nearly had a heart attack - Al-Anon Family Group

el-cee · ~*Service Worker*~

nearly had a heart attack

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

I'd get upset only if he hopped up on the couch with me and snuggled under my covers.

el-cee · ~*Service Worker*~

I didnt knkw I was scared of them until this moment. Ew, I hate the thought, I mean where do they live, where did it come from and is it in my room forever now or until I get pest control in on monday?

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

Live traps might be a good idea? You could catch the mice in the trap and either put them outside in the woods or something or feed and water them and wrap the traps in red ribbon and give them as an early Christmas gift to whomever you choose?

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

Pest control usually put glue traps down (miserable) or poison (awful). Traps are the kindest way to trap a mouse - live preferred. They can get in just through a small crack in the door or a worn spot in weather stripping. They're looking for a warm place to escape winter. Maybe you could take Melly's Michael Douglas so he can chase the mice out of your house - or bring one in his mouth to proudly show you what a good mouser he is?

neshema2 · ~*Service Worker*~

el-cee wrote:
Sorry to bring this here but I need help. I just saw a mouse. Seriously, I nearly jumped out of my skin. I was lying on my bed and I saw something fast out of the corner of my eyes. Then there it was bold as brass just looking at me. I started screaming. Seriously, how am I going to go on with my life? Im not entering my room ever again, lol. Im sleeping on the couch tonight.
Please tell me something, help.

hey el-cee...i saw your post and i nearly had a heart attack, then i open it and i see this, LOLOL...........SOOO grateful you are OK and its just a fuzzy little mouse, you probably scared the beedy eyeballs out of that poor creature....he is in his hole, telling his family that folks who go to alanon are NUTS and to stay away from them, hahahaha......poor lil mousey......doubt if he will try and snuggle w/you....he will NEVA 4get you, LOL

-- Edited by neshema2 on Friday 17th of October 2014 05:25:52 PM

el-cee · ~*Service Worker*~

Just a fuzzy little mouse? Nope, its got to, dead or alive, alive is ok as long as I dont have to see it or handle it. I mean in my bedroom, cheek. Im starting to calm down, im barricaded in the livingroom. Trying not to think I might need the bathroom.lol

neshema2 · ~*Service Worker*~

el-cee wrote:
Just a fuzzy little mouse? Nope, its got to, dead or alive, alive is ok as long as I dont have to see it or handle it. I mean in my bedroom, cheek. Im starting to calm down, im barricaded in the livingroom. Trying not to think I might need the bathroom.lol

HAHAHAHA.......poor mousey....sorry i am laughing....I am that way with those big cockroaches...you know the ones big enough to saddle up and ride??? one time i was at my cuzins house and i feel this bzzz and bounce off the side of my head....it was one of them big honkers and i jumped up and screamed, did the tango on the floor, i mean i freaked out majorally......so i know how ya feel when u r afraid of a critter that is not even the size of your hand, but i see a big roach and i go nuts......rarely have i seen them in this house, during the drought i had a couple come in lookin for water but the cat got both of them......needless to say i did a big gratitude thingy w/the kitty.....so yea, i know how ya feel, i hope u did't think i was minimizing you, i was trying to make you laugh........I'm sorry u got an unwelcome critter...........i would not try to poison it b/c they will go and hide in the walls to die and then stink as they decompose.....maybe just a plain mouse trap or one of thos glue thingys that i think are inhumane.....i would slap some chedder on a trap, bait it.....and wait....when ya hear the SNAP , ya know he took the bait and lost his little head....it breaks their neck fast.........

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

Once upon a time, there was a little mouse that lived in a bedroom in Scotland and_______(does anyone want to add to elcee's mouse in the bedroom story?) ______________________

el-cee · ~*Service Worker*~

Oh god, no thats disgusting. im freaking out, I keep thinking I see it out the corner of my eyes, ew I cant believe this. My lifes ruined. I know this is pathetic but I feel like phoning the police, ive got an intruder.lol

el-cee · ~*Service Worker*~

Lol grateful, it could and may end horribly you know.x

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

Lord, grant elcee the serenity to accept the mice she cannot change, the courage to change her view of a teeny-tiny creature with little black eyes and a heart that is beating wildly, and the wisdom to know the difference between a huge rat with fangs for teeth and a little mouse trying to avoid shivering in the cold. Amen.

And ps, Lord. Please help that little mouse and his family if any find their way out of the bedroom and into the woods before the traps come. Amen. Amen.

-- Edited by grateful2be on Friday 17th of October 2014 06:12:33 PM

el-cee · ~*Service Worker*~

Hahaha, grateful your a cracker.
I was enjoying that until the bit about rats with fangs, my nerves are shattered, lol. Im sure your enjoying this. Lol.

Tell me, what do they do during the day? Do they sleep? Im trying to think how I can get my clothes out my bedroom.

neshema2 · ~*Service Worker*~

el-cee wrote:
Oh god, no thats disgusting. im freaking out, I keep thinking I see it out the corner of my eyes, ew I cant believe this. My lifes ruined. I know this is pathetic but I feel like phoning the police, ive got an intruder.lol

hahaha...i can just see you hitting the Scottish form of 911 an yelling into the phone....."I have an intruder...hes not armed, but hes got teeth....how do i describe him?? well hes a grubby little fellow who poops all over the place, leaves his poop on MY food that HE steals and I think he may have a family hidden somewhere as these guys like to squat with family......height?? well measure the distance from your thumb to your middle finger.....weight??? hell i dunno, but he can eat twice his weight, for sure....distinguishing marks??? well , beedy black eyes, that sorta bulge a bit....a hairless tail, 4 legs with little claws on them and sorta brown fur....please send SWAT over here right now...."

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

They eat. They drink. They dance wildly, merrily. They make hay while the sun shines. And they build little nests so that their babies will be warm and comfy.

neshema2 · ~*Service Worker*~

I'm gonna go to mini market and get some ice cream and some chedder cheese blocks............el-cee, you know any kitties you can borrow??? just wondering..

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

I know. I know. I'm no help at all with this. I can say that I do do what Rose suggests. I use wooden traps if I can't use a live trap. They kill the mouse instantly. If I don't want to touch the mouse, I just pick the trap and the mouse up together and throw it all away in the trash. The mouse will want food and water, so at some point it is going to be in your kitchen if it hasn't already been there. You might want to check for mouse droppings in your cabinets and silverware drawers? Wooden traps are very inexpensive. Live traps aren't very expensive either. Any exterminator I've used just sets the traps, but I am the one who has to find them and either call for more service or throw the mouse and trap away myself. Its cheaper to just do it myself.

el-cee · ~*Service Worker*~

Im not getting much sympathy here, lol. Ok, I feel better, its only a harmless little mouse, nope cant see it that way. Im going to try going to sleep now, thank you ladies, love ya.x

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

Love you, too, elcee. Better to help tuck you in with laughter than to regale you with stories of mice that took over the world.

Temple · ~*Service Worker*~

Keep Calm and Think of Robert Burns:

Oh wee sleekit, cowerin' beastie.....

all the way to the end..

The best laid plans of mice and men have often gang a glea.

They are really cute, if you're looking at a picture. And pretty timid. I agree--live traps. Surely some big hunky man would come and set them for you.

Bless your heart,
Temple

PP · ~*Service Worker*~

I hope you get some rest, elcee.

Mattie · ~*Service Worker*~

Remember, he is a lot more terrified of you than you are of him. They want to avoid people at any cost. They know they are tiny and vulnerable. And if you get a look they are actually darn cute, although I know a terrified mouse is running so fast you can't get a look. It's the fastness that awakens our alarm response -- that's just a natural thing and has no relation to how dangerous the critter is. If you had cobras in your cupboards or sharks in your bathtub, that would be worrisome.

I recently had mice (they do tend to come in in the fall to get away from the colder weather) and did a lot of research. Some of the "humane traps" are pretty inhumane. This is the best recommended one, the Southern Housewares Clear Top Humane Trap: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BLOMGY2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. (Hope it's okay to post a link to a product on here -- if it's in the service of keeping someone's sanity it ought to be allowable, right?) When you see how terrified the poor little guy is, you will feel bad for having to get him. Or if you can't face it, have someone else go in and get the trap with the mousie in it. Then let him go in a place with lots of greenery far from the house.

-- Edited by Mattie on Saturday 18th of October 2014 01:37:47 AM

Jerry F · ~*Service Worker*~

They love food scraps; naturally cheese. Open the front or back door a wee bit and leave some just outside the door and they will go outside and get it. Indoors isn't natural for them so find out how the critter might have gotten in and close the space up if there is one. Remember a dead one will smell after a short while ...better to give it a wee of a munch or a lunch and make it "to go". Glad its a mouse and not a rat. (((hugs))) smile

el-cee · ~*Service Worker*~

Right. Thank you for your excellent suggestions. You have convinced me this mouse is a poor wee thing, even though they seem to pee all over the place, yuch. Im going to buy a humane trap today and will call our the pest control people on monday, hopefully they can find how it or they got in and block the entrance. Im not sure how im going to dispose of it when I catch it. I mean do you put it in your handbag and take it a walk? Im not sure I can stomach that but I will try.
thanks.x

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

If the live trap has a handle, just carry it by the handle to the fields, woods or wherever the little guy can find food and places to burrow. They can chew through anything, so I wouldn't let it loose close to my house to try to become my roommate again.

pinkchip · ~*Service Worker*~

Why ya gotta hate?

el-cee · ~*Service Worker*~

Ew, thats the one, horrible.

pinkchip · ~*Service Worker*~

It does look kinda wrong next to my cat's picture

likemyheart · ~*Service Worker*~

Sorry but I figure once a mouse has made its way into my house, catching it humanely and letting it go outside just lets it go to come back inside by whatever path it followed to get there in the first place. After a try at humane traps that left me with a mouse in a box shivering in his own messes, I decided the humane trap wasn't humane. I tried glue traps which were just pitiful - poor mousey stuck in the glue trying to free his poor body, horrible! Poison kills them but then you have the decaying body in your walls and run the risk of your pets getting ahold of the poisoned mouse and it killing them. Then I found these traps that work like a reverse clothes pin, yes it kills the mouse, sorry, but as I said, once in, it will come back and I won't have mice in my house! You put a dab of peanut butter in the little cup and when the mouse steps on the pad it snaps closed, you can carry the trap to the garbage without touching the mouse, pinch the trap open and drop him inside. I know it is gruesome, as I said, Sorry, but mice don't belong in my house. I also have a cat, so I haven't had to use the trap for over ten years!

milkwood · ~*Service Worker*~

I came home one day to find my cat sitting by the fireside and next to her was a wee mouse - they were like two old friends chatting!

missmeliss · ~*Service Worker*~

My sister keeps them as pets, she has like 40 of them. Rats too. So I'm sort of immune and think this is all pretty amusing, my sister sits there with them draped around her shoulders and stuff... Sorry, el-cee, lol. It would probably give you nightmares!!
I think they're quite cute myself.
Hope you found a way to evict him, anyway.

el-cee · ~*Service Worker*~

Well, spoke to my neighbour and she says the building had a problem with mice before. My landlord has a pest control man who will use traps all over and block up any holes, apparently he is quite aggressive about it and a humane trap will be useless. So, I didnt buy one, also, read up 8n them and you need 5o take the mouse about a mile away and when you let it go its chance of survival is almost nill because it belongs in its colony, family, you have stressed it out and it will be an easy target. So, I bought containers for my food cupboard, so far no evidence of food being nibbled in there but I plan 5o get rid of any food source. My sister says, cant you smell a strong musky smell, well now I can and I have found their wee poo poos on my kitchen floor, they seem to be under the kitchen. I think I have a family or colony and theyve got to go, do you know how many diseases they carry?
So, hating them even more today, now its getting dark, I plan to put on music in most rooms and leave the lights on in the hopes they just stay I their wee lair.

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

...and when the wee little family of frightened mice escaped the Scottish bedroom and ran to the kitchen whilst the human slept on the couch they...

missmeliss · ~*Service Worker*~

.....admired their reflections in the pots and pans.
"Oh, wasn't it a fun idea to dress up in el-cees makeup and jewelry and handkerchiefs!" they cried. " Now let's put it all back the way it was before she wakes up, and eat all of her biscuits before we go!!".

el-cee · ~*Service Worker*~

Lol, it sounds like a lovely beddtime story grateful but I feel like im in a horror movie, lol, Cant believe how this has shook me. I would say im pretty tough but it seems that little mouse has revealed more about me to me. I, it seems, hate mice and have actually no remorse about them getting the chop. My daughter thinks this is hilarious and she says, your always the minority in your house. Ew, gives me the shivers. I am glad its only mice, if it was rats I think I would move out, never to return, lol.

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

Melly! LOL!!!!!!! el cee!!!!! LOL! Daughter! LOL! Little teeny mice - eat all the biscuits now because elcee's bent on you getting the chop.

missmeliss · ~*Service Worker*~

Sorry el-cee, I do understand, I lived in a house where a pipe burst unknown to us and because of the damp in the floor the place was suddenly over-run with roaches, I can't be in a room now if I see one and can't sleep or stop checking in the mirror to make sure there isn't one on me...they horrify me. It's not fun. I hope you get them cleared away and can feel comfortable at home again.

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

I lived in an apartment house before I married my x. We caught (no exaggeration) 100 mice in total from each of our apartments on New Year's Eve. We'd hear traps go off, we'd empty them and set them again. We'd sit down and you could hear the traps going off in each apartment. We lived side by side in an old house on the second floor. The entrance was off an alley near an open field with no door. My roommate had a cat and it was no deterrent. It would just catch one and show us. Our landlord had to hire an exterminator. I really don't have a fear of them as much as I jump when they run out from somewhere and I don't expect them.

elcee, I know this is yucky to you, but truthfully - I've never heard of many if any negative things happening due to mice other than they're being in the house where they don't belong. I do hope that you will feel more comfortable again. (((ec)))

-- Edited by grateful2be on Saturday 18th of October 2014 05:55:15 PM

Cathyinaz · ~*Service Worker*~

I think I would rather have the field mice because I don't walk bare footed at night because of the tarantulas.... just don't know how they get in.....sucks Oh and the scorpions.

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

Now those two things would definitely be disturbing to me. They bite. Yuck. And don't forget the snakes, Cathy. I haven't. Your story is etched in my mind forever.

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