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  • mowgli 21 Feb 2012 07:28:02 31,783 posts
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    Help! Found it this morning, got it into a corner and it is rather cute. But then it zoomed past me, slided across the wooden floor and has left the kitchen and now I have no idea where it is :( it is freaking me out. We are fairly new to the flat which is quite big and old so I imagine it has been here a while. But I'm currently playing lava steps around the rest of the house when I should be getting ready for work!

    Pissy pants.

  • MrTomFTW Moderator 21 Feb 2012 07:32:00 31,177 posts
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    I saw a mouse!
    Where?
    There on the stair!
    Where on the stair?
    Right there!
    A little mouse with clogs on
    Well I declare!
    Going clip-clippety-clop on the stair
    Oh yeah

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  • mowgli 21 Feb 2012 07:33:36 31,783 posts
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    I'm not buying it bloody clogs.

    Pissy pants.

  • Trafford 21 Feb 2012 07:36:34 3,999 posts
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    Set a trap, like a bit of cheese on your favourite chair!
  • elstoof 21 Feb 2012 07:37:28 4,403 posts
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    It's currently in its lair planning it's packed day of running all over your kitchen surfaces and possessions while constantly pissing everywhere and randomly shitting.

    Edited by elstoof at 07:38:15 21-02-2012
  • MisterFalseName 21 Feb 2012 07:41:46 974 posts
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    I've had mice in at least two of the flats I've had in London - if you can isolate where they're getting in, then wirewool is the answer: they can't chew through it.

    They've always managed to avoid the traps I've set, even laced with delicious peanut butter, but the last one found...another unpleasant end. :(
  • MrTomFTW Moderator 21 Feb 2012 07:41:54 31,177 posts
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    elstoof wrote:
    It's currently in its lair planning it's packed day of running all over your kitchen surfaces and possessions while constantly pissing everywhere and randomly shitting.
    It'll fit right in!

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  • Ignatius_Cheese Moderator 21 Feb 2012 07:44:09 10,510 posts
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    Thread fails for not being called "Hoots mon! There's a moose loose about this hoose" :/
  • DUFFMAN5 21 Feb 2012 07:45:45 11,416 posts
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    Ignatius_Cheese wrote:
    Thread fails for not being called "Hoots mon! There's a moose loose about this hoose" :/
    Bastard I was just about to type "it could be worse, you could have a Moose..." nevermind.

    Edited by DUFFMAN5 at 07:46:35 21-02-2012

    "Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem! Oh, yeah!"

  • smoothpete 21 Feb 2012 07:46:04 29,135 posts
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    What's lava steps?
  • Ignatius_Cheese Moderator 21 Feb 2012 07:49:13 10,510 posts
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    I was thinking the same, Pete...
  • RunningMan 21 Feb 2012 07:57:31 2,181 posts
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    Humane trap laced with peanut butter job done.
  • mowgli 21 Feb 2012 07:59:20 31,783 posts
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    smoothpete wrote:
    What's lava steps?
    Oh, em, you know the whole the floor is made of lava be careful where yo stand kids/pissed adults game.

    Pissy pants.

  • KayJay 21 Feb 2012 08:00:52 5,193 posts
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    Mouse traps are useless...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCbvkVsiLx8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

    Oh No He Di'int...
    克里斯蒂安·约翰逊

  • JuanKerr 21 Feb 2012 08:03:39 35,451 posts
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    My mental image of mowgli.
  • mowgli 21 Feb 2012 08:08:55 31,783 posts
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    Add on a few pounds and that was basically me this morning

    Pissy pants.

  • elstoof 21 Feb 2012 08:24:30 4,403 posts
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    I had no idea you were a Victorian chubster mowgli.
  • mrpon 21 Feb 2012 08:49:49 23,986 posts
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    JuanKerr wrote:
    My mental image of mowgli.
    But harsh calling him mental.

    Give yourself ½ gig or a £, you're worth it.

  • localnotail 21 Feb 2012 08:59:57 21,422 posts
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    There is never just one mouse. There are likely to be at least 6 of them if you have seen one. They will have been watching you when you sleep. Also, those aren't currants in your porridge.

    Fire up the Cobra!

  • shamblemonkee 21 Feb 2012 09:03:56 13,449 posts
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    Bah, mice....

    we have one show up each week pretty much.

    Half usually turns up outside the bedroom door on monday... and the other half i usually find in the garden on thursday....
  • billythekid 21 Feb 2012 09:08:17 10,259 posts
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    Just imagine if it ran across your face whilst you were asleep!
  • JBlokeUK 21 Feb 2012 09:11:48 2,305 posts
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    And did a dump!

    I like it when he's angry.

  • mowgli 21 Feb 2012 09:16:41 31,783 posts
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    billythekid wrote:
    Just imagine if it ran across your face whilst you were asleep!
    Nononononono. :(

    Pissy pants.

  • Salaman 21 Feb 2012 09:20:18 16,550 posts
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    Here's a novel idea. Buy a mousetrap.
    A humane one is easy enough and you won't have to clean up blood and brain spatter.

    Also, if you're in bed at night and you hear what sounds like a herd of rhinos stomping around, that's probably the mice. They make an awful racket when running around the walls/ceilings.
  • elstoof 21 Feb 2012 09:29:53 4,403 posts
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    I've done for plenty of mice in the old Tom and Jerry style mouse trap, never had an blood or brain splatter. The first night you put them out is the best because they get wise to them pretty quickly, put a fuckton of them out and you won't get much sleep because of the constant sounds of rodent death.

    Even got a slug once after it came in through the air brick.
  • elstoof 21 Feb 2012 09:32:19 4,403 posts
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    mowgli wrote:
    smoothpete wrote:
    What's lava steps?
    Oh, em, you know the whole the floor is made of lava be careful where yo stand kids/pissed adults game.
    You play some fucking strange games when you're pissed pal.
  • ZizouFC 21 Feb 2012 09:36:32 4,894 posts
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    Eek!
  • Nasty 21 Feb 2012 09:37:28 4,636 posts
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    Salaman wrote:
    Also, if you're in bed at night and you hear what sounds like a herd of rhinos stomping around, that's probably the mice. They make an awful racket when running around the walls/ceilings.
    Rats make far more noise. Any time we've had mice we haven't heard them, no damage or anything, they just appear in the middle of the room late at night, look cute for a second and then scarper.

    Non-humane traps work fine. Find a pile of poo and set them up right up next to the wall. No blood or guts, they snap shut just enough to throttle them. Unless it gets hold of an leg or the tail, then you need to finish them off (small screwdriver to back of head) or take them far away (more than a mile to be safe).

    Rats are bastards.
  • Deleted user 21 February 2012 09:38:03
    Oh and mice prefer chocolate to cheese in those traps. You might want to have a look at this article
  • mowgli 21 Feb 2012 09:44:51 31,783 posts
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    I don't want to kill it! :(

    Pissy pants.

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