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Originally Posted by rkzenrage
Again, what is a mouse going to do to you? Just ignore it.
I can't wait to hear the news-cast... "man mauled to death in his home by mouse...."
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Mice are pretty bad. If you have mice in your home, chances are they are nibbling on the insulation on the wires in your wall. Many houses have burned down, killing their occupants, because mice were nibbling on the wires and started fires.
Also, mice can carry diseases.
I live in an older house, and every Fall, when it starts to get cold, the mice find their way into our house. In the past week, my traps have killed four of the bastards.
The worst one was in the eaves by our bedroom the other night. We were sound asleep when we suddenly woke up (The snapping of the trap woke me, but I didn't realize it.) Then I heard a loud squeaking noise, and a *clunk* *drag* as the mouse tried to get out of the trap. The trap should have broken its little neck, but didn't. It's like 3AM, and I'm not very alert. I grab an empty coffee can, and pick up the trap with the live mouse in it, and plop the whole thing into the can. I wanted to kill the mouse, but wasn't sure how. I was tired, and just wanted to get back in bed. So I wandered into the kitchen and put the can into the freezer. As I got back into bed, I warned my wife not to look in the freezer in the morning until I got there first. When I checked on him the next morning, the little guy was a mousecycle.
I can't stand mice in the house. I'd happily poison them if it didn't mean I'd be smelling the rotting bodies for a month or so. Traps are the only way to go.