Jay: He FROZE it to death?? That’s funny … slightly disturbing, but funny nontheless!!

Darwin: I’m going the “kill it” route. :)

Tonito Bandito: You know, I’m REALLY considering it. I’m allergic to cats. But, if I have to choose, I prefer itchy eyes over having a mouse in my house.

missbhavens: My absolutely fabulous downstairs neighbor must be the sweetest guy in the world because he volunteered to collect and throw out the trap for me if a mouse gets caught in it … By the way, I’m taking your advice. I now talk, stomp, sing and do whatever is necessary to annouce that I’m a home and to keep it away from me.

Anonymous: One of my friends says the same thing; basically, “there’s no such thing as a mouse.” So far, that’s all that I’ve seen. And, oddly enough, I haven’t seen him again since the first time. But, I’m not delusional. I’m sure he’ll be back. And, perhaps, the next time he’ll bring a friend or two or three. I’m going to call the super today. I don’t know where the hole is and you’re so right about getting him involved. I have a right to live without this new “roommate” in my house. I’ll keep you all posted to let you know what, if anything, the suer does.

Mint Chutney My downstairs neighbor is a prince. When he volunteered to come get it if I catch it, I wanted to smooch him right on the lips.

Anhoni Patel: “Traps. little cages = a humanitarian effort. Glue traps = waging war.” And, I’m going to war baby!!! :) For added security, I’m seriously considering this whole cat thing.

MamaChristy: That actually happened to a friend’s wife, but it was the toilet instead of the tub. She lifted the lid so that she could, um, do her business and that’s when she found the thing splashing around in the toilet bowl trying to avoid drowning. She called her husband at work and made him come home to take care of it. Ahhhh, that’s love! :) And, about the cat … that’s one of my fears: I’ll buy it and the thing won’t do anything. Either that or it will be like my friend Dina’s cat. Her cat is odd. When it finds mice, it tortures them within 1 inch of their lives and then it clutches the almost-dead creatures between its teeth and then it brings them to her as if to say, “Look what I did mommy! Aren’t you proud of me?!?!” Odd.

Stacy: Is bleach better than Fantastik / Scrubbing Bubles / whatever? I wiped everything down with the stuff I normally use to clean my bathroom because that stuff all has a slight amount of ammonia in it. Maybe I should use pure bleach instead? It’s probably stronger, huh?

Stacy
(formerly chatterbox)

Yeah, tell your super and make him/her give you the necessary equipment (at least to start). While I think that it would be lovely to have a kitty prowling around to help you out, you are out of town often and there is no guaranty that a cat will actually do anything with a mouse. We had two cats in the last apartment we lived in (before we bought our first house) that had mice. Yeah, the cats chased them but didn’t know WHAT to do once they caught one. We found one of our cats sitting on a still living mouse one morning because he didn’t know that it could have been food if he’d needed it to be.

get a cat.

You probably scared it back into its hole. Just go back home armed with a bag of steel wool from the hardware store, stomp loudly to announce your presence, put on some gloves, and find the hole. It’s probably around a pipe, a radiator or behind the stove. get your super to move it if you have to.

If you plug the holes, Mickey or Minnie won’t be back.