kittehs.

Housemate is allergic to kittehs...

ratsac. mmm tasty tasty.*

*may not be humane

To defeat the mice, first you must think like the mice.

the quickest way to a mouse's heart is through it's stomach.

We set traps last night.

need some sort of mouse pied piper...like that cunt mickey or something

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how can you want to get rid of mice and put up such an adorable gif?

you want others to adopt your mice?''

http://www.humanemousetrap.com.au/ you can get something similar at mitre 10

we had a massive mouse problem earlier in the year. they'd shit everywhere and you could hear them and their interminable squeaking and gnawing in the room, in the walls. mouse droppings carry all kinds of diseases - some friends of mine developed sores inside their mouths from the stuff, and they weren't dirty people. traps are only a form of short-term management, and mice are smart enough to not go anywhere near them after you've caught the first three or four. another form of management is to reduce their food source: clean up after each meal, keep all your food in mouse proof containers, use a bin with the lid. even then the little cunce don't go away completely. the only thing that got rid of them was when our landlord called in a pest control dude who put bait everywhere. the bait lasts for a year and kills them by a horrific method of causing them to feel insatiably thirsty while poisoning them. so if they don't die in your house, then they'll die looking to quench their thirst. it's an impossible decision for some, but for my peace of mind, it was a no-brainer.

Has anyone used the auditory deterrents? I don't have a mouse problem, but I've always been curious to know if they actually work... and whether they drive people with good hearing nuts.

Get yourself a kitty. One of mine has killed two in as many weeks.

I'm as proud as I am repulsed by her hunting prowess.

Rat urine keeps them away. So would a small python

Sprinkle powdered mash potato mixture on the ground where the mice like to congregate.

wait. you getting rid of them or trying to domesticate them?

The correct outfit is essential. Lots of rookie musical mice herders failed to appreciate that.

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Rat urine keeps them away. So would a small python.

Clearly, the urine of a small rat python is your best bet.

A house fire would keep them away too.

the Harry Potter series made owls appear quite magical. can you have an owl in the house?

It's pretty unseasonal to have them in the house in the middle of summer so they'll probably go again when the weather warms up.

Nothing usually gets rid of them except a change in weather or the cat.

If you put everything away then they'll just gnaw through containers or eat the wood your house and furnishings.

ie. contrary to what Peter thinks, being really clean does not keep them away. My mother who is scrupulously hygienic still gets mice in Winter.

The little fuckers are everywhere. This picture from todays SMH pretty much somes up the situation:

They're everywhere. All the shops of the company I work with are full of them lately, the airport is particularly bad. They're kinda cute but they need to stop shitting near our toaster.

Actionralf said about 4 months ago:
Maybe I can coax the possums back to take care of the mice

maybe we could start a band and call it mouse vs possum?

I just saw a mouse in the toaster. Thankfully I am moving

Saw an instructional gif floating around the net a while back on making a humane mouse-trap using an empty 2L soda bottle. basically getting them to go into the bottle but being unable to get out. a bit of googling should sort turn it up.

i've got a mouse problem at the moment, they are so cheeky and resilient.

1. find their entry holes and block up with metal scourers (they can't chew through them)
2. clean up stray foodstuffs, sweep regularly.
3. you can be high frequency audio repellers, not sure if they work though
4. the gif mentioned - then just either make them pets or bring them far away and drop them off somewhere
5. borrow a friend's cat for a few days to get the smell around
6. i hear they hate peppermint essence, so put that near the holes you find and in corners where you see them hide

that's pretty much the things that come to mind for humane methods.

''You Can Be High Frequency Audio Repellers'' can be your new best-selling self-actualization book, autumnleaves.

haha.. oops. somehow i merged ''get'' and ''buy'', badly.

it might also be the title to my next post-rock album

Put in an in-ground pool. I had the unfortunate job of scooping drowned miceys out of Mum and Dad's pool on the weekend.

Use mouse traps. Then throw their corpses into the neighbours pool.

catch a few, then crucify them at entry points to your house as a to warning the others.

maybe some mouse heads on little stakes too?

When collecting corpses I highly recommend double sided packing tape. * Hands free contact straight into the bin.

• not suitable for pools

Here's a guide I found:

Materials - Glass bottle, wood board about the size of a ruler (30cm). Tape, bucket, peanut butter.

Tape half the stick on the bottle (the base side) so it sticks half over. Put bottle on ledge of something and and put something heavy on the stick so it stays there.

Take of cap and discard, put peanut butter in opening of bottle. Place bucket under bottle.

Avoid buying Helga's from Coles:

http://www.news.com.au/national/live-rat-found-in-loaf-of-bread-in-townsville/story-e6frfkvr-1226108013009

I found this online tutorial to be a really helpful way of solving such a problem. Hope it helps!

woops! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYEcw_V4VC8&feature=related

If thats a link to the turtle eating the mice...then fuck off.

It's all your fault and you know it.