What would you do?

debodun

debodun

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If you went to use your favorite casserole or baking dish and found a mouse nest in it?
1) scrub with scalding water and soap, soak in bleach a few days, then bake in a 400° for 6 hours,
2) just throw it away
3) other
 

I'd just wash it well with dish soap and bleach, that should take care of any concerns. Soaking it in a strong bleach and water mix for an hour if you still think you need to do more.
 
debodun said:
If you went to use your favorite casserole or baking dish and found a mouse nest in it?
1) scrub with scalding water and soap, soak in bleach a few days, then bake in a 400° for 6 hours,
2) just throw it away
3) other
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Uh, sorry Debodun, but I won't be able to make it to your house for Thanksgiving..... :rolleyes:
 
I'd just wash it with dish detergent and maybe add a little bleach. We all probably come into contact with a lot more mouse exposed stuff than we realize. Now if I opened that cupboard to find a mouse glaring at me with red eyes and fangs exposed, that might be a different matter. Then I would:

1. Call an exorcist
2. Burn down the house

:D
 
Another vote for evicting the mice and washing the dish.

I would also scold the cat for not doing a better job unless maybe the poor cat thought this was going to be a special casserole for him.

This type of question comes up quite often between my older sister and I. I buy and use a variety of antique dishes, linens, glassware, pots, pans, etc... and my sister is always concerned about what they might have been used for in the 100 or so years before I got them. I just give everything I drag home a good scrub and never give it a second thought.
 
If you have a dishwasher, I would wash it in there. I would set traps--you may have more than one. Without a doubt, the cabinet would have to be cleaned thoroughly and wash every other thing in there! Don't forget, they pee all over and even if you don't see it, it's there. I'd be looking around to see if there are any droppings anywhere else and if so, clean and wash everything in there too!
 
Having recently been dealing with some uninvited rodent guests, I have taken every thing out of the cupboard and washed them. And set traps. I have caught several mice, and think they are gone, for now. But I just wash everything again before I use it.
 
Bleach will chemically sterilize but if you don't have it on hand, you can preheat the oven to 250-300 deg and bake it for a half hour or so.
 
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