https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 15:49:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494544 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:06:36 +0000 Mrsbells 1494544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you everyone for all your input , i appreciate you taking the time to give your ideas. I just really can't wait for this nightmare to be over!! When i was younger my parents used poison when some mice came into our hone and it was awful, they died in random places and it wasn't pleasant finding them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494539 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:04:34 +0000 gingerbebe 1494539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would definitely check with your lease terms for pest control provisions and I would also give a call to the county health inspector to see what the county rules are. Its unsanitary and usually a code violation to not address pest issues.</p> <p>Same practical advice from others RE: the traps. Generally, you wanna stay with snap traps (sticky or poison are terrible). Place the traps in "lanes" - along walls, in corners, darker places. Change up the bait if they don't come by. Peanut butter smeared into the trap worked the best in my experience, but you can can sprinkle some breadcrumbs or quinoa around the trap to make it more enticing. You can usually clear out a family pretty quickly that way. If you find holes, stuff them with steel wool.</p> <p>You also want to completely clean out, wipe, and disinfect your kitchen ASAP. Keep as much as you can in the freezer and put all your food in solid storage containers. Wipe down any trace or crumb, or they will come back to the same spots over and over again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494493 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:42:57 +0000 psw27 1494493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunderling I think you stuff the holes with brillo pads or whatever those aluminum scouring pads are - the mice don't chew through them! </p> <p>I think you should definitely keep complaining until they get an exterminator to deal with it. Handing you traps is not a solution long term! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494456 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:23:21 +0000 fussygal 1494456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had an unexpected mouse problem about a year ago, too :( Eventually they got smart and started ignoring the traps and we had to resort to using poison. We only had it out for a week and it totally worked - haven't seen one since. Apparently it makes them thirsty and they flee to a water source so they don't die in your house and usually go pretty far away. We were super paranoid and careful about it because we were worried our dog would find one and eat it, but we never saw one in our house or in our yard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494417 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:10:32 +0000 avivoca 1494417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: I wish getting a cat would fix it, but it really depends on the cat. We have one that is a mouser and one that could care less (we've only had two mice ever, and they don't bother me).</p> <p>Personally, I would pull out the stove and check under the sink to see what kinds of holes are around there. We had some sizeable ones in our sink cabinet and I used drywall patches and spackle to make them smaller. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494414 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:08:02 +0000 Silva 1494414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just set traps. We set them under the sink, and then one in a drawer that the buggers figured out how to get into. My husband killed maybe 6 in a week, and we haven't heard them (in the ceiling) since. We live in an older house that was converted into an apartment, and quite frankly, mice just kind of happen. But I grew up in an older house too, so maybe I think of it as normal because of that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494413 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:06:32 +0000 MaryM 1494413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @Kiddosc</p> <p>We had problems with them in our kitchen because they were coming though the holes in the wall where the gas line, etc, came in. </p> <p>if the holes are large, aluminum foil works well. If it's a smaller space, steel wool. they don't like chewing through metal. </p> <p>and I agree with not using poison. You DON'T want to get stuck smelling that if they're living near your apartment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494403 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:59:22 +0000 kiddosc 1494403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would look behind the stove and under the kitchen sink, basically around any plumbing or gas lines to make sure that there aren't any openings for a mouse. Then block those openings with steel wool and duct tape. Set traps to get any mice that might still be in the apartment after the openings are blocked. I would also check your lease to see what exactly the complex agreed to do about pests. I've always had apartment maintenance come when there is a pest problem and spray or close off openings. I'm surprised they're not being more responsive. As a last resort I would threaten to leave bad reviews and report the complex if they don't help.</p> <p>ETA: They say not to use poison traps because a mouse may crawl back into the wall and die and you're stuck with an awful smell while it decomposes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494399 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:58:28 +0000 Aria 1494399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Almost this exact same thing happened to us. Lived in an apartment with no problems for several years. Management was super unhelpful, all they did was give us those horrible sticky traps. We bought our own traps and they were gone for a while, but came back a few months later. We moved. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494394 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:56:21 +0000 Sunderling 1494394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I lived in an apartment with my parents there was a pretty serious mouse problem at one point. They ended up searching for any entry points, putting poison in whatever holes they found, and blocking the holes with something, I think it was chicken wire? So the mice would come to their usual entrance and find 'food,' eat it and go back to their nest in the walls and die safely out of our apartment. That seemed to work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494384 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:51:57 +0000 Beyond2 1494384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say keep setting traps. We've effectively eliminated the mice in our home being diligent with traps, it didn't even take that long. For what it is worth, i have two cats and they didn't prevent our mouse situation (although they did occasionally catch them). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494379 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:48:39 +0000 MrsH 1494379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you get a cat? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494374 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:46:38 +0000 snowjewelz 1494374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe try to block all holes/slits that they might be coming in from? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494371 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:46:11 +0000 Chillybear 1494371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: Its one thing if its your home, there are things you can do to prevent and make your diggs less attractive to the mice but when you live in a communal setting such as adjoining homes or an apartment complex you can't be sure that your neighbors are doing the same and if the landlord isnt willing to step in whatever you do will only be a band aid on the situation until the underlying issue is resolved whether its finding and patching their entry point, and catching or terminating the mice family that by this point are obviously breeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494363 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:41:01 +0000 Mrsbells 1494363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: lol i feel the same way </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494361 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:40:38 +0000 Mrsbells 1494361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: i have heard people say that.. I don't have a cat but that is a great suggestion! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494358 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:39:28 +0000 Chillybear 1494358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i would just burn the complex down.... theres no saving it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494333 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:34:04 +0000 mrs. bird 1494333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>that is awful! i'm so sorry. do you have a cat? would you be open to getting one? i've heard that mice can smell when a cat lives somewhere and they tend to avoid those places. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mice-in-apartment-wwyd#post-1494317 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:31:24 +0000 Mrsbells 1494317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have been in the same apartment complex for three years and never had any issue like this. We have lived in two different apartments within the same complex. Two days ago i saw a mouse running in our kitchen and i am petrified of mice. I can't even bear to hear them moving around. My Husband put out a trap and we caught 4 mice in two days!! Isn't that disturbing? I thought they were getting into the building due to issues with the roof after ask the snow, but when i spoke to the management they don't seem to be willing to do anything other than give us more traps. Are lease ends next month and we already signed a new lease but i wonder if we should leave now? I can't even go into the kitchen without DH because i am so scared of them! </p>