need help... what would you do?

[Les Bill]

I am about to sign a year long lease for an apartment where i live. I love the location and the rent is very reasonable. I thought that they had electric heat so I went and knocked on the door at the place to ask the current tenant what their monthly electric bill looked like; it was not bad at all... but then she informed me that they had mice and that the property management company was not too responsive.

So do I bring this up to the property management company or do I not even sign it? I don't know how many mice there are, but how hard are they to get rid of? The only reason I am still thinking about this is that I really, really like the location. Walkable to everything.

[hobosox]

eh whats a couple of mice? they're fuzzy. its not like you're gonna get the plague.

[Ttone]

Depends, the best way imo is poison but you have to put it somewhere that kids or pets can't get to. I have exterminated large amounts of mice with this method and the cool thing is they come into the open that way they don't stink dead behind walls, I think this is due to dehydration so make sure there are no leaks under the sink and such.

Technically this is managements responsibility, and usually apartments do monthly extermination. If they have mice they probably have roaches and other pests as well. I would bring it up to the manager.

[tcanova]

I would talk to more tenants, you never know, the person you spoke with may have some beef with the management company. See what others that live there say. The mice, to me, doesn't seem like a big deal, but NOT TOO RESPONSIVE is! Last thing you want is a management company that does not act in a timely manner on anything.

[BKent]

You can't keep mice out of any home. Sign the lease, get a cat, you're gold man.

[Ttone]

I've never had any cats that would get em Bob, maybe I should have starved them.

It is hard to keep them out this time of year but you can get ride of them, sometimes for a couple two or htree years.

[BKent]

I've never had any cats that would get em Bob, maybe I should have starved them.



Well, maybe get a couple of them Ethiopian kids.

JUST A JOKE!

[Ttone]

Oh ****, Bob's in the house lol.

[BKent]

Oh ****, Bob's in the house lol.

I am counting on people's sense of humor, not their sense of political correctness. :rolleye:

Where are the Ethiopian kid smilies? :p

[Galactic God]

You can't keep mice out of any home. Sign the lease, get a cat, you're gold man.

Oh, man, I know this all too well!

We lived in a "new construction" neighborhood where the builders were breaking round, laying down hay, etc. and they stirred up all sorts of critters. :R

One night my wife and I woke up and saw "something" on the bedroom floor that "didn't look like it should've been there," but it was dark so neither of us had any idea what it was. We struck it up to be the typical "cat puke." She got up and just threw it in the garbage. That morning, we came to the conclusion that it was what was left of 2 mice, freshly displayed out for us like picking meat at the grocery store. :R

The next day came around and I called my wife at work. Zeus (one of my cats) came running down the stairs at break-neck speed, something in his mouth. He screeched to a halt in front of me and I said to my wife, "Zeus has a mouse! Zeus has a mouse!" The funny thing is that I was joking. Well, then I saw this thing squirm, and Zeus really did have a mouse! I started screaming, "HOLY SH!! ZEUS HAS A F-ING MOUSE! HE HAS A F-ING MOUSE!" :R The mouse squirmed away from Zeus and I had no idea mice could jump so high; probably about waist-high (I'm 5'11). Zeus was on that mouse like flies on sh**. I mean, I had no idea that Zeus was so fast, and he's not an outdoor cat.

I ran after Zeus, screaming "ZEUS! ZEUS! PUT DOWN THE MOUSE! ZEUS!" I was going to catch the mouse and just put him outside. Eventually, Zeus did drop the mouse, and I captured it in a box, but as I was walking down the stairs with it, it died in the box, undoubtedly from shock.

Well, a few weeks went by and Rachel's parents came out for a visit. We told them the "mouse story." Well, her dad, the "Mr. Fix-It" he is, decided he wanted a look around. As soon as he opened the shed in the backyard, a river of mice ran out; from what I understood, there were hundreds of them. :eek: I wasn't there to witness it.

Mice will get anywhere, especially during the winter time (it was winter). They will find small holes under the siding of your home, find their way into the garage, holes next to pipes that lead from outside to under your cabinets, etc. You don't have to be a dirty person to land a mice infestation.

Anyway, I'd talk to more neighbors, but if they have a serious infestation, I'd keep looking...

[FX]

Listen to the tenants, not the property manager.

In an apartment, you can only be as clean, bug free and rodent free as your neighbor allows.

You could catch mice all day if your neighbor won't be clean and the property manager won't be able to help either IMO.

[Tingly]

Property managers that are "not too responsive" would worry me A LOT! You need to do more investigating before signing.

[Roger L.]

Just for your knowledge . . .mice have skulls that allow them to flatten themselves to within a 1/4 of an inch this is why they are so hard to keep out

[Galactic God]

Listen to the tenants, not the property manager.

In an apartment, you can only be as clean, bug free and rodent free as your neighbor allows.

You could catch mice all day if your neighbor won't be clean and the property manager won't be able to help either IMO.

How true this is! If your neighbor is dirty and has roaches, the odds are that you're also going to have them. Luckily for us we had two mice get into the house, and then had the builder reseal the areas where they decided to cut costs. To say the least, we do not recommend that builder, as they are just ****-poor.

Just for your knowledge . . .mice have skulls that allow them to flatten themselves to within a 1/4 of an inch this is why they are so hard to keep out

Now, that, I did not know. That's a scary thought.

[Semi-Hollowbody]

You can't keep mice out of any home. Sign the lease, get a cat, you're gold man.

exactly,,,this works, trust me!!:D

[Galactic God]

exactly,,,this works, trust me!!:D

The cat's not going to keep mice out of your home. They're just going to keep them from seeing them running around your home. Instead, you'll end up with mouse carcasses all over the house. :R

[uyasgali]

We have had mice visit during the winter for the last few years. last October I bought a Fender Twin Reverb RI and a new SG. I had been playing some loud stuff one night and went to the basement for something and I saw a mouse...he was kind of strutting and had his hair gassed back...never saw him or any sign of mice since.:)

[Keith]

Run, don't walk.

[little_chick]

Just for your knowledge . . .mice have skulls that allow them to flatten themselves to within a 1/4 of an inch this is why they are so hard to keep out

And did you also know that baby mice can start making more baby mice at 1 month old! :eek:

[BKent]

Eventually, Zeus did drop the mouse, and I captured it in a box, but as I was walking down the stairs with it, it died in the box, undoubtedly from shock.

I love cats, every cat I ever had would bring kill trophies and drop them at my feet. They're like little Jeffrey Dahmers.

Just for your knowledge . . .mice have skulls that allow them to flatten themselves to within a 1/4 of an inch this is why they are so hard to keep out

True. Also, if they can fit their head through a hole, they can fit the rest of their body through it.

Anyway, I'd talk to more neighbors, but if they have a serious infestation, I'd keep looking...

It'd be funny if it was acceptable, by management, to have mice and not be allowed to have pets.