Need a man right now!!!

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MJ2.0  Sorry, just caught up the rest of the posts now. I understand.

[mroped]

Get some glue traps! They are cheap and when you catch the mouse you dispose of it.
Simple and clean!

If you get a man to get rid of your mice, then he might get scared and climb on top of things/people?

[ArchietheDragon]

Jul 10, 2015 20:31:48 GMT -5 mroped said:

Get some glue traps! They are cheap and when you catch the mouse you dispose of it.
Simple and clean!

If you get a man to get rid of your mice, then he might get scared and climb on top of things/people?

Glue traps are not humane.    Get a snap trap.   

[Opti]

Jul 10, 2015 10:10:51 GMT -5 NoNamePerson said:

Heck I've killed a tree roach bigger than a mouse    

I guess I should also add that I have destroyed a room killing a spider. I hate spiders. I would rather see a snake crawling across the floor than an itty bitty spider 

I'm impressed NNP. What is a room killing spider?

[Opti]

Jul 10, 2015 18:15:30 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jul 10, 2015 9:32:15 GMT -5 The Captain said:

Crap!!! Am I going to have to add/expand my inventory to add new meanings alongside "I need water" and "I want Thai"?

Oh, wait - we're still talking about a little mouse, right?

Gerbil.

Oh nooooooooooz. Tenn, went there!

[weltschmerz]

Jul 9, 2015 19:11:19 GMT -5 MJ2.0 said:

I heard something rustling in the master bedroom last night and this morning.... Translation: that room and bathroom will not be used until further notice. I don't do rodents - someone catch it!!!!

Simple.

Get a couple of snakes to eat the mouse.

Then, get a couple of mongooses to eat the  snakes.

Then, get a couple of jackals to eat the mongooses.

Then, I'll come over to catch the jackals.

Or, if you like, I can just catch the mouse for you.

[NoNamePerson]

Jul 11, 2015 0:43:57 GMT -5 Opti said:

Jul 10, 2015 10:10:51 GMT -5 NoNamePerson said:

Heck I've killed a tree roach bigger than a mouse    

I guess I should also add that I have destroyed a room killing a spider. I hate spiders. I would rather see a snake crawling across the floor than an itty bitty spider 

I'm impressed NNP. What is a room killing spider?

 Let me rephrase that. "I have destroyed a room while trying to kill a spider!!

[dannylion]

Jul 11, 2015 1:51:35 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Jul 9, 2015 19:11:19 GMT -5 MJ2.0 said:

I heard something rustling in the master bedroom last night and this morning.... Translation: that room and bathroom will not be used until further notice. I don't do rodents - someone catch it!!!!

Simple.

Get a couple of snakes to eat the mouse.

Then, get a couple of mongooses to eat the  snakes.

Then, get a couple of jackals to eat the mongooses.

Then, I'll come over to catch the jackals.

Or, if you like, I can just catch the mouse for you.

NOOOOO!!!! Mongooses are cute and entertaining!  Keep the mongooses. 

[andi9899]

Jul 10, 2015 20:31:48 GMT -5 mroped said:

Get some glue traps! They are cheap and when you catch the mouse you dispose of it.
Simple and clean!

If you get a man to get rid of your mice, then he might get scared and climb on top of things/people?

Ew! Old Dude put a glue trap under my bed once because we had seen some spiders. One day I couldn't figure out where this smell was coming from. No one else smelled it until the next day because I have a mom nose and can smell everything. We finally tracked it down to the glue trap with the mouse on it under the bed. It was so gross!

[weltschmerz]

Jul 10, 2015 20:32:43 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

Jul 10, 2015 20:31:48 GMT -5 mroped said:

Get some glue traps! They are cheap and when you catch the mouse you dispose of it.
Simple and clean!

If you get a man to get rid of your mice, then he might get scared and climb on top of things/people?

Glue traps are not humane.    Get a snap trap.   

Glue traps are barbaric. Very painful, and takes the critter a long time to die. Nobody deserves that, even if they were unlucky enough to be born a mouse.

Yes, please get a snap trap.

[mroped]

So killing a mouse with a glue trap is barbaric! 
You don't have to let it die on its own. As soon as he gets trapped, you just hammer it down. Easy and merciful! No time for suffering.

And speaking of barbaric:do you consider beef/pork or any animal slaughter for food as barbaric too?
It is who we are:top predator and as such we kill things to make our lives easier, safer.

[weltschmerz]

Jul 11, 2015 11:39:02 GMT -5 mroped said:

So killing a mouse with a glue trap is barbaric! 
You don't have to let it die on its own. As soon as he gets trapped, you just hammer it down. Easy and merciful! No time for suffering.

And speaking of barbaric:do you consider beef/pork or any animal slaughter for food as barbaric too?
It is who we are:top predator and as such we kill things to make our lives easier, safer.

Factory farms and industrial feedlots are barbaric, yes. That`s why I don`t eat meat.

[weltschmerz]

Most people don`t check their glue traps every hour. They just put them down and get around to it in a week or so.

It`s unspeakably cruel. Those things should be banned.

[MJ2.0]

Jul 11, 2015 11:39:02 GMT -5 mroped said:

So killing a mouse with a glue trap is barbaric! 
You don't have to let it die on its own. As soon as he gets trapped, you just hammer it down. Easy and merciful! No time for suffering.

And speaking of barbaric:do you consider beef/pork or any animal slaughter for food as barbaric too?
It is who we are:top predator and as such we kill things to make our lives easier, safer.

We don't use the equivalent of glue traps to slaughter animals for food. There are relatively humane ways to harvest livestock.

[wvugurl26]

Maintenance put down glue traps. I had a mouse almost get off one. I was not happy. I'd put my own snap traps down.

[DagnyT]

I, too, am irrational when it come to rodents, especially mice. I scream if I see a dead one. Snakes and bugs don't bother me a bit, but a mouse almost gives me a heart attack. I have literally jumped up on the bathtub and was afraid to get down. One night I saw one in my master bathroom and I could not even sleep in my bedroom that night. I had to sleep in my son's room. Both kids laughed hysterically at me, but I was more hysterical than them. I know it is irrational, but I can not tolerate them.

We live in the country and believe me, if you have one you have at least two, so put out a new trap after you catch the first one-- well, have someone else do it! We usually catch them in the kitchen. If we have a trap set, I have to send my husband in there every morning before me to see if the mouse has been caught. If I see it in the trap, I go running for the hills.

ETA: Put pepperoni in the trap. They love it and have to work to get it out, so the trap is sprung almost 100% of the time.

[weltschmerz]

I think mousies are cute.

[Opti]

Jul 12, 2015 1:18:32 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

I think mousies are cute.

Small blind voles in the backyard, worried me more than mice. Our house(when I was young) was new construction, so the critter population was  interesting the first few years.