Odd query about an odd experience

Fumigate it just to be sure or put it out side on a very very cold and frosty morning!!!

I just want to bin it but DH doesn't want to waste the money!!

I think mice make a particular noise.
I can't remember the name of it, but I think its them grinding their teeth!
(I know, it sounds ridiculous even to me)
I'm off to Google in a minute to find out if I've made this up in my own head!

Its called bruxing..

A nest of wee mice??

They squeak too.. in between bruxing.

'Bruxing' - a new word to me!
I hate waste but think I'd take the mattress to the tip.

Bruxism is tooth grinding! In humans it would be recommended that they have a mouthguard fitted. Teeeny ones for mice?

I found out quite a lot about mice when I had some in my flat.
I could hear them squeaking, which everyone thought was hilarious, considering how deaf I am, and the one in my bedroom would brux; meaning he was content, apparently!

I like mice. We have a huge cat! The mattress that the sounds emit from is foam and there's a cotton cover over it. If it was mice that would be very noticeable but doesn't tie in with the noise and no noticeable bulges in the mattress.

I'm a 'bruxist' and my teeth don't make a high pitched noise when I'm asleep, as far as I know.

Well, that's the limit of my pest knowledge.
I wonder what's in there?
I would have my Stanley blade out by now..

Could it be the expanding springs in bed, taken from a cold place into a warm one?

Now let’s be practical if it happened in July and then again at Christmas it can’t be baby mice they d be long gone it also can’t be any insects really as most wouldn’t be living that long to be chirruping six months later If there’s a cotton cover can’t you undo the stitching at one get the foam out and have a good look, leave it out in the cold frost for a couple of days wash the cover then put it back on and sew it up Nothing wasted and problem at least solved to the end that there are no insects in it
I d think it’s more likely to do with weight on the springs

Musical springs.
Are there air outlets on the sides of the mattress ?

DH is an engineer. He tested the springs in every possible way so we had to discount that possibility.
Dr Google informs me that some larvae can lie inert for years then spring to life when the right temperature is reached. Yuk yuk yuk. Its for the bin!

Aren't you going to open it up first?
Consider it like an early Christmas present..

Oh no don’t bin it without checking larvae if they come to life in July aren’t going to go back to larvae state then come to life again in December are they? and do larvae chirrup?

Do they brux, with their little larvae teeth?

I'd have to open it up and have a look. Let us know what in there if you do! ?????

You have to open up the mattress, jane10! We need to know what's in there!

Haha! x posts, fiorentina!

I can't face it. What if 'they' fall out and set up home in our carpets. I'm paranoid about this now. I wish I'd recorded the sounds. Apparently the sound isade by rubbing their legs together to make a noise to attract mates. Nooooooooooooo!

Do it outside!