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11-13-2005, 09:20 AM
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Re: Mouse in apartment, help??
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[ QUOTE ] Doritos bag with crumbs. Lights out. Wait for the crinkly sound. Release in local park or flush--little dudes are cute and can swim pretty well--like a floater with spunk. (I only flushed him cuz he got in my bed and nibbled my finger tip drawing blood...) [/ QUOTE ] this Doritos bag trap sounds like it'll work pretty well. I'd give it a try, Schneids. [/ QUOTE ] Seems like it would be able to escape the bag before you can grab it and close it on them... am i missing something? This [censored] was QUICK. 
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#2
11-13-2005, 09:17 AM
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Re: Mouse in apartment, help??
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omg they are scary horrible rodent creatures and diablo says it'll probably crawl up my bunghole when i try to go to sleep... I wanna sleep now but I so can't till I know where it is (ie not in the apartment). I'm too afraid to go into my room since that's one of the possible places it could be [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Ffs it is a mouse? Seriously, what are you scared of? It can't harm you. The only reason you can't find it is because it is [censored] scared of you.
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11-13-2005, 09:09 AM
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Re: Mouse in apartment, help??
Mmmmmmm, mouse.
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11-13-2005, 09:32 AM
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Re: Mouse in apartment, help??
I had a mouse problem in my practice space -
I took a shoebox, tied a piece of string to a straw that barely propped it up at one end (just like the stupid Bugs Bunny cartoons) but ran the string up and inside thru a small hole in the top so if something grabbed the bait, it could be triggered from in the box. I then tied a chicken mcnugget to the string and waited - (I noticed in the practice space it had raided my leftover mcnuggets - I don't think they ever actually spoil or mold - LOL) - if the mouse pulled the string, it pulled the straw inwards and the box fell flat trapping the mouse...again, like Bugs. the first time I was gone and he chewed his way out thru the top. second time the bastard got the string untied without triggering the straw the third time I heard him and snuck up and just pushed the box down from behind the counter though I think it would have eventually triggered. I took the shoebox lid, slid it under, and opened it up outside and nearly had a stroke. I had caught THREE mice, not one - guess they like chicken mcnuggets [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] behind my band's practice space is an African food market - I figured the little bastards came from there so I released them in the field we share and hoped they went for warmer pastures. nice and humane. And DON'T tell me you're too big of a pussy to hold a box with a mouse in it...phuleese - RB
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#6
11-13-2005, 09:38 AM
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Re: Mouse in apartment, help??
What Diablo is saying to me makes me even more scared:
d: your only worry is d: if it is an outside mouse d: and has rabies d: otherwise, mouse no real worry d: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/co...ract/115/2/274 S: oh sweet i'm probably going to die tonight d: does it seem like an outside or inside mouse? d: if inside mouse, small chance of rabies d: if outside mouse, large chance of rabies S: i don't know the difference yet S: it's pretty damn small d: if small d: it is prob outside mouse d: inside mouse gets big w/ food scraps d: outside mouse forages, little food d: ugh d: i assume you have not had rabies vaccine for any reason? S: no other than the typical shots you get when you go to college d: yeah d: that's not rabies d: man d: rabies SUCKS if you get it d: even if you possibly get it S: i dunno, we know where it is right now d: you gotta take like 30 shots in your stomach S: to an extent d: well, like i said d: do not get your fingers d: anywhere near it d: it will bite, which wont hurt S: alright so it sounds like we shouldn't try to catch it d: but you will get rabies likely S: yeah, we will try to shooo it out of our place d: if it turns towards you, looks angry, disoriented d: that is more likely rabid d: if it is passive, not scurrying too much d: prob not rabid S: what do you mean by "not scurrying too much"? S: in a lil over an hour, i've seen it run across the room once to go under the oven S: and a second time he peeked his head out a few minutes ago and ran back under the oven S: is that not too rabid? d: well, the fact that he came out d: after seeing you d: is not a great sign d: gl S: i see. we have all doors closed off, are in living room, and have door to go out of our apartment open... basically watching that direction [kitchen] while TV on.... hoping to see it eventually leaves.
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#7
11-13-2005, 09:47 AM
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Re: Mouse in apartment, help??
This is for all your greats posts that I have learned something from.
Go to home depot/lowes/etc. Buy a mousetrap.. don't be cheap. Make sure it is along side a wall and close to where you know it is or travels. Most will have instructions on how to place it. Any animal will do anything to free itself so it you want something it can't get out of. Bait it with something good. P.S. It is probably a rat and has the bubonic plague. Rabies suck the black death blows.
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#8
11-13-2005, 10:09 AM
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Re: Mouse in apartment, help??
Haha, Diablo is winding you up. The only creatures that carry rabies are dogs (perhaps other canines too), bats, and squirrels. (Any mammal CAn get it, but it is very unlikely in mice.)
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#9
11-13-2005, 10:51 AM
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Re: Mouse in apartment, help??
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Haha, Diablo is winding you up. The only creatures that carry rabies are dogs (perhaps other canines too), bats, and squirrels. (Any mammal CAn get it, but it is very unlikely in mice.) [/ QUOTE ] Wow, so many contradictions in one post. First, there are no other canines besides dogs. Do you mean things related to dogs like foxes or weasels? You admit that any mammal can get rabies, and then go on to say only this small set of mammals gets rabies. You've never heard of rabid racoons, possums, cats, etc.? I agree that rabies isn't your greatest concern with mice, as the most effective way of transferring rabies is through bites or (less likely) scrathces, most of which will kill the mouse at the time of the incident.But they do carry lots of other diseases. And to correct El D, who probably know whats up anyways, you no longer need a series of injection into your abdomen to get rid of rabies. When i got exposed to rabies I needed two large shots in my ass and one small shot in my arm. After that I got the same shot in my arm 3 days later, 7 days later, 14 and then 28 days later, and that should keep me vaccinated for a long time.
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11-13-2005, 11:04 AM
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Re: Mouse in apartment, help??
Checked out my microbiology book about the epidemiology of rabies. Nothing is mentioned about rats, however cats, skunks , raccoons, badgers, foxes are mentioned as carriers of the disease. In the US the major carriers are cats, since they are not vaccinated.
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