a mouse burns down man's house

[bnorris85]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4593682.stm

[NYYBombshell]

I wonder if the mouse will be charged with arson.

[Archer1979]

Any truth to the rumor that Richard Gere is now stocking up on fire extinguishers?

[Dooley Womack]

Rat bastard.

[Dooley Womack]

Any truth to the rumor that Richard Gere is now stocking up on fire extinguishers?

[Dee]

Damn Terrorist!!

[penguin4]

He tried to kill it, but I guess it just squeaked by.

[Stealthspy]

That's what happens when you try to kill something inhumanely. Idiot.

[Jersey Yankee]

Any truth to the rumor that Richard Gere is now stocking up on fire extinguishers?

Dude, this was a mouse, not a hamster!!!

That's what happens when you try to kill something inhumanely. Idiot.

Yeah, should've used a snake instead.

[Archer1979]

Yeah, should've used a snake instead.

Who, Richard Gere or the dimwit with the burnt-down house?

[Jersey Yankee]

Who, Richard Gere or the dimwit with the burnt-down house?

In response to the actor, I'd recommend a hamster. A snake would be too severe. Heck, I could go on, but CS applies.

As to the guy w/the house, I made a smart aleck reply about using a snake, rather than inhumanely disposing of it in a fire.

I've never heard of killing a mouse in a fire before. Those glue traps work wonders. They also have some peanut butter sticks loaded w/rat poison, and they work also.

Unless you stick a needle through it, you won't get a mouse to just stand still while it gets roasted like a roasted corn dog.

[Archer1979]

In response to the actor, I'd recommend a hamster. A snake would be too severe. Heck, I could go on, but CS applies.

As to the guy w/the house, I made a smart aleck reply about using a snake, rather than inhumanely disposing of it in a fire.

I've never heard of killing a mouse in a fire before. Those glue traps work wonders. They also have some peanut butter sticks loaded w/rat poison, and they work also.

Unless you stick a needle through it, you won't get a mouse to just stand still while it gets roasted like a roasted corn dog.

I would never try to kill a mouse inhumanely. I hear there's a thing that is spring-loaded that sells for like a buck and actually traps the mouse until you find the time to set him free in the wilderness.

[penguin4]

I would never try to kill a mouse inhumanely. I hear there's a thing that is spring-loaded that sells for like a buck and actually traps the mouse until you find the time to set him free in the wilderness.

Yes, my family had one of those. Problem was, it caught two mice and we forgot to check the trap for several days. One day my dad found them -- one was dead, the other half-eaten.

I prefer glueboards, the kind where you can unstick them with vegetable oil. Would rather find the mouse alive. I just can't deal with disposing of dead animals, and I certainly can't kill them.

[Jersey Yankee]

Yes, my family had one of those. Problem was, it caught two mice and we forgot to check the trap for several days. One day my dad found them -- one was dead, the other half-eaten.

I prefer glueboards, the kind where you can unstick them with vegetable oil. Would rather find the mouse alive. I just can't deal with disposing of dead animals, and I certainly can't kill them.

If you want live mice in your house, don't do anything, since they'll leave the same way they came. They'll find food, or else they'd leave anyway.

If they don't find anything, they'd find the wilderness anyway. A device to put a mouse out there? Geez, that's like bringing water to a fish.

[NYYBombshell]

That's what happens when you try to kill something inhumanely. Idiot.

Oh, I didn't read the story.......he tried to burn the mouse and his house instead burned down?


Karma is a bitch.

[yankeeschic12324]

Karma is a b!tch man..lol

[__starr69]

Yes, my family had one of those. Problem was, it caught two mice and we forgot to check the trap for several days. One day my dad found them -- one was dead, the other half-eaten.

I prefer glueboards, the kind where you can unstick them with vegetable oil. Would rather find the mouse alive. I just can't deal with disposing of dead animals, and I certainly can't kill them.

Glue traps are horrible. They chew their legs off, which causes them to die anyway, but it just takes longer and involves more suffering. And a mess.

ETA: I heard mint works really well.

[Trish]

Any truth to the rumor that Richard Gere is now stocking up on fire extinguishers?

Don't be hatin'.

[bnorris85]

Oh, I didn't read the story.......he tried to burn the mouse and his house instead burned down?


Karma is a bitch.

Lol the article is like a paragraph long.

Guy throws mouse in a pile of burning leaves...it runs out and into his house....fire insues hahah

[penfold]

Mice that get stuck to glue traps scream. It's nasty.

The best way (long term) to get rid of mice is to get a cat. Once the mice figure out that there's a predator in the house, the mice tell all of their friends and relatives to get out of the house and stay out. Then they move to the neighbor's place.

[penguin4]

If you want live mice in your house, don't do anything, since they'll leave the same way they came. They'll find food, or else they'd leave anyway.

If they don't find anything, they'd find the wilderness anyway. A device to put a mouse out there? Geez, that's like bringing water to a fish.

The problem is, Brad, there *IS* food in the house, and they live in the walls between apartments, leave droppings, etc. Even the cleanest of apartments get them. It's not exactly something that's going to go away.

Glue traps are horrible. They chew their legs off, which causes them to die anyway, but it just takes longer and involves more suffering. And a mess.

ETA: I heard mint works really well.

It all depends the type of glueboards you get. Some are horrible because the mouse just sits there and dies of starvation, but there are others where you can unstick the mouse and let it go.

[penguin4]

Mice that get stuck to glue traps scream. It's nasty.

The best way (long term) to get rid of mice is to get a cat. Once the mice figure out that there's a predator in the house, the mice tell all of their friends and relatives to get out of the house and stay out. Then they move to the neighbor's place.

Thanks, Patricia. I'll remember that if I ever have mice and annoying neighbors (and enough $$ to afford a cat).

[penfold]

Oh, if you do get a cat, you need to remove any mouse/rat poison that you might have out. That stuff is NASTY -- and it will DEFINITELY affect cats & dogs. (It solidifies the blood.)

[Jersey Yankee]

The problem is, Brad, there *IS* food in the house, and they live in the walls between apartments, leave droppings, etc. Even the cleanest of apartments get them. It's not exactly something that's going to go away.

I'm not feeding some cat, and I'm not even a cat lover.

Yeah, I forgot about them living in between the walls. I've only had about 3 meeses the last 5 years. I've just stuck a small glue trap and that takes care of them.

I've always figured there was one, since you'll either see something scampering around, or if there's a box of grain like pasta, you'll notice the chew marks where they've helped themselves.

I can't support any rodent's need for food, and considering they breed like wildfire (pun intended), I have even less of a need. If you don't like the glue trap, then the poisoned peanut butter thing works. I saw one grimacing near my small fridge, so I just scooped it up into the duster and left him in the terlit (you've heard Archie Bunker, haven't you?) for a few minutes, then flushed the buzzard.

Their only good point is I think they eat the roaches. But they spread disease, so I've got no compassion for 'em.

[krystl]

Mice that get stuck to glue traps scream. It's nasty.

The best way (long term) to get rid of mice is to get a cat. Once the mice figure out that there's a predator in the house, the mice tell all of their friends and relatives to get out of the house and stay out. Then they move to the neighbor's place.

We had mice in our motorhome last winter. Hubby bought the glue traps and caught one mouse. He fet so bad about it suffering he tried to get it off as best he could but I don't think he fared too well.
Now we keep moth balls in the outside storage compartments and Bounce dryer sheets all over the inside of the RV. Mice supposedly don't like the smell.
So far, so good.

In my house, the cats caught 2 mice last year and that's the last I saw of any in the house.

[fredgmuggs]

Use the Victor spring traps and bait them with a litte peanut butter.... they're cheap and they do the job efficiently. Call me cold hearted when it comes to vermin in my house.

[Trish]

Use the Victor spring traps and bait them with a litte peanut butter.... they're cheap and they do the job efficiently. Call me cold hearted when it comes to vermin in my house.

I don't like it when my cat catches and kills mice. Because she brings them to me, and they aren't always dead.

I prefer mouse traps.

[penfold]

Aw, that means your kitty loves you, Trish! Or, at the very least, respects you enough to give you a present! Fresh caught mouse! Mmm Mmm Good!

Seriously, while traps can help; it's really cats that keep the mice away.

[krystl]

Aw, that means your kitty loves you, Trish! Or, at the very least, respects you enough to give you a present! Fresh caught mouse! Mmm Mmm Good!

Seriously, while traps can help; it's really cats that keep the mice away.

I have 4 cats and only one female is a good mouser. She caght one under the cabinet sight unseen. Just listened for a minute then swiped her paw under there and came out with a mouse. Hubby followed her downstairs and got the mouse (still alive) away from her and let it go in a woodsy area across the street.

[Trish]

Aw, that means your kitty loves you, Trish! Or, at the very least, respects you enough to give you a present! Fresh caught mouse! Mmm Mmm Good!

Seriously, while traps can help; it's really cats that keep the mice away.

It's the sterotypical scene...me up on the countertop or the washing machine, and the girls screaming

[Sam18]

My friend's dad once hit a mouse with a baseball bat and it was still alive. Although its eye had comeout.

[jonnyc39]

I don't buy it.

[Jersey Yankee]

Any truth to the rumor that Richard Gere is now stocking up on fire extinguishers?

Even though I commented, I still don't quite get the original joke. Would this be an allusion to hamsters also?

[NYYBombshell]

My friend's dad once hit a mouse with a baseball bat and it was still alive. Although its eye had comeout.

That's disgusting.

[Sam18]

That's disgusting.

Yeah it was running around with blood coming out of its eye. I've got tons of disgusting stories involving mice.

[NYYBombshell]

Yeah it was running around with blood coming out of its eye. I've got tons of disgusting stories involving mice.

Don't share them because they're not funny. That stuff makes me wretch.

[Sam18]

Don't share them because they're not funny. That stuff makes me wretch.

Must...resist...posting...mouse...stories...

[Archer1979]

Richard Gere can breathe safely....

http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/mousefire.asp

[jonnyc39]

I don't buy it.

Richard Gere can breathe safely....

http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/mousefire.asp

I KNEW IT!

[LilChief]

First of all, I say the guy got what he deserved...thats a cruel way to dispose of the mouse...not to mention that the article refers to how dry it's been there and all the brush fires, what was the idiot doing burning leaves anyway!???

As for keeping mice away, we live in a fairly rural area with lots of woods. We use mothballs in all the outdoor sheds etc during the winter. They do seem to work. Also my husband has some old cars and got another trick from some car friends...he takes a few bars of strongly scented soap (Irish Spring?) and shaves it and puts the shavings into plastic jars with holes in the lids, and puts those in the cars for the winter. It keeps them away and also smells better than the mothballs. We also bought some of those electronic pest control things you plug in and they are supposed to make a high pitched noise that deters rodents and bugs. They seem to be working, since we haven't seen any signs of anything since we put them in, and we have dog food etc in the garage where they used to show up for dinner on occasion.

As for traps, we used to use the old fashioned kind, but hubby had to handle that cuz I couldnt bear to see the poor little things dead. Since my daughter got her Gerbil and it escaped one day in the house, I bought a bunch of the humane traps at Wal-mart...they are just clear boxes with doors that close behind them so they can't get out and you can release them.

I do have a funny mouse story though...our former neighbor had tried the sticky traps and felt awful when the first little thing was stuck on it and tore it's feet off trying to get away..so he bought some of the humane traps. He put them out and caught a mouse the very first day. He was very pleased with himself that he had let it go unharmed. The next night he heard another mouse, and put the trap out again. Caught the mouse...let it go. This went on several times over the next week or so. He finally said to my husband "Gee there must be a hundred mice in my house! I catch one every night!" My husbnad started laughing...."Where do you let them go? >>>>>>>>>>

"OUTSIDE THE BACK DOOR, WHY?"

[DontHateOnNumber2]

I heard today that the man that this happened to told everyone that the mouse was dead when he threw it into the fire and that high winds caused the fire to burn his house down. I'll look for a link now.

[DontHateOnNumber2]

http://feeds.miaminews.net/?rid=8d5f...b67f053bb2&f=1

[penfold]

That doesn't alter the fact that karma can still a b!+(#.

[Pepper03]

First of all, I say the guy got what he deserved...thats a cruel way to dispose of the mouse...not to mention that the article refers to how dry it's been there and all the brush fires, what was the idiot doing burning leaves anyway!???

As for keeping mice away, we live in a fairly rural area with lots of woods. We use mothballs in all the outdoor sheds etc during the winter. They do seem to work. Also my husband has some old cars and got another trick from some car friends...he takes a few bars of strongly scented soap (Irish Spring?) and shaves it and puts the shavings into plastic jars with holes in the lids, and puts those in the cars for the winter. It keeps them away and also smells better than the mothballs. We also bought some of those electronic pest control things you plug in and they are supposed to make a high pitched noise that deters rodents and bugs. They seem to be working, since we haven't seen any signs of anything since we put them in, and we have dog food etc in the garage where they used to show up for dinner on occasion.

I've tried all that stuff, and the mice are still in my garage.

Last year they caused >$1,000 damage to my car, chewed through sensor wires in the engine, then they got into my car and chewed up the seats. The low point was when I sat on a dead one in the drivers seat-now that was horrible, I slowly realized as I was backing out of the garage that there was something not right in the car, kind of like a horror movie when the dope realizes slowly something is wrong and they need to GET OUT right away. As I was backing out I noticed the telltale mouse "droppings" all over my dashboard, then noticed there was fuzz all over the passenger floor, then noticed the roof had a hole on it. I got out of the car, looked down, and HORROR, a dead mouse where I had been sitting! I'm surprised you didn't hear my scream all the way to Connecticut!

I no longer have that car and have employed everything short of cat. I like cats but my husband does not, so they are not an option. We have a dog that is, believe it or not, a very good mouser, kills them all the time, but still they are with me.

Much as I dislike rodents, though, I'd never be cruel to them. We have spring traps and haven't caught one yet, even though I noticed the other day when checking them out that the mice had eaten the peanut butter-I kid you not, they had eaten it right off the traps and not set them off.

Obviously, I have rodent issues so I need to go now or I could type all morning.