mouse in the house!!
Mar 7th 2008, 6:21 am
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mouse in the house!!
been in our rental 1 week and just seen a mouse in the kitchen....did the typical girlie reaction and screamed my head off, its still in the house ahhhhhhh!
is this normal for new zealand houses, what if it has 50 babies and they have babies...... loz is now on his way to new world to get a mouse trap!!!
is this normal for new zealand houses, what if it has 50 babies and they have babies...... loz is now on his way to new world to get a mouse trap!!!
Mar 7th 2008, 6:55 am
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Re: mouse in the house!!
been in our rental 1 week and just seen a mouse in the kitchen....did the typical girlie reaction and screamed my head off, its still in the house ahhhhhhh!
is this normal for new zealand houses, what if it has 50 babies and they have babies...... loz is now on his way to new world to get a mouse trap!!!
is this normal for new zealand houses, what if it has 50 babies and they have babies...... loz is now on his way to new world to get a mouse trap!!!
When I saw them for the first time, I was absolutely shocked! Mice ate my Raspberry Licorice in the cutlery draw.
... It's a damn MESS every where! holy sh*t The funny thing is I've lived in Welly for 10 years and we had never seen any mice while I was living with my parents but... this is actually for the first time mice around my (own) place....... It's nasty and disgusting.
I bloody hate them! :curse:
only a sticky mouse trap works for me - but you can't get them in Welly, I would think
also I bloody hate to get rid of the real sticky dead/alive mice from the sticky mouse trap with my hands each time! That's the worst (the most disgusting) job I've ever had in my life!
oh... I am gonna vomit now
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Mar 7th 2008, 7:05 am
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Re: mouse in the house!!
been in our rental 1 week and just seen a mouse in the kitchen....did the typical girlie reaction and screamed my head off, its still in the house ahhhhhhh!
is this normal for new zealand houses, what if it has 50 babies and they have babies...... loz is now on his way to new world to get a mouse trap!!!
is this normal for new zealand houses, what if it has 50 babies and they have babies...... loz is now on his way to new world to get a mouse trap!!!
Now...New Zealand rats are a different matter. They are much smaller than other rats and can easily be mistaken for mice. Was it quite dark with a long tail?
We had the same problem in our house and our landlady blamed.....(drumroll).....Pacific Islanders!!! My, how we laughed.
Anyway, we had the man come round and he put a few poison traps down and we have never been bothered since. I'd suggest you do the same.
Mar 7th 2008, 7:05 am
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ah, the reason NZ is a cat loving nation - well high cat population anyway!
Mar 7th 2008, 7:59 am
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The best way to sort out your rodent problem is to do just what we did and buy an ugly scabby cat. Worked for us. Lovely.
Mar 7th 2008, 8:41 am
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oh my god even worse its not a mouse its a rat.....don't they have even more babies!!!
[I'd relax, you almost certainly don't have any mice in your house.
Now...New Zealand rats are a different matter. They are much smaller than other rats and can easily be mistaken for mice. Was it quite dark with a long tail?
We had the same problem in our house and our landlady blamed.....(drumroll).....Pacific Islanders!!! My, how we laughed.
Anyway, we had the man come round and he put a few poison traps down and we have never been bothered since. I'd suggest you do the same.[/QUOTE]
[I'd relax, you almost certainly don't have any mice in your house.
Now...New Zealand rats are a different matter. They are much smaller than other rats and can easily be mistaken for mice. Was it quite dark with a long tail?
We had the same problem in our house and our landlady blamed.....(drumroll).....Pacific Islanders!!! My, how we laughed.
Anyway, we had the man come round and he put a few poison traps down and we have never been bothered since. I'd suggest you do the same.[/QUOTE]
Mar 7th 2008, 9:53 am
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Re: mouse in the house!!
been in our rental 1 week and just seen a mouse in the kitchen....did the typical girlie reaction and screamed my head off, its still in the house ahhhhhhh!
is this normal for new zealand houses, what if it has 50 babies and they have babies...... loz is now on his way to new world to get a mouse trap!!!
is this normal for new zealand houses, what if it has 50 babies and they have babies...... loz is now on his way to new world to get a mouse trap!!!
Mar 7th 2008, 10:07 am
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Re: mouse in the house!!
And I thought the cheese trick with mice was an old wifes tale! Apparently they like sugary things, hence mice eating crap coffees strawberry liquorice. 
We had scratting in our attic and found mice droppings, we went for the less mess option and purchased poison - it makes them so dehydrated it eventually kills them (shop told us its more humane
). Not sure what happened to them but we now have peaceful nights and had no lingering smells of festering bodies 
We had scratting in our attic and found mice droppings, we went for the less mess option and purchased poison - it makes them so dehydrated it eventually kills them (shop told us its more humane
). Not sure what happened to them but we now have peaceful nights and had no lingering smells of festering bodies
Mar 7th 2008, 11:29 am
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Re: mouse in the house!!
Mice like chocolate!
Mar 7th 2008, 11:51 am
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I'd relax, you almost certainly don't have any mice in your house.
They are much smaller than other rats and can easily be mistaken for mice. Was it quite dark with a long tail?
Anyway, we had the man come round and he put a few poison traps down and we have never been bothered since. I'd suggest you do the same.
They are much smaller than other rats and can easily be mistaken for mice. Was it quite dark with a long tail?
Anyway, we had the man come round and he put a few poison traps down and we have never been bothered since. I'd suggest you do the same.
In Auckland I can see (from our kitchen window) a large rat every single day around backyard garden. It's big & disgusting and there's no way we can get rid of them because they are smart, indeed. and the garage - it seems like a little paradise for them
My brother slept next to a mouse in bed
last year plus rats actually bred in our boiler room (next to the lounge) - mum found loads of dead new born baby mice there my place in Welly - mice poo everywhere at the mo - on my woolen skirt, bed sheets, inside of the tissue box and all over the place! :curse:
btw how to find/get rid of poisoned dead mice -? because you don't even know where they are (in your house)? that's the problem I think
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