Keeping Mice Out of My House

RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By amy (Guest Post) (11/20/2008) I used epoxy to fill the holes/openings around the pipes. Hoping this will work! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Joe (Guest Post) (11/10/2008) I used one of those electronic mice traps and they work great. You put some peanut butter as bait and when the mice come to eat, they get zapped. I think this is a humane way to get rid of them. When it is caught, a light blinks indicating a mice has been caught. You simply empty the trap and set it again. One smart mouse gave me lot of trouble. I tried the glue things and the humane traps and they didn't work. In the end the electronic mouse trap caught it. You can pick one up at Home Depot. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Olivia. (Guest Post) (10/14/2008) How do I catch a mouse livinig in drawers humanely? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Cindy (Guest Post) (10/13/2008) I want to know where I am suppose to put my food. Right now I have it in my pantry but the mice are eating everything in there. If its an unopened package they sure manage to open it so I am constantly throwing away food that hasn't been opened yet. I feel like I am buying groceries for the mice. I don't leave food out and there is never any dirty dishes left in the sink. I want a sure way to get rid of these things for good. I set traps but the treat is always gone and no mouse. I don't want to waste money on those plug ins if they don't work and I have two dogs so a cat is out of the question. I have a brand new baby and I don't want her getting sick from a dirty mouse and all its left over droppings. Anyone with a "for sure" way to get rid of them please let me know. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Ray (Mouse Killer) (Guest Post) (09/08/2008) I have to be honest; I do not like seeing mice suffer, I love it! I will not let my home become an infested hotel for those disease carrying creatures. I fear my daughter and pets will get sick. I throw the sticky pads down in all cabinets and caught about 7 in one night. I then caught two the next night. None since. Yes they wiggle around trying to get out of the trap. Who cares? It is better than them running through my dog's food bowl and other things. Bye Bye mice! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Shawna (Guest Post) (08/18/2008) I live in the country in a mobile home and we have had a few mice. We got the plug ins and I thought they were working but now I caught a mouse last week and when I went to get cereal one had chewed the top of my tupperware container. Those lock-n-lock containers keep the smell in good of food. They don't seem to bother those containers, but tupperware doesn't seal as well. The plugins don't work, I guess. I'm going to try the oil of peppermint. Thanks. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Johnathan (Guest Post) (08/13/2008) Try bacon on snap traps, that works the best for us. Good luck! Report Spam or Abuse mouse joke Post By (Guest Post) (04/28/2008) I know a man that once, just to mess with his ditzy wife, made a hole in a carton of ice cream and shredded the paper around the hole. Upon finding this in the freezer, she came running-"Honey, we have mice in the freezer!" I guess they were wearing their little parkas! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Christine (Guest Post) (03/12/2008) Where can I get peppermint oil from? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Brian (Guest Post) (02/22/2008) I have bait stations all over the basement. It seems to work. I did find a dead one today but that is a first and hopefully the lest, Dead or alive they creep me out. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By roy (Guest Post) (01/03/2008) I thought they did not like peppermint but I had a mouse steal a couple of candy canes off of my Christmas tree because I found the wrapper and crumbs behind my dresser. I set glue traps ...nothing. Peanut butter on snap traps...nothing, even cheese. They only seem to like the candy canes. Any suggestions? I tried pitting the canes in a glue trap but they won't touch it in there. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Jessica (Guest Post) (12/30/2007) I live in Louisiana where it rains a lot and I live in the country w/ fields on 2 sides of my property. I also live temporarily in a mobile home until we build our house. I have tried the things you plug into the wall, and they seem to have some affect. But now that its getting colder and wetter, we have discovered a mouse in our house. I'm deathly allergic to cats so that's out of the question. Last winter we had 2 and haven't had any since yesterday that I've seen. The electronic devices only drive them out. They do not keep them out. I'm so freaked out by these little critters and I'm even afraid to sit on my furniture. For people that want to be "humane" to these disgusting creatures, you have lost your minds. I want these things dead and I want them dead asap. I bought the brillo pads for my husband to put around pipes and what not, and i have traps set all over my house. I even have poison for him to set underneath my house. Where can I find the oil of peppermint to put on the cotton balls? And does anyone have any other suggestions on what to do to get these gross things out of my house and away from my son. If anyone has any new suggestions. Please feel free to email me at T_belle81 AT yahoo.com. thanks Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By soupseeds (Guest Post) (12/10/2007) I've trapped mice by accident, when I had a large (coffee can size)can of peanut butter in my cupboard which was almost empty. I'd gone to use it and noticed a hole scratched in the center of the plastic lid. With a sinking feeling (I live out in the country so am no stranger to mice, unfortunately) I opened the can and there was a dead mouse in the bottom. He had dug his way in, fell into the almost empty can, and couldn't get out. So, this is a great way to recycle your cans and create free traps as well. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By (Guest Post) (08/30/2007) We had a major problem with mice and had tried everything. Found the best way to keep them out was to put Oil of Peppermint on cotton balls and throw them under the house and put them in any area where a mouse might get in. Make sure it is Oil of Peppermint and not peppermint oil. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By AJ (Guest Post) (06/05/2007) See one mouse.... there are 6 more. That's the rule and it is always true. Best way to catch is the old fashioned tried and true spring loaded trap. they have new ones out that you don't need to bait and they work great (http://www.victorpest.com/store/pro ... sid=CN4VVNRE16T59G72253N2WE2R37P90N2). Don't get "humane" traps. You noticed in replies that people who use them never get rid of the problem, they let them go across the street and before you know it they are back. Besides, mice are not pets, they were not humane to us when they introduced the bubonic plague, you know, black death that killed hundreds of thousands of people in the 19th century? Don't take mice in your house lightly. They carry disease and can harm you and your family. Mice only come out when it is quiet and usually at night. find out where they hang out, look for droppings, little black pellet terds. understand how they are getting around, look for cracks, places in your cabinets that have a gap, if a mouses skull can fit through it the whole body can, they can flatten themselves out and squeeze through the tiniest crack or gap. Set spring traps at points of entry or where droppings are located. don't stop setting until you catch 6. kind of gross catching them this way, their eye's buldge out of their sockets and they shat themselves, but it is tried and true and it is the best. Humane = they come right back. Glue they get stuck in it and you have to beat them to death with a bat. Poison and they die in the walls or under your stove and then you smell them. Spring traps are cheap, 2 bucks for 4 traps and they work. they lore them out, trap 'em, you hear it go off, dispose, and back for more. until you hear no more "snaps". then leave one somewhere that is out of the way you have trapped of seen them before the catch the friends that may have heard you have a great place to get some snacks. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My Clothes Closet Post By Lisa (Guest Post) (09/03/2006) I'm guessing I have mice in my closet because I found sweaters with huge holes in them and mouse droppings. Any ideas to deter the mice? Will they eat through plastic suit bags? Thanks. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Star (Guest Post) (02/16/2006) We have been in our house nearly 6 years, we had it built so its a relatively new house. We have 4 cats. We have never had mice, ever... Until this winter. Apparently they are coming in and out of the house into the laundry room (where we keep dog food) Anyhow... my first thought was to bring a cat in the house!! (But I am terribly allergic) The good news is my hubby is the Orkin man! I had no idea Orkin did mice until he started working for this company... Anyhow, they can take care of mice, so if you have them I highly reccomend either Orkin or a cat! I have a few extra cats if anyone is interested in a mouser LOL!! Also.. if you are seeing mice or rats outside, you can call your local health department in many states and they take care of this for you! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Guest (Guest Post) (02/13/2006) I heard a scratching noise in my walls last week. Then I found droppings in the cabinet under the sink (where we keep dog food and the trash can.) My husband plugged up all the holes he could find on the exterior and interior (caulked where the air conditioner pipe comes in and steel wool around pipes, etc.) This morning I found droppings under the cabinet again. I have no idea how it got in but I went to Wal-Mart and bought a humane trap. My Mom had had great success with these. It is a plastic rectangle with a door that can be pushed in, but not out. I put a bit of pretzel with peanut butter inside. Within 2 hours I caught my first mouse. I took him with me when I picked my son up at school so my son could see it before I set it free. We set it free in a field behind the school. I felt a little guilty because there is snow on the ground and it's very cold, but that's where the little guy belongs! I reset the trap just in case when we came back home and not an hour later I had caught another one!! I set that one free in the field across the street. I hope it's far enough. Good luck to everyone else. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post by lunarmom (5) | (02/07/2006) Contact I've set traps, used d-con, and my house smells like a peppermint factory and still the mice are gnawing and chewing in the walls of my mobile home! I am at wits end because it wakes me up in the middle of the night and I am very grumpy when I don't get enough sleep. I don't have anything against "inhumane" solutions, particularly for mice so any other suggestions would be welcomed. My biggest fear is that these things have multiplied and I will NEVER get rid of them. I am looking for something to spray under the house as well as inside the house to keep them from re-entering. I have been so tempted to use my pepper spray but it would likely hurt me more than them! Please help...I'm desperate. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By mrs_can't_stand mice_in_idaho (Guest Post) (01/08/2006) i just got home from a years service in iraq and found this cute 3 beedroom to rent til I could find a 4 bedroom to buy. I did this sometime around thanksgiving, I found that a mouse had chewed his way through a bag of peanut butter hersey kisses that I had yet to unpack from a bag in my spare room: about a week later I found him dead under my stove. I then got a cat ( she sucks at catching mice). well I had company over tonight and we were lookig for coffee creamer in one of my drawers in the kitchen when i found that the mouse was back..... I hate mice they are nasty little things. so Please, Please someone help me get ride of them. I have a huge phobia about them spreading germs and what not. I bleached all my cupboards before we moved in.. and the sticky traps don't work on these idaho mice. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Jim Haddock Scotland (Guest Post) (12/09/2005) I have found the best way to catch a mouse humanely is to bide your time and every time you see the critter just simply give chase, take it nice and slow and use a rag like an old dish towel or something along those lines, it may take a while to catch him but it is great fun, especially when the kids are there to help,then you can also have the fun letting it loose (well away from your home of course), have fun trying. Jim H, Scotland Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Andrea (Guest Post) (11/25/2005) Last year I had a terrible mice problem. One day I opened the kitchen draw to get out a spoon and there was a mouse running around in the draw. I panicked but then thought that it's probably just the one. That same night I was in my room sleeping when I was woken up in the night by a loud scrating sound in the wall. I was scared but ignored it and went back too sleep when I awoke the next I had droppings in all the corners of my room. When I checked the house there were also droppings in the living room. As I am a very clean person I was very upset about it. The next day I set traps and spent the night at a friends when I got home the next morning there were 6 mice in traps. I felt so sick and at that point decided to get a cat. Since I have had the cat I have not seen or heard a mouse in the house, nor have I seen any more droppings so I believe that having a cat really does work. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post by ThriftyFun (3712) | (11/24/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact Hi Anonymouse, If you are worried about its welfare, get some kind of hamster or gerbil cage and keep it through the winter. It will be happy to eat any kind of bread, fruit, vegetables, peanut butter or cheese. Get some shredded paper for it's bed. Just make sure that you get something with small enough holes that it can't get out. Susan from ThriftyFun Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Anonymouse (2) (Guest Post) (11/24/2005) Thanks to Anonymous (1) instruction on how to free a mouse from a sticky trap, by pouring cooking oil on the trap - there's one tiny mouse recovering in my bathroom. Last night and this morning I could hear his pathetic crys for help and found a sticky trap with mouse attached under the refrigerator (placed there by either managment or a previous tennant). His little body was pulsating from either his rapidly beating heart or fast breathing. Now as he recovers his strengh with safe hiding, water and food - do I put him outside, when snow is expected today? I live in a densely built area of the city where there's not much natural habitat available. Or do I cage him/her until next Spring? I'm serious and please don't respond if you have any cruel, sarcastic or condescending remarks. I used to use sticky and spring traps when my children were little - dispite their protests & crying. We lived in the country and thought it was the best thing when a mouse entered the house we lived in. I hadn't yet heard of humane traps - which additonally are non-toxic to the enviornment and reusable. Today, my children are grown and I have a tiny creature that I'm glad is still alive. There must be a way for us humans to exist comfortably without causing unnecessary pain & suffering to our fellow creatures. We should be smart and caring enough to figure it out. This is not mean as a criticism to those who disagree - I've been there. I'm just sharing... Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Jokester (Guest Post) (11/11/2005) Have you thought about talking to Ms. Liddie from another post? She has a snake problem. Maybe the two of you can work out some deal.... Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Syd (Guest Post) (11/09/2005) For years, my DH puts the little yellow triangle boxes of d-Con Mouse-Prufe 11 in the attics and garage. You can put them in other places you have a mouse problem ... just make sure pets and children can't get to them. It has worked well for us. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Starlight (Guest Post) (11/09/2005) Get some Great Stuff in a can and go around the outside of your house as well as anywhere under sinks, pipes, where mice could get in and spray this - it will seal all entries...it may take awhile to get them all, but it definitely works plus will help cold air from escaping your home during the winter. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Carol in PA (Guest Post) (11/09/2005) You have to caulk or block up around all the pipes and little holes you can find, but the field mice will come in even under a door. They squeeze themselves flat...lol I think I'm going to start putting out traps or bait in the late summer before they start coming inside the house. That way I hope to nip it in the bud. Good luck! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By (Guest Post) (11/09/2005) I read somewhere on the net they dont like bounce fabric sheets odor. I put them under my sink, and even one in the car. ( had a family of mice last yearin my trunk. We live in the woods more or less). anyway so far no more mice. Lori Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By Mary (Guest Post) (11/08/2005) The plug in thing works for us. I bought one at Home Hardware and as far as I'm concerned, it's worth its weight in gold. LIving in the country surrounded by fields means we're looked upon as the Mouse Pan Pacific hotel. The plug in thing keeps them out. Do'nt know how it works, don't care how it works, just glad it works! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post by Lynn from Calif. (96) | (11/08/2005) Profile | Contact The peppermint oil (NOT extract) seems to be working pretty well for me too. I agree about the sticky traps; my mom was told by a pest control guy to try them and all she found on hers was some mouse fur! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping Mice Out of My House Post By (Guest Post) (11/08/2005) Your local animal shelter likely has a lovely kitten that would appreciate a home. I have lived in rural and city areas both of which had mice. The only time I had a mouse problem was when I was without a cat. The best defense is a good mouser! Report Spam or Abuse Archived Request: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post by ThriftyFun (3712) | (11/08/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact Does anyone have some tips or ideas from keeping a little mouse from ruining my kitchen? This mouse poops on my countertop and gets into my drawers. He comes out at night. I am petrified of mice and can't get myself to set a trap. Please help. Thank you! Rhonda from Pennsylvania Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post By katie (Guest Post) (07/06/2005) We moved into a cute little old farm house that hasn't been lived in for a year or two in March. Since then we've caught over 60 mice.... ICK ICK ICK!!! I make my husband take empty the traps. we have steel wool everywhere and the plug-in noise thing. We have no food (that I'd recognize as appetizing anyway) out in the open. They don't seem that interested in my kitchen, which is great. They stick to the basement and mudroom as far as we can tell. I swear they're only coming in for the peanut butter in the traps! We've even caught mice after not baiting the traps... I'll have to try the peppermint oil. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post By Emmy (Guest Post) (06/16/2005) I've found that live traps allow the mice to keep re-entering my house. Steel wool works. Also I've tried a trap (that kills the mouse) and it worked great! Fill an emty coffee can 1/4 of the way with water. Take a ruler with a glob of peanut butter and balance it on the edge of a countertop. When the mouse walks to the edge, its weight will tip it and the ruler into the water underneath. This is helpful if you have nosy pets that can set off snap traps or eat rat poison. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post by Anonymous (1) | (05/24/2005) Contact Yeah, sticky traps for rodents suck. To free a mouse from a sticky trap, pour cooking oil on the trap. The mouse will soon break free and run away, slipping and sliding and smelling like a donut. But that's cool. Report Spam or Abuse Keeping a Mouse out of My House Post By geolee (Guest Post) (05/19/2005) I scatter mothballs around the house; they do not seem to like the smell of napthalene too much. Keeping the place uncluttered helps too. I had been talking to my wife about finding a new home for the children's clothes that they no longer wear; if I ever started to go throught them she would get upset. A mouse got into and amongst all the stuff. The place is less cluttered than it has been in years. Not the way to do it, but decluttering is the best way to prevent for starters. The little blighters were coming into the kitchen through the holes below the sink. I bought a pair of tin snips, and using the tops from tin cans, I would cut a pipe-sized hole in the top, putting the sharp edge down. Prior to installing the poison was placed at the bottom of the pipe openings. Duct tape held the covers in place. As the guys ran around under the bottom of the counters they ate the poison; the desciated mice remains were found outside. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post By duuuude (Guest Post) (12/30/2004) don't use the sticky traps. it's very sad seeing those little guys trying to unstick themselves. our maintenance man put one of those down, and five hours later I walked in on that pitiful sight. I tried running water over the glue to see if it loosened and the little guy could go free, but it was too strong. I ended up setting it in the street facing away from oncoming traffic and it was put out of its misery by the first car to come.....sticky traps are the most inhumane thing you can do to get rid of mice. also, poison is a terrible idea. sometimes it works out, but there are those times when the mice will die in your walls and smell up your whole house. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post by Princess Frogee (60) | (12/02/2004) Contact I recently found a trap that is just a plastic rectangular tube with a door on a hinge. It is designed that once that mouse puts it's weight toward the middle or end of the trap the door falls down and shuts it in. They sell these at Home Depot for two in a package for like $2. I haven't found any mice in mine yet, but I think my kittens have helped scare the mice off as they caught a few already. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post By (Guest Post) (10/29/2004) Why don't you set out mouse poison? We had a problem when we moved to our acreage 10 years ago with mice in one of the walls in the house. My husband went into the attic and placed empty tuna tins with mouse poison in them and no more mice. Every fall he replentishes the tins. The mouse poison has oatmeal as a base, and mice love oatmeal. This poison is a "repeat" poison, meaning that the poison thins their blood gradually each time they eat, and they eventually die. In Canada, in the farm supply stores I found an even better poison (one feeding kills them), this one is called Bromone (active ingredient is bromadiolone 0.005%) made by C-I-L and it comes in a block. I place some of the oatmeal-based poison with one or two blocks on a pie plate in my garage. The pie plate is at the entrance of the garage under the welder where the mice seem to come into the garage. Then if I put it under the welder, the dogs and cats can not "acidentally" eat it. If you like the trap idea instead...tie a string to your trap and attach to something heavier than a mouse because I have had mice "walk" away with mine. I have had to go hunting for the trap the next morning. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post By owenmohrbucks (Guest Post) (09/24/2004) walmart sells a humane mouse trap, it is a tube with a door that will swing in but not out. the mouse goes in to eat the food but can not get out. it you want to can take the mouse somewhere else and let it go but i like the plain old fashion mouse trap and i bait it with peanut butter. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post by badwater (758) | (06/05/2004) Contact Also, you might want to invest in some glass, ceramic or Tupperware containers w/lids for all your foods that are in plastic bags, etc. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post by badwater (758) | (06/05/2004) Contact Here in the desert, we have all kinds of mice, not just your basic gray house mouse. A few years back, we found a bag of Hershey's kisses that had been eaten into in our pantry, those little critters ate the kisses wrapper into a million little pieces!! They LOVE chocolate as well as they do peanut butter. So we've started baiting our mouse traps with Reese's peanut butter cups. Am having great sucess. Also, if you don't like the other mouse traps, you're probably not going to like this next suggestion, but if you don't like killing the mice, use glue mousetraps. You can find them at your local Ace Hardware, as well as some grocers and at Wal-Mart. The only thing about them is my hubby usually gets to take them outside. I can stand a mouse, dead or alive, but dead is the best. One thing about mousetraps, always remember where you put them and to check them frequently. There's nothing like a dead mouse stinking up your house! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post By Becki in Indiana (Guest Post) (06/02/2004) Mice can get in through the tiniest openings -- like under your sink, where the pipe goes through to the outside. They can also chew through just about anything EXCEPT steel wool. So take steel wool (brillo pads work fine, with or without soap, whatever is cheapest) and tear pieces to fit, then stuff them into these openings. The mice will no loner be able to invade your home! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post By Rhonda Yevcinez (Guest Post) (05/29/2004) I want to thank everyone who responded to my problem. I am going to try the peppermint oil and look into that plug-in device. Thanks again everyone. Your friend Rhonda from Pennsylvania Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post By Linda (Guest Post) (05/25/2004) Mice can carry hanta virus, which is very dangerous to humans. Any place you've seen droppings should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. I had a mouse in my kitchen drawers, where I kept towels and odds and ends. I found a half-mice eaten granola bar and some wine corks that he had munched on. I emptied and cleaned all the drawers, and set traps with peanut butter. Next morning I opened the drawer and found 1 dead little mouse, and I let out a scream. I don't klnow why I was so surprised to find a mouse-after all I had set a trap. I pulled the whole drawer out, dumped it into the trash, and again disinfected the drawer. No more mice! (I washed all my towels that wwere in the drawer with bleach, too) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post By MICKEY (Guest Post) (05/25/2004) I DON'T LIKE THEM EITHER AND GET RID OF THEM AS SOON AS I CAN. GO TO OMEPLACE LIKE K-MART (WHERE I GOT MINE) AND GET A TRAP THAT TRAPS THEM AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH THEM TO EMPTY IT. IT IS LIKE A CLOTHES PIN,YOU SQUEEZE IT TO SET IT AND AFTER YOU CATCH THE LITTLE BUGGER, JUST SQUEEZE AGAIN AND IT POPS RIGHT OUT. IT'S THE BEST KIND I'VE EVER SEEN. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post by Jo Bodey (275) | (05/25/2004) Contact You can bet if you have seen one there are a lot more hidden in the walls/roof space! You have 3 choices - a deterrent, like the peppermint already mentioned. I don't know about that one as I haven't used it but I do know the 'electronic' devices didn't work for me. Second - trap and kill - any sort of device that snaps down and kills the mouse. What I used to find worrying about mice is the fact that they 'scuttle' about so fast. Once they are in the trap, i.e. dead, you will find they are not as alarming and you can move them outside with thick gloves and drop the bodies out somewhere in the garden away from the house or wrap them well and put in the garbage. The more you do it - the less scary it will be! Third is the humane trap mentioned above - the mice are still pretty scary running around in one of those but you may be able to prevail on a neighbour to empty the trap for you. Regards Jo Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post By Dee (Guest Post) (05/25/2004) Mice do not like the smell of peppermint, put peppermint oil on a cotton ball in several places around the house.you need to get them out of the house.not just the kitchen. if you have no peppermint oil.beechnut gum seems to work also. it most likely is more than one, if not now it will be. sorry....get them out before they multiply. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post By M.B.Wright (Guest Post) (05/25/2004) Mice do not like the smell of peppermint. Put some on cottonballs and pitch in the drawers , basement or anywhere you think or see mouse evidence. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post by ThriftyFun (3712) | (05/25/2004) Profile | Blog! | Contact Get a large bucket, like they have pickles in at Fast food restaurants. Ask for one, they might charge a buck. Put a piece of bread with peanut butter in the bucket, and set it next to your counter. You might have to put some game boards on the sides with just a 1" opening in the center, I had to do it that way once with a large mouse. A normal sized mouse won't be able to jump out. When you catch the mouse, just carry it well away from the house and let it loose. I've done this many times. Jeneene Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post By joyruehl (Guest Post) (05/25/2004) Try getting a plug-in device like "Pest Offense" if you do not have pets smaller than a gerbil, and all critters will find a way out of your walls and home, including ants and roaches, etc. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Keeping a Mouse out of My Kitchen! Post by Princess Frogee (60) | (05/24/2004) Contact If you have a hard time setting a trap, there are those humane traps that traps them live and you can relocate them elsewhere away from your home. You may try calling your local SPCA and they may have ones that you can rent. Most have the cat and dog traps and you are not always required to turn the animal in to the pound. If not, they may have suggestions for you. Report Spam or Abuse