One day my dad was here and we were discussing whether it would be worth storing things under my house. I told him my biggest hesitation was that I didn't know if we had mice under the house. He suggested we check it out. I pulled up the board in the closet that goes under the house and my dad jumped down in the hole. As he squatted and looked around, we noticed alot of mice poop. He also commented that there were alot of vents and cement things that would make it hard to store anything under there. I was standing up on the floor looking down at him as he looked around. Suddenly he moved his foot and there was a smashed mouse. With all the maturity that I have, I started to scream. My dad jumped, flew out of the four foot deep hole and we both looked down at the smashed, dead mouse he had been standing on. I quickly shut the door and put a whole bunch of things on top of it. Then I had to laugh. Meanwhile, my father thinks I'm a nut job. THE MOUSE WAS DEAD!!! Sorry Dad!!
So far I have seen no evidence that they are getting into my house so I don't think we will have to move...yet!!!
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Yuck! I hate mice. While we were building our house here we lived in our motorhome. One morning Lyle found a mice running around on our bed-aaaaahhhh! He calmly grabbed a bowl with a lid and trapped the blasted thing! The mice problem got considerable worse over the next few weeks until I had a severe breakdown and told him I could not live in the motorhome a second more. He finally took apart the beds, cupboards, etc. and investigated the sitution. He found about 5 places under the motorhome that were not sealed off from the outside world. After sealing all the holes we never had another mice problem, and I could live in peace!
You have probably already tried DECON (sp?) but if not, it works really well!!! I would drop about 10 packages down under your house and another 10 in the garage!!! Can you tell I hate mice!!!
We also have a mice problem in the winter, due to the snakes moving to warmer territory, so they are no longer eating them. We get them in our garage occasionally also. But most of the time they are in our window wells. Rob stuffs DECON in the holes and then has to keep disposing of the remains, YUCK, but better dead then in my house.
Just two days ago while Rob was at work the kids saw a little mouse in the window well, they kept looking at for more than 1/2 hour. Will kept saying,"lets catch it, I want a pet!" When he was told not on his life and he replied "Not inside, I want an outside pet, I will keep him outside" Think again buddy boy!
I agree with Nic. I hate mice. Use d-CON, lots and lots of d-CON. Under the house, in the garage. Now they have the little packets called Fleible d-CON Bait Paste Pouches. If your kids find them they can't get into them. I found this on their website:
"It can go anywhere a mouse can go
So, kids can't find them. Mice can't miss them.
Your kids love discovering new things. Mice bait shouldn't be one of them.
With NEW flexible d-CON® Bait Paste Pouches™, you can rest assured. Help protect your family and your pets, and give yourself peace of mind with these compact-sized pouches that let you twist, shape and fit them into almost any crack and crevice. So you won't have to worry about your kids or pets finding them.
And they're strong enough to attract mice, wherever they may roam—even in the tiniest, most hidden places. Mice grab the bait and leave, and you get the job done, without ever coming in contact with a rodent."
GOOD LUCK!
I love this story and as always your honesty!! You crack me up!
Oh the mouse story is priceless! :D
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