Since you're all dying to know...
Since you're all waiting with bated breath, I will bring you the next episode in the mouse installment.
One of the other girls from my yoga teachers' training program taught her first class yesterday (mine is on Thursday). I ran into another girl, also from the program, in the elevator. "I thought this would be over when I got married," I told the girl. Afterward, I realized how silly that sounded. All I meant was, I lived in a nicer apartment building after I got married. But she laughed and said, "Oh, you still get mice even when you're married."
There were two guys in the elevator, and one pointed out that Home Depot sells sonic devices for $6.99. I think that's what KitKat was talking about. So we went to Home Depot and a man who had obviously been through the mouse drill assisted us. He didn't even work there, but he was very helpful.
"Those work," he said, gesturing to the sonic devices. "They will be gone."
Meanwhile, D was browsing the have-a-heart traps and found one for small squirrels. A man who did work at Home Depot told him it was overkill, and he should get a glue trap instead.
Random Man said, "Glue traps don't work."
So we bowed to Random Man's superior knowledge of rodent habits, and took Home Depot man's suggestion to get steel wool. He said they might be coming through the pipe under our kitchen sink, and mice can't chew through steel wool. Also, apparently mice are more of a problem in winter. They want to get out of the cold. That would explain why we haven't seen them in this apartment before.
Don't you feel educated now?
One of the other girls from my yoga teachers' training program taught her first class yesterday (mine is on Thursday). I ran into another girl, also from the program, in the elevator. "I thought this would be over when I got married," I told the girl. Afterward, I realized how silly that sounded. All I meant was, I lived in a nicer apartment building after I got married. But she laughed and said, "Oh, you still get mice even when you're married."
There were two guys in the elevator, and one pointed out that Home Depot sells sonic devices for $6.99. I think that's what KitKat was talking about. So we went to Home Depot and a man who had obviously been through the mouse drill assisted us. He didn't even work there, but he was very helpful.
"Those work," he said, gesturing to the sonic devices. "They will be gone."
Meanwhile, D was browsing the have-a-heart traps and found one for small squirrels. A man who did work at Home Depot told him it was overkill, and he should get a glue trap instead.
Random Man said, "Glue traps don't work."
So we bowed to Random Man's superior knowledge of rodent habits, and took Home Depot man's suggestion to get steel wool. He said they might be coming through the pipe under our kitchen sink, and mice can't chew through steel wool. Also, apparently mice are more of a problem in winter. They want to get out of the cold. That would explain why we haven't seen them in this apartment before.
Don't you feel educated now?
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(I love that my first comment to your blog is about pest control. Later, when others ask, "Was it really that magical?" You can say, "Yes. Yes it was.")
The sonic devices seem to have really worked. I could tell the random man in Home Depot knew what he was talking about.
We did try (very reluctantly) glue traps, based on a recommendation from our local hardware store. Now, I usually have a pretty strong constitution, but the glue traps are just mean and sad. I won't go into further details, I just wouldn't recommend them to anyone. The old-school wood and wire traps are definately a better (and more humane) option.
I will have to try one of these sonic contraptions if the mice invade our home again. My one question, though... are they upsetting to dogs ears too?