Eek, a mouse!

@ossobuco,

we prefer the drive-em-out approach.
so far, so good -- haven't seen mouse(s) in a few days.
hopefully the ultrasonic gizmo will keep any future would-be settlers away...

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@Region Philbis,

how do you get them into the car?

Rolling Eyes

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@Rockhead,

(promising to take 'em to the cheesecake factory usually works...)

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seems to be working.
no sign of critterly activity in the kitchen.

plus, the peppermint oil gives the place a more pleasenter smell...

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@Region Philbis,

Region Philbis wrote:

seems to be working.
no sign of critterly activity in the kitchen.

plus, the peppermint oil gives the place a more pleasenter smell...

Yes...dog smell not great....

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@dlowan,

I am think of adding the peppermint oil to the heating vents, as our lil friends have been known to use the duct work as a rodential superhighway. Then the entire house will smell like a candy shop.

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@jespah,

They prefer the cold air ducts.

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@jespah,

jespah wrote:

I am think of adding the peppermint oil to the heating vents, as our lil friends have been known to use the duct work as a rodential superhighway. Then the entire house will smell like a candy shop.

Eek! A house that smells like a lolly shop!!!

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@dlowan,

We are in the midst of The Tomato Test. Not the same as the Turing Test.

The Tomato Test consists of leaving a grape tomato in the middle of the kitchen floor overnight. No poison, nothing like that. Just want to see if it's touched, moved, bitten into, etc. So far, for two nights, the tomato has just sat there.

I am thinking we need to add salt, or a bit of lettuce and a tiny jug of vinaigrette.

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@jespah,

You need to try peanut paste.

Apparently it is irresistible to meece.

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My most recent mouses loved Dove's dark chocolate candies. I found the foil undone and little tiny gnaw marks in it. Actual mice teeth. I heard about peanut butter. Tried it once. Not successful. Never tried a tomato. I caught two mice by baiting traps with chocolate.

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@jespah,

You may get more action by leaving it at the edge of a wall. Mice, after all, go around the perimeter more than in the middle of the floor.

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@Intrepid,

True..

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@Intrepid,

we had some brave-souled critters that made themselves visible while we were walking around the kitchen at night.

the grape tomato was selected because we once had a mouse that was partial to removing them from the disposal and leaving them on the stove.

(might've been some sorta circus mouse; we were never able to confirm...)

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@Region Philbis,

Italian, making a very tiny pot of sauce.

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@dlowan,

dlowan wrote:

You need to try peanut paste.

Apparently it is irresistible to meece.

Also try chocolate. We use cooking chocolate not the good belgian wafers.

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three years later, haven't seen a single meece...

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@Region Philbis,

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