Comments on The Mom Jen: Our New Pet

Eek! Not a fan of mice, although we've had one her...

2009-07-22T08:03:15.686-07:00

Eek! Not a fan of mice, although we've had one here. We never did catch him. With 4 kids he's probably not going to starve to death any time soon!

Pecans. Mice prefer pecans not cheese. I'm just sa...

2009-07-21T20:36:39.160-07:00

Pecans. Mice prefer pecans not cheese. I'm just saying.

Good luck with that. :)

ewwwwwwww! I hate mice, too! They seriously gros...

2009-07-20T21:45:00.118-07:00

ewwwwwwww! I hate mice, too! They seriously gross me out!!!!!!

I finally learned that if they're taking bait off the trap, pull out a needle & thread. SEW a raisin or other piece of dried food onto the trap & set it. When the mouse has to yank & pull to get the raisin off (it won't come loose), it'll set off the trap. And if you have more than 1 mouse to catch, you can re-use the bait umpteen times! No more grabbing the bait & running for me!

Darn mice! We had one when the triplets were a fe...

2009-07-20T20:06:58.365-07:00

Darn mice! We had one when the triplets were a few months old. We set live traps, cuz I was too wimpy to get a spring loaded one. Well it found the sticky trap and stuck it's feet right to it. My mother-in-law was here over night with me, hubby was away for work. She took the "houseguest" outside and ended up falling down the front steps and broke her foot. Just be careful when you catch him! Like I said...darn mice!

We had a mouse in our old house. It only came out...

2009-07-20T18:20:26.187-07:00

We had a mouse in our old house. It only came out after everyone else went to bed and I'm the only one that would see it. Hubby thought I was seeing things, until one night it almost ran across his foot. GAG!

I understand how you feel, we get them ever winter...

2009-07-20T17:18:07.653-07:00

I understand how you feel, we get them ever winter since we live in a house 100 years old and there are a thousand places for them to get into. They usually stay in the basement or our attic but this past year they made it to my kitchen-yuck! Evertime I used anything in our kitchen I washed it 5x's becasue I was so grossed out. My hubby only uses crunchy peanut butter becasue it's so sticky- good luck and I totally feel your pain!

I can handle many home invaders but I am really sc...

2009-07-20T15:35:13.134-07:00

I can handle many home invaders but I am really scared of mice. The scurring two and for freaks me out.

Decon is the best thing. I know you have a 3 year old but if you can put it under things like behind the washer, under the entertainment center. Last time we only saw the mouse once, put out the decon, and never saw it again. It was only when we moved out that I saw it had ate two of the eight boxes of decon I put out.

Good luck. We have ants here in Maryland and they make me crazy but at least don't scare me.

Eek! Be sure and bait the trop with a hefty spoon...

2009-07-20T13:09:05.452-07:00

Eek!

Be sure and bait the trop with a hefty spoonful of flour. The mice love it, and it takes them forever to eat.

And don't worry - they usually get caught at night anyways...so don't worry about hearing the *snap*

:-)

Oh, I was staying at a cabin for a girls weekend a...

2009-07-20T12:10:08.256-07:00

Oh, I was staying at a cabin for a girls weekend and there was a VISITOR there...it was sooo disgusting. I opened up the drawer to pull out a spatula and that sucker was stuck in the trap..in the drawer. Lets just say that we decided to go out for breakfast. Good Luck!

T

All I gotta say is EEEWWWWWW!!!!

2009-07-20T11:22:53.565-07:00

All I gotta say is EEEWWWWWW!!!!

Ew! I'm right there with you. I don't even think ...

2009-07-20T11:17:08.985-07:00

Ew! I'm right there with you. I don't even think I could SLEEP knowing it was in my house.

Mice suck. Our cat will drag dead ones around the ...

2009-07-20T10:30:14.528-07:00

Mice suck. Our cat will drag dead ones around the house. Fun stuff with toddlers.

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I am on your side on this.... I actually am not sc...

2009-07-20T10:26:42.282-07:00

I am on your side on this.... I actually am not scared of mice at all.... if they are outside that is just fine, but I do not - repeat DO NOT want one in my kitchen - so far I have been very blessed and have only two mice in my house ever. One got caught in the basement in a giant drawer and died... the other made a comfy little home behind my sofa - made a nest out of dog hair and ate and drank from the dog dish beside the couch until one day the dog got wise and chased him right out!!

That made me gag! A few months back we had one ru...

2009-07-20T10:22:15.236-07:00

That made me gag! A few months back we had one run across the living room floor. My stepson and I were FREAKING OUT!! He literally stood on the kitchen counter. I called Hubs and told him to go directly to the store. He came back with sticky pads, poison and traps. THEN he took the dishwasher apart. Happy to say we think it left through some hole since it has never been seen again. I DO NOT LIVE IN HOUSES WITH MOUSES, I DON NOT LIVE WITH THEM OF THIS I'M QUITE SURE ~ DR SEUSS!! Fortunately this was our first and hopefully only encounter! Hope you catch the little guy!

Hey Jen, Our household just dealt with the same p...

2009-07-20T09:54:53.207-07:00

Hey Jen,

Our household just dealt with the same problem (although your recount is much funnier than mine was). After cleaning out all our shelves and putting everything into sealed containers we wiped the shelves with peppermint oil and filled cracks with steel wool. No more mice!
Good Luck!

Your story is just too funny. I am sitting alone l...

2009-07-20T09:44:27.525-07:00

Your story is just too funny. I am sitting alone laughing. A mouse in the house is not a funny thing, they leave little droppings everywhere. I hated them when we had one. Decon and peanut butter became our friends. Good Luck.

Ok I am gagging with you! EWWW. This is why I have...

2009-07-20T09:43:43.889-07:00

Ok I am gagging with you! EWWW. This is why I have CATS! :)

We had rat issues a while back when one of our nei...

2009-07-20T09:43:27.144-07:00

We had rat issues a while back when one of our neighbors started doing construction.

They are VILE little creatures.
Good luck hon!!! Hey, everyone reacts to things differently.. overreact if you'd like too ;-) mwah.

Paper plates and take-out all around is definitely...

2009-07-20T09:41:20.582-07:00

Paper plates and take-out all around is definitely in order. Perhaps even a entire kitchen renovation?

One can really never be too cautious. :)

Excellent, excellent post!!

-Francesca

Yikes! Not a good thing to find running around yo...

2009-07-20T09:10:19.643-07:00

Yikes! Not a good thing to find running around your kitchen at night! Hope you catch him soon!

eeeeks!! Keep your feet up.. !!!

2009-07-20T08:25:47.720-07:00

eeeeks!! Keep your feet up.. !!!

Oh yuck. I totally feel your disgust. I hate mic...

2009-07-20T08:16:44.029-07:00

Oh yuck. I totally feel your disgust. I hate mice. It makes me feel like I have to disinfect everything. I hope you catch it soon. Sometimes we've had to resort to those sticky traps to get them.

Oh wow we've had a few of these in our house and a...

2009-07-20T07:09:45.800-07:00

Oh wow we've had a few of these in our house and a mouse trap (the spring ones) never worked. They would take the bait and they never went off. We got the sticky boards and that was it! NO MORE MOUSE! Before we got those kind we had to catch them on our own by blocking off the entire room and flushing it out of where it was so that it could be caught. One time one ran up my leg into my shorts while trying to catch it.. I admit I screamed like a girl. LOL There I admitted it.

Love and Prayers,

Tim

OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! Don't you just love how your ...

2009-07-20T07:02:13.534-07:00

OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! Don't you just love how your children "tell" you things and you have no recollection?? Sorry about the mouse. We had a rat, and when I say rat I mean RAT, in our garage and oh my...............

After I read your tweet about this last night I wa...

2009-07-20T06:41:17.041-07:00

After I read your tweet about this last night I was scared to go to the bathroom cuz one might be in my house waiting to crawl across my bare foot while I walked through the house! Mice are soooo creeepy!! Hope you catch him/her/it FAST!