I have a mouse in my apartment. How do I get rid of it?

[meow2u3]

any suggestions?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. Do you want to trap it or kill it?

[BoX o BooX]

2. My cat brings them home.

I catch them and flush them. Mice are vermin.

Flame away!

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Talk to YellowRubberDuckie....she has been battling them today as well.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2053666

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

4. If you want to kill it,

Hardware stores sell mousetraps that have a cover you can lift; you can open it up, put a dab of peanut butter in it and place it where you think the mouse is entering. Then keep checking for a little tail sticking out the back. Good luck!

[AllyCat]

5. Here kitty, kitty, kitty!!!

My cats have destroyed the two mice that ever dared come in my apartment. They are really bored now because they killed all their toys.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

7. My cats just play harmlessly with mice

They're much more lethal to bugs and moths.

[Sanity Claws]

6. Adopt a cat

Your local shelter has many good adult cats up for adoption. Maine Coon cats are very good mousers.

[shraby]

11. Female cats are better mousers than male ones.

Ask any farmer. I've always found the female cats I've had were notorious hunters, but the males weren't. I suppose it has something to do with feeding their young.

[meow2u3]

12. One problem: my landlord won't allow a cat..

unless I have a note from my doctor. And I do have my doctor's permission to have a cat. Question is, where can I get a Maine Coon cheap?

[yardwork]

13. Most any cat will do, if it wasn't taken from its mother too young

Go to the animal shelter. They'll have plenty of cats for you to choose!

[Sanity Claws]

16. The shelter

I adopted a half-maine coon from a shelter. He's a great mouser. Sometimes shelters have full blood Maine Coons. Just get a cat who looks like he or she has not lived the most pampered life, one who has had to hunt for a living, at least for a while.

[James T. Kirk]

8. Traps with peanut butter as bait.

Also, clean up all crumbs. Worked for me.

[WMliberal]

9. snake

to get the snake out afterwards? mongoose

[west michigan]

10. Remove easy food sources.

Mousetrap with peanut butter. Small amount. dang things can run away with the cheese sometimes.

[catzies]

14. Ask it for a commitment. If it's a single, male mouse he'll leave

on his own.

(I think that's from an old Elayne Boosler routine?)

[bettyellen]

15. FIND THE HOLES AND PLUG THEM WITH STEEL WOOL

AS LONG AS THEY HAVE A WAY IN, YOU'LL GET NEW ONES EVERYTIME IT GETS COLD OUT. GOTTA DO A SEARCH FOR ALL THE OPENINGS AND USE STEEL WOOL OR BRILLO PADS TO PLUG THEM.
GOOD LUCK!

[givemebackmycountry]

17. May I recommend

A 12 Gage shotgun.
Plenty of shells.

Make sure the apartment is swept for small children and pets.

Then blast away.

You will be amazed at the feeling you experience as you blow bowling ball sized holes in your landlords walls.

You will kill this insurgent.
You will blast every possible area of flight.
No place to hide, the little vermin moving just ahead of your rounds.

Be like Bush...show no mercy and bring the HEAVY stuff.

Or...just get one of those traps that you can take outside and free the little bastard.

That will work too.

[meow2u3]

18. Doesn't make much sense to blast'em....

I live in Philly, PA. Don't want to harm innocent neighbors....just the mice. I decided on getting a cat.

[Sanity Claws]

23. Good!!

I'm happy to hear that you'll get a cat. There are some really great ones out there who need a home.

[Shoeempress]

26. Donald Rumsfeld what are you doing on DU?

[LeftyMom]

19. Unplug it and get a trackball or touchpad.

If it's the furry cheese-eating sort of mouse, your local hardware store should have live traps. Bait them with peanutbutter for best results.

Edited to add:
Notify your landlord in writing. It's thier responsibility to remove it, so they should buy traps or reimburse you for them. Have a pest control person visit to see if your mouse brought a family with it (they are usually not alone.)

[Midlodemocrat]

20. Flame thrower. Just ask nothingshocksmeanymore.

...really, it works.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

21. Several solutions

If you want it dead, a snap trap baited with peanut butter is probably best. Glue traps can catch small mice, but larger ones often just drag off it. I wouldn't recommend poison, because it is too easy for pets/children to get into it.

Personally, my favorite solution is to have cats.

[pink-o]

22. Cat is it

I had rats the size of chiuahas--and since I'm vegetarian, I'd've felt pretty hypocritical killing them. But rodents?? Yecch, yecch, most disgusting vermin on the planet. Scary bastards that carry disease, you gotta get 'em out.

So put it to your landlord this way: either he pays for the exterminator or he lets you have a cat. That's what I did, and got my lease amended the next day.

I think female cats are better mousers because neutered males had all their aggression removed with their testicles. Anyway, I had no rodent problem a week after I brought the kitty home from the shelter. That was 3 years ago, and I did find evidence of one stupid rat last January, but Kitty made short work of him.

Hey--it's her job description, she's the carnivore!B-)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

24. Throw in trash, use a trackball instead (nt)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

25. After you do remove it.

I am going to second the suggestion for stuffing all entrances with steel wool.

Make sure and stuff it around your water pipes under your sinks. This is a very common way for mice to sneak in. They run from apartment to apartment via the pipes.

[bvar22]

27. Try this.

Obtain a small flute.

Strip down to butt nekked.

While playing the flute, dance around your apartment in a seductive manner taking care to cover all areas of your apartment. The mouse will become mesmerized, and begin following you.

Lead the mouse out of your front door and mount your horse. Remember to keep playing your flute as you lead the mouse through your village to the cliff by the sea shore. The mesmerized mouse will be unable to stop, and will fall over the cliff into the ocean.

This worked for a friend of mine.
Good Luck.

[Rumba]

28. lol

good one.