How to Prevent Mice in the toaster (2025 Update)

dannydee · 2008-03-08T10:37:32+00:00

We live in the country. No matter how well I plug every small hole orgap 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 isworse in this house, because both my wife and myself tend to getpretty panicky when they get in. I dont mind them in the leastoutdoors, but once in the house, it's like they are going to attackus. My wife even has nightmares about them if there has been one inthe 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 sometoast and as she was inserting the bread, a mouse jumped out of thetoaster. After that incident I had a feeling she would have anightmare tonight, and I was right. My reason for this message is to ask if anyone knows of a way to makea cover for a toaster, or do they sell them? Once a mouse gets in thetoaster, she throws it in the trash. I really dont blame her, becausethere really is no way to wash the whole thing and the mice leave adisgusting mess in the bottom, if you know what I mean. Toasters are not that expensive, but I bet we average buying 3 or 4each year and always because of mice. This is getting pretty costly.After the mouse jumping out at her last morning, she said she willnever use a toaster again unless it's kept covered or in some sort ofenclosure where mice can not get inside. At the same time, I am notgoing to buy another one until we find a means to enclose it. I don'tunderstand why they dont make toasters that can be closed up afteruse. Mice a fairly common in the country, and even in the city peopledo get them indoors. This makes me wonder how many people eat mousedroppings with their toast and never realize it. And even withoutmice, toasters being open on the top are not the most sanitary atanytime. If anyone has any solutions or ideas, please reply.ThanksDan

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Dan Espen 11 years ago

I first asked my newsreader to show the parent post. Eternal September didn't have it. That told me the parent was old.

Then I went to Google groups and looked at the thread. All the posts except this one were from 2008.

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wg_2002 11 years ago

Thanks for responding and then giving me an explanation. Much appreciated.:)

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JUAN CENA 8 years ago

replying to dannydee, JUAN CENA wrote: GET A GOD DAMN HORIZONTAL TOASTER YOU FOOL

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Joan Barbara Campelli 8 years ago

replying to dannydee, Joan Barbara Campelli wrote: 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 !

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Joan Barbara Campelli 8 years ago

replying to dannydee, Joan Barbara Campelli wrote: 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 !

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Renegade oo7 8 years ago

replying to dannydee, Renegade oo7 wrote: I clean it after each use and then I turn it up side down.

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Renegade oo7 8 years ago

replying to dannydee, Renegade oo7 wrote: I clean it after each use and then I turn it up side down.

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Pete 8 years ago

replying to Marina, Pete wrote: I had this problem. In France what we call toast is called grilled bread" (pain grille--accent on the e). It has probably been called that since long before electric toasters were invented. That gave me an idea. Get yourself a stove top grill pan if you haven't got one and just grill the bread on both sides. Doesn't take much longer than a toaster and since you see it cooking your toast is always just the way you like it.

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Bb59 7 years ago

replying to dannydee, Bb59 wrote:

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For zippered toaster cover

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Lolzpen 7 years ago

replying to ransley, Lolzpen wrote: I love how the first commenter attacks the guy asking for help. Gotta love the internet.

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Biff Tannen 7 years ago

click-bait-hub.com

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Shirley 6 years ago

replying to dannydee, Shirley wrote: You can order them on Amazon, I just brought one today.

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kristen.lippert 6 years ago

I also have this problem. We have a very old house, and are constantly finding holes, and resealing, etc. No matter how hard we try, we get mice. It's not even a question of mouse traps and extermination. I finally had to throw the toaster away. I really miss it!!! Have you found any toasters that work? I was thinking about a "toaster Oven", but I really don't want that big of an appliance just for toasting!

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FromTheRafters 6 years ago

They make them and they sell them. There are free patterns available if you sew or know somebody who does.

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Todesco 6 years ago

Actually, toaster ovens, in my house anyway, should be oven toasters. 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!

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danny burstein 6 years ago

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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.

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Clare Snyder 6 years ago

Better to invest in traps or a few cats - - - - - . My last toaster was 30 years old when my wife decided she wantes a white one instead of a chrome one

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kelown 6 years ago

Some toasters are sold with a lid but they're not easy to find online.

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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.

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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?

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Clare Snyder 6 years ago

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.

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Vic Smith 6 years ago

I had an infestation in my old house, a nice brick 2-flat. After about 3 weeks of pristine 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.

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