Hi everyone - I'm always on reading and keeping up with whats going on in our community but this is only the 2nd time I've posted. We live in Waverly Point and we have MICE!!! Just threw out the 6th one in about 3 weeks and this morning when I woke up I heard them behind the kitchen wall chewing. Does anyone know of a reputable exterminator, I can't take it anymore. thanks
I highly recommend Bob Wendell of "Bob the Kritter Gitter Pest Control" at 919-773-9112. Kind of a hokey name but a fantastic guy and wonderful customer service. We used them on a quarterly preventative basis when we lived in their service area and I haven't been able to find anyone half as good since we moved so much farther out. He doesn't try to sell you more than you want or need and is a one man show. His wife, Christine, runs the office and he does the work. He has a ton of long standing customers if you'd like to get a reference beforehand. At that time we had 3 cats, a dog and 4 young(er) children and I never had to worry about his products hurting any of us or the furry family members. I completely trust him and that's hard to find these days. We live in the middle of field that is former farmland and, not surprisingly, had some mice in our walls/under the house/cabinets last fall. The company we were using put some kind of bait traps that I guess I didn't understand how they worked or they didn't explain it well enough or whatever. But, the end result was that a mouse (or mice) fed off the traps and died in the wall of one of my son's bedrooms. The smell was absolutely horrible and the bodies were impossible to find. My husband cut several holes through the walls and the sheet rock looking for them but never was able to pinpoint exactly where they were. We closed off the room and the adjacent bathroom that he shares with his sister and basically, I pretended his room didn't exist for about 2 months. He slept in one of his brothers bedrooms for a couple months and we just opened up his window and ran a fan when the weather wasn't too cold. I *swear* I can still smell that smell in his closet although the rest of my family thinks I am crazy or simply traumatized by the whole situation. Probably a little bit of both ;-) Just my cautionary tale about taking care of a mice issue. I was really wishing Bob serviced our area last year because I know it wouldn't have happened the way it did.
These really are better mouse traps. An exterminator will just poison the mice, leaving dead smelly mice in your walls. These traps will take care of your problem in no time. http://www.victorpest.com/store/rodent-control/electronic-mouse-trap
We normally get 1 mouse every winter, usually December or later. This year, we already got 1 a couple of weeks ago and TWO this week! What is the deal? I would say that maybe if you live in an area where there is new construction, they are being driven out of the woods or fields. But, that isn't the case at our house. I can't stand the old fashioned "snappy" traps but so far that's the only thing that has gotten the little nasty critters. My husband normally isn't home during the week and I hate to set those things; I use glue traps and have had success with them in the past but not this time. I bought some of the bait things but haven't put them out yet because I DO NOT want them dying somewhere in my walls or under cabinets where I can't get them out. YUK!!
help mice I thank you for all answering me. I really don't want someone coming in and just putting pellets around to kill the mice, because like several of you have said, they die in the walls and you can't find them. I need someone to look and find out where they are getting in. They have to be coming up through the crawl space from outside somewhere?? We thought we found the entrance yesterday when we pulled the dryer out and there was an opening between the vent and the wall. My husband sealed that all up and this morning is when I heard them in the kitchen wall. I just can't stand the thought of them in the house, and it's only one half of the house??? thanks for your help.....
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go into the crawlspace and be sure the vents are closed,then look look for light leaks, this is where the mice get in, also look at the crawlspace doors, is there trim all around preventing entry or just a jam,if so add full trim to seal the door, and around the basement look for ductwork or pipes going outside Look at the places where the pipes go up into the house, is there space, seal if there is. look at the gas pipe coming into the fireplace be sure the seal is not popped off leaving entry. do you leave doors open, do you have screen doors, is there a gap at the bottom, they will run right up to and under the door even during the day. do these things add traps and save yourself some cash.:jester:
Man, I hate these little buggers! I use snap traps in the garage and barn-at least you can confirm the kill that way (yeah, it's gross, but if you're willing to kill 'em you should at least be willing to look 'em in the eye). Eliminate entry points with spray foam and deprive them of food/ opportunity where you can. It's a war this time of year...
I get them every winter, and I have used the sticky traps, but turns out I don't need them anymore, when I hear or spot well signs of having one, I know my cats will get them, I let them in my room at night and they always get it. Thank god they don't eat them though ugh:ack:
Or a Terrier! No mouse will dare put a foot inside a house with a Terrier! My Westie used to actively hunt for mice and other vermin inside and outside, we never had a mouse problem. She even killed a small snake that thought our deck was a good sun spot to bask in. Since she passed away, "mouse patrol" has moved to the Cairn.
help mice thank you all who took time to give me pointers to get rid of these creepy critters. I can't imagine them in my bedroom !!!!!!!! thank you
We moved into our brand new house 5 years ago, the day after Thanksgiving. By the first week of December we had mice. Everywhere, everyday. It was horrible. My husband who is not bothered by much, does not like mice at all and is really no help. And I of course don't want to have anything to do with them, so we were at a loss. Thank God for my oldest son! Anyway...we tried all kind of traps and not much worked. We did find peanut butter on the "regular" traps worked good, because they'd get stuck. don't even bother with cheese. Then there's the glue traps, they're supposed to be more humane, because they don't kill the mice. Only problem is, how are you going to get rid of the mouse after that? (that's where my son was a big help). We never did find where they were coming from, and we probably had at least 15 each winter. One time (I swear this is true) there was one IN a toy boat IN my tub! Funniest thing ever!! Anyway, 2 years ago we got a cat, and haven't seen any mice alive since then (a few dead ones though). Long story short = Get a cat! :lol: I really don't think killing them or trapping them and letting them loose is going to help anything...if they want to come in, they'll come in. Have you ever seen how small the space has to be for them to get through? Not very big! Good luck.
Not always true about cat-my daughter had a cat, big dog & mice. Used snap-got-u type traps. Think she is rid of them(at least this week).
