I have a Mouse!!!!!?

Question

EEEEEEK!!! I have a mouse in the house, I hope just one! How do I get him to leave (or her). We have a dog and a parrot so I don't want to use anything that will harm them. I put the bird food in the freezer and the dog food away. Put I want the Mickey OUT!!!! Suggestions please!

Answer 1

This isn't a solution to your problem, but it's damn funny...

I too didn't know that we had mice, until one day, our Military Macaw had received a piece of toast with peanut butter on it, and took it to the top of his cage. On the top of his cage is a large playstand that we don't allow him to play on (because he gets really agressive up there), so instead, we store his cage blanket there.

Anyways, I see him stuff about half of the piece of toast under the top layer of the blanket. Then, I hear this obnoxious squeaking. I thought to myself "What the HELL is that?", and got up to go investigate the noise.

I pull back the top layer of the folded blanket to discover two, SEVERELY obese mice who were too fat to MOVE much less scurry away. They just laid there, both of them with their mouths crammed full of peanut butter toast staring at me.

I grabbed the blanket, carefully of course, and took it outside and laid it down in the front yard.

Then, I went back in the house to have a serious discussion with Rio, our Macaw about how HUMANS get to keep pets and make pet decisions, NOT Macaws. LOL

In answer to your question...I guess I'd figure out where they are hanging out for the most part, and then put traps down, where the animals can't get to them. I ended up putting down traps behind the stove, but never did catch any. I think we only had two, and I think they belonged to Rio.

And, for the record...he was pissed at me for over a week for taking away his friends. LOL

Answer 2

Your best bet is to get rid of the mouse.

There are several ways you can do it. Get a cat. Nothing like allowing nature to take it's course! Then, there are traditional moustraps available at any grocery, discount or hardware store. There are inhumane glue boards that the mouse can get stuck on, and he will scream until he dies. There are humane traps such as a plastic tube that has a door on it where you set the bait inside and the mouse goes in but can't get out, then you can dispose of the mouse, alive, how you see fit.

There are other methods, such as putting out a small container of soda pop. The carbonated water will kill the mouse.

You can put out instant potato buds. The mice eat these then go in search of water. They bloat and die once they drink the water.

You can take peppermint oil and place it on several large cotton balls and place them around your home where you think the mouse has been frequenting. The mice hate the smell and it will run them off. It will also make your home smell nice for a couple of days and will have a calming effect on everyone in the household, pets included.

Since you have a bird, I would not suggest poison pellets such as D'Con, as the mouse can possibly carry a pellet into your bird's cage and leave it. Then the bird would eat it. I've heard that those pellets have no effect on birds, but personally, I wouldn't chance it.

Good luck in getting rid of your mouse!
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Answer 3

First of all try to find out how it got in! Then make sure you make it so no more can follow. If you've seen one, there are probably more. Did you see it in the daytime or nighttime? Believe it or not this does make a difference. You can purchase traps that won't involve poisons and you won't have to worry about your other pets setting them off. They are little boxes that the mice go into a trap door but can't get out. You place some bait in the far corner inside the box to attract them. They especially like peanut butter! You can buy different size boxes, ones that hold just 1-4 mice and others that hold many more for industrial use. Make sure you set them up around the outer edges of walls as mice will usually crawl along the corner of the floor/baseboards, not usually dash straight across a room. Once you have a mouse in the trap you can release it outside or dispose of it however you like. I thought I had one in my basement last year and ended up catching 5. Happy Hunting!

Answer 4

A house cat may not recognize the mouse as food. DO NOT USE D-Con... Safest for your pets is to use a trap (sticky, box-type, or snap trap) bait it with peanut butter and put it places the mouse gets to but the dog and bird don't, like under the sink, behind the fridge or stove. The snap trap is the most humane, it kills instantly, but set it so that it's barely stable so it trips really easy. If you can handle a live mouse, the box type someone mentioned above is a good option, but the mouse might come back inside. The sticky ones don't kill, and you can't get the mouse off, these are effective but you will need to kill the mouse yourself. You will pull its feet off before you get it out of the glue, not a good trap to use in my opinion. Don't use poisons, these cause the mouse to bleed to death internally, and can do the same to your pets if they get into the poison or eat the poisoned mouse.

Answer 5

Don't get a cat unless you want to be bossed around. Mine brings in live field mice so he can chase them. When they no longer run he does not eat them and they do not smell so good after awhile. He is also always hungry for gourmet cat food and is very demanding costing money for food and vet bills. A mouse trap is definitely the way to go although my cat" Woodie"is very lovable. Grain stores generally have a variety of mouse traps as they do have this problem as well. However it may be quicker to get one from the shops fast as where there is one mouse there can be more or soon will be.........so don't delay or you will have plague problems not nice.... mice.....

Answer 6

The mouse is after the seed your parrot spreads around. I know, you clean it up, but you're not always there, so the little furry freak gets some while you're gone. Put a trap out, that'll stop him dead (no pun intended). If you feel sorry for the little furball, then get a live trap and turn him loose, far, far, away from your house.

Answer 7

oh my god, this happened to me not too long ago. i have birds, and the mice(3) were after the seed. what i did was stay up late at night for a couple of days until i noticed exactly what spots they ran into, once i knew that i put the sticky traps - the flat ones, they are too smart for the boxed ones- in those places and when they ran in they got caught. i felt bad for the little guys, but not only were they driving my birds nuts - they climbed right up to the cages- but they were not exactly shy of people so we were afraid for the kids. p.s: i wouldnt recomend a cat, first of all cat saliva is dangerous to birds and second, thats not the right reason to get another pet.

Answer 8

Easy go to walmart or lowes,and buy a humaine mouse trap.Its alittle box that u put peanut butter in and the mouse gos in and the little door closes ,locking him in.Then you just take it outside to a nice wooded area(or some place where you think he will be able to live and let him go.i think they have 4 traps per box.

Answer 9

Set a HUMANE trap (someting that won't hurt the mouse) and put a piece of cheese or someting in it. Just wait and eventually the mouse will come. Set it free OUTSIDE.

Answer 10

you can buy a humaine cage that will not hurt it and is too small for your dog to get in you just have to watch the bird once you trap it you can set it free in it's natural habitat it's not gonna hurt you it's just looking for food it's probably just a field mouse coming in for the warmth