How to Prevent Mice in the toaster
dann...@nospammm.com
gap in the house, sooner or later a mouse is going to get indoors.
They are known to chew their own holes to get in. I dont know who is
worse in this house, because both my wife and myself tend to get
pretty panicky when they get in. I dont mind them in the least
outdoors, but once in the house, it's like they are going to attack
us. My wife even has nightmares about them if there has been one in
the house lately, and she just had one of them, which woke me up.
What happened was this morning she went to the kitchen to make some
toast and as she was inserting the bread, a mouse jumped out of the
toaster. After that incident I had a feeling she would have a
nightmare tonight, and I was right.
My reason for this message is to ask if anyone knows of a way to make
a cover for a toaster, or do they sell them? Once a mouse gets in the
toaster, she throws it in the trash. I really dont blame her, because
there really is no way to wash the whole thing and the mice leave a
disgusting mess in the bottom, if you know what I mean.
Toasters are not that expensive, but I bet we average buying 3 or 4
each year and always because of mice. This is getting pretty costly.
After the mouse jumping out at her last morning, she said she will
never use a toaster again unless it's kept covered or in some sort of
enclosure where mice can not get inside. At the same time, I am not
going to buy another one until we find a means to enclose it. I don't
understand why they dont make toasters that can be closed up after
use. Mice a fairly common in the country, and even in the city people
do get them indoors. This makes me wonder how many people eat mouse
droppings with their toast and never realize it. And even without
mice, toasters being open on the top are not the most sanitary at
anytime.
If anyone has any solutions or ideas, please reply.
Thanks
Dan
Dr. Hardcrab
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ransley
Have you ever heard of mouse traps and mouse poison, I guess not
Norminn
>do get them indoors. This makes me wonder how many people eat mouse
>
>
You get droppings and body parts before wheat becomes toast; read up on
food safety
standards and you will find a minimum allowable level of stuff allowed.
Envision a grainary
and the feast it offers to rodents. Then picture the grainary being
emptied and the wheat
being milled for flour......rodents have lived and died in the stuff,
and some unfortunate is
bound to be milled along with the flour. You also get larvae in pasta
and nuts, so be aware
the world is not sterile outside of your toaster.
It only takes a few crumbs to attract mice - cereal, pet food, flour,
etc. Clean up the kitchen
thoroughly, every crack, crevice and cupboard. Put mouse edibles into
sealed plastic or
metal containers. Put traps in the nice, warm, cozy places that mice
like to nest in ....
around pilot flame, fridge motor. Mice need only about 1/4" opening to
get into the
house, but making the house less attractive is the key. I used to get a
mouse or two
every fall when the weather turned cold. It was easy to get rid of
them. If the toaster
is the only food source, mebbe storing it in a closed plastic bin would
cure the visitors.
Jim Elbrecht
-snip-
>Toasters are not that expensive, but I bet we average buying 3 or 4
>each year and always because of mice.
If you have that many mice you should be thinking about an
exterminator- or at least a bunch of traps/poison.
-snip-
>use. Mice a fairly common in the country, and even in the city people
>do get them indoors. This makes me wonder how many people eat mouse
>droppings with their toast and never realize it.
-snip-
I get an occasional mouse. And I trap him, and all his kin- then I
don't see any [or any sign] for a year or two.
An appliance garage might make your wife less squeamish-
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2131788200102275251evfEKs
But don't let her read this site or she might want you to kill some of
the critters-
http://www.cdc.gov/rodents/
You can get a few interesting viruses just by sharing living quarters
with mice.
Jim
HeyBub
1. Get your wife to make a toaster cozy.
http://www.camacrafts.org/kitchen_tca.htm
2. Keep the crumbs cleaned out of the toaster.
3. Put the toaster in the refrigerator between uses.
4. Put the toaster in a plastic trash bag. Don't forget the twist-tie.
5. Toast your bread in the oven.
6. (My favorite) You can get little mice-like toys in the cat section of
Walmart. They're like five for a dollar. Sprinkle these toys under the
covers. This phobia cure is called "total immersion therapy."
Noel
>
> 2. Keep the crumbs cleaned out of the toaster.
>
> 3. Put the toaster in the refrigerator between uses.
>
> 4. Put the toaster in a plastic trash bag. Don't forget the twist-tie.
>
> 5. Toast your bread in the oven.
>
> 6. (My favorite) You can get little mice-like toys in the cat section of
> Walmart. They're like five for a dollar. Sprinkle these toys under the
> covers. This phobia cure is called "total immersion therapy."
Cats are not the answer...they can't get all of them. Why not get a
wired net ,the type that they can't gnaw at, and use it as a cover for
the toaster..or why not put it in storage of your dishwasher or range,
if you have them, or microwave oven...But remember, keep the house
clean of crumbs and after using the toaster, clean out the
crumbs ...don't let them accumulate. I lined my kitchen drawers ( the
rear ends ) and now they never get into them.
ransley
dadiOH
I'm wondering if you knew that pepper can have up to 10% rodent
droppings? Or that both you and your wife - and everyone else - has
mites living in the root area of their eyelashes?
Pleasant dreams... :)
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As others have said, set traps etc first. You need to figure out their
entry points (typically under the fridge, dishwasher or sink) and trap near
there. You can try some cayenne pepper in the toaster to keep them away
from that, but I would focus your energy closer to the source. I too live
in a heavily wooded area with an endless supply of the little buggers, but
have never been defeated in my attempts to stop them getting in. It
sometimes takes a few goes to find all the entry points, but it is possible
and I encourage you not to resign your self to it being an inevitable part
of life in the country. Here are the areas I've found them getting in:
* wherever utilities or air comes in or out of the house - foam/wire
wool/caulk around AC pipes and gas and electrical boxes (just foam all the
way around them to be sure. screw wire mesh (chicken wire) over vent outlets
(eg for bathroom fans); for the dryer vent, make sure the flap is not
blocked with lint, buy one of the mouse/bird proof covers, and be sure to
clean it out regularly to prevent a blockage
* if you have siding, look at the lower lip - sometimes there can be a gap
underneath. depending on the type of material, you can either foam it, nail
it tight to the sheathing or insert a thin strip of wood to close the gap
* don't ignore decks - I've had a couple of instances where I've sealed
everything up so well, except for under the deck; last fall I pulled off
the first three boards of the deck, in desperation, and sure enough, found
gaps in the sill plate where the ledger board was attached - easy to fix,
and that certainly solved the problem.
* don't ignore the roof, or vents high up on the walls, they will certainly
get up there (although they are much more likely to be coming in at ground
level
In my experience exterminators don't help that much. They just set traps
and bait, which you can do. They tend to be less than helpful when looking
for entry points....they want the recurring revenue! I've heard a couple
say that most mice get in through cracks in the foundation, so nothing you
can do about it - that is BS. In my experience they usually come in where a
pipe or vent comes into the house.
Good luck.
Jack
If you have open space under youur house throw some moth balls around
under it about every three months and you wont be bothered with mice
or other vermin.
Dan Espen
> On Mar 8, 8:54 am, "HeyBub" <hey...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> danny...@nospammm.com wrote:
>> > We live in the country. No matter how well I plug every small hole or
>> > gap in the house, sooner or later a mouse is going to get indoors.
>> > They are known to chew their own holes to get in. I dont know who is
>> > worse in this house, because both my wife and myself tend to get
>> > pretty panicky when they get in.
Get over your fears.
> Cats are not the answer...they can't get all of them.
A cat will not share it's space with a mouse.
Most won't eat the mouse anyway.
But they will kill every mouse in the house.
That will take care of every mouse currently in the house
but they will still get in unless you do something about it.
The attitude that sooner or later they will get in
is self destructive. There are only so many access points,
find them, and eliminate them. It's not that hard.
They only chew holes where they sense an opening.
Close all the openings. You can plug holes a lot faster
than they can open them.
The obsession with the toaster, is indicative.
They go lots of places besides the toaster why this
obsession with the toaster. Adjust your attitude.
You're NOT going to have mice in the house.
Set traps, seriously consider a cat, and find ALL the
holes and plug them.
Forget about the toaster and stop with the defeatist
attitude.
Oh, and don't throw things out because they're dirty.
Did you know that there are bacteria floating in the air
and every time you open your mouth they get in?
Clean the toaster and run it once without bread in it.
There will be nothing in it that can harm you after that.
Norminn
>I'm wondering if you knew that pepper can have up to 10% rodent
>droppings? Or that both you and your wife - and everyone else - has
>mites living in the root area of their eyelashes?
>
>Pleasant dreams... :)
>
>
>
>
Tell us about the components of household dust :o)
jp
To Dan, they sell electric units that emit a signal that will deture
mice and squirrels, and all types of rodents at a cost of about 50 or
60 dollars. Its works, and for the price of the toster you can buy
this unit. II would look at all your plumbing pipes where they come
through the floor and calk all those areas, UNDER SINK and BATHROOM.
Good luck dan, henry penta donj...@verizon.net
dadiOH
Only if OP promises that his wife won't read it :)
Jim Elbrecht
-snip-
>A cat will not share it's space with a mouse.
>Most won't eat the mouse anyway.
>But they will kill every mouse in the house.
>
Cat's are like people- no two are alike. We had a cat that was a
great hunter. . . outside. She cleaned or property of mice, moles,
chipmunks, rabbits and even a mink- on Mother's Day, no less.
I think she considered the indoor mice 'fellow pets'.
The cat slept on an ugly old overstuffed chair on the back porch. When
she died I threw the chair out- and discovered about 10 pounds of
catfood hidden in it. Not by the cat- but by the mice she was
sleeping over.
Jim
Oren
>Toasters are not that expensive, but I bet we average buying 3 or 4
>each year and always because of mice.
How many years have you had this problem?
1 yr 3-4 toasters
2 yr 6-8 toasters
3 yr 9-12 toasters
Don Wiss
>An appliance garage might make your wife less squeamish-
>http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2131788200102275251evfEKs
A mouse would simply crawl under that door.
Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
Don Wiss
>1. Get your wife to make a toaster cozy.
>http://www.camacrafts.org/kitchen_tca.htm
They won't do anything to keep out mice.
webs...@cox.net
Get a large plastic, tupperware-like container, into which the toaster
can be put once it cools down. It's possible, but methinks unlikely,
that the mice would chew into it as long as the outside is kept clean.
"Blattus Slafaly £ ¥ 0/00 :)"
You need to get some poison for the little critters. They love Decon and
those green blocks to chew on.
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MCG
heavy cookbook on top of the toaster when it is not in use. I also
sprinkle peppermint oil on cotton pads and place them in my food prep and
storage areas. This makes my life with mice more tolerable while we
continue to plug the holes in this old house.
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relate to the OP, since I live in the country and while I am getting
every hole sealed and even applying hardware cloth under the floor, I
still get a mouse every so often. And I have to admit they make me
pretty panicky too when they are indoors. Yea, I know they dont bite
people, but the thought of having one run across my foot (barefooted),
is reason to be uncomfortable (this really happened to me once). And
the possibility of having one run across my body while I'm asleep, makes
it even more reason.... The amount of damage they do, alone, is a
reason to get rather panicky. I've had colthing ruined, my toolbox
filled with debris and shit, my silverware drawer full of shit, and so
on.... Mice are destructive, damaging, and just plain nasty.
I too have had them in my toaster, and yea, I toss the toaster in the
trash too. I finally found a method to keep them out. I got one of
those large cookie or candy tins (often sold for the winter hilidays).
The toaster just fit in it, even though the toaster was standing on it's
side when the tin was upright. I planned to build a wooden box with
tight door, but I got to think about safety. Using wood is a fire
hazzard, because when someone is in a hurry to leave for work in the
morning, they dont have time to wait for the toaster to cool. So either
it's stuffed in the box hot, or left out till after work, and by that
time the mouse is having a feast.
Then I found an old metal bread box at a second hand store. The toaster
fit well! But the lift up door was real easy to lift, and I figured
that a determined mouse could probably get into it. A small cabinet
latch and a few small nuts with bolts solved that.
I have never seen any store made covers for toasters. I do agree they
should make a toaster that has a lid that can cover the openings with a
simple lever.
Not just a BETTER MOUSE TRAP, but a BETTER TOASTER!
Pico Rico
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Dan Espen
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:44:02 +0000, MCG
> <caedfaa9ed1216d60e...@example.com> wrote:
>
>>replying to dannydee, MCG wrote:
>>> dannydee wrote:
>>>
>>> We live in the country. No matter how well I plug every small hole or
>>> gap in the house, sooner or later a mouse is going to get indoors.
> relate to the OP, since I live in the country and while I am getting
> every hole sealed and even applying hardware cloth under the floor, I
> still get a mouse every so often.
> And I have to admit they make me
> pretty panicky too when they are indoors. Yea, I know they dont bite
> people, but the thought of having one run across my foot (barefooted),
> is reason to be uncomfortable (this really happened to me once).
I had one I captured outdoors.
Carried it around in a little box for a few days.
They are really cute, they'll climb up your sleeve and come out
at your neck. Then climb up through your hair.
Mine turned out to be a rat.
They're still pretty cute and if they are outdoor rodents
how much worse than the dirt can they be?
> the possibility of having one run across my body while I'm asleep, makes
> it even more reason.... The amount of damage they do, alone, is a
> reason to get rather panicky. I've had colthing ruined, my toolbox
> filled with debris and shit, my silverware drawer full of shit, and so
> on.... Mice are destructive, damaging, and just plain nasty.
I'm not in the least afraid of them.
But if they get in, they have to go.
I once got a mouse in the basement with a hammer.
Had to crack the skull but not spray brains all over.
Got it on the first try.
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know the original post was from 2008?
Dan Espen
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All the posts except this one were from 2008.
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Much appreciated.:)
JUAN CENA
GET A GOD DAMN HORIZONTAL TOASTER YOU FOOL
https://www.amazon.com/IRIS-OHYAMA-toaster-Horizontal-MOT-011/dp/B01LECDEJ6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508354968&sr=8-1&keywords=horizontal+toasters
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Joan Barbara Campelli
We have the same problem living on the edge of the grain fields......I now put
the toaster in a Cool Bag when it ks not in use.......and place it in the
normal place under the cooker......so far it has worked !
Renegade oo7
I clean it after each use and then I turn it up side down.
Bb59
https://www.etsy.com/listing/250627802/zippered-toaster-covers-2-slice-zipper
For zippered toaster cover
country girl
Boy THAT is a solution. Thanks. These unlimited suggestions for mouse
removal wasn't my question. I'll get a metal box.
Lolzpen
I love how the first commenter attacks the guy asking for help. Gotta love the
internet.
Biff Tannen
Shirley
You can order them on Amazon, I just brought one today.
kristen...@gmail.com
FromTheRafters
you sew or know somebody who does.
Todesco
We really use is more for warming and browning. We just went through
several iterations of bad ones. The one we have now is pretty good.
It's the cheapest Cuisinart at about $75. It is probably the best oven
toaster we've ever had, but the others have been to super cheapos. This
model was in between in cost. Some can cost over $200!
danny burstein
[snip]
>>> Toasters are not that expensive, but I bet we average buying 3 or 4
>>> each year and always because of mice.
at the local Goodwill/Salvation Army/similar shops, typically
for 5 to 10 dollars (toaster), a bit more for the combos.
So if you're going through them at this rate, that might be
a cheaper option.
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Colonel Edmund J. Burke
>>>> Toasters are not that expensive, but I bet we average buying 3 or 4
>>>> each year and always because of mice.
>
> Fyi, toasters and toaster-ovens are usually readily available
> at the local Goodwill/Salvation Army/similar shops, typically
> for 5 to 10 dollars (toaster), a bit more for the combos.
>
> So if you're going through them at this rate, that might be
> a cheaper option.
>
>
>
all your mice. Those pathetic serbs call it filet mignon.
LOL
Clare Snyder
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>In <r9onk6$bjl$1...@dont-email.me> Todesco <actod...@gmail.com> writes:
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>>>> Toasters are not that expensive, but I bet we average buying 3 or 4
>>>> each year and always because of mice.
>
>Fyi, toasters and toaster-ovens are usually readily available
>at the local Goodwill/Salvation Army/similar shops, typically
>for 5 to 10 dollars (toaster), a bit more for the combos.
>
>So if you're going through them at this rate, that might be
>a cheaper option.
was 30 years old when my wife decided she wantes a white one instead
of a chrome one
kelown
>> My reason for this message is to ask if anyone knows of a way to make
>> a cover for a toaster, or do they sell them?
https://www.courts.com.sg/tefal-tt410d-express-toaster-with-lid-ip148605
A toaster top is probably better suited for your needs. However, I'm not
sure if a larger mouse wouldn't be able to move that lid aside. And this
solution assumes that a mouse couldn't enter the toaster from the
bottom. https://www.toastertops.com/purchase.html
Toaster covers a plentifully sold at the usual online stores that sell
housewares. The problem is that most covers are made of a fabric loose
enough to allow a mouse to crawl under and up.
Perhaps storing the toaster in a metal breadbox will keep mice out.
Why not place a book or ceramic flooring tile on top of the toaster
after it cools down?
Clare Snyder
wrote:
time ago!!!! There would be traps next to traps all over the house,
along with electronic repellers and I'd be busy with screen and mortar
stuffing every hole I could find and clean up everything around that
would attract vermin.
Either that or move out and let the mice have it.
Vic Smith
>>
>If I had mouse problems that bad my wife would have left me a LONG
>time ago!!!! There would be traps next to traps all over the house,
>along with electronic repellers and I'd be busy with screen and mortar
>stuffing every hole I could find and clean up everything around that
>would attract vermin.
>
> Either that or move out and let the mice have it.
cleanliness - difficult with 5 kids - trapping, sealing holes, hunting at night with a
pellet gun, there was one left alive. I heard him at night in the wall behind the
fireplace mantle, where I hadn't sealed the trimwork. Figured he'd just starve to death.
Coming home from work one day I noticed what seemed to be crushed crayon on the vestibule
floor. Before I could mention it to my wife we started horsing around with our 1-year-old.
My wife tickled her while I played protector and ran with her from the kitchen to the
vestibule.
I saw the mouse duck behind the stair carpeting. Yelled to my wife to get the broom.
She killed that last mouse. Discovered that the crushed "crayon" on the vestibule floor
was the door bottom weather stripping that mouse was desperately chewing trying to escape
the house - into sub-zero weather. Never had another mouse in the house.
But it was a lot of work getting rid of maybe 30-50 mice. Took a few weeks.
MikoDel
I have a really nice SS Cuisinart 2-slice that cost me $60. One day I noticed
(from the smell... AAHHHH gross!) that a mouse had been in there. I have
spring traps, glue traps, Tomcat poison and an electric (The Green Mile) trap,
but so far these freakin' mice are too smart, and I haven't caught even one.
All kinds of bait including peanut butter, chocolate, bread soaked w/coconut
oil, etc. I was gonna throw out the toaster but I thought, HELL w/that if some
stupid mouse is gonna cost me a toaster that I genuinely like a lot. So I took
it outside and spent several hours with grain alcohol and a gun cleaning kit,
and went thru about 20 patches. I cleaned everywhere inside that thing, over
and over, including the heating elements themselves. And I left it in bright
sun shining into the slots for hours. I saved it, and now I have a cover on
order.
Ms.C
They carry deadly diseases!
bruce2...@gmail.com
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rbowman
> Put toaster on stand - four thin legs 6" high and flat top.
>
Peeler
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
> Any self respecting mouse can jump a lot higher that 6".