How can I get rid of a mouse from my kitchen?

use rat killin pills covered with lil bit of cheez.. for cat i think u should put in milk ,near the red zone, nd toys da cat play with near tht place..

in here wht v do is use maze flour..make a small ball of it, nd inside of it is mixed with rat killing pills..

rats sure come to eat it nd thts the last bites they took b4 endin up.. :)

I'd leave it up to the cat, sounds like it knows its job and can/will do it. The mouse surely didn't enter by the door, It's way more likely that it came in the back way and will eventually come out, looking around, if you leave it open a bit. Can you feed the cat at the same location? Maybe play with it a bit - to encourage it being around there for now. Just give the cat time, they're very persistent - it will eventually catch on that there is a mouse (smell and/or hear it) and will not stop from then on, until it catches it (Feline OCB). Night is a good time for the cat, and it'll be a bad time for the mouse.

You can use a non-poison trap also - be careful of the open spring type, keep the cat from having access to it.

And do not use poison or you may well poison your cat. It will find the mouse while it's flopping around, or later when it starts to smell, and may poison itself eating the mouse then.

OK RatCat will enjoy eating near the cupboard. He may even get curious if he smells or hears the mouse.

So I suggest you place his meals near that cupboard. Then after a day or two place less food and open that cupboard. if the mouse is there RatCat will chase it - bet he can't resist ;]

For long term some poison bait at the back of teh cupboard. Or better a mousetrap that allows live capture. Then release the mouse well away in a park.

In the event that the crittur is not through to the cupboard perhaps the smell of RatCat will make it go away. Place a cloth that the cat has slept on in the cupboard.

Go to a hardware store and say I have a mouse problem. They will get you mouse traps. then get a little bit of peanut butter or Kraft American cheese (either will do) and smear a little bit onto the trap (some traps now have plastic cookie-like cutouts, that is where you smear the stuff in the shape of the cutout). Trust me it'll work. Some older traps you have to put underneath, closer to the edge of the wooden block, where the metal is exposed. Put that under your sink. Some traps are plastic and you don't have to actually see the dead mouse. You could get these but I recommend the older types, theyre better. Then you know when you killed him. The plastic traps often get triggered by a bump and tell you theres something in it when there isnt!!!!

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If you hear one, you have many. They figure out ways to get in and out of things and can get through amazingly small holes and cracks. They can also climb straight up your walls, cabinets, whatever. If you hear scratching, that is probably gnawing and they are making holes to come and go as they please. I suggest you get some traps and put them in there immediately or you will have them everywhere and get some in the storage room too. You can also put out poison but put it where children and pets can't get too it. Those turquoise pellets work really well. Get all of your foodstuffs in your fridge. . leave nothing out and take your garbage out often. Anything in your pantry is an attraction. I've had them gnaw through storage containers to get at food and once they gnawed into my cocoa, ate candles, you name it. You are in a fight so don't take it lightly. If you see droppings, clean them up without breathing in any dust. While they look like cute little critters, keep in mind they are filthy vermin and carry disease. I used to be squeamish about catching and killing them but since I moved on water and each time the water comes up and runs them out, they head for my house. They have destroyed many things and caused me untold damage. I personally now use glue traps and if you use them know that the glue comes off with oil. . .cooking oil will take it off. . .anything. I have adopted two indoor cats and feed all the feral cats around here. That has helped the most. Mice don't come where cats are. Oh and not all cats are mousers. I have a Blue Heeler that catches mice while the cats watch. Good luck.

A mouse can get through a very tiny opening. Maybe the one around the pipe. That would be my guess. They can crawl up pipes. Sealing the opening might keep the others from coming in.

A snap trap baited with cheese, or peanut butter or gum drop can catch the mouse. When you open the trap, you can give it to your cat.

Greasing a jar inside and baiting it placing it at a small angle can catch one.

I had the issue in a hangar, dang critters! No cat to help as he would be alone out there and cold to boot. I found some really nice "electronic traps" which really work well. I put a little peanut butter in the back of the traps, turned them on and left. Over a two week period I caught FIVE of the things! (I hear that coca puffs work well in them as well.)

The traps simply "zap" the critter! Found mine at Home Depot which is big around here!

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet...

Certainly you can order online as well. I am sure they are available at other places. (oops those are for RATS but they have mouse size as well http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet... )

Once I had the "infestation" under control, I put in SONIC units to keep them away in the first place. Then I learned that they DON'T WORK! So I left the traps in place and found that really and truly the traps work the "repellents" don't! (see http://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/resources/ultrasonic... )

Of course I like HIGH tech solutions to any problem! Why buy a spring loaded mouse trap (which I always get my fingers into somehow) when a ZAPPER is available? Besides, if I had a cat, he couldn't get his paws hurt in the zapper! :)

Add: Once he is gone, get some of the "expanding foam" insulation from your hardware store. Seal around the opening with it to keep them from using those areas to get back in to the house. (They will try to chew through it but it will deter them if all areas are covered well.)

Get a cat or put a trap down .

mouse traps /or extermanter

get a better cat

or corner it the just like throw something over it and catch ie

(if its really trully bad like its eatig your food then i would get and extermantor or use the mouse traps but you dont realy want to hurt the poor thing)