How do I get rid of a mouse that eats my house plants?

The old fashioned Victor mouse traps are the best. I have rat problems outside the house and have tried everything from poisons to electric "shock" traps. Nothing works as well as the Victors. Messy sometimes...but buy a pair of gloves and clear your mind. Consider the diseases that mice and rats could bring in, and you'll be glad to get one up on the furry little smurfs.

How do I get rid of a mouse that eats my house plants?
Decon makes this stuff it comes in a little yellow triangle and says Kills Mice on it . . its in the pest control isle of the grocery store . . .
Reply:Put poison pellets in the housse plants; try peanut butter with de con pellets in side.
Reply:Get a cat...
Reply:If you want to get rid of the little guy without killing him, they do have humane traps. If you don't care, then try a regular mousetrap. I usually don't recommend poison since it can hurt children and pets.
Reply:I like the throw away traps, or something called TOMCAT baits
Reply:I use decon to keep them under control.





The glue traps are horrible. We used to use them at work and the way they work is the mouse gets stuck to it and can't move that much. Mice have to move around to keep their body temp up. So, they essentially die because their temp drops too far. It takes forever, they scream and cry during the process, and I've actually found legs and tails attached to the boards where they've chewed them off to get unstuck. I won't let them use them in my office anymore. There are much better alternatives.
Reply:Go and get a small animal trap from your local animal control and set it up with some apples and peanut butter in it and wait. Once you catch it though you need to take it to animal control or drowned it. It it really hard to kill mouse/rat without being messy. So, the best way if you were going to do it yourself is to get a bucket of water and put the trap with the mouse in it into the bucket.


If it is a small mouse you can probably get a sticky pad from like Walmart and then once you catch it put it in water.





Good Luck!
Reply:You can set traps, but there may be others that may come later.





For a permanent solution, have a cat go out to your garden regularly
Reply:here's a trick i learned from my grand mah. brush some mustard mixed with little spice on and around the rim of your plant box or pot. if this does not help use a rat trap (those sticky fly papers? they do wonders) put them in a place where the mouse usually runs to. hope this helps.