HELP! Mouse in my house, shabbos guests on the floor...

Just saw him scuttle across my kitchen. Food all over the counters.

I have a bunch of sem girls coming for Shabbos, sleeping on mattresses on the floor.

He was pretty cute and all, but now what?

Don't laugh at me - I'm new to this, and FREAKED out...

I need my big strong Tatty!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Somebody, save me!

Guys, this is serious!

I promise I am not a troll, and I really need your support right now. Smile

What's the next step?

Throw out all the food?

Warn the guests?

Try to find an exterminator before Shabbos?

HELP!

Oh, and just so you understand the gravity of the situation, I am stuck here on the couch, afraid to step on the floor, lest the mouse run over my feet and up my legs etc.....Eeeeeeeeeeew!

And now my kugel is burning in the oven!

Oh well, hope you're all enjoying your turkey...

Gold Member Joined: Sep 23 2008 Posts: 1261

Wash all the floors. Leave ZERO food and ZERO crumbs ANYWHERE. Wash all the countertops and tables. If you can, go out and buy those plastic bins with lids that snap on, and put anything that can be eaten by a mouse in there. That includes boxes of pasta, bags of rice, anything that a mouse can eat through (and they have very sharp teeth). Put out cotton balls soaked in peppermint oil (not essence) -- the smell repels them.

That's for the short-term.

Long term, you'll need to plug up any holes in the walls. That's how the mice are entering your house. You can call an exterminator to come and do this for you.

I know all this because we're going through the exact same thing. UGH. Good luck!

Gold Member Joined: Sep 23 2008 Posts: 1261

By the way, mice will not run up your leg -- they're pretty timid and are scared of people and pretty much anything bigger than them. Chances are that if they sense you bustling around in the kitchen, they won't come out. They like quiet and will wait until night. Sorry about the sem girls on the mattresses, though...

Keep a light on all night in the kitchen -- won't exactly stop them, but they don't like light, either, so maybe it does a little to repel them.

Gold Member Joined: Sep 12 2011 Posts: 1928

We had this once. I knew which room it was in so dh put some cheese in a shoe box, lay the box in it's side with the cover half on/half off and we waited about half a minute... Mouse in box for cheese, dh slammed lid shut, removed box from home and disposed of in the dumpster. You need to be sure you won't chicken out and drop the box on your way out. Good luck!

Gold Member Joined: Sep 23 2008 Posts: 1261

Don't know about where in Israel. Maybe a health-food store? Aromatherapy place? You can also buy it online, although that doesn't help for this Shabbos.

Are there mouse droppings anywhere, on the floor, on the counter, on the food? Little black cylindrical things. I don't think I'd worry about the food you just put out for the last couple of hours, but anything left out overnight would be suspect.

Silver Member Joined: Nov 04 2010 Posts: 895

Go buy some mouse traps. Do you have access to something like this? I have one that works quite well. (I have never seen a mouse, even though all my neighbors in my building have them all the time.)

http://www.amazon.com/P3-Inter.....amp;sr=8-4
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Posted: Thu, Nov 24 2011, 5:31 pm Post subject:

Sonic plug in ! http://www.gooddeals.com/products/147/PestContro-Mouse-Repeller.aspx

they work amazing!
I bought the sonic sound thingy cause I did not want my cat to eat parasite infested mice....
or for a cheap solution get a clump of litter from a cat owner and place it in a brown bag in the garage, mice will smell it and run!
we have cats and get requests for "samples" once in a while.
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Gold Member Joined: May 27 2010 Posts: 2142

My husband worked for an exterminator in the summer, but Im in Lakewood. All I can say is find out if there is a store that sells bait-boxs and bait or powder in your neighborhood.

If you are in TO kitties Ollie Simcha and Toby Tov are at your service! Laughing