Puzzling mouse situation

[Anonymous]

Mice are harder to get rid of than rats. They breed fast and they get everywhere.

If you can't afford or don't want an exteriminator (I recommend you go this route). You can leave traps, its probably wise to leave a few underneath the porch.

Their preferred bait is dark chocolate and / or peanut butter.

[Anonymous]

Of the 10 years you've lived in the house, how many have you had the cat? My guess is that there have been mice on the porch before, but you never saw them until the cat started chasing them.

Interesting to me that your reaction is to keep the cat inside. I would do the opposite, put the cat on the porch 24/7 until the mice are gone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe your cat is sending a message you are not feeding it enough with the advent of cooler weather.

All cats believe that regardless of weather.

[Anonymous]

Mmm, it's cold outside and they are looking for any warm place to go.

It's not that complicated. Put our some rodent repellent to keep them away.

[Anonymous]

Good job OP! You're now in the running for a "Best of DCUM" Dundie

[Anonymous]

A mouse happened upon your screened in porch, liked it, and invited friends over for a party.

This happened to us, except it was a crack in our window frame that attracted the mice (as well as a snake 😂). Once we fixed it, there were no more mice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yesterday DH found our cat with a dead mouse in his mouth. We looked for evidence of mice all over our house and didn’t find anything. The cat had been on the screened porch, so DH thought maybe the mouse might have gotten in there through a small whole somewhere.

Tonight the cat was out on the porch again and the door to the house was closed and we noticed the cat chasing another mouse. We managed to bring the cat in without the mouse getting into the house and put a trap out on the porch.

We’re puzzled as to why we had mice on the porch two days in a row (rather than a rogue mouse that just happened to wander in one day). There’s no food or anything we can think of to attract them. Why is this happening?? Now we can’t let the cat out there or leave the door from the house to the porch open!!

Where there is one mouse, there are usually several.

Also, now you have to be concerned about Toxoplasmosis.

Wikipedia isn't a reliable source I know, but it's a start to learning about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis

[Anonymous]

Why wouldn’t you keep the cat out there? I would 100% keep the cat out there to discourage mice!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why wouldn’t you keep the cat out there? I would 100% keep the cat out there to discourage mice!

See the post before yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why wouldn’t you keep the cat out there? I would 100% keep the cat out there to discourage mice!

See the post before yours.

And... there was no reason given.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Appalling that numerous mice have found their way into a screened in porch. Who ever heard of such a thing?

Vermin tend to be much more numerous in urban areas. Part of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why wouldn’t you keep the cat out there? I would 100% keep the cat out there to discourage mice!

See the post before yours.

And... there was no reason given.

Troll ^

[Anonymous]

Assuming you have furniture on your porch, check all the cushions and pillows. If you have some sort of upholstery, check that too. The mice may be stealing the stuffing for their nest. Otherwise, you probably have a family under the porch or somewhere near and they are trying to get inside for warm and food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why wouldn’t you keep the cat out there? I would 100% keep the cat out there to discourage mice!

See the post before yours.

And... there was no reason given.

Troll ^

???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tough crowd. Sorry if I’m not a mouse expert. We’ve been in this house for 10 years and have never had a mouse before this week. We had mice once in 5 years at our old house.

You might want to look around for where the mice have burrowed in. Sounds like they found a new home somewhere on the porch.