To Kill A Mouse.....

[Sundrop]

I think we'll have to wait on that. I've had to deal with moles more than once. You do know there's no such thing as a single mole, right? Dozens has been my experience.

Dozens??!?? I thought moles weren't very social creatures.
Oh well, if they come, I'm ready....I still have plenty of traps

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Dozens??!?? I thought moles weren't very social creatures.
Oh well, if they come, I'm ready....I still have plenty of traps

they're the only rodent I will use chemicals on (mole bait) because there are so many of them. But I get them outside the house and will lay plywood over the bait so no other critter gets to it. The moles will tunnel to get the bait. Keep setting the traps till you're sure you're mole free. Who knows you might get Mr Jingles as a bonus.

 

[FlakeNoir]

Oh no he didn't!




Come to me Mr. Jingles, I will save you...c'mere lil biddy mouse.

 

[Agincourt Concierge]

Oh dude you killed a star nosed mole ??? We caught one in the back yard once... let him go out at the church ... didn't like him digging up my flower beds .... oh but they have such nice soft coats... and they don't see very well either ....

well now ... this is a mouse of a different color ... no Mr. Jingles at all .. you terminated "Mr. Blind Can't Find My Way Outside" ....

 

[no bounce no play]

...still good-deep fried and on a stick....

Do you really live in Ohio? You sound like a Texan lol

 

[Sundrop]

Oh dude you killed a star nosed mole ??? We caught one in the back yard once... let him go out at the church ... didn't like him digging up my flower beds .... oh but they have such nice soft coats... and they don't see very well either ....

well now ... this is a mouse of a different color ... no Mr. Jingles at all .. you terminated "Mr. Blind Can't Find My Way Outside" ....

Mr. Blind sure found his way inside...

 

[GNTLGNT]

Do you really live in Ohio? You sound like a Texan lol

..we rednecks eat dang near anything deep fried, with a stick of butter and an ice cold can of Blatz...

 

[Agincourt Concierge]

Mr. Blind sure found his way inside...

he's blind .... how the hell does he know where he's going ??

 

[Sigmund]

Hi Ms. Sunny!

Sorry to hear about your mouse trouble.

(I haven't logged in for awhile. Sorry I'm late.)

I had a wood(s) rat problem awhile ago. (A new house development was underway and they cleared out a LARGE area of woods. Which, of course, had all the wood rats running every which-a way...right into the nearby houses. Mine included. Ha!)

I tried those big, heavy-duty snap traps. They would get triggered but not get...*snapped*..? I called my brother and he suggested the large glue traps. Guaranteed me they would work. Yay! Yeah, not so much.

I set out a few of the biggest glue traps available. And waited. Lo and behold, a short while after we had bedded down for the night...we (my son and I ) heard a ruckus. And squealing!!! ((Ye, gads!!)

We got up and found a wood rat in the glue trap and he was mighty pizzed off. It was awful!!! It was trapped but alive and fighting. I'll spare you the gruesome details...and they were gruesome.

(This ginormous rat was glued but alive and fighting. I'm goofy. I didn't think it through and my beloved baby brother had not mentioned what would happen once the rat was glued. I guess I just thought once it was glue trapped it would simply fall over and die. NOT!)

Suffice to say, I donned a long sleeved shirt, welders gloves, goggles, got a pair of pliers and some heavy duty trash bags and got the rat into the trash-bags and into the garbage bin outside. As God as my witness, I heard that rat squealing and thumping in the garbage bin all night long.

If you are going with the glue traps...consider what you are going to do once you get that thing trapped.

Arrrghhh!!!

Peace.

 

[FlakeNoir]

OMG that's horrible.... oh no way, no glue traps for me. (I haven't heard of these before) I use the humane traps and then take them for a drive. (Plus I have a very good mouser... nobody messes with The Jake.)

 

[rockpharm]

Emulsifiers??? Like Calcium Stearoyl Di Laciate, PolyGlycerol Ester, Monoglyceride... yum!

I am now reminded of Clark Griswold..I'm working on a non nutritive cereal varnish that permeates the flake.....whoops wrong message board.

 

[no bounce no play]

We had wild hogs on our property and they were tearing up the grass/crop. One of my hubby's buddies put out a cage trap to trap the hogs for the kill, which I guess is sorta kinda humane, and they ate the hogs which I was ok with... not much different than when I hunt at the grocery store. But, hubby got tired of me asking him twice a day if his buddy had checked the cage so the hogs wouldn't suffer. He decided life with me would be much easier if he ran field fencing along the barbwire fence to keep the hogs out

 

[no bounce no play]

Hi Ms. Sunny!

Sorry to hear about your mouse trouble.

(I haven't logged in for awhile. Sorry I'm late.)

I had a wood(s) rat problem awhile ago. (A new house development was underway and they cleared out a LARGE area of woods. Which, of course, had all the wood rats running every which-a way...right into the nearby houses. Mine included. Ha!)

I tried those big, heavy-duty snap traps. They would get triggered but not get...*snapped*..? I called my brother and he suggested the large glue traps. Guaranteed me they would work. Yay! Yeah, not so much.

I set out a few of the biggest glue traps available. And waited. Lo and behold, a short while after we had bedded down for the night...we (my son and I ) heard a ruckus. And squealing!!! ((Ye, gads!!)

We got up and found a wood rat in the glue trap and he was mighty pizzed off. It was awful!!! It was trapped but alive and fighting. I'll spare you the gruesome details...and they were gruesome.

(This ginormous rat was glued but alive and fighting. I'm goofy. I didn't think it through and my beloved baby brother had not mentioned what would happen once the rat was glued. I guess I just thought once it was glue trapped it would simply fall over and die. NOT!)

Suffice to say, I donned a long sleeved shirt, welders gloves, goggles, got a pair of pliers and some heavy duty trash bags and got the rat into the trash-bags and into the garbage bin outside. As God as my witness, I heard that rat squealing and thumping in the garbage bin all night long.

If you are going with the glue traps...consider what you are going to do once you get that thing trapped.

Arrrghhh!!!

Peace.

Oh Siggy... I'm going to have nightmares about this

 

[DiO'Bolic]

OMG that's horrible.... oh no way, no glue traps for me. (I haven't heard of these before) I use the humane traps and then take them for a drive. (Plus I have a very good mouser... nobody messes with The Jake.)

Hmmmm... So it's okay when the cat does the killin' for you eh? I bet it's "Get him, get him Jake!" Not "Oh poor Mr Jingles." LOL

 

[DiO'Bolic]

We had wild hogs on our property and they were tearing up the grass/crop. One of my hubby's buddies put out a cage trap to trap the hogs for the kill, which I guess is sorta kinda humane, and they ate the hogs which I was ok with... not much different than when I hunt at the grocery store. But, hubby got tired of me asking him twice a day if his buddy had checked the cage so the hogs wouldn't suffer. He decided life with me would be much easier if he ran field fencing along the barbwire fence to keep the hogs out

I like how your husband thinks!

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Oh Siggy... I'm going to have nightmares about this

Siggy should have taken pictures of her get-up. Ladies, if your going to don battle wear in your conflicts with critters, pictures are always necessary.

 

[Sundrop]

Hi Ms. Sunny!

Sorry to hear about your mouse trouble.

(I haven't logged in for awhile. Sorry I'm late.)

I had a wood(s) rat problem awhile ago. (A new house development was underway and they cleared out a LARGE area of woods. Which, of course, had all the wood rats running every which-a way...right into the nearby houses. Mine included. Ha!)

I tried those big, heavy-duty snap traps. They would get triggered but not get...*snapped*..? I called my brother and he suggested the large glue traps. Guaranteed me they would work. Yay! Yeah, not so much.

I set out a few of the biggest glue traps available. And waited. Lo and behold, a short while after we had bedded down for the night...we (my son and I ) heard a ruckus. And squealing!!! ((Ye, gads!!)

We got up and found a wood rat in the glue trap and he was mighty pizzed off. It was awful!!! It was trapped but alive and fighting. I'll spare you the gruesome details...and they were gruesome.

(This ginormous rat was glued but alive and fighting. I'm goofy. I didn't think it through and my beloved baby brother had not mentioned what would happen once the rat was glued. I guess I just thought once it was glue trapped it would simply fall over and die. NOT!)

Suffice to say, I donned a long sleeved shirt, welders gloves, goggles, got a pair of pliers and some heavy duty trash bags and got the rat into the trash-bags and into the garbage bin outside. As God as my witness, I heard that rat squealing and thumping in the garbage bin all night long.

If you are going with the glue traps...consider what you are going to do once you get that thing trapped.

Arrrghhh!!!

Peace.

I just sorta figured if one got caught in a glue trap, I'd just whack it in the head with a shovel so it wouldn't have to suffer

 

[Neesy]

It's your fault! I knew there was someone hoping that the mouse would live.....
What if I catch the plague or something from that varmit?

Have you heard of something called hantavirus?

ooops - finally got to the end of this very long thread - wow!
I am glad you finally got that mole - I have never had a mole in my house, just a mouse!

 

[Sundrop]

Have you heard of something called hantavirus?

Yes, I've heard about hantavirus, and the plague and a whole bunch of other horrible diseases carried by rodents.
That's why I have no problem killing them when they come into my home.....it's also why my floors and cabinets have been freshly bleached

 

[Neesy]

Yes, I've heard about hantavirus, and the plague and a whole bunch of other horrible diseases carried by rodents.
That's why I have no problem killing them when they come into my home.....it's also why my floors and cabinets have been freshly bleached

I tried to post a picture of my cat Bailey with a mouse (still alive) but it came up as too big.