|
On December 18 2011 14:07 3FFA wrote:Show nested quote +On December 18 2011 14:01 Levistus wrote:On December 18 2011 13:32 micronesia wrote:On December 18 2011 13:30 GoShox wrote:You know, mouse blogs are a lot more interesting than girl blogs.  You know what's even more interesting than a mouse blog though? A mouse blog that also is a girl blog at the same time. Look at the potential! micro wants to be the little girl.  I know that was too tempting not to say but, really? You probably would've been scared shit too.
I'm used to mice running around cause we have mice problems. They have small tunnels in every room. I used to catch them one by one and throw them outside to cats. They never seem to run out so I stopped doing it. It's funny when you scare them and they jump from shock. One time I even held a cookie in front of one, and it bit a piece off and ate it.
If it's those huge rats then trust me they can jump out of that sink. I don't try to catch those though cause they rarely get in the house and if they do, me and my younger brother will try to corner it then he will kill it with a hit on the head using solid wood. Sometimes it runs through us though and we jump and we laugh. But in the end he will still kill it.
Mice and rats are nothing. We're lucky we don't have deadly venomous snakes and spiders here in our country. We have huntsman spiders and those huge orb weaving spiders(bird eaters) though. Those scare me especially the orb weaver cause I touched the web of one once and it's fucking tough and sticky. They have huge fangs as well. I always Imagine that it will have a silk stuck on me and get me lol. Been playing with them since I was a kid(spider fights) but I have always been so careful.
|
Shove it into the grinder, pour some alcohol down the sink, light it on fire and turn the grinder on. GG no re.
Oh and then sterilize everything around the sink repeatedly and throw out any food that is suspect of having come into contact with said animal.
|
On December 18 2011 09:05 synapse wrote:
Kill it with fire.
lol
This story reminds me of a story my uncle once told me. They had a squirrel who had made itself at home in their attic due to a small hole at one end of the house. So eventually he bought a trap, stuck it up there. Finally trapped the squirrel, then put in a plastic bag and slowly filled the plastic bag with water from the hose. o-O
Anyway actual advice: if your place is a rental, definitely call the land lord asap and have them get someone there. If not, go to the hardware store and buy a couple of traps (they are cheap) and set them around the house baited with peanut butter (if it is a rental, still may be a good idea depending on your landlords response). Rodents love the stuff, and it is impossible for them to get the bait off without setting off the trap. Look for any areas with droppings as these indicate where they may be hanging out. Also make sure to put traps in any small dark areas or cupboards. Check them daily and handle and corpses with gloves as they may have lice/rabies/insert disease here. If it was a rat, there are likely more as they are social animals.
You should then go around the entire outside of the house and look for any small holes and plug these up. The thing obviously got in somehow, and unless you block it more will likely get in. If it was a mouse, the entry point may have been very small. Mice only need vertical clearance of an inch or so. If nothing else, plug it temporarily with silicon caulk if it's small or just attack a piece of wood over the opening with a few nails until you can effect more permanent repairs.
Good luck!
|
Man I'm probably 100x worse than you. I'm such a sissy when it comes to live animals like mice, spiders, beetles, COACHROACHES. One time there was a spider in my bathroom the size of the palm of my hand(maybe slightly smaller)and I froze in fear for 20 minutes before i got my raid and sprayed it for a minute before it died. I took a picture of it but my dumb brother deleted it -_-.
And i freaking hate roaches so much. So big, and fast and disgusting looking. hate the sound they make after i spray it with raid till it dies on its back. hate having to pick it up with flyswatter and flush it down the toilet. i dont want to crush it either..i dont like the "feeling" of it being crushed..so disgusting. i sit in fear and stare at the roach for 20 minutes wondering how I'm going to "trap" it in a container, put a weight on it then let it sit for a week till i know the roach is dead for sure.
Yea I'm like 100x worse than u..thank goodness i havent had a mice encounter. If I ever get a house, the first thing I'm doing is making sure the whole house is sprayed with anti-bug repellent.
|
If it was a big rat, as in a rat as big a small cat (used to have lots of those in our old house) I would have freaked. If it was a small rat, I would still freak, and then break out the sticky fly paper. But generally, rats are best dealt with pre-emptively, as soon as you find a hole or hear squeaking/scratching sounds- we mixed rat bait with rice and dried fish, then placed sticky paper near the mixture or near their holes.
|
On December 18 2011 16:06 MaRiNe23 wrote:
Man I'm probably 100x worse than you. I'm such a sissy when it comes to live animals like mice, spiders, beetles, COACHROACHES. One time there was a spider in my bathroom the size of the palm of my hand(maybe slightly smaller)and I froze in fear for 20 minutes before i got my raid and sprayed it for a minute before it died. I took a picture of it but my dumb brother deleted it -_-.
And i freaking hate roaches so much. So big, and fast and disgusting looking. hate the sound they make after i spray it with raid till it dies on its back. hate having to pick it up with flyswatter and flush it down the toilet. i dont want to crush it either..i dont like the "feeling" of it being crushed..so disgusting. i sit in fear and stare at the roach for 20 minutes wondering how I'm going to "trap" it in a container, put a weight on it then let it sit for a week till i know the roach is dead for sure.
Yea I'm like 100x worse than u..thank goodness i havent had a mice encounter. If I ever get a house, the first thing I'm doing is making sure the whole house is sprayed with anti-bug repellent.
how about mantises? are you scared of those? i remember one time my elder brother put a huge mantis on the back of my shirt. i went crazy lol, picked up a cola bottle and kept hitting my back. i thought i got him then i fucking see him on my shoulder lol i was like "fuck it!" and slapped it away. Good thing it didn't cling onto my hand after slapping it away cause i dunno what would've happened then.
|
On December 18 2011 08:44 mbr2321 wrote:
My first thought was I would probably turn on the garbage disposal. Then I realized that I'm not a psychopath, so I was like ... no... no.
I don't know. I might call someone about it. I don't think I would have the guts to put gloves on and reach down in there to get it. Maybe I have a phobia of rodents idk. Was it way down in the sink or just in the basin?
That was my first thought while reading through it. Says a lot about my mind...
On December 18 2011 09:37 Lemonwalrus wrote:
Oh, I thought it was physically caught in the workings of the sink somehow. Nvmd, what you did was more or less what I would have done...I like to avoid killing them when possible.
Edit: Now we are both in the club of "people who caught mice and asked IRC what to do". Mine was caught face first on a glue trap though, but his back legs were free and he was pushing the trap all over my house. I ended up drowning him.
Um walrus how did you end up drowning it?
|
Put on some gloves (so he can't bite me, if it's not really stuck just grab it by the tail and take it outside. If it was stuck I'd just make sure I wasn't bitten as I handled it. I never kill things just cause I'm freaked out (why do people even freak out at these things?) it goes against everything I was brought up to believe. I don't kill cats or dogs so why would I kill rats or spiders? The only animal I feel justified in killing is mosquitos, they are activly trying to kill you so it's fair game.
|
|
|
On December 18 2011 21:52 Ilikestarcraft wrote:Show nested quote +On December 18 2011 09:37 Lemonwalrus wrote:
Oh, I thought it was physically caught in the workings of the sink somehow. Nvmd, what you did was more or less what I would have done...I like to avoid killing them when possible.
Edit: Now we are both in the club of "people who caught mice and asked IRC what to do". Mine was caught face first on a glue trap though, but his back legs were free and he was pushing the trap all over my house. I ended up drowning him. Um walrus how did you end up drowning it?
1. Filled a trash can with about 8 inches of water
2. Grabbed the end of the glue trap that the mouse was not stuck to
3. Whispered "This will only take a few seconds." to the mouse lovingly
4. Held it underwater until it's body went limp. 
I've drowned about half a dozen mice this way...it kills them a lot faster than the glue trap fumes do. It is the quickest way I can think of to kill them without making a huge mess.
On December 18 2011 22:15 Hynda wrote:
Put on some gloves (so he can't bite me, if it's not really stuck just grab it by the tail and take it outside. If it was stuck I'd just make sure I wasn't bitten as I handled it. I never kill things just cause I'm freaked out (why do people even freak out at these things?) it goes against everything I was brought up to believe. I don't kill cats or dogs so why would I kill rats or spiders? The only animal I feel justified in killing is mosquitos, they are activly trying to kill you so it's fair game.
Mosquitos are not actively trying to kill you, they just want a bit of your blood. The diseases they carry are trying to kill you though...so yeah.
|
On December 18 2011 14:07 3FFA wrote:Show nested quote +On December 18 2011 14:01 Levistus wrote:On December 18 2011 13:32 micronesia wrote:On December 18 2011 13:30 GoShox wrote:You know, mouse blogs are a lot more interesting than girl blogs. You know what's even more interesting than a mouse blog though? A mouse blog that also is a girl blog at the same time. Look at the potential! micro wants to be the little girl. I know that was too tempting not to say but, really? You probably would've been scared shit too.
It depends which part of the Philippines he lives in. If he lives in certain parts, he might consider it food.
Ok, ok, it's probably the wrong species of mice. =P
|
haha that is so funny! i would have probably thrown him down the sink.
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPT
