One day, OpalGoose screamed, when the other geese gathered round, we discovered a wee bit of rat poop outside the nest (never near our valuable stuff!).  EEK!  Immediately, WilburGoose started to research what needed to be done to encourage the creatures to return to their normal home.  That's when Wilbur found this story.  We must admit, it put life into perspective...(what's a bit of outdoor poop compared to this?)

Remember...we didn't write this, my goose-ness!  We would NEVER EVER keep a bed that had been (or continued to be) a mouse-nest!  

Our simple Goose response?  Don't know what to do?  First step might be GET RID OF THE MATTRESS!  Spend the hundreds of $$$ on a new one instead of mouse control.

Ok, now that you know the punchline, read the story.  We do question the validity - could be an urban tale, after all who would keep such a mattress?

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I began to have a mouse problem last summer (05). I bought a nice mattress and box springs from a local Salvation Army store and think that might be where the mice got started. I've spent hundreds of dollars on killing the mice, but I still have a problem. They are in my new mattress. I find no droppings, and cannot find where they are entering my mattress, but they aggravate me to death at night when I go to bed. They "bump" against me and quiver. I can hear them runniing around inside the mattress. When they poo, it smells so bad it makes me nauseas. I have to sleep on top of several blankets and/or quilts, but have to be careful because they try to crawl inside the comfortors. I've tried everything to kill and get rid of them including exterminators, poisen, a cat, everything I can find including traps, glue traps, d-con, bait blocks, pellets and even oil of wintergreen (very expensive). They have crawled inside my recliner and have even had mites so everything that touches me has to be sprayed or put into the dryer for at least 20 minutes. Can anyone help me? i don't know what else to do. I have health problems and asthma. I'm allergic to the mice as well. Please help! Sandi