Anyone else have a pest problem?

[1beastieibe]

Ever since our neigbors moved in with their wide variety of birdsand rabbits we have had a mice problem in our house. I have tried everything to get rid of them but they just keep on breeding. I would appreciate any suggestions other then a cat because our dog would eat it.

[ShankS]

Tell your dog, mice taste nicer than cats. Problem sorted.

[Phalanx]

Try washing more, and stop using the floor as a bathroom.

[slayer666]

Have you thought about calling a pest control company? If the mice get in your walls and start breeding, it is going to be a challenge to get rid of them without some professional help.

[Despare]

Traps, D-Con, and mothballs.

[ShankS]

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[crabapple]

There's one of the little buggerers now!

But seriously, wild mice infestation? That sounds nasty. Just one of those little peckerheads can wreak havoc.

[ShankS]

Just one of those little peckerheads can wreak havoc.

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[BlackSunProductions]

Catch one, chop its head off, and put it on a pike as a warning to the other mice.:D

[crabapple]

That would work but you gotta make the meaning clear to the mice. Attach a note to the pike that says "This is YOU, mo-fuh" otherwise they will not put two and two together. They are mice, remember, and are naturally not very smart, just highly motivated.

On second thought, even that wouldn't work, because the dumb little peckerheads probably don't know how to read anyway.

Get them drunk and then drive them into an unfamiliar part of the country and leave them there with nothing but a box of Ritz crackers. Time it so they wake up just as the sun is coming up and the first thing they see is a giant Ritz crackers logo.

[Phalanx]

and put it on a pike as a warning to the other mice.
A TOOTH-pike?

I might reccomend something like glass shavings in honey, and caustic soda on the floors, but that wouldn't be very nice, would it?
Most poisons lose effectiveness after a while...they seem to adapt so unless you're going all out for an exterminator (one that garauntees their work), try those electric things that you plug into the wall...they work by all accounts I've heard, bugs, mice, rats, and you don't have to kill anything that way, they just fuck off. If there's an ongoing hygeine problem next door, you COULD always call the health deparment, or animal welfare if it's to do with how they're keeping their animals.

[crabapple]

they just fuck off.

And isn't that what you REALLY want them to do?

I wish I had a plug-in "Dork Repellent" machine that made idiots stay away. I would pay sixty or even seventy dollars for that. Maybe a little more. Okay, eighty.

[Phalanx]

Yep, if I had the choice I'd never put a creature to death if I didn't have to. I feel guilty even if I wash a bug down the sink.

[crabapple]

A man after my own heart!

[Haunted]

Some people use geckos as their method of pest control, particularly the Asian varieties. You see, it sort of creates a symbiotic relationship, plus, the animal takes care of your problem. You will need to keep your toilet seats down and a nice bowl of water out.

I guess this would work if you have a continuous problem, like roaches, for example. However, if you've got other pets, this isn't an options. Also, I'd still be worried about the little gecko. (They're really cute, especially the fat tailed gecko).

If it's your garden (flower, herb, veggies, etc) you have two options for pest control without any use of pesticides and you get to use animals. The first thing you can do is take all of your house spiders and space them out in your garden. They'll build. The other option is to go to a greenhouse or nursery and buy a praying mantis egg. Follow the instructions and when those babies hatch, the ones that make it (as Nature's will) will set up housing...

[The_Return]

Go watch "Of Unknown Origin", and take some tips from ol' Bart.

..ok, maybe thats not such a great idea. But it's a cool movie just the same!

[1beastieibe]

Catch one, chop its head off, and put it on a pike as a warning to the other mice.

That's an awesome idea, but I gotta catch one first.

[Vodstok]

We have ahad a mouse problem ever since we almost got flooded, apparently the little bastards were making their homes down by the river.

We ended up putting anything at ll food related up in the top cabinets because the mice never made it up that far (nothing to climb on to get up there) and clean thoroughly as possible before we go to bed (the baby leves a shitload of food on the floor). So far, it seems to have worked, we got a day or two where you could tell the little fuckers were foraging for food (they shit EVERYWHERE), but that seems to have stopped.

They stay where the food is, so if they have none available, they go away. If you have pets, put their food away at night (we keep ours in a resealable container)


When all else fails, try one of the following:

Kill one, then send a picture of it wrapped around a sardine. Think Luca Brazi, only small.

Cut of the head of one and slip it into their bed while they sleep.

if you have time, you couls probably fashion cement shoes by the dozen using some quick-krete and dixie cups.

Breed a super creature designed to feed on mice only, then die after a few days. These kinds of things almost never breed on their own and turn into a race of giant bug people who live under the srtreets of new york, ultimately to be killed by Mira sorvino and some dork with glasses.

Get a comical looking cat and watch thier antics. Doesnt kill them, but sure is fun to watch them run into the hole and see the cat's face turn into the same shape because he hit it so hard.


Place some cheese on a plate and sit by it with a hammer. It gets messy, but one of two things will happen, you will get all of them (buy a lot of mr clean....), or they will start going somewhere else for food.