text: i captured a shrew in my house today.  we seem to have these creatures every few years. has anyone else? shrews eat their weight in insects every day so are not completely bad.  but they multiply like mice and their bite has a mild venom, so i don't want them around my grandbabies. has anyone else had shrews in their house? if so, what did you do about them? i don't think  the shrews are going to bite your grandchildren unless they are catching the shrews and handling them.  they would probably not be able to catch one.  when was the last time you were bit by a mouse in your house!  they are not going to attack or anything...they are going to try to avoid you and much as you would like to avoid them.  try to find where they are getting in and block the entrance. put out sherman live trap, this trap does not kill them, catches them so you can relocate them far from your home.  http://www.shermantraps.com/