mouse in the house!!

WayOutWestMom
Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:38:59 +0000

Here in the Southwest, mice=hanta and mice=bubonic plague. Neither of which is any fun… I have no qualms about killing them. (Though I much prefer my cats take care of the problem for me.)

Disposing of dead rodents here can be a real hazardous waste situation. The state health dept recommends that if you find a dead (or dying mouse), you don a filter mask & rubber gloves before handling the corpse or pick the corpse up with a long handled shovel, then place it in a plastic bag with a cup of full strength chlorine bleach and then double or triple bag it before putting it in the trash.