We have not finished unpacking and we have found mice droppings. We have only found them in one particular location...in the basement work room. We set a trap caught one and then found more droppings in the same location. Before we actually moved in the house we found droppings and we also found a dead chipmunk in the house so we assumed that the dropping was from the chipmunk and that maybe the chipmunk had gotten in by accident when the realtor was showing the house or something....now we realize that that probably was not the case....what can we do before we end up with a real infestation. It is December and I know that they like to come in out of the cold. I heard about the sealing up of the food, but I jsut want to get rid of them completely!!!!! How can I possibly determine where they are coming from.
2006-12-12 04:16:29 · 12 answers · asked by zdw 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
get a 5 gallon bucket fill it up half way with water. run wire from one side to the othier, close hanger work good. get a can pop can run the wire threw that so it will spin put peanut butter in the center of the can. make a way so the mice can get up the bucket or what ever you have. when the mice step on the can they fall and cant get back out. and get all that othier stuff.
2006-12-12 05:34:27 · answer #1 · answered by rookie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the only way mice can enter your house must be your pipe or any tube as such. Have your house fumigated or you can buy some stuff for feeding them that will bring them out and then they may die unlike the rat poison which causes them to kill at some hidden corner. Usually it's good to keep this gum at places where you found mice droppings.
2006-12-12 04:25:35 · answer #2 · answered by rashmir 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call and exteminator, but you will also have to check the foundation or your house to make sure that all possible areas for them to come in has been closed off.
Also, despite what some people think, Cat's are not as usefull as you might thing, and the Dander doesn't deter the rodents from coming in. If mice are hungry enough, or cold enough They will come in.
2006-12-12 04:40:07 · answer #3 · answered by Jessica H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A little tip is the old fashion mouse trap with peanutbutter. Try not to keep anything warm where you found the droppings, like stuff animals, blankets, clothes, anything that they can curl up in. Don't bring any food or anything sweet to attract them. If it does go away hire an exterminator.
2006-12-12 04:26:03 · answer #4 · answered by taffy_flinn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this befell to me many years in the past, and it ended up being a squirrel. It became nesting in the mattress in the spare bedroom that it burrowed a hollow in, so it became under no circumstances seen when I went to envision on the noise. I left the door open one morning only to work out if some thing would ever come out of that room, and it ran down the steps...rather a lot gave me a heart attack!! *LOL*
2016-10-18 04:11:00 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a cat, after the cat takes care of the problem, his dander will help with keeping the mice out.
2006-12-12 04:25:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congrats and welcome home. Don't panic. Get some Decon, available at grocery stores, hardware, etc. Place several under cabinets, beside fridge, in the basement and before long there won't be any mousees. You also will not be bothered by smelly rotting carcasses.
2006-12-12 04:25:07 · answer #7 · answered by reynwater 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call an exterminater, didn't your house go throug an inspection? You need to contact the company that did your home owner inspection and see what they say.
2006-12-12 04:24:33 · answer #8 · answered by Jody 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
remember that the buyers should have disclosed a rodent problem to you and if they didnt thats against the law.make them pay for exterminator.contact your realtor
2006-12-12 04:25:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
drug some cheese, then put a tracker on the body as he's asleep
then watch and learn
or get a cat....
sorry...i'm of no help at all
good luck
2006-12-12 04:24:50 · answer #10 · answered by retired 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋