Well, I saw my first mouse in the new apartment tonight. It really shows what a city dweller I am that saw it out of the corner of my eye and just continued to surf the web
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We had one of those plug in things in Boston, and I think it helped. Ours wasn't a particularly aggressive mouse, it didn't eat anything that we noticed, but we didn't care for the mouse poos.
Oh, and those sticky glue traps are really awful. In high school, I saw a mouse break its legs trying to peel itself off. Killing it outright is way more humane.
I don't know about the sound warfare. If a mouse could hear it, your rabbit could certainly hear it. And possibly the Anole as well. As awful as it seems, snap traps are perhaps the best way of dealing with mice. They almost always die instantly. Glue traps don't work as well and are disturbing and if you use live traps, the mice just run right back. My mom once carried one across the street and well into a neighbors yard before letting out the mouse and the without hesitation, the thing ran right back to our house. After a while, they start going into the trap just to get free food.
Plugging up the holes in your apartment is one. Telling your landlord so they deal with it is another. Making sure all your sugar products are completely sealed will also discourage them (no food=no mice).
You could get RATS to scare away the mice (believe it or not, they don't co-exist so you either have one or the other). Ok, no, I'm not serious about that option.
Yes, I have heard about those emiter things, first make sure there are no other animals in your building. In other words, make sure the neighbors don't have a pet guinea pig or hamster. (Usually, they are safe for dogs and cats).
i had mice for a while, and tried one of those sound-emitter things, but it really didn't work - there would be a mouse sitting right in my room, staring up at me, while the thing was going. honestly it was a waste of money.
the thing that finally got rid of them was sealing up the holes in the wall where they were getting in with steel wool (weird, i know, but it works), and then buying plastic containers for all my food (cereal, snacks, etc.) - pretty much everything that wasn't in the fridge. even if stuff is sealed well and they can't get in, they can still smell it, and they'll stick around.
also, poison packs don't work. they don't even bother to eat them.
sticky traps are horrible, but they really do work. we caught so many mice with those, too.
Girl, alas... snap traps are really the way to go if you want to get rid of them. And seal up the holes. And well... you COULD bring your sister to a no-kill shelter, let her play with all the cats and find one she likes. I HATE cats, and I love my brother's kittie... And if it's lived in a no-kill shelter it would probably get along with other animals.
I CANNOT get aonther pet when my house already smells like a frickin' barn because of the one we have. All the hay and seed crumbs left around and the animal smell from the bunny are probably what's attracting the little buggers in the first place. I don't think I could do the snap trap thing. I have heard too many horror stories about people having to put a mouse out of its misery because the trap didn't break his neck the first time. I couldn't do that. And sticky traps are just cruel. If some experminator dude comes along and sprays poison in the basement and they die because of that, I'm cool. I just can't deal with killing a little thing myself and then having to clean up the guts!
I bought the high-frequency noise thing and put it in my bedroom. I am boxing up all my food and I told the landlord. I'm not sure what else to do. Putting all my food in tupperware worked in the last apartment, hopefully it will work here too!
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You could get RATS to scare away the mice (believe it or not, they don't co-exist so you either have one or the other). Ok, no, I'm not serious about that option.
Yes, I have heard about those emiter things, first make sure there are no other animals in your building. In other words, make sure the neighbors don't have a pet guinea pig or hamster. (Usually, they are safe for dogs and cats).
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the thing that finally got rid of them was sealing up the holes in the wall where they were getting in with steel wool (weird, i know, but it works), and then buying plastic containers for all my food (cereal, snacks, etc.) - pretty much everything that wasn't in the fridge. even if stuff is sealed well and they can't get in, they can still smell it, and they'll stick around.
also, poison packs don't work. they don't even bother to eat them.
sticky traps are horrible, but they really do work. we caught so many mice with those, too.
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I don't think I could do the snap trap thing. I have heard too many horror stories about people having to put a mouse out of its misery because the trap didn't break his neck the first time. I couldn't do that. And sticky traps are just cruel. If some experminator dude comes along and sprays poison in the basement and they die because of that, I'm cool. I just can't deal with killing a little thing myself and then having to clean up the guts!
I bought the high-frequency noise thing and put it in my bedroom. I am boxing up all my food and I told the landlord. I'm not sure what else to do. Putting all my food in tupperware worked in the last apartment, hopefully it will work here too!
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