Poll of the Day > There is a mouse in my house.

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A little gray blur that runs under the dishwasher.
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7/13/0

Terrible haiku tbh
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Get a mouse trap and put peanut butter on it.
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I've been doing that for 5 nights. My kids do make alot of crumbs on the floor so it has other stuff to go for. I'm thinking it's so small that it doesn't put enough pressure on the traps to set them off.
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Firewood18 posted...

I've been doing that for 5 nights. My kids do make alot of crumbs on the floor so it has other stuff to go for. I'm thinking it's so small that it doesn't put enough pressure on the traps to set them off.

Get a cat then.
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A cat would be a worse nuisance. I'm sure of that.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZCplp_AtRo
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use glue traps, though some don't like them since it's a slow death. but they're nice in that you can put them places you know the mouse will run, and once it runs there, it's toast. it's also nice that you can tell that a mouse *hasn't* been there, too.

also keep in mind that mice carry hantavirus, which is pretty terrible. it has like a 2-6 week incubation period and is 30-50% fatal.
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Hantavirus can make you bleed out of every orifice.
I've been on turd watch. The only evidence was under the stove. That's already been cleaned and disinfected.
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Firewood18 posted...

Hantavirus can make you bleed out of every orifice.

hmmm.... are you in Europe? reading about it, 'old world' mice carry hantavirus that causes 'hemmoragic fever with renal syndrome', which would explain why you'd say that. that has a 1-15% fatality rate.

new world mice cause 'hantavirus pulmonary syndrome' which is the one that has more like 30-50% fatality. it causes fluid buildup in the lungs and you die of suffocation. it seems to be harder to get though.

good info here: http://www.infectionlandscapes.org/2012/09/hantaviruses.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDAR8PGjzCE

Is the mouse in your house wearing a blouse?
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Don't give it a cookie. I hear bad things.
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