I've Got A New Mouse

I left the outside door open for a few minutes and it must have got in.

When I came back in, I probably scared it and it ran up the stairs. Next thing, I came up the stairs and sat down at the computer. After a few minutes I heard a scuffling next to the waste paper bin a couple of feet away. Scared me half to death.

Then I saw it, a little field mouse. And it saw me. Damn, those things can jump.

I quickly shut the door so it can't get out of the room.

So there we are, it's in here with me. I've got a trap somewhere but I'm not very confident about them. Last time one got in it was here for weeks before it suddenly disappeared.

Anyone got any ideas on how to get rid of it?

Get a humane trap (a cardboard box with cheese in will often do the trick; just prop it up with a book or something and tie string to it, so you can yank it away and trap the mouse).

Then drive out to the country somewhere and set it free.

Is it a ps2 optical?

Mice actually prefer bread to cheese, it's an old wives tale about them loving cheese.

And you can get properly made humane traps, the plastic tilt trap is effective :)

Plus you don't have to deal with a mouses gut's hanging out cos thats just gross :ph34r:

Jonno B)

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Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@9 December 2003 - 16:11
Is it a ps2 optical?

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Geek joke alert!!!! :P :lol:

Ok, time to move this to Hardwareworld. :P

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Originally posted by lynx@9 December 2003 - 16:13
Ok, time to move this to Hardwareworld. :P

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so... tempting.... must not... break rules..........

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Originally posted by lynx@9 December 2003 - 10:55
I've got a trap somewhere but I'm not very confident about them. Last time one got in it was here for weeks before it suddenly disappeared.

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I think he's prepared to make an attempt.....
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Originally posted by Lamsey@9 December 2003 - 16:57
Get a humane trap (a cardboard box with cheese in will often do the trick; just prop it up with a book or something and tie string to it, so you can yank it away and trap the mouse).

Then drive out to the country somewhere and set it free.

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That an interesting dating approach you have there, seems to have worked well for you though ;) :P

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Originally posted by (>Zero Cool<)+9 December 2003 - 18:25--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE ((>Zero Cool<) @ 9 December 2003 - 18:25)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Lamsey@9 December 2003 - 16:57
Get a humane trap (a cardboard box with cheese in will often do the trick; just prop it up with a book or something and tie string to it, so you can yank it away and trap the mouse).

Then drive out to the country somewhere and set it free.

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That an interesting dating approach you have there, seems to have worked well for you though ;) :P [/b][/quote]
LMAO

Went to make coffee.

Heard the snap as the kettle turned itself off.
Strange, kettle not boiled yet.

http://members.shaw.ca/wenpigsfly/smileys/idhitit.gifhttp://members.shaw.ca/wenpigsfly/smileys/hummer.gif

Straight across the back of the neck.

Titey - the crash helmet didn&#39;t help.

Ooooo you gonna be in Lamesy&#39;s bad books now, he gonna tell and you gonna get done :lol: :lol:

Jonno B)

:(

poor meese

If I&#39;d tried Lamsey&#39;s method I&#39;d still be trying to get a battery for it. :P

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Originally posted by lynx@9 December 2003 - 11:29
Titey - the crash helmet didn&#39;t help.

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:o Uh-oh.... hope he wasn&#39;t one of WeeMouse&#39; relatives then.

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Originally posted by RGX@9 December 2003 - 17:32
:(

poor meese

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I agree with RGX

booooooooo


that&#39;s keek, should&#39;ve caught it and freed it somewhere :(

Shitbag.

Why kill it? Really - why end a life? For convenience? Was that mouse&#39;s right to live less important than your desire to get it out of your house as conveniently as possible?

A squatter breaks into your house; do you hit him across the back of the head with a hammer? No, of course not - that would be murder and totally unjustified. Why doesn&#39;t a mouse get the same treatment? Because it&#39;s an animal and doesn&#39;t deserve to live as much as we do?

I was being kind really.
If I&#39;d put it back outside it would have frozen to death with the current temps.

And if I&#39;d let it stay inside, well let&#39;s just say that the spider has grown. :fear:

whoa back down dr peta.have you never swated a mosquito on your arm?

everybody else in this thread...DUCK&#33;

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Originally posted by RGX@9 December 2003 - 16:39
everybody else in this thread...DUCK&#33;

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No, it was a mouse.

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Originally posted by Lamsey+9 December 2003 - 17:40--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Lamsey @ 9 December 2003 - 17:40)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-RGX@9 December 2003 - 16:39
everybody else in this thread...DUCK&#33;

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No, it was a mouse. [/b][/quote]
I was waiting for it :rolleyes:

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Originally posted by Lamsey+9 December 2003 - 18:40--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Lamsey @ 9 December 2003 - 18:40)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-RGX@9 December 2003 - 16:39
everybody else in this thread...DUCK&#33;

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No, it was a mouse. [/b][/quote]
LMAO............. again :D

Oh come on Lamsey, do you remember being taught about the Beaubonic Plague?
They carry fleas, disease and all manner of horrid things that can harm us.

Yes it&#39;s sad, I don&#39;t like anything being hurt or killed but it happens, deal with it&#33;

Just one question and I think I know the answer........Lamsey, are you like a total vegetarian?........No meat at all?.........Fish?.......Shellfish, Chicken??..........Nothing?

Nothing against it just asking :)

Jonno B)

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Originally posted by JONNO_CELEBS@9 December 2003 - 18:08
Oh come on Lamsey, do you remember being taught about the Beaubonic Plague?
They carry fleas, disease and all manner of horrid things that can harm us.

Yes it&#39;s sad, I don&#39;t like anything being hurt or killed but it happens, deal with it&#33;

Just one question and I think I know the answer........Lamsey, are you like a total vegetarian?........No meat at all?.........Fish?.......Shellfish, Chicken??..........Nothing?

Nothing against it just asking :)

Jonno B)

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Lamsey wasn&#39;t the only one who thought it was crap, I agreed. I see where you are coming from but there was alternatives :(

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u like my new bike

No&#33;...........all meeces must die :lol: :lol:

Ok listen before you all start jumping on me I&#39;m just pointing out the facts of life, I used to be a fisherman (bass, cod, crabs, lobsters, mackrel) I never killed one of them, could&#39;nt do it, always had to let someone else do it.
I once watched a friend catch a Roach from a freshwater pond and cast it still on his hook across a dusty field.........needless to say I wacked him with my Fishing rod.

Sheesh, I feel guilty if I stand on a snail, ask Nikki about the spider........I can&#39;t hurt creatures...........humans yes, creatures no.

But they get killed, people set traps, people swat, people stamp, drown, wack, beat and worse.........this is a fact of life&#33;

Sorry I was just trying to make that point :)

And no, I ain&#39;t on me high horse or think anyone&#39;s having a pop, just making a personal view point :)

Jonno B)

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Originally posted by ghetto_gurl@9 December 2003 - 13:23
u like my new bike

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You trying to hijack this thread?

Poor mouse but sometimes that&#39;s the way it goes. :-"

Oh oh... I better hide. :bye:

With fields just over the garden wall mice are a recurrent problem.

I&#39;ve tried the other methods in the past, they don&#39;t work. If the mouse is there long enough to have got used to it&#39;s surroundings, it knows when something new has been added, and avoids it.

The only way to deal with them is either poison (which I am not in favour of, leads to a very slow painful death), or a trap which can be set up very quickly. Since I don&#39;t have one of the so called "humane" traps, I had to opt for the quick killer type.

But as I said before, to put a mouse outside in the current weather conditions would mean certain death anyway - why do you think it sought shelter in my house?
Unless you knew where it&#39;s nest was it would not have time to build a new one and would freeze to death.

Exactly :)
Well said Lynx, we have a problem with rats cos I live near a stream and people say it&#39;s nasty to kill them, but it&#39;s ok for a little old lady to reach into her water butt with a can and get bitten making her extremly ill (true story of 2 years ago here)

@Body.........if he is trying to hijack it he did&#39;nt do very well.............can I have a go? :D

Jonno B)

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Originally posted by lynx@9 December 2003 - 19:28
With fields just over the garden wall mice are a recurrent problem.

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Oooh someone lives in the posh part of town :rolleyes: :P

Town?

Actually, I live on the outskirts of a (large) village, although the nearest towns/city are only 2, 4, 6 and 7 miles away.

Best of both worlds, I suppose. :lol:

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Mice actually prefer bread to cheese, it&#39;s an old wives tale about them loving cheese

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Pfffffffffffffft we like bread with cheeez, but prefer cheeez&#33;

You would kill a mouse??? :o :&#39;( :cry1:
:nono: :nono: :nono:
wrong&#33;

*mouse runs off crying*

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Originally posted by WeeMouse@9 December 2003 - 21:56

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Mice actually prefer bread to cheese, it&#39;s an old wives tale about them loving cheese

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Pfffffffffffffft we like bread with cheeez, but prefer cheeez&#33;

You would kill a mouse??? :o :&#39;( :cry1:
:nono: :nono: :nono:
wrong&#33;

*mouse runs off crying*

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The mouse is angered :o

Feel the wrath&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

/hides under cheese-proof rock

I&#39;m a wee sensitive soul really...i once saw a dead mouse and i cried :(

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Originally posted by WeeMouse@9 December 2003 - 22:07
I&#39;m a wee sensitive soul really...i once saw a dead mouse and i cried :(

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:( :( :( :(

Do you have the net back or are you using Lamseys in a furious wrath? The boards missed you...

I use Lamsey&#39;s connectoin - but i&#39;m usually here most nights now so you&#39;ll be seeing a lot more of me :w00t: :shifty:

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Originally posted by WeeMouse@9 December 2003 - 23:07
I&#39;m a wee sensitive soul really...i once saw a dead mouse and i cried :(

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I once found two dead rats in my room.....then I remembered what I was supposed to feed :rolleyes: