mice in apartment – how bad is it?

[xanis]

Went into the kitchen on Wednesday to grab some bread for a sandwich and saw that a hole was chewed through the bag and some of the bread. Seemed like a mouse, so me and my roommate put out some traps. Since Thursday night, we've caught 4 so far.

My question is this: Is this bad, or would this be considered somewhat "normal" when one gets mice? Also, what else can we do about this? Landlord was left a voicemail by the way, he'll be coming down.

EDIT: I'm hearing another one somewhere in the apartment, but I can't see him. That means we're up to 5 now... WTF.

 

[Anubis]

how do you feel about the plague?


just set some traps

 

[mmntech]

Um, yeah, that's bad. We had a mouse problem for years and even then we'd only get one a night. Maybe two tops. Landlord needs to hire an exterminator. The four you caught is just the tip of the iceberg.

The key is to find out where they're coming in and seal the hole with something they can't chew through. Tough wire mesh works great.

 

[HAL9000]

This: Bad

This: Not so bad

 

[lxskllr]

It's just mice. They have ~5 to a litter, so it doesn't take long to add up. Keep setting traps, secure your food, and you'll get them all.

 

[zerocool84]

Check your A/C. They're known to nest in them.

 

[rudeguy]

Check your A/C. They're known to nest in them.

this!

Also...nuke them from orbit. Its the only way to be sure

 

[xanis]

Check your A/C. They're known to nest in them.

I was waiting for someone to post this.

As soon as the roommate gets home from dinner we're going to clean the fuck out of the apartment and then set more traps. Hopefully we can nab all of the little bastards before it's too late. On the plus side, we're moving out towards the middle of May.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Check your A/C. They're known to nest in them.

Not only mice.

 

[PowerEngineer]

The key is to find out where they're coming in and seal the hole with something they can't chew through. Tough wire mesh works great.

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The most likely places are either under loosely fitting doors or (more likely) around holes cut for pipes. Course steel wool is something commonly used to fill voids; apparantly mice will not chew through metal. This can be really tough in the kitchen where you have holes for pipes through the floors and the cabinets. Look for mice droppings around the edges of your rooms (i.e. where walls or cabinets meet the floor) to see where the mice are walking (and set traps accordingly). You may also want to check with your neighbors to see if they have (or had) similar problems.

Good luck!

 

[xanis]

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The most likely places are either under loosely fitting doors or (more likely) around holes cut for pipes. Course steel wool is something commonly used to fill voids; apparantly mice will not chew through metal. This can be really tough in the kitchen where you have holes for pipes through the floors and the cabinets. Look for mice droppings around the edges of your rooms (i.e. where walls or cabinets meet the floor) to see where the mice are walking (and set traps accordingly). You may also want to check with your neighbors to see if they have (or had) similar problems.

Good luck!

Thanks. I looked around and it *seems* like they're coming in through a hole behind the refrigerator/stove area. Hopefully the landlord can come take care of this ASAP, otherwise I'll head out to the local hardware store tomorrow and get some wire mesh.

 

[the DRIZZLE]

If you have that many you may want to consider using poison.

 

[mmntech]

QFT

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The most likely places are either under loosely fitting doors or (more likely) around holes cut for pipes. Course steel wool is something commonly used to fill voids; apparantly mice will not chew through metal. This can be really tough in the kitchen where you have holes for pipes through the floors and the cabinets. Look for mice droppings around the edges of your rooms (i.e. where walls or cabinets meet the floor) to see where the mice are walking (and set traps accordingly). You may also want to check with your neighbors to see if they have (or had) similar problems.

Good luck!

The ones in my house were coming in through a giant hole where the central beam was mounted to the foundation. We had no idea until one died in a wall in the basement. Hauled all the drywall down and found they had been nesting in the insulation. Horrible mess. All the insulation, drywall, and even the wooden studs had to be thrown out because of urine and feces contamination. That's when we found the hole. Large enough to see daylight, and stick your fist through. It was located under a crawl space under out sunroom, which is an extension to the house. Plugged it up with lots of chicken wire and insulating foam.

Mice can get through very small openings. They can dislocate their shoulders at will to squeeze through. Don't use poison to kill them. They can die in walls, or worse, animals and pets can eat them and get sick. Bait traps with peanut butter. They love it, and they're forced to lick it. Greater chance they'll trip the trap. Prevention is key. Plug any holes. Chicken wire is great for big ones, steel wool for small ones. They'll just chew through anything else. Keep all food stored in sealed containers or in the fridge. Don't leave garbage out.

 

[Gintaras]

Keep as a pet...they're nice small creatures....

 

[rcpratt]

I wouldn't do much more than clean up and set traps if you're moving out in three weeks, lol.

 

[ballmode]

check your a/c for mice, they tend to pop out from there!

 

[tboo]

Hanta Virus!

 

[Iron Woode]

Fucking mice!

how do they work?

actually my parent's house had a bad infestation of mice way back in 1992. I managed to kill over 40 mice. I was getting 2 - 4 per day until I got rid of them all.

good luck.

 

[ussfletcher]

Borrow a cat.

 

[Texashiker]

mice in apartment – how bad is it?.

Your name and address will probably be in the news for an outbreak of some rare disease,,, like the black death.

Future generations with your last name will be cursed with knowing that you were recorded in history as case zero for the next plague.

Good job on killing us all.

 

[Leros]

My experience is that you have to use poison. We saw one mouse and set up a few traps to catch. Caught two mice that night, so we set more traps. Over the next month, we caught tons of mice. It never stopped, so we set out poison and didn't see a mouse after. Luckily, we never smelled anything, so I assume they were coming from outside and died outside.

 

[IAteYourMother]

Not only mice.

[forum screenshot]

has it really been 6 years? amazing.

 

[edro]

Their favorite snack is human eye lashes.

 

[highland145]

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[BladeVenom]

Release the snakes!