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ShannonG
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 Posted: 05/23/03 - 13:10 Post subject: there's a mouse in my dishwasher
The little vermin have some sort of a Ho Chi Minh trail in the wall behind the dishwasher. Then they squeeze into the front door of the dishwasher and traipse around in there for a while. When the dishwasher door is open they can get inside it and have snackie-poos. Because the front panel of my dishwasher is maimed I guess my cats can hear/see/smell the little b*stards in there and I frequently have four cats sitting around staring at my dishwasher like it's the finale of American Idol or something.
How do I get rid of a mouse I can't see?
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 05/23/03 - 13:12 Post subject:
Mouse trap baited with Crack, uh, I mean peanut butter.
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ShannonG
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Posted: 05/23/03 - 13:14 Post subject:
| Running Brewer wrote: | | Mouse trap baited with Crack, uh, I mean peanut butter. |
I don't know where to put the trap since they're not in the house, technically? There's no room to fit a trap in there, and poison's out of the question since I have cats.
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akern
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Posted: 05/23/03 - 13:15 Post subject:
When they are in there slam the door and start the cycle!! 
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elkid
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Posted: 05/23/03 - 13:17 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | When they are in there slam the door and start the cycle!! |
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 05/23/03 - 13:17 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | When they are in there slam the door and start the cycle!! |
My thoughts exactly! That'll learn 'em!
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 05/23/03 - 13:17 Post subject:
Remove the bottom basket and place the trap in there.. Other wise place a few in other locations. I would try under the kitchen sink for one...
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ShannonG
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Posted: 05/23/03 - 13:25 Post subject:
| Running Brewer wrote: | | Remove the bottom basket and place the trap in there.. Other wise place a few in other locations. I would try under the kitchen sink for one... |
Bottom basket? Can you specify? It has a smaller panel under the big door panel in the front.
They just zip out through the door hole and back into the wall when I turn it on. 
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prohemp
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Posted: 05/23/03 - 15:31 Post subject:
Look for the gothic arch in your woodwork and plug it up 
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prohemp
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Posted: 05/23/03 - 15:33 Post subject:
put out some instant potatoe flakes and a source of water - they'll dine on both, the flakes will "inflate" in their tiny bellies and the mouse will rip apart from the inside
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ShannonG
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Posted: 05/23/03 - 15:35 Post subject:
| prohemp wrote: | | put out some instant potatoe flakes and a source of water - they'll dine on both, the flakes will "inflate" in their tiny bellies and the mouse will rip apart from the inside |
Eeeeewwwwww.
Do I need to serve gravy as well?
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prohemp
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Posted: 05/23/03 - 15:36 Post subject:
| ShannonG wrote: | | prohemp wrote: | | put out some instant potatoe flakes and a source of water - they'll dine on both, the flakes will "inflate" in their tiny bellies and the mouse will rip apart from the inside |
Eeeeewwwwww.
Do I need to serve gravy as well? |
now that's just plain cruel
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BamBam
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Posted: 05/23/03 - 20:14 Post subject:
| prohemp wrote: | | Look for the gothic arch in your woodwork and plug it up |
ever see the Python sketch about sheep in the wainscotting?
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Posted: 05/23/03 - 20:19 Post subject:
I like turning on the dishwasher myself...
They make cruelty free mouse traps you can bait with peanut butter if you want to go the other route. Can't you move the dishwasher and find the hole? (s)?Or are they coming in through a crack in the baseboards or something?
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Posted: 05/23/03 - 20:21 Post subject:
Call the police. People around here do. They would never think to resolve a problem themselves.
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