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OK . . . so, from the sounds of it, we have some sort of vermin (possibly multiple) in between our dining room ceiling and DD's bedroom floor. The scratching and gnawing isn't constant, but it is very noticeable. And YES . . . I have double and triple checked to verify that it isn't one of the hamsters gone on the lam again.
DD's freaked out by the fact that she thinks "Mice might come through the floor and get her" and I am just creeped out period. A cockroach or 2, I can deal with . . . but neither of us has ever had to deal with mice/rats/squirrels/whatever in the walls. Right now, I am just thanking my lucky stars that they haven't found their way in the house . . . and this afternoon, I am going through and finding and blocking off any spot I can find that they might be able to get in through.
Anyone have any tips on how to get these guys gone and out of the walls/celings/floors where we have no idea where they would have gotten in at . . . and in the most humane way possible? We thought about getting one of those ultrasonic pest things (the "Pest-A-Cator" was one of the ones we heard about) until we found out that it wouldn't be good for us since we have hamsters (they are "non-rodent pet friendly").
DD's freaked out by the fact that she thinks "Mice might come through the floor and get her" and I am just creeped out period. A cockroach or 2, I can deal with . . . but neither of us has ever had to deal with mice/rats/squirrels/whatever in the walls.
Anyone have any tips on how to get these guys gone and out of the walls/celings/floors where we have no idea where they would have gotten in at . . . and in the most humane way possible? We thought about getting one of those ultrasonic pest things (the "Pest-A-Cator" was one of the ones we heard about) until we found out that it wouldn't be good for us since we have hamsters (they are "non-rodent pet friendly").
HELP!!!!!!!!!
I would definately take the mouse over a cockroach..... (shuddering). And I hate to burst you bubble about getting the problem fixed before they get in the house. They already have........ Check your kitchen drawers for mouse droppings. That how we know they have gotten back in for the winter. We then have to wash all the dishes and silverware and put the traps out. Forget humane. Kill them witht eh snap traps is my theory
We heard one once in a drop ceiling that was in our kitchen when we first moved in our house (the kitchen was gutted and remodeled soon after). We had an exterminator come out and he put peanut butter traps in the access panel to the bathroom plumbing, in our attic in the basement and under the stove and in that drop ceiling--- he said those are the places they usually go. We were lucky that however it got in, it got back out. He said not to use poison, because the last thing you want is it dying behind your walls, and you have to find it to get rid of the smell.--- so sticky traps or snap traps where you have access to them are better. I would put steel wool in any gap or hole along the baseboards of your daughter's bedroom--- they can't chew through it. My neighbor gets mice sometimes, and she catches them and has her husband release them in the woods--- she wants to be humane too--- that's nice of her---- I just put the traps out.
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Yuck. 'Tis the season! Sending lots of I don't know what to tell you since you have rodents already - I wouldn't use a snap trap because if Remy or Linguine got out it could end ugly. Maybe the sticky traps would be good. And mice love peanut butter! Or a cotton ball saturated in vanilla will work too. I'm not a huge fan of the humane traps but my FIL used one and I guess it worked. He would take a mouse out into a field and a few days later, he would take a mouse out into the field, and a few days later..... Never solved the problem and the drawers were always full of mouse droppings.
Do make sure you check all your drawers and your cupboards for mouse droppings. And remember a mouse can get through a hole smaller than your thumbnail so if there's a hole in the wall for even something like a coax. cable....
Tell the cat he's fired if he doesn't start doing his job!
No, seriously, along w/ the steel wool in Emilie's room, put a few Bounce dryer sheets around. That's what Dad was told to do when mice got in his car and ate the wiring (very expensive to fix!). He put some dryer sheets up under the glove compartment and dashboard and hasn't had a problem since. For some reason, they don't like dryer sheets. And at least you get the benefit of April Fresh Scent!
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I have had mice in my walls before too. I put sticky traps with peanut butter on them in the basement and caught the mice that way. We now have some outside cats in the neighborhood and the wood pile next door is gone so we haven't had any mice in a while.
We have the same problem and haven't really solved it either. I'm with you 100% on finding a humane way to handle it too. We haven't seen the critter(s) and haven't seen any droppings anywhere either. We heard the sounds all last winter and then it went away and now it's back.
Try the no see no touch mouse traps that lures them into the trap and you don't have to see or touch them. You don't want the mouse dying between the walls. We had that happen and the stench was unbearable and stuck around for weeks.
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