Can't cope in this house...please help!

JoolzS

Try to remember they are teeny, tiny creatures just trying to stay alive. I know it's difficult if you have a phobia (I get irrationally freaked out by spiders), but mice are just like baby kittens - very cute.

They are not going to hurt your baby. They really want to avoid human contact. I once had mice in my flat that I never knew about until I was sorting out one of my kitchen cupboards and found nibbled cereal boxes and droppings. They had obviously never ventured anywhere else in the flat other than that cupboard - just went for the easy and tasty food source. I took away the food source, blocked up the entrance and never saw any evidence of them again. I actually ended up feeling guilty for maybe starving a little mouse family!

dktreesea

dlizi wrote: »

Aye very good! - dont listen , you have a baby and yourself to think of - these little critters get everywhere and cause all manner of germs and whatever! You are not being irrational in any way, mice poop is not nice and can cause bad things. If it feels bad in your gut, it is bad , go with your gut feeling every time X

Well said! If you have mice and a landlord unwilling to get to it and fix the problem, especially if you know your place is clean so not the culprit attracting them in, it's time to move.

fireyfirenze

I don't have any advice OP but just wanted to say I don't think you are over reacting about this and people telling you to get a grip etc is not helping! it's very hard when you think something is invading your home especially if it's not meant to be there. it's easy to get yourself very worked up about it too. just take deep breaths and try and read the posts on here with the useful advice. and get it sorted in the morning!

ndf9876

The answer to this problem is clear; get yourself an M41A Pulse Rifle and...oh no, wait, sorry, that's aliens :rotfl:

Seriously, if you owned the place, and had invested money in it, would you be so eager to just dump it and move out? I guess not, most folks would be pretty cheesed off (see what I did there? mice? cheese? I'll get my coat...) but would go and either get pest control or lay traps.

Now I don't know about tenancy agreements in Scotland but it does seem like perhaps the landord should be involved here. I don't know. But whilst I can understand your feelings, in a bit of context, these are certainly not facehuggers or zombies, they are mice

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I've heard (but I can't speak to the legitimacy) that Scottish mice are actually very easy to get rid of, what you do is place a plank of wood from the opening of your loft space to the outside, then on the end of the plank place a can of irn bru and a deep fried mars bar and they'll run for it and fall off!

Miss_Poohs

Kelly - calm down a wee bit, ad breath.

Is your l/l registered with the council they should be and it's really easy to check

https://www.landlordregistrationscotland.gov.uk/Pages/Process.aspx?Command=ShowHomePage

This isn't optional!!!

The safety checks aren't either.

Your l/l sounds like a bit of a wido.

If the mice are in your property the l/l should be dealing with it, ad that's not optional either.

martinsurrey

dlizi wrote: »

If it feels bad in your gut, it is bad , go with your gut feeling every time X

Rubbish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia


this is a forum for advice, not cuddling and telling the OP what they want to hear.

OP, the mice are something you should sort out, but you have other issues that you need to get looked at, a reaction like this to mice is not healthy for you.

Try some thing simple first

http://www.tesco.com/direct/5-in-1-insect-and-rodent-repeller/713-2808.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=713-2808&kpid=713-2808&sc_cmp=ppc_g__&gclid=CLDR-v60lbgCFbQetAodGEAA5w

(if its a problem tesco think they can can fix off the shelf, its not a big problem)

pimento

I can kind of see where the OP is coming from. I'm not afraid of mice but I hate cockroaches. So much so that if I saw one in my house I would have to move out, there would be no way I could sleep there knowing they were there.

I reckon her partner could be more pro-active in solving the problem, though.

ognum

I have read this thread through and I am not yet sure it this is a trill or not, I was convinced it was a true thread until the last couple of posts.

If this is a real post then I would like to sympathise with the OP. I haven't got a phobia of anything but the symptoms you describe in a rather text book way are those of a mice phobia and as such any amount of saying 'just get on with it' will not make any difference.

the problem is that I think that even if you move you will still hear strange noises and get the same symptoms and think its mice.

I am not sure of the Scottish system but please call your equivalent to environmental health or the rat catcher and ask them to come out and check the property.

Perhaps go and live with family until the house has been treated. I think one of the issues is that it's you and three little ones and no other adult to calm you down and give you help.

You need help for the phobia, moving on will not help.

hazyjo

Agree with those who are saying it's a phobia - probably one you've been aware of for most of your life. I'm sure if your child saw one it'd be more a case of 'awww, look, a cute mousie' than 'ARGHHHHHH!'! All you're likely to do is pass your own fears/phobias onto your child.

As above, get LL, council, or pest controllers involved and get the problem sorted.

btw, as with others, if my house was suddenly infested with spiders, I'd be staying elsewhere! So, yes, I do understand. Personally, I love little meeces, but my very brave mum who's not scared of anything (except mice/birds!) would run a mile. I remember when she had them in the house. Not pleasant for her, but they soon got rid of them.

Try to stay rational, and get a cat The mice won't come near you... can you imagine trying to catch one with your hands? Near impossible.

Have you seen I'm a Celeb Get Me Out Of Here!? They always have mice running over them in camp and in various trials. Never heard of any major incidents!

You could always have therapy for your fear, or even get a little rodent pet! See if you feel differently. My BF never used to like cats, but is loving mine now and coos at, feeds and tries to stroke every cat which comes into the garden. Even says he loves Lottie, and goes in search of her to stroke when he's feeling wound up or down.

Jx