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Getting Rid of Mice in Basement DaileyJohn.20.decij@spamgourme 02-16-2007
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Posted by DaileyJohn.20.decij@spamgourme on February 16, 2007, 6:12 pm


My wife noticed mouse droppings in our basement today (we live in
Cincinnati). I am a little bit puzzled because we don't take food
down to the basement, and we don't have mice on the upper floors of
our 2-story house. The only thing I can think of is that maybe the
mice are attracted to water -- sometimes we leave open containers
while washing clothes. I have never had to deal with this type of
problem before, and I am hoping that I can get good suggestions here
as to how to get rid of the mice.. Thanks,

JD


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Posted by Charles Schuler on February 16, 2007, 6:25 pm



> My wife noticed mouse droppings in our basement today (we live in
> Cincinnati). I am a little bit puzzled because we don't take food
> down to the basement, and we don't have mice on the upper floors of
> our 2-story house. The only thing I can think of is that maybe the
> mice are attracted to water -- sometimes we leave open containers
> while washing clothes. I have never had to deal with this type of
> problem before, and I am hoping that I can get good suggestions here
> as to how to get rid of the mice.. Thanks,

It is cold in Cincinnati right now. What would you do (if you were a
mouse)?

Door gaskets might help.



Posted by Speedy Jim on February 16, 2007, 6:27 pm


DaileyJohn.20.decij@spamgourmet.com wrote:

> My wife noticed mouse droppings in our basement today (we live in
> Cincinnati). I am a little bit puzzled because we don't take food
> down to the basement, and we don't have mice on the upper floors of
> our 2-story house. The only thing I can think of is that maybe the
> mice are attracted to water -- sometimes we leave open containers
> while washing clothes. I have never had to deal with this type of
> problem before, and I am hoping that I can get good suggestions here
> as to how to get rid of the mice.. Thanks,
>
> JD
>

They could be nesting *anywhere* in the house.
Garage, attic, wall stud spaces, crawl space...
And it can be very difficult to find all the tiny
openings they can use to get in/out.

A cat (2 are better) is one help.

Jim

Posted by Lar on February 16, 2007, 6:34 pm


DaileyJohn.20.decij@spamgourmet.com wrote:
> My wife noticed mouse droppings in our basement today (we live in
> Cincinnati). I am a little bit puzzled because we don't take food
> down to the basement, and we don't have mice on the upper floors of
> our 2-story house. The only thing I can think of is that maybe the
> mice are attracted to water -- sometimes we leave open containers
> while washing clothes. I have never had to deal with this type of
> problem before, and I am hoping that I can get good suggestions here
> as to how to get rid of the mice.. Thanks,
>
> JD
>

Well, make sure they are mice droppings. The large outdoor roaches, aka
water bugs, palmetto bugs, tree roach, will have droppings that can be
larger than mouse. They may not be looking for food or water, mice are
one of the few animals that can live their life without actually taking
a drink of water. It/they may just be exploring about the basement
with the food source being something they have stored up themselves.
Mice see poorly and mostly will run along with their whiskers touching
something, like a base board, placing traps along such area or where you
are seeing the dropping should get them easy enough. For bait for the
traps, take your pick on what to use or nothing at all. For mice I don't
use any baits on the traps, though many exterminators I know swear by
wrapping the trigger a couple of times with yarn then two drops of
either vanilla extract or Hershey's chocolate syrup.

Lar

Posted by Doug Miller on February 16, 2007, 7:31 pm


>DaileyJohn.20.decij@spamgourmet.com wrote:
>> My wife noticed mouse droppings in our basement today (we live in
>> Cincinnati). I am a little bit puzzled because we don't take food
>> down to the basement, and we don't have mice on the upper floors of
>> our 2-story house. The only thing I can think of is that maybe the
>> mice are attracted to water -- sometimes we leave open containers
>> while washing clothes. I have never had to deal with this type of
>> problem before, and I am hoping that I can get good suggestions here
>> as to how to get rid of the mice.. Thanks,
>>
>Well, make sure they are mice droppings. The large outdoor roaches, aka
>water bugs, palmetto bugs, tree roach, will have droppings that can be
>larger than mouse.

Yeah, but those things don't live in Cincinnati...

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

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