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KitFox

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39. I sympathize with you! A mouse problem becomes such an ordeal!

Sat Jan 18, 2025, 01:39 AM

Jan 18

Good advice here about using bleach and soap, and if you have a dishwasher, run everything through. Also good advice to check all the drawers and cupboards. I have had good luck with buying many packages of steel wool and thickly stuffing it and wrapping it around any places where I think they might have entered such as inside the cupboard under the sink where the pipes come in. Supposedly they can’t or dislike chewing through it. Peppermint ideas mentioned work too. I also got a bunch of mint plants at the nursery and planted them in containers and set them outside on either side of my back door where I suspected they were squeezing in. I also beefed up the weather stripping around the doors. I live in a rural area so I think the feral cat population around helps, too. Get a box of disposable gloves you can wear and toss any time you have to deal with all of it. Good luck. It’s such a pain you really wish you could take a flamethrower to it!

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After dead mouse removed from kitchen drawer, what steps do I take to clean the drawer so my utensils can go back in? [View all] CTyankee Jan 17 OP

. rsdsharp Jan 17 #1

ROFL!!!!!!!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 17 #5

that would absolutely be mrs. unblock's response unblock Jan 17 #10

While that is tempting ... mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 #25

That's what I was thinking too 😂 Luciferous Jan 17 #37

That would probably be sufficient. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 17 #2

Bleach is the best disinfectant 10 Turtle Day Jan 18 #43

I would use Chlorox wipes on it first. I feel your pain! 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 17 #3

This. Wear gloves. Clean it with Clorox wipes. Silver Gaia Jan 18 #41

Ask AI bucolic_frolic Jan 17 #4

Was it cataleptic, had it been encapsulated in epoxy and turned into key chain in another dimension ... marble falls Jan 17 #9

it was dry and stuck to the adhesive in the wooden utensil drawer (non-eating) CTyankee Jan 17 #15

So you had your built-in mousetrap! Clever!! SWBTATTReg Jan 17 #26

No, they're little squares of adhesive on them. Everything in the drawer got handwashed in hot water, soap and bleach. CTyankee Jan 18 #45

It is always better to be safe, and do the washing that you did (clean the things in the drawer, as well as the SWBTATTReg Jan 18 #48

First you burn the drawer and everything in it. ......... marble falls Jan 17 #6

Ha ha heh!! SWBTATTReg Jan 17 #27

Not just the one draw; all that "connect" unc70 Jan 17 #7

!!This!! WestMichRad Jan 17 #13

Right, look for mouse droppings elsewhere in the kitchen. Irish_Dem Jan 17 #17

I would use VGNonly Jan 17 #8

Especially if one lives up in Four Corners. marble falls Jan 17 #11

I remember on Survivor Man. VGNonly Jan 17 #14

And sometime Valley Fever'll kill you! marble falls Jan 17 #19

Valley Fever contributed to the death of Lee Marvin. VGNonly Jan 18 #47

... EYESORE 9001 Jan 17 #12

This is the only correct answer JoseBalow Jan 17 #18

I would move to another home asap. Irish_Dem Jan 17 #16

Mice urinate as they walk. Add bleach to your soap solution. Karadeniz Jan 17 #20

Interesting. How do we know this? CTyankee Jan 17 #21

No telling! I read it somewhere. The author of Animals and the Afterlife had Karadeniz Jan 17 #22

Mice pee. I wonder how much each mouse pees. Anybody know? CTyankee Jan 17 #23

Its not a full pee. As it walks,, it leaves a film. When i was a baby, my dsd had a Karadeniz Jan 17 #24

And they crap too, seemingly while walking too. Not just pee everywhere. SWBTATTReg Jan 17 #28

Im guessing we all need a terrier! Karadeniz Jan 17 #29

Yes, they are good for getting mice too. A cat of course is good too. I use glue traps but they seem to SWBTATTReg Jan 17 #32

I like the traps that look like big hockey pucks 10 Turtle Day Jan 18 #42

Thanks for the advice. What shocks me is that you said that they chewed through the plastic lids on the Peanut SWBTATTReg Jan 18 #49

This is a subject, near and dear to my heart. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 17 #30

I love this discussion. The laughs were welcome. yellow dahlia Jan 17 #31

When you live in the country......., womanofthehills Jan 17 #33

Wash the drawer and everything in it Jilly_in_VA Jan 17 #34

Bag the mouse The Madcap Jan 17 #35

sorry, my mouse went out stuck to the adhesive we laid for him. He left his shit behind so the drawer had to be CTyankee Jan 18 #44

Oh well The Madcap Jan 18 #46

I'd spray the drawer with bleach. forgotmylogin Jan 17 #36

Forever unclean! Iggo Jan 17 #38

I sympathize with you! A mouse problem becomes such an ordeal! KitFox Jan 18 #39

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