DawnM Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 ARGH! Our school is actually very nice. It was built just 15 years ago, on an old farmland area. There are about 20 acres??? And there is an Elem., a middle, and a high school all on the property. I am at the middle school. But the negative about being on old farmland? MICE and SNAKES get in the building. I am told that in the winter it is the worst and the counseling offices often have mice, partying and breeding. Yesterday I was talking to a teacher in the hallway after school and we watched in horror as a mouse came down the hallway and under my door into my office. In order to make light of this, give me some mouse books I can bring into my office: If you give a mouse a cookie is one that comes to mind......others? I am also considering having my son draw me a picture (or paint one) of a pirate ship with mice on board (our school are the pirates.) Commiserate with me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 What was that one about a mouse on a motorcycle. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Ha. Ugh. I hate mice. I have an visceral reaction to them. My only suggestion is to keep no food in your classroom/office or if you do make sure it is sealed up tight. And set traps. I don't like poison. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 And hopefully no one in your school will be this stupid http://www.newson6.com/story/36349827/muskogee-dhs-offices-close-after-snake-found-wrong-repellents-used 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 The Mousery. We loved that one when my kids were little! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 Ha. Ugh. I hate mice. I have an visceral reaction to them. My only suggestion is to keep no food in your classroom/office or if you do make sure it is sealed up tight. And set traps. I don't like poison. My office is tiny. I am not in a classroom. I keep food sealed and won't go no-food at all because I jsut can't. But I do have a small fridge in there and keep stuff sealed in there as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Nutmeg and Tumtum Stewart Little (I know he isn't really a mouse but he looks like one) Tucker Mouse and his Cricket Band Mouse & the Motorcycle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Mouse Paint 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 The Lion and the Mouse Town Mouse, Country Mouse The Tale of Two Bad Mice The Rescuers ​The Redwall Books I love mice, just not wild ones in my house. They are such sweet, curious little guys. :) You can make a simple humane mousetrap with an empty bucket. Using blocks of wood for stairs or a strip of wood as a ramp, make a path up to the bucket. Put oatmeal, cereal, birdseed, or peanut butter inside. They'll jump in and not be able to get back out. I also love these live traps on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Mouse-Trap-Humane-Mousetrap/dp/B000YFA7HW/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1508258968&sr=8-8&keywords=humane+mouse+trap They've worked very well for us. Obviously you have to be committed to checking them every day, so the mice don't get too stressed or thirsty. Release the mice in a wooded area at least several blocks away. Glue traps are horribly cruel, as is poison which causes a slow death from internal bleeding. Snap traps and electric traps are more humane, but I much prefer to give them another chance at life. :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) A mouse about the house. They are so cute, it's too bad that they are such disease and tick carriers. Black! Edited October 17, 2017 by momacacia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I'll just add two that did *not* come up in a quick google search. The Church Mouse, English series https://www.amazon.com/church-mouse-Graham-Oakley/dp/B001UBYSDS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1508262581&sr=8-2&keywords=the+church+mouse+graham+oakley Santa Mouse. I adore this. https://www.amazon.com/Santa-Mouse-Michael-Brown/dp/0760703558/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508262519&sr=8-1&keywords=santa+mouse 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Wasn't there a book about City Mouse Country Mouse?? I remember liking a book when I was young. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 This was one of ds1's favorites when he was little: Do You See a Mouse? by Bernard Waber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I grew up in a new house in a brand new addition right next to a field. I remember picking out finishings when it was being built. The wheatfield litterally ended at our side yard. I assume the farmer sold a lot of his family land for the addition to be built, but we were the first house built and the first on the street. So yes. Lots of mice. It happens. Friends would freak out at our house, but we were used to them. I live in an old house in the city. We get them occasionally here. But we know where they come in here. Though we can't permanently seal off where they come in, I can safely put poison there. So once they start coming in for the fall season, we put some in the garage at the opening where they enter the house, and that takes care of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 You can make a simple humane mousetrap with an empty bucket. Using blocks of wood for stairs or a strip of wood as a ramp, make a path up to the bucket. Put oatmeal, cereal, birdseed, or peanut butter inside. They'll jump in and not be able to get back out. I also love these live traps on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Mouse-Trap-Humane-Mousetrap/dp/B000YFA7HW/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1508258968&sr=8-8&keywords=humane+mouse+trap They've worked very well for us. Obviously you have to be committed to checking them every day, so the mice don't get too stressed or thirsty. Release the mice in a wooded area at least several blocks away. Glue traps are horribly cruel, as is poison which causes a slow death from internal bleeding. Snap traps and electric traps are more humane, but I much prefer to give them another chance at life. :) This is how we have relocated several visitors when we lived in the woods. We used to take them down to the creek because ds loved to watch them swim across. :) You can also buy - relatively inexpensively - live mouse traps. Same principle, peanut butter inside, mouse goes in but cannot get out and you can relocate them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel Get yourself a big cardboard cutout of Reepicheep. He's the best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Maybe the snakes will eat the mouse. . . . . . . :eek: :eek: :eek: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of Nimh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 If you can get a Mouse Trap, put Cheese in it and possibly the mouse will be attracted by the Cheese? Good luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Mice prefer peanut butter to cheese really :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 My mom used tiny dried shrimp in the mouse trap. The mice loved it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 If you're going to go with a humane trap, make sure you release somewhere very far from other homes. Otherwise they'll just infest somebody else. If you can't, go with snap traps. I agree with what was said above - glue traps are extremely inhumane. The last time I saw a mouse in one of those, I spent a good half an hour patiently freeing the poor thing using vegetable oil. I couldn't stand to see it struggling. No more glue traps for me! (Well, it was at my sister's house. No more glue traps for her. She couldn't stand to see it struggling either!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I don't think Dawn should have to deal with the mouse problem on her own. The school should hire an exterminator! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I have mice in my house. I sealed off all but one little hole that comes into my house and goes into my water heater closet. They need to escape the cold and as long as they stay in their "room" and out of the rest of the house (99% of the time), it's a fine relationship. Once the weather warms up, I will go in there and clean/disinfect in preparation for next winter. Snakes get picked up out of the yard and carried to the empty field next to the irrigation canal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I have mice in my house. I sealed off all but one little hole that comes into my house and goes into my water heater closet. They need to escape the cold and as long as they stay in their "room" and out of the rest of the house (99% of the time), it's a fine relationship. Once the weather warms up, I will go in there and clean/disinfect in preparation for next winter. Snakes get picked up out of the yard and carried to the empty field next to the irrigation canal. We have a similar situation. We live next to a field and when it gets cold, the mice come into our garage. We haven't closed off the hole because they are going to seek warmth, but I at least want to know where they are. I can deal with them in the garage, not my kitchen. Although between our two cats and the neighbors one cat, we don't see near as many now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Mouse trip...bait with Peanut butter...placed in a lunch sack. When it's caught (and it will), you just pick up the sack and chuck it all. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I detest mice. I have cats because I don't like mice. Brambly Hedge is cute, to some people Cricket in Times Square Tale of Desperaux Poppy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Mouse trip...bait with Peanut butter...placed in a lunch sack. When it's caught (and it will), you just pick up the sack and chuck it all. Clever! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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