Comments on: Super-Mouse http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/supermouse.html simplicity, creativity, self-sufficiency,...minivans Wed, 23 May 2012 09:00:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Melissa http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/supermouse.html/comment-page-1#comment-10955 Melissa Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:22:37 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1333#comment-10955 Just a bit of information. WE too have super mice...lol. That have decided to take up residence under our hen house. we have lost two hens to a large momma super mouse and 8 baby duckies...UGH time for them to go. We had some reg mice in our house which is normal in the fall early winter due to weather and a friend of mine recommended using Peppermint oil, not extract, but the oil. I placed it on cottonballs and put them where i had been seeing the mice. sure enough no mice problem in house. However i dont know if the smell of the peppermint would bother the chickens but is supposed to work on Super mice too. We had industrial traps and the one momma super mouse set off the trap, broke it from the support beam in our barn and now has "bling". We unfortunately had to use poison but it is in an area that none of our animals can get to and we are praying there wont be any issues... Just a bit of information. WE too have super mice…lol. That have decided to take up residence under our hen house. we have lost two hens to a large momma super mouse and 8 baby duckies…UGH time for them to go. We had some reg mice in our house which is normal in the fall early winter due to weather and a friend of mine recommended using Peppermint oil, not extract, but the oil. I placed it on cottonballs and put them where i had been seeing the mice. sure enough no mice problem in house. However i dont know if the smell of the peppermint would bother the chickens but is supposed to work on Super mice too. We had industrial traps and the one momma super mouse set off the trap, broke it from the support beam in our barn and now has “bling”. We unfortunately had to use poison but it is in an area that none of our animals can get to and we are praying there wont be any issues…

]]> By: VeryThorough http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/supermouse.html/comment-page-1#comment-7392 VeryThorough Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:27:40 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1333#comment-7392 Years ago, I discovered I had a mouse sneaking into my clothes hamper and chewing holes in my <em>underwear</em>. (Yes, the underwear--only the underwear, and in only <em>one area</em>.) The solution to that one ended up being a trip to the laundromat. I unknowingly dumped a load straight from my pre-sorted hamper to washing machine, and when I took it out to put in the dryer, I found a tiny little wet, dead mouse at the bottom. Trying to look as inconspicuous as possible, I picked it up with a dryer sheet and nonchalantly dropped the little bundle in the trash. No more mice after that, through several years, and a few moves, until the summer before last, when I went camping and ended up with one inside my brand new car! It even came home with me (new "evidence" found after my return), but apparently left of its own accord shortly after. What really drove me nuts was when I camped the following summer in a nearby area, and <strong>another</strong> one decided to sneak in! Ugh! This year, someone else will have to drive--apparently, my car is a mouse-magnet! Years ago, I discovered I had a mouse sneaking into my clothes hamper and chewing holes in my underwear. (Yes, the underwear–only the underwear, and in only one area.) The solution to that one ended up being a trip to the laundromat. I unknowingly dumped a load straight from my pre-sorted hamper to washing machine, and when I took it out to put in the dryer, I found a tiny little wet, dead mouse at the bottom. Trying to look as inconspicuous as possible, I picked it up with a dryer sheet and nonchalantly dropped the little bundle in the trash.

No more mice after that, through several years, and a few moves, until the summer before last, when I went camping and ended up with one inside my brand new car! It even came home with me (new “evidence” found after my return), but apparently left of its own accord shortly after. What really drove me nuts was when I camped the following summer in a nearby area, and another one decided to sneak in! Ugh! This year, someone else will have to drive–apparently, my car is a mouse-magnet!

]]> By: How to Clean an Attic http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/supermouse.html/comment-page-1#comment-7368 How to Clean an Attic Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:32:49 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1333#comment-7368 [...] Have a super-mouse infestation from leaving an open bag of field corn in the [...] [...] Have a super-mouse infestation from leaving an open bag of field corn in the [...]

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