how do mice get on the 8th floor? :sadface:

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

so gross.... I learned more about mice than I ever cared to know, did you know they can jump now? fucking christ. my boyfriend and I were watching "the third part of the night" (fortunato recommended it to me and we were enjoying it immensely until I saw like a shadowy thing scurry across the floor. so we paused the movie and I tried to deny the possibility that it was a mouse (hello, 8th floor) big talker was like "ah don't worry, just get me a whole lot of paper towels and I'll kill it" yeah bullshit. anyway, he never tried to kill it and we lost track of it. so we put a towel under the door and he just left for work. this is bullshit, how does a mouse get on the 8th floor? seriously, we've been here for over a year and we've never seen a mouse or any mouse droppings etc.

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

what a perfect way to end an evening.

[_____V_____]

I heard that the higher mice climb, the bigger they become in size.

Better kill it before it grows into Godzilla.

[The Mothman]

big deal, mice are cute. :)

[cheebacheeba]

Mice are good climbers, and can flatten their bodies significantly enabling them to gain access though smaller gaps than you would imagine. Under/over doors, in open windows, through vents etc.
As for the 8th floor, I would assume they have been using the walls.
Most infestations and cells of mice will live in something like this, barely any buildings are completely secure against them getting in from the inside and once they've made themselves a home or hide there, they're generally at the top of the food chain for this space and won't leave.
It's not so much about your place being dirty or anything, they also have an incredible sense of smell. They know you have things they can eat.
One apartment in particular having a lapse in hygiene, or accidentally bringing in a "hitchhiker" or two from another place could be responsible.
Another case could be the temperature outside driving them to have found the temperature of the inside of the building less harsh than outdoor.
With few predators larger than them, and ways to sneak into various apartments, it's an ideal location to stay and continue breeding.
You may find the problem gets worse.
Leave all food completely sealed, and make sure the dishes are washed at all times, any food scraps on the floor swept and the bin should be the sealed type.
This may make your apartment in particular less appealing to them.
Trapping them/killing them individually won't really help the overall problem, there will always be more.
To eliminate them, the whole building could be fumigated, or you can purchase a couple of those electronic devices that make super-high pitched sounds that keep them away if you're looking at a more localised solution.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally Posted by cheebacheeba

Mice are good climbers, and can flatten their bodies significantly enabling them to gain access though smaller gaps than you would imagine. Under/over doors, in open windows, through vents etc.
As for the 8th floor, I would assume they have been using the walls.
Most infestations and cells of mice will live in something like this, barely any buildings are completely secure against them getting in from the inside and once they've made themselves a home or hide there, they're generally at the top of the food chain for this space and won't leave.
It's not so much about your place being dirty or anything, they also have an incredible sense of smell. They know you have things they can eat.
One apartment in particular having a lapse in hygiene, or accidentally bringing in a "hitchhiker" or two from another place could be responsible.
Another case could be the temperature outside driving them to have found the temperature of the inside of the building less harsh than outdoor.
With few predators larger than them, and ways to sneak into various apartments, it's an ideal location to stay and continue breeding.
You may find the problem gets worse.
Leave all food completely sealed, and make sure the dishes are washed at all times, any food scraps on the floor swept and the bin should be the sealed type.
This may make your apartment in particular less appealing to them.
Trapping them/killing them individually won't really help the overall problem, there will always be more.
To eliminate them, the whole building could be fumigated, or you can purchase a couple of those electronic devices that make super-high pitched sounds that keep them away if you're looking at a more localised solution.

ok here is what I want to do

I want it dead, and it's whole family dead. I don't want to see another of it's kind in here again. my boyfriend said he's buying 50$ worth of traps, is that a good option? like those old school rat traps... has anyone here ever seen a mouse in their house/apartment? was there more? what dd you do?

and they are not cute, they are disgusting, disease carrying, vermin.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

let me start by messing the apartment is always messy becaues I toss my clothes everywhere, but food is never left out. food isn't in the bedroom, ever.

I saw another one and it scurried under the bed, for the last half hour I've been inching up to the bed to try and coax him out but he keeps coming out at the worst time and we both end up retreating. :(

it's a black kangaroo mouse I think, he is so fast.... I'm on the bed now and he keeps venturing out but when I try and swing the keyboard at him he runs under the bed.

I've given up on sleep.

[Elvis_Christ]

Peanut butter on the trap works pretty well. Don't think you'd need to buy $50 worth tho :)

I don't think a mouse would set off a rat trap either. But yeh peanut butter is the key. The last fucker I iced would just take the bait and run until I used peanut butter.

I don't like killing them but I get paranoid about catching something. We've had one in the pad recently but I've just ignored it and I think its boosted elsewhere.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

it's getting more confident... it moves like a spider and is just as fast. :(

the main thing I'm worried about is it jumping on me, because I think I would have multiple heart attacks

[ferretchucker]

Mice are definetely cute, but I wouldn't want one scurrying around. Nah, if you must keep them at home, they should be in a cage. I mean, what if as Murderdoll sleeps, it walks up the bed and crawls into her mouth. She tries to scream but the mouse blocks it. She tries to grab it but by this time, the tail has just passed through her lips. Then she can feel it crawling up towards her brain and the nibbling begins.

Old school rat traps are what my nanna used and they worked fine. Only put a bit of cheese on. Don't want to waste perfectly good dairy produce on the little bugger[s].

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

fuck you

as if the thought of it in my hair wasn't bad enough.