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Subj: Re: They are legion. There is no escape.
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 at 04:32:36 pm EDT (Viewed 365 times)
Reply Subj: They are legion. There is no escape.
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 at 03:58:14 pm EDT (Viewed 347 times)



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      Actually, I know somebody who had a mouse nest in the engine of their car; they were paranoid that mice would come through the vents into the car itself.



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    I'm sure it would have been a scene out of a Indiana Jones movie if their car ever was stranded in a rising river. Untold numbers of rodents pouring through the vents as they struggle to escape in time...


The sequel to "Snakes On A Plane"..."Mice in the Car"


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      I first found mice in my apartment in the city, actually; I didn't know you could even get mice on the 3rd floor of a building. I used the glue traps, and one time I found one that had chewed itself in half trying to get free. It was pretty gross.



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    Yeah, as much as I grew to hate the little things, I just won't use glue traps for that reason. In fact, I used to sabotage the glue traps that the building manager would put around our offices at work.


I was looking for the most efficient option, and glue traps seemed more effective. Though we had one disappear on us in the apartment, that was kind of creepy...


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    Living in the country, I'm not surprised to have mice in my garage; I do live next to a field, after all. As long as they're only in the garage, I can live with it (though I do put out poison and use a sonic device to keep them away from the door).



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    Yeah, our condo was surrounded by fields on three sides. It wasn't until major development of those fields started that we found mice were coming into our basement.



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    I was reluctant to use poison at first, because we had a dog and I wasn't 100% sure I could do it safely. However, it eventually was obvious that I could trap them for years without making a dent in the population, so we had to give it a try. Worked out all right... mice disappeared, and the dog is still with me.


I've been reluctant to put poison outside for that reason; I don't have pets, but my neighbors dog used to come over (though they ended up shooting that dog for really no good reason, so I guess I could've saved them a bullet), and occasionally a cat from across the road wanders over (if he'd hunt the mice I wouldn't shoo it home!). Inside the garage though I figure is safe to put it out.

I have toyed with the idea of an outdoors/garage cat to hunt the things, but then I wonder if the expense of the cat is worth it. Since I'm allergic to animal hair I'm not too wild on the idea, but I'm thinking about it.

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