate putting pesticides out into the environment.

Anybody know of non-pesticide solution for ants?

[HEyHEY]

6. Yeah....death

Get a bucket.... rig a way to hang bait over the middle of it.... get a piece of card board and make it into a kind of plank to the bait, but make sure it cannot withstand the weight of a mouse... fill the bucket with water.
Then when they go after the bair they splash into the water and that's the end of them.

[noamnety]

7. or you could do that without the water

and just relocate them.

[HEyHEY]

8. If you can find a tall enough bucket

Cause they would be able to jump out.

[ET Awful]

10. So let me get this right . . . the mice are eating the cat food . . .

I say don't feed the cats, hide the food and let nature run it's course :evilgrin:

Seriously though, I've never had the problem, so I can't make any really helpful suggestions.

[noamnety]

11. Try sprinkling peppermint oil around

Supposedly it works as a deterrent.

[catmandu57]

12. Leave the cabinet door open

If the cats know they're there they'll take care of business, at the very least you'll have some very smart mice and they'll go to the neighbors.

We have a natural born killer, god help the mouse that tries to come into our house.

[datasuspect]

13. they are god's creatures

be a good example and caretaker for them and live in harmony.

[Maine-ah]

14. mouse relocation program.

Hart makes a trap called "have a heart". It's the best trap I have ever used. Caught both of 'em over night, and took them for a little ride to a field and let them loose. Now, I'm not a save the mice person, personally I find them to be pretty nasty. But this trap, they can get in, but they can't get out. I used peanut butter on a cracker in it.

I've tried those ultra sonic things. Never worked. Had it set up and running when the mice invaded. One of my friends uses glue traps, but those are pretty nasty.

or, go to the animal shelter and get a cat.

[LiberalEsto]

15. Have a talk with your cats.

Give them a little pep talk and tell them to get busy.

Many years ago I had two cats, and a rat got into the house. Lazy cats didn't do a thing. I gave them a talking-to, and the very next morning they came into the bedroom, strutting tall and proud. When I came out of the bedroom, there was the rat, dead as a doornail.

[texas1928]

17. They like to hunt...

But they like to bring them to my wife to see, and I really do not want to be woken up in the middle of the night to her screaming or having a live mouse in the bed with us. One of ours brought a lizard tail and stuck it in her hand in the middle of the night. I did not get much sleep that night.

[Maat]

18. Appealed to their notorious sense of pride, did you?

:rofl: