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Oh My God!

Just sat in the lounge, laptop on my knee, hubs and kids are at his mum's and the dogs asleep by my feet.

Out the corner of my eye I see something going past the patio doors connecting the lounge and conservatory, as the conservatory door is open into the back garden, I thought maybe it was the next doors cat .

We have another door which is always left open in the kitchen that leads into the conservatory and so I decided as it went towards that corner id investigate it via the kitchen..

Omg my heart is pounding here

I walk closer and closer and I can still see movement but I cant work it out, its near where we keep the dogs biscuit bowl.Argggggggggggggggggggggggh It's a mouse and it'as in my house...Omg I am frightened of all creepy crawlies even lady birds and here I am home alone with a mouse in my conservatory. I am freaking by now, frozen to the spot thinking what the hell do I do, if it goes behind the leather settee in there it may start to eat it...Worse still I know until I know its gone id have to move out....by the way, dogs still sleeping totally oblivious:rolleyes:

I cant go and close the kitchen or patio doors im too frightened and so I decided to ring hubby at his mums cos by now im close to tears...I ring, my eldest answers and Im in no mood for small talk, Dad I need Dad, whats up Mum, Ddddaddy I need Daddy, he comes on to hear me scream as at that moment the mouse decides to jump up on the wooden step and have a gander in the lounge...Im in the lounge...Omg I swear my heart nearly popped out of my chest, I can feel every hair standing on my entire body...The dogs still asleeep:rolleyes:

D*** D*** theirs a mouse its in the house,conservatory, oh no its coming in here oh no help me help me omg D*** its in the conservatory its under the table its running oh my god, oh thank god its running towards the door out to the garden, omg omg thank god, I need to close the door on it, bye....I go and close the door and I realise the whole time I was on the phone hubby was laughing his head off and shouting to the kids, mums got a mouse in the house and I can hear them saying, oh ace, can we keep it Dad, please Dad can we keep it...Over my dead body!!

Im sat here now and I can hear little noises now and again........I hope mousey did go out the door, I looked out but couldnt see him. He could still be in here and he was quite big, about the size of 2-3 field mice...You know when you eat something ikky and you shiver all over, Im doing that at least every 10 seconds...

I know alot of you wouldnt be at all phased by whats just happened to me,especially as some have snakes and such but believe me, I was petrified.

I need words of comfort till my hubby returns, mind you I doubt im going to get any from him either:rolleyes:

ok now that I've wiped the tears out of my eyes ,,



words of comfort :-4,, words of comfort:-4,,, words of comfort:-4,,,

put a little peanut butter on a cracker and set it by the door... if it's not outside you'll know very shortly! even if it had friends it was hanging out with... you'll knowthat too! that's what always scares me... maybe it wasn't a solo visitor...:sneaky:

Never had a mouse in the house, but get them in the classroom sometimes. I always let them be, they do not bother me, little critters.

I smell a Rat..................Bloomin thing was a Rat and not a mouse. Hubby asked as he walked through the door with the tears of laughter still in his eyes, whether the mouses behind was big than the rest of it:-3 Oh lordy lordy lordy...Yes it was and yes its tail was the same colour as its body and yes it had a long {{shudder}} tail.....:-3:-1

Hubby has been killing a patch of weeds right down the bottom of the garden and we, well he thinks maybe we killed his habitat and hes hungry...Bloomin ratatouille can go find somewhere else to dine....

Trouble is I got the ebbeyjeeebeys now and im frightened of anyone leaving the door open....

Oh yes, forgot....pardon me....The words of comfort were overwhelming:rolleyes:

jimbo;940238 wrote: aaawww my poor friend try not to get RATtled :-6:-6


your jokes are over RaTed:D

JAB;940239 wrote: I once had one give birth to six of them in my laundry room. They tried to set up house in there as it was wintertime and that's where my furnace is. Took a dozen sticky traps with peanut butter before I caught them all.

The little ones were kinda cute though... :p


we had a rat once and put out a sticky trap and all that was there later was a really big tail...

flopstock;940249 wrote: we had a rat once and put out a sticky trap and all that was there later was a really big tail...


Your words of comfort are no longer required:rolleyes:

Living in the woods where I do....well here's my story. I got in my truck one day (which in in the garage) and the truck wouldn't start I opened the hood and yep! right there in my engine was a nest. When they towed my truck, the little bugger babies were in the engine nest! They had chewed my wires and the total cost was an $800 repair. Hubby put traps in the garage and sure enough, we had the one trap full the next morning. As an aminal lover, we used traps where we could "trap and release" unharmed. I am still scared to drive the truck because if the slightest breeze hits my hair, I yell :wah:

a few years ago we had a mouse in a: kitchen cabinet. i told my husband to get it. he said that is what our 2 cats are for. well, they spoted the mouse. and my 2 king of the jungles just followed the mouse. never REALLY trying to catch it. just checking it out. well the mouse ran into my hubby's shoe by the front door. so out it went. My boys are not GREAT HUNTERS!!:wah::o

JAB;940254 wrote: Was this the fella that got away? :-3




perhaps more along the lines of this one...:wah:

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Chezzie;940253 wrote: Your words of comfort are no longer required:rolleyes:


maybe the neighbors dog just got loose and it's simply a case of mistaken identity?:D

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flopstock;940276 wrote: maybe the neighbors dog just got loose and it's simply a case of mistaken identity?:D


funny enough we saw a mexican mouse hound outside the Aquatic shop today pee'ing up a brand new Jaguar:D

jimbo;940281 wrote: thats not very mice is it :-6


Your cheezey comments are Grating on me now.....

so cruel:D

Your making me ratty:D

jimbo;940304 wrote: they look like my boys. Saying" hey mouse, what's ya Doooing?" No hunting skills in my two jug heads:wah:

Chezzie;940228 wrote: I smell a Rat..................Bloomin thing was a Rat and not a mouse. Hubby asked as he walked through the door with the tears of laughter still in his eyes, whether the mouses behind was big than the rest of it:-3 Oh lordy lordy lordy...Yes it was and yes its tail was the same colour as its body and yes it had a long {{shudder}} tail.....:-3:-1

Hubby has been killing a patch of weeds right down the bottom of the garden and we, well he thinks maybe we killed his habitat and hes hungry...Bloomin ratatouille can go find somewhere else to dine....

Trouble is I got the ebbeyjeeebeys now and im frightened of anyone leaving the door open....

Oh yes, forgot....pardon me....The words of comfort were overwhelming:rolleyes:


Never leave the door open in early spring or early fall...that's where they come from...evil critters! Just finally exterminated ours, such relief. Oh yes, I'm one to jump onto the highest chair myself but where we live they think we have vacancies:mad:. All doors must be kept shut especially the back door where the garden is. Yes, we get them every few years. I stepped on one not long ago and flushed that mother down the loo big time:sneaky:

qsducks;1162737 wrote: Never leave the door open in early spring or early fall...that's where they come from...evil critters! Just finally exterminated ours, such relief. Oh yes, I'm one to jump onto the highest chair myself but where we live they think we have vacancies:mad:. All doors must be kept shut especially the back door where the garden is. Yes, we get them every few years. I stepped on one not long ago and flushed that mother down the loo big time:sneaky:


I think Roland Rat emigrated, didnt see him again Ducks, thank god:D

Chezzie;1162741 wrote: I think Roland Rat emigrated, didnt see him again Ducks, thank god:D


My neighbor has a hole in his sidewalk, maybe Roland got a passport and came over to the UK...easy enough with the Philadelphia port down the road:sneaky:. anyways, neighbor says our little town is overrun by the disgusting critters. I've never seen one, but I've seen plenty of mice.

Chezzie;940193 wrote: Oh My God!



Omg my heart is pounding here



I am freaking by now, frozen to spot thinking what the hell do I do


Thats really the bigger problem isnt it ?

Nomad;1163911 wrote: Thats really the bigger problem isnt it ?


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

chonsigirl;940218 wrote: Never had a mouse in the house, but get them in the classroom sometimes. I always let them be, they do not bother me, little critters.


Oh my dearest gentle hearted friend, Mouse's are dangerous and dirty. If you have a classroom full of children you may want to reconsider. They can carry the Hanta Virus (the mouse that is not the kids), very nasty thing that is.

I am unforgiving when it comes to mice. They do not scare me but they are pure running filth. They eat and poop on the run, are never still unless dead , they reproduce like crazy and can take over anywhere in a matter of weeks.

Chonsi I trapped 10 out of my house one year (we live very close to the wilderness and they are a common problem) I had to throw out all dry goods products that was open just in case they were contaminated. I emptied all the cupboards that were not hanging cupboards and bleached all surfaces, and ran all cooking and eating instruments through the dishwasher 2 times. I bleached the counter tops repeatedly as I knew they had run across them.

Hanta Virus can kill.

minks;1163917 wrote: Oh my dearest gentle hearted friend, Mouse's are dangerous and dirty. If you have a classroom full of children you may want to reconsider. They can carry the Hanta Virus (the mouse that is not the kids), very nasty thing that is.

I am unforgiving when it comes to mice. They do not scare me but they are pure running filth. They eat and poop on the run, are never still unless dead , they reproduce like crazy and can take over anywhere in a matter of weeks.

Chonsi I trapped 10 out of my house one year (we live very close to the wilderness and they are a common problem) I had to throw out all dry goods products that was open just in case they were contaminated. I emptied all the cupboards that were not hanging cupboards and bleached all surfaces, and ran all cooking and eating instruments through the dishwasher 2 times. I bleached the counter tops repeatedly as I knew they had run across them.

Hanta Virus can kill.


totally agree. They are disgusting. Yes, I finally got it under control myself this last winter. I'm becoming the Great Mouse Detective:wah:. All doors in the fall & spring have to be closed. They don't come near the house in the summer. We had a hole in the wall behind a wall top cabinet & I opened it and guess who was sitting there dead? It was beyond gross! They also carry lice. The wall has been fixed and all holes or openings around the house have been plugged up.

Also, if your doing construction on your house make sure you or the contractor plugs a hole up if he has to cut into the brickwork, etc. Those critters can get into your house through a hole the size of a dime and a rat can get in through the size of a quarter. And they can climb up the house....I've seen it.

qsducks;1163921 wrote: totally agree. They are disgusting. Yes, I finally got it under control myself this last winter. I'm becoming the Great Mouse Detective:wah:. All doors in the fall & spring have to be closed. They don't come near the house in the summer. We had a hole in the wall behind a wall top cabinet & I opened it and guess who was sitting there dead? It was beyond gross! They also carry lice. The wall has been fixed and all holes or openings around the house have been plugged up.

Also, if your doing construction on your house make sure you or the contractor plugs a hole up if he has to cut into the brickwork, etc. Those critters can get into your house through a hole the size of a dime and a rat can get in through the size of a quarter. And they can climb up the house....I've seen it.


Oh Gross QD. I got a new stove last summer and when they removed the old one there underneath was the perfect.... mouse skeleton. Now I am a bit of a science idiot and I did find it kind of cool to see this teeny perfect corpse but that did not last long I scooped it up and tossed it out. I was amazed it did not smell as it decomposed. Ok now that is gross too.

Yes plug holes, close doors etc and if you have a cat be happy hehehehe

I would put out a single cheerio in the middle of the kitchen floor when I had my infestation and set traps. as long as that cheerio kept disappearing over nite I knew I still had mice.

I trap to kill and finally after my cheeria lasted about a week I knew I was done with the vermin.

Mice serve no good purpose except for Hawk food. (ok yes they feed other animals too I know but big whoop we can loose the ones in our homes)

minks;1163928 wrote: Oh Gross QD. I got a new stove last summer and when they removed the old one there underneath was the perfect.... mouse skeleton. Now I am a bit of a science idiot and I did find it kind of cool to see this teeny perfect corpse but that did not last long I scooped it up and tossed it out. I was amazed it did not smell as it decomposed. Ok now that is gross too.

Yes plug holes, close doors etc and if you have a cat be happy hehehehe

I would put out a single cheerio in the middle of the kitchen floor when I had my infestation and set traps. as long as that cheerio kept disappearing over nite I knew I still had mice.

I trap to kill and finally after my cheeria lasted about a week I knew I was done with the vermin.

Mice serve no good purpose except for Hawk food. (ok yes they feed other animals too I know but big whoop we can loose the ones in our homes)


ours were hanging out under the fridge. yup got them all out.

My wife freaks whenever there is a mouse in the house. Everything you would consider stereotype, screaming, getting up on a chair, and completely losing it. She will leave the house and not return until I have ‘evidence’ that the mouse is gone.

Having said that I once worked in a place that although controlled, we always had mice running around. We had a saying there, ‘start to worry when you don’t see mice, it means the rats are coming..’

True enough, whenever a time went by when we would not see mice, within two weeks we had rats.

mikeinie;1164506 wrote: My wife freaks whenever there is a mouse in the house. Everything you would consider stereotype, screaming, getting up on a chair, and completely losing it. She will leave the house and not return until I have ‘evidence’ that the mouse is gone.

Having said that I once worked in a place that although controlled, we always had mice running around. We had a saying there, ‘start to worry when you don’t see mice, it means the rats are coming..’

True enough, whenever a time went by when we would not see mice, within two weeks we had rats.


urban legend or truth I can't say, but Alberta my own lovely province here in western Canada boasts we are Rat free... I do not know how we achieve this I have never seen little fences along either the BC or Saskatchewan border keeping these guys out, but I have never seen a wild rat. Hmmmm

minks;1164551 wrote: urban legend or truth I can't say, but Alberta my own lovely province here in western Canada boasts we are Rat free... I do not know how we achieve this I have never seen little fences along either the BC or Saskatchewan border keeping these guys out, but I have never seen a wild rat. Hmmmm


We've got them here but not in the house. Our sewers run under the streets and when the crews came to replace them, every house on our street either had a major mouse or rat problem or worse, cockroaches.. It also happened across the street (not my house) but the mortgage company repossed a house on the corner & everybody on that side or almost to five houses down or so became infested with cockroaches. They had a dumpster outside and had to get another one as there was so much shyte in the house. The woman collected everything....cardboard boxes seemed to be her specialty and peeps know what hangs out in them.