Mice......Help!?

Question

A few days ago I heard a mice in my closet, so I decided to put down a few sticky traps the next day. Of course the next morning when I got up to check the traps ...there he was(in the kitchen). Now, I have sticky traps all over the place and have not been able to catch another mice since then. Is it possible there was only one?? I've been living in my condo for the past two years and this is the first time I have ever encountered mice. I was thinking that he might have gotten in through my garage when I'm heating my car up.

Any thoughts?

Answer 1

Yes, it's possible there was only one mouse. Mice can enter a home through a space of 1/4", so fill any holes you can find.

Please consider not using "sticky traps" in the future. They are the cruelest type of traps and have been banned in some countries. Mice have been known to gnaw off their own limbs and tear off their skin in an effort to escape, as they starve or dehydrate to death or suffocate in the glue. Poison isn't any better, as the mice die slowly and painfully from internal bleeding. It can take up to a week for them to die, and then they smell as they rot behind your walls.

I've had success with this live trap in my house:

http://veganstore.com/index.html?stocknumber=266

It’s also available for $2 cheaper here (although I prefer to buy it from the other place since I’m not a big fan of PETA):

https://www.petacatalog.org/prodinfo.asp?number=HP200

I've caught over ten mice with it so far and it can be used over and over indefinitely. Or, you can try making the free homemade humane trap described here:

http://www.helpinganimals.com/wildlife_livingWithMice.asp

If you do live trap mice, please be sure to check the traps several times a day and release the mice promptly, approximately a mile away from your home. It is much more cruel to allow a mouse in a live trap to slowly starve to death than to kill it quickly with a snap trap. When you release the mice, do it in an area with some sheltering bushes or plants.

It doesn't take much extra effort to be kind. You will feel better and so will the mice! Good luck!

Answer 2

Mice tend to flock indoors when it gets cold out. It is possible that it came in through the garage, but they are tiny and can fit in the smallest of cracks.
Where there is one, there are probably more around. I wouldn't be too worried as long as you do keep traps in inconspicous places (in a closet or the back of a cupboard), and check them regularily. As long as you don't have other pets or children around you could also put out some poision, again not where it is visible/easily accessible to humans. When they eat the posion it will severly dehydrate the mouse and it will wander outside looking for water where it will die.

Answer 3

I am glad you caught the mouse, but very SAD to hear you are using sticky traps. It is a slow and horrible death for the mouse. Some mice will actually chew-off their own leg to free themselves.

The next time you attempt to catch mice, please be responsible and use a NO-KILL mouse trap. They are inexpensive. You can also rent them from some hardware stores. After you capture the little innocent critter, you can release it about a mile or so away from your condo. .....~~~~(O8:> ....(squeak, help,help)

Here are some sites where you can purchase NO-KILL traps on-line:

Answer 4

if u can find it there is a poison called ''eagles 7''they may have it at your local feed store or farm supply.don't get the blue box get the red box it dries them out with no odor and when the other ones eat the dead ones it kills them too.i live in western ky i don't know if they have eagles 7 where u live or not but when i had my mouse problem it almost became an infestation while i was waiting on d-con to work.well good luck!

Answer 5

they get in from the smallest spot,,put a mouse trap down and if you catch it do it again as there might be acouple,,