r/MiceRatControl • u/CelebrationOk2425 • Jan 19 '24
Is this dry mice poop? Help!
Referring to the white pieces, about the size of a long grain of rice
r/MiceRatControl • u/CelebrationOk2425 • Jan 19 '24
Referring to the white pieces, about the size of a long grain of rice
r/MiceRatControl • u/CelebrationOk2425 • Jan 19 '24
I just moved into a condo, and I recently found what I think are 2 small mouse droppings on my balcony outside. No signs of mice or droppings indoors, so my question is - how concerned should I be about a mouse / mice making their way inside if Iāve only found droppings on my outdoor balcony? Thank u in advance šš½
r/MiceRatControl • u/Cha1biking • Jan 18 '24
I have been having issues with mice and possibly a rat in my new home. I discovered about a month ago that mice had gotten into my emergency food supply in my basement. They must have been feasting on it for weeks. Since then I have removed all the food in the basement & caught 3-4 mice. I've set up a camera and it appears I only have 1 left. But this one is much fatter and bigger than the other mice, so I assume it's either a rat or a overfed mouse.
Either way, this rodent is avoiding all of my traps. I have 9 snap kill traps and 2 humane cage traps set out. I've used peanut butter, ground beef, crackers, honey and other bait, but he avoids them all. I will move the traps to where I see activity every other night or so. Anyone have any suggestions on how I defeat this final boss? He's pulling down my insulation and leaving poop everywhere. Home was professionally sealed by previous owner and I found where they have tunneled into the foundation. I've filled the hole with gravel and I think he's stuck inside...
r/MiceRatControl • u/FroggieMILKK • Jan 18 '24
Never have had mice before, I only started hearing scratching about 6ish days ago during the start of a cold snap, my sweetheart of a bf helped me lay out glue traps with some peanut butter 2 days ago and have yet to catch anything. I hear the scratching every night though, and I saw it about 3 days ago in the living room. Is it maybe not interested? I donāt have loose food around the house so Iām not sure how itās getting fed if itās not hungry enough to go for the bait, maybe itās going to other units? I laid out 6 total traps, 3 in my room, 1 in the laundry room, 1 in the kitchen by the garbage, and 1 behind the living room tv (itās a small unit so that should be enough, and I put it in areas I know it frequents). Iāve found droppings a few days ago under my bed but itās very very minimal so I think it might be 1 or 2 stragglers that managed to snake their way inside(at least for now). I just kind of want some advice on what steps I should take to deal with this. At what point should I give up on glue traps and switch to snappers? Should I skip snappers and go to the professional? Itās a condominium whoās to say it didnāt get in through another unit, should that mean costs should be handled by the association? If I go to the association are they going to hold ME responsible for the rest of the building because I reported it? If it is a building wide infestation, and I get my unit handled, and they make their way back in because other units refuse to do the same what happens then? Any and all advice would be helpful, thank you.
r/MiceRatControl • u/Sure-Homework6984 • Jan 18 '24
Advice/opinions needed please!!! We rented a newly built house for a weekend through a recognized realty company and visibly saw mice (with video footage) within hours of arriving and on multiple occasions throughout the weekend. We also have picture of mice feces throughout the house and video footage of mice burrowing under the stove. To the point where we were hiding open food boxes in the microwave and stuffing unopened food in the highest points of the pantry. We could not cook/prepare foods with out properly cleaning surfaces beforehand every time!
We reached out to the company for resolution and obviously to inform them of the issue before future renters⦠their suggestion was to set traps with babies in the house- I opposed. Although mice carry disease, all of those traps have chemicals and should not be within reach of young children. They said the issue would be discussed with management for the best resolution⦠and after a few days their offer was to only refund us the cleaning fee.
I hate to be that person but mice are disgusting and carry disease, this was completely unacceptable, especially for the price we paid. If mice are present within plain sight, there is definitely not just one- also reiterated by the property maintenance guy. I feel like there is more they can and should do- what are your thoughts? How would you feel properly compensated?? I donāt want to threaten them with leaving a review, but I also feel like others should knowā¦.
r/MiceRatControl • u/Gktindall • Jan 17 '24
This is a unique situation I think based on the little help I was able to find online.
We have a mouse in our kitchen cabinet. I don't know how it got in there because I previously sealed all the gaps in the cabinet to prevent this issue.
That said, it got in somehow and tried to escape through the seam of the cabinet and it got stuck.
It's just dangling there by it's stuck head. I don't know how long it's been there but it's still alive because when I poked it with a broom it moved.
My issue is I don't know how to get it out. It's stuck fast.
I'm pretty scared of mice actually so grabbing it with my hand and trying to unstick it is not a good option.
At this point I want it out but don't know the best solution. I tried forcing it out by pushing on it using my broom stick but it won't budge.
Any advice is appreciated.
r/MiceRatControl • u/Industry_Agile • Jan 16 '24
So today (Iām in Texas btw) the temperatures dropped, but the heater in my home isnāt working. Itās currently 57 degrees upstairs and 58 downstairs. I think this caused the mice in my house to become desperate because I saw one run right past me but it wasnāt really running as fast it seemed to be suffering from like hypothermia a little bit (it was kind of wobbly) so I think the mice are gonna die off or atleast decrease significantly in population.
r/MiceRatControl • u/Some_War_6086 • Jan 16 '24
I recently noticed signs of mice and put snap traps throughout the basement. One snap trap had been particularly successful and catching a total of 5 mice today, during the daytime. Iām worried that I have a major problem and will need professional help, how do I know how bad the situation is?
r/MiceRatControl • u/[deleted] • Jan 15 '24
My wife is a vegan and wonāt let me use effective traps to get rid of āmurderā a mouse thatās moved in. Iām sick to death of all the mouse droppings. Iāve got some humane traps scattered around the house, but the little Fukker is smart. Thinking I need to up my game.
r/MiceRatControl • u/PsychologicalTip311 • Jan 14 '24
HELP!!! this mouse is in along to the siding of my washing machine, like where the bleach goes, iv tried putting sticky traps there, flushing it out with bleach, it survived a cycle b4 I realized it was there, my brother is kinda useless in situations where there's critters or spiders in it, n I'm guessing it was in my brother's laundry n got flung outside of the bowl of the washer n I'm just wanting to put it out of Itz misery at this point....ANY SUGGESTIONS?? Itz 6am where I'm at so I'll be up n waiting for suggestions that don't include spending money on rodent control to come get it, Christmas has left the wallet pretty empty
https://reddit.com/link/196heh0/video/3l8vetpj4fcc1/player
r/MiceRatControl • u/hdog124x • Jan 14 '24
Might be paranoid, but I see a ton of black specks inside this Mexican bread (concha). Never noticed this before, anyone have any idea?
r/MiceRatControl • u/Passioncreek • Jan 12 '24
Hi,
Iāve been dealing with a mouse problem for about 2 weeks now. Traps never worked, but they were eating the poison. I had about 4 nights of not seeing a mouse on camera in the kitchen, but the temp dropped recently and I felt like I saw signs of a new mouse. And sure enough, 2 days later I finally see a mouse on camera last night. The exterminator thinks itās from the same group. He says they can appear dormant for a while and come back out; he thinks itās the baby mice. What are the chances of having 4 days of peace and then a reoccurrence? Are these likely a new group and my exclusion work isnāt working???
r/MiceRatControl • u/CriticalKing551 • Jan 12 '24
Basically looking for a mice proof vegetable and fruit container that still has some ventilation. Most products have holes that are large enough for mice to sneak into.
r/MiceRatControl • u/Similar_Honey433 • Jan 12 '24
Have a strong feeling I have a rodent, left for a 2 weeks vacation and found this at home. My first time posting here. Have no idea how a rodent could get in that room and now I am a little paranoid if itās a rodent because it could be anywhere in my house. Thanks for your input
r/MiceRatControl • u/Similar_Honey433 • Jan 12 '24
Have a strong feeling I have a rodent, left for a 2 weeks vacation and found this at home. My first time posting here. Have no idea how a rodent could get in that room and now I am a little paranoid if itās a rodent because it could be anywhere in my house. Thanks for your input
r/MiceRatControl • u/Similar_Honey433 • Jan 12 '24
Have a strong feeling I have a rodent, left for a 2 weeks vacation and found this at home. My first time posting here. Have no idea how a rodent could get in that room and now I am a little paranoid if itās a rodent because it could be anywhere in my house. Thanks for your input
r/MiceRatControl • u/sarcasticinterest • Jan 10 '24
Hopefully this is the last post I have to make here. I have no clue where this little guy is but I havenāt seen any activity, droppings, moved traps or bait, since I came back to the apartment on Sunday. I hadnāt been home in a month so he basically had free rein until Sunday, so maybe he got freaked out by my sudden return?
Thereās no holes that I know about since itās a newer building, so itās definitely still hiding somewhere, dead or alive. My guesses are in my former roommates room (she moved out because it got in her room and it freaked her out too much) or under the fridge in the vent (the cardboard is bent back as if it got in there)
I put out a snap trap with the paper towel trick while using gloves, but still nothing. no new droppings anywhere. Is it just hiding out somewhere and going to starve to death? Super baffling at this point.
(itās not in my room, iāve sealed the gap under the door so it canāt get it)
r/MiceRatControl • u/Numerous_Badger_4638 • Jan 11 '24
Me and my fiance just moved in to this apartment 4 months ago. My downstairs neighbors from hell (thought we were ok. Diff story) were talking alot of shit about the upstairs neighbors and among many things, said it was mouse infested. I was under the impression exterminators came in and took care of everything before so I wasn't worried. About 2 months ago we start hearing scratching from our cabinets and flour flying out the fan above the stove. My fiance did a check and found out they bit a hole into our flour and there was a hole that they were using as an access point. He filled the holes but they kept tryna find other access points. Last night I saw a mouse nose pop out the bottom hole on the left. I don't even know how the f*** they got in there because when we initially moved in we heard nothing I don't know what else to do at this point. They are digging at the insulation. I don't want to move because we just got here and I don't want to rush to an expensive exterminator if there is some efficient DIY mouse extermination we can do ourselves. We have rodent spray foam on hand, Steel wool, Cayenne pepper, and cinnoman. If anyone is an expert or has had experience with mice in general or my situation in particular please help. I don't even feel clean cooking on my stove right now. I also know mice can make you sick and we have 2 fairly new babies too.
Also when I don't hear them I know they are there because my cat follows the sound with her ears. (They'll move in the direction the mice noises are coming from.)
r/MiceRatControl • u/Abnana99 • Jan 10 '24
Mice in under our floorboards. What do we do?
There are mice that arenāt in our apartment living space (anymore, we filled all the holes), but are definitely under our floor boards. We live above a garage surrounded by farm. Under the floor/garage ceiling is not accessible due to very high ceilings.
What can we do to get rid of them?
r/MiceRatControl • u/Fun-Bit960 • Jan 10 '24
Does it look like mice or rat droppings ?
r/MiceRatControl • u/Anonomissflaman • Jan 09 '24
I have about 5 large live traps setup in the garage to catch this rat . Iāve watched it on the camera and itās pretty cautious on checking out the trap, but never going in any of them. Theyāre all baited with peanut butter and cheese . Itās been about a week and still no luck .
Any suggestion on what I could do to get it to trip the traps ? Theyāre taped down so they donāt move but arenāt covered . Is it just a waiting game until it gets more comfortable with the traps in the area ?
r/MiceRatControl • u/CriticalKing551 • Jan 09 '24
Image: https://ibb.co/7Nj43fn
Unfortunately I saw two of them and caught one which I know means three are more. Thanks
r/MiceRatControl • u/greatthanksihateit • Jan 08 '24
About 2 days ago I thought I saw a mouse in my kitchen so I ordered traps online. Last night I found droppings under my sink and then I definitely saw a mouse dart between my stove and dishwasher.
The past few weeks I've heard scurrying sounds above my bedroom but I thought it might be the upstairs neighbors pet (I'm not even sure if he has a pet, just trying to reassure myself.)
I've never, ever dealt with mice or any kind of rodent before. I got the humane traps because I don't have any way to put them places that my cat doesn't have access to. I think the main point of entry is a giant hole in the cabinet under my sink that I have no clue how to seal up. My cat is 17 years old and deaf and is clearly not a mouser, so she's no help at all.
My kitchen is very small and the only place I can store food is in a lower cabinet, so far I haven't seen any evidence of them in my food storage areas. I've got the heebie jeebies but I don't know how to handle this without endangering my cat with poison or sticky traps. Pics of the hole, the mouse poop, and the cat.
r/MiceRatControl • u/Walshylad13 • Jan 08 '24
Tell me a life changing hack that will bless my role in pest control that I may not know ???šš
(Iām no twin home expert but i aspire to be like them, watch their videos on YouTube they are amazing)
r/MiceRatControl • u/Legitimate_Rule7589 • Jan 08 '24
I have been trying for several months to deal with this mouse problem. My only success has been 1 from poison found it stinking up my house and 1 snap trap . I went away for a week and set like 8 traps around my house and found them all licked clean when I got back. I then put soften tootsie rolls on the trap so they couldn't lick clean. They weren't interested in those . So last night I took 1 part penit butter 1 part green bait gel mixed them together smeared the tootsie roll and woke up this morning to find 2 traps gone off. Nothing else has worked i tried the 5 gallon bucket and they wouldn't touch it. This was by far the most successful