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Mouse in kitchen - moral dilemma

I saw a nice little mouse in my kitchen. Should I get someone in to err 'remove him'? The mouse looked very sweet, I would be happy to cohabit with him for a while, but wondered whether anyone else had tried this and found the mouse to be difficult to live with? I live on the ground floor of a 1906 house, so I don't think I can stop him coming in?

I would appreciate any advice or any tales of experience with this kind of thing please (except horror stories - no no no)

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Permalink Reply by kit greveson on March 28, 2014 at 18:13

Call Dennis the Terminator (not really but his company is Terminex) on 07971 271 126. You must get rid of the mouse and Dennis will do it humanely. One mouse almost certainly means he/she has a lot more friends and relatives wanting to come and share your warm kitchen. Terminex charge quite a bit but will keep coming back until Dennis is sure the mouse problem is no longer. Alternatively you could call the council.

Kit

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Permalink Reply by Karen Alexander on March 28, 2014 at 19:08

Yes, it's tedious but it's worth going round every room of the house and blocking every hole you can find. If you can stick a pencil through a hole, block it as they can get through such a small space. The sonic plugs seem to work well once you are clear of them.

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Permalink Reply by Abi on March 28, 2014 at 22:23

This is why I love having cats (well, there are other reasons!)

I don't like encountering mice in kitchens, and in my experience all London homes without felines attract them at some point. And having a cat keep them at bay somehow to my mind feels less horrible than poisoning them...

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Permalink Reply by Lydia R on March 29, 2014 at 7:08

Unfortunately, cute little mice can carry some nasty little diseases. Check out Wikipedia.

I used to have something called a <TripTrap> before we got a cat. It worked very well but as said, you have to take the mouse some distance away. Using a non-lethal trap is wimping out, though. House mice die quite quickly in a wild environment.

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Permalink Reply by kit greveson on March 29, 2014 at 8:19

Just read the discussion thread. I absolutely agree with the cat, definitely the best idea but of course not everyone is cat friendly. The problem with old terrace houses is that the mice can run along through the eaves, popping out wherever there's a tiny, tiny hole or down chimneys. They also run along the backs of kitchen units, again appearing wherever there is a tiny space.

Kit

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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on March 29, 2014 at 10:07

Congratulations to Harringayonline for hosting this mind-stretching debate on one of the great moral dilemmas of our age - and indeed to Samantha Johnson for having the moral courage to kick off the discussion.

Next week's Moral Maze:

Let's bomb Russia?

Let's bomb Syria?

Euthanasia on our Council Tax?

I am Claire Kober's toyboy but cannot bring myself to vote New Labour?

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Permalink Reply by Samantha Johnson on March 30, 2014 at 11:18

You are welcome. Little did the mouse know that when he ran into my kitchen he would be the catalyst for the most provocative moral debate of our age

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Permalink Reply by kit greveson on March 29, 2014 at 10:41

Or….free travel for OAEs? For or against!

Kit

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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on March 29, 2014 at 12:07

Kit, I dispute and refute the validity of your major premise: the "free" in "Freedom Pass" does not mean that the holder has not paid for his/her travel over half a century or that s/he is not continuing to pay Council Tax to help all the Borough's real freeloaders to have a free pass for life.

On the other hand, Kit, I am glad to see that you "absolutely agree with the cat" - with the minor caveat that use of "absolutely" may give too many hostages to fortune.