Mice!!!

[MasterBates]

With the onset of the cold(er) weather here in Krock, I have been invaded by mice.

Have heard a sound.. A funny squeaky sound the last couple nights, just barely audible under the radio.. Opened cabinets, looked under stuff, nothing..

Tonight, chatting with Snake and H20, I heard it again.. And found "brown rice" (mouse shit). The only thing I could find they got into was the potatoes in the pantry. I chucked the taters and the bananas that were on the counter as a precaution. All other food is sealed or in fridge.

I had totally cleaned the kitchen on Saturday.

I started yanking stuff apart. All over the counters, under the sink, under the stove top. Seems to be localized to that area.

I sealed up the hole they chewed to get in (THRU SILICONE SEALER!) and set traps using peanut butter.

Any other suggestions besides nuking them from orbit? (its the only way to be sure) Since that option would be detrimental to NAS Kingsville and the Puma.

I keep the place clean, no food laying around. Suggestions?

 

[snake020]

They sh!t in your coffee mug. It is only right that you make them eat sh!t. Septic tank treatment all the way.

 

[AJB37]

If you don't use the humane traps you can just throw them in the dumpster.

 

[statesman]

You should have used rat traps... just to drive the point home.

 

[MasterBates]

Wow... You people are sicker than I am..

More want to eat mice than flush down shitter in revenge for dropping multiple small dueces in my coffee cup and Beer Mug.

 

[red1323]

I just wanted to see if you'd do it.

 

[Pags]

A funny squeaky sound

you couldn't hear a dump truck driving through a nitro glycerin plant!

 

[Rasczak]

Fireworks. I swear by the use of fireworks. The little small exploding kind. I think in one night my dad and I killed about 5-6 mice using fireworks. The concussion kills them! atleast the small ones. It doesn't work well for the bigger ones.

Believe it. I've tried.

 

[bjstephani]

Does your sink have a food disposal built in?

 

[MasterBates]

No

 

[phrogpilot73]

Glue traps work good too. You have the added benefit of if he doesn't get too stuck, you can get a Habbitrail and turn him into a pet. Of course, sometimes glue traps can be wholly inhumane, so make sure that if you don't turn him into a pet that you put him out of his misery after the glue trap gets him.

 

[brownshoe]

MB,

Do not poison them... little buggers will just crawl off, die someplace where you'll never be able to find them and then stink for weeks! Sorry to say, got to use traps. My experience is that you'll need to get them before they become parents, it's too late after that. But if you do trap them soon enough that'll be the mouse population in your Puma for this year. Most of their friends have already found other accommodations for the season. Those that were still outside will soon die due to exposure. (By the way... peanut butter is better than cheese for trap bait.)

Steve

 

[KSUFLY]

Masterbates...NASK has been on a hunt for the cats on the base and I've noticed more mice at the stalls. If we can get the cats back maybe we can keep the mice away a little more.

 

[snake020]

I like this solution:

http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=102202272&c=

 

[gaijin6423]

We had a few standing traditions concerning mice at USNA:

1. Jump School: Out the window with a Calc book as a parachute.
2. Dive School: Held under water in a full sink.
3. SERE School: Held under a running stream of water in the sink.
4. BUD/S: Pretty much all of the above.

One of the more inventive things I've seen was as follows: Catch four mice. Take three, pet them, feed them 3x daily, give them a warm, comfortable place to sleep. Take remaining mouse, feed it nothing but Beefcake 3000 and Ripped Fuel, and keep it in total darkness for 2-3 weeks. Invite friends over, take bets, and place all four mice into an arena of death. Enjoy.