Brown/Black Rice.. I think i have Mice!

Oh.. what I failed to mention is I have a very curious 2 year old, any remedy would have to be safe for him.

I could not imagine him getting hurt with anything that would keep stinkin' mice away...!

I have also heard that mouse "crap" when airborne is hazardous.. has anyone heard of this?

Put the rice up high, out of the way of the baby. Use the same rice they already ruined. A trap has no poison, but it'll hurt if the baby puts his fingers in the trap. Put the trap along the wall of the cabinet, they like to travel along walls.

I not sure about the feces but why take the chance? It's got to be dirty, if the mouse had a disease it'll be in the feces. Yuck!

In the fall, mice come into our house from the woods out back. We're ready for them. We put traps in the cabinets as soon as it gets cool outside.

OMG!.. We never had this problem as I did have a cat, I had to put him down. I think the mice know this!

They are also going into the dog food!.. If they (mice) poop in there, our dogs eat it, could they get sick?

Maybe I should get another cat?

If you can get a cat, you should.

It may not work. We had mice, even when we had cats around. And the cats did go after, and catch some of the mice.

So there's no garuntee that a cat will chase the mice off.

It may not work. We had mice, even when we had cats around. And the cats did go after, and catch some of the mice.

So there's no garuntee that a cat will chase the mice off.

It may not work. We had mice, even when we had cats around. And the cats did go after, and catch some of the mice.

So there's no garuntee that a cat will chase the mice off.

Ok how? Non-toxic?

Oh, no. I don't want to smell anything, let alone have my son find it, think he has a new "toy" YUK LOL

Thank you! I hope I only have one as well!

I have to be so careful, as I do have small dogs, and a small child, there must be something else! Rodents scare the heck outta me! LOL

Aww poor Mickey, I don't think that would work for us, as we have small pets and a small child:(

Hi J..

I do have small pets,( Chiuahuahs) and a 2 year old baby. I agreee the glue traps are extremely inhumane, would you think calling a Pest control place would be beneficila? I know they do have live traps, I don't want to kill the "guest" I just know they are dirty and cannot jeopardize my family's health.. ya know?

I've never met one pesonally, but they tend to use poisons as well, and may involve getting you to leave the house while it's done.

I would say overall your best bet is to go somewhere like home depo or such, and pick up a few live traps. Even if your dog or child gets into them, they're not dangerous at all. Even the snap traps would be bad in your situation, as I think they could have enough power to seriously injure a small dog or child, and you have both.

If you can find either thick plastic, or metal containers, seal your food in that. If there's no food, you're less likely to have mice. Once that's done I'd put out the live traps, and that should round up any who may want to hang around. I would say that's the safest way to rid your house of mice without putting anyone in danger.