There's a mouse in the house.

Not Mickey.

Bloody girl cat caught and brought a live one in. Got away from her and is now hiding in the room. Gotta set some traps now since the other cat is being a worthless sack of shit.

I didn't want to stab it with my bayonet because I was trying to trap it. That and I don't think I can hit a 2 inch target that's very nimble and quick while lying on the floor with the bayonet detached from the rifle. (I can hit a human in combat conditions with it, a field mouse is very different thing.)

I shoulda fucking tried anyway mess or no. Sergeant Barkey, you officially have permission to punch me with a phone book.

Can I just say I find the idea of a military man making a detailed battle plan to kill a mouse more than slightly hilarious?

edited 13th Jun '13 8:22:42 PM by Ninety

I ain't scared of it. Just bloody annoyed. (And I can't fucking shoot it, this is a residential zone! I can only fire my rifle in a residential zone in self defense against critters or people.)

A mouse doesn't count as critter?

Anyway, best option: get a snake.

Trying to reconcile your name, avatar, situation and statements is shorting out my brain.

^^ Not according to the Division of Wildlife. The only critters I can shoot legally if there's a self-defense situation are foxes, coyotes, cougars and bears.

And maybe snakes if it's a rattler or otherwise poisonous.

^ Give your brain a good kick in the ass, that oughta do it.

edited 13th Jun '13 8:34:22 PM by MajorTom

I had mice in the apartment a couple of times.

They got in under their own steam and my cat solved the problem.*

Conclusion: Your cat is defective.

edited 13th Jun '13 8:37:47 PM by Karalora

So it's illegal to shoot mice?

Also, heh. Just got word there's a mouse under the outside fridge. Coincidences, eh?

^^ One of them is. The other is the reason why it's here in the first place. She brought it in.

That was the one I was referring to. A functioning cat would reduce the number of live mice in your dwelling space, not increase it. The one not doing anything is just lazy, which is pretty normal for a cat, so null value.

edited 13th Jun '13 9:34:01 PM by Karalora

If it weren't for my allergies, I would have a cat. Then I wouldn't have to worry about mice as much.

As I said, the solution is a snake.

It's a mouse's natural predator, and can go down mouse-holes and anywhere a mouse can go to hunt it down.

edited 13th Jun '13 10:51:43 PM by IraTheSquire

Snakes don't eat often, though. If you have a persistent mouse problem, a single snake might not be enough to keep up with them.

I also have defective cats... They don't defend their territory. They just let the other neighbourhood cats come and eat their food, and they don't give a shit.

And if that don't work, use more snake.

-pulls out a guitar and cigar-

edited 14th Jun '13 12:21:30 AM by IraTheSquire

Mousetraps. Don't use cheese, though - that only works in Tom And Jerry. They love dark chocolate. Scatter sand around the trap and in areas you think the mouse might me, and then work out where it is from the footprints. Don't use flour, because they might eat it.

Don't use poison. If you poison them, they'll run away into the nooks and crannies of your house, then die and stink, thus attracting beasties and grossing out visitors.

I'd recommend using a cookie as bait, but then it'd ask for a glass of milk. Then it'd want a straw...

If they are obnoxious, I try to catch them alive and release them as far from my house as I can, alive. If not, I don't give a fuck. Neither my cat nor dog.

From the title, I was going to suggest a cat, but...

I'd suggest not trying to stab it, if you miss, you'll only ruin your floor and if you don't, you'll have to clean it. Traps, or give the cats a good talking-to to remind them of their duties.

She's a hunter cat, the fact she caught it at all proves this. I had a cat long ago that did the same thing from time to time and she all but eradicated the varmint problems in the back prairie for ten years.

Field mice in Colorado are lactose intolerant at adulthood. I use peanut butter.

Kill it with a sword.

If only I had a sword...

Lure it into a small room, lock the door, and watch it starve.

Then you need to buy a sword.

Are you trying to kill it or just catch it? Because if you want both, there are traps out there that are supposed to be guaranteed to kill the mouse upon capture. My family used one of those when there was a mouse hiding in/under our fireplace.

edited 14th Jun '13 6:25:32 AM by Explosivo25