Mice in the dorms

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<p>We have found several mice in our suite over the last few months. It all started with a mouse I saw in the trash can, which later died in our room. We recently caught a mouse running around our suite, and yesterday, my roommate saw a mouse jump off my desk into my laundry basket. I hear a rustling and squeaking as I'm sitting here typing this right now.</p>

<p>My question is, what do we do about this problem? We tried calling pest control and they brought over wierd black boxes which are supposed to be mouse traps but they're not working. What kinds of traps are the most effective (if you know) but not too expensive? This is a real problem - I'm not afraid of mice, but they may carry all sorts of diseases.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for any input.</p>

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<p>Black boxes work as do mouse traps w/ peanutbutter on them.</p>

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<p>Ah, I remember having a couple of mice in our house. My parents bought several of these small, green colored cubes that looked like cheese but were made of rat poison. We waited for two days and found that two of them had been nibbled on and found the dead mice in a suitcase the next day.</p>

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<p>But we want to know were they Texas sized mice?</p>

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<p>Shouldn't the Housing Office deal with this? I don't think students (paying $40K+) should have to solve this problem. Rodents can pose health hazards, too.</p>

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<p>You mean fill out a request form.....tell them where the mouse is at what time, attach a photo of said mouse and provide a disposal bag? Nay do it yourself. Mice are fast it is hard to get the photo.....hehehe</p>

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<p>Depends on what you want to do with the mice. If you don't want to kill one, you want a plain mousetrap that you could then carry it outside and set it free. Or you can poison it and not deal with a live mouse and just have to dump the body - enjoy deciding ;)</p>

<p>My dorm has a bug problem. I had only seen liek two in my room all year but this morning I set off a bug bomb and have found 15 bodies already.</p>

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<p>Bug bomb, whats that? Sorry if its a stupid question. Good thing I live in an on campus apartment, for the very high rent I'm paying, it had better have no pests, and thankfully there aren't any, even with all the food crumbs on the carpet.</p>

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<p>have-a-heart traps are good.. put some food (peanutbutter, w/e) inside and it catches them without killing them. just make sure you let them go far, far away, because they will remember where they came from and come back! good luck :)</p>

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<p>Don't do poison... its cruel and if the mouse dies somewhere under a bed, behind a desk, etc where you don't find him, it'll stink like mad.</p>

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<p>no he'll stink like a dead mouse.........which is a bad stinky.</p>

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<p>no need to be like that hazmat... you knew exactly what I meant.</p>

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<p>yes, well, the first mouse we had, died and rotted in between my roommate's two dresser drawers...we started smelling it when she finally cleaned up a huge pile of clothes she had covering up the smell for several weeks...the traps campus pest control gave us are designed to poison the mouse so its insides shrivel up and then theoretically it's supposed to die elsewhere, but I doubt it can get out of the room, so what I have to look forward to is probably another dead mouse.</p>

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<p>I just read in the local newspaper that Yale has finally agreed to provide soap.
They may need to take baby-steps. Providing rodent control would be a huge leap. :)</p>

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<p>Mice are sooooooo gross. There was a chipmunk running in the dorm. It started the crap out of me when I saw it.</p>

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<p>Look for the sticky pads...they're generally these small plastic trays filled with super-powerful adhesive...they work pretty well and the entertainment is even better... imagine crazy gluing a mouse and slapping it on a wall...
in my experience the sticky pads work alot better than any kind of mechanical trap, you can find them where traps are usually sold and their all made by the same companies too</p>