Mice misery how can we get rid of them!
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We are renting a fairly old farm cottage just now after selling our house.
We have a bit of an issue with mice.
They were in the bathroom which I solved with expanding foam around the waste / water pipes.
But one has now appeared in the dining room and I can't see where from.
We are both fair animal lovers and I don't fancy putting traps or poison down (dues to kids going about also).
I've heard that the trap and release traps don't really work as the mice come back?
What are the ultrasonic replellents like that you plug into the wall do they work?
many thanks for any help!!
We have a bit of an issue with mice.
They were in the bathroom which I solved with expanding foam around the waste / water pipes.
But one has now appeared in the dining room and I can't see where from.
We are both fair animal lovers and I don't fancy putting traps or poison down (dues to kids going about also).
I've heard that the trap and release traps don't really work as the mice come back?
What are the ultrasonic replellents like that you plug into the wall do they work?
many thanks for any help!!
How long have you been in the property? There will be a clause in your agreement about 'infestations' and whose responsibility it is to clear them (after a certain period it becomes yours!)
Fingers crossed it is not your problem to clear, but if it is then use it as an argument to get a cat allowed
They really are the only effective deterrent on a farm.
Fingers crossed it is not your problem to clear, but if it is then use it as an argument to get a cat allowed
They really are the only effective deterrent on a farm.strath44 said:
We are both fair animal lovers and I don't fancy putting traps or poison down (dues to kids going about also).
Well you will have to live with them then 
Neosorexa Gold, and lots of it down the holes and anywhere you see them and keep shovelling at them until they stop taking it NOT BEFORE. then you will have to clean up all trace of where they have been because they follow the sent trails then block up the holes.
I have a couple of electronic killer traps that work well. Obviously death is involved but it seems to be quick and painless compared to the alternatives. A capacitor is powered up by batteries, there are two metal plates in the trap, when the mouse has a foot on each it gets a jolt which stops its heart and often seems to fall sideways still in mid-step like you'd imagine in a cartoon. Not cheap, but effective, just empty it when anyone a bit squeamish is around, I don't bother telling the wife any more, she just seems to think "they went of their own accord".
I used humane traps last year to solve our mouse problem. Ones where they walk in, it tips up and the lid shuts so they can't get back out. I caught 5 in about two weeks, and that was it, mice problem solved. I dropped them about a mile away and they didn't come back. Peanut butter was used for bait which seemed very affective.
Only problem really was that they will s
t and piss a LOT in the trap which then comes out the air holes when you pick up the trap.
Only problem really was that they will s
t and piss a LOT in the trap which then comes out the air holes when you pick up the trap. We have a plug-in ultrasonic device in the lounge that in addition to the ultrasonic sound apparently also sends a high frequency vibration around the ring main, possibly through the earth wire. Any mice within a metre of wiring don't like it apparently.
I don't think it has done the trick entirely as we very occasionally hear one of the dogs tearing across the kitchen floor in the middle of the night after something. However I have to say that we haven't seen a mouse since it was plugged in 4 months ago.
I don't think it has done the trick entirely as we very occasionally hear one of the dogs tearing across the kitchen floor in the middle of the night after something. However I have to say that we haven't seen a mouse since it was plugged in 4 months ago.
Judging by the number of traps and ultrasonic repellers I found in various drawers when I moved in to my current house, I'm guessing the previous tenant had a mouse problem.
Yet I haven't seen a single one. I think the answer is not to leave food where they can get at it. Cereals, biscuits, pasta etc are all packed away in Lock-n-Lock containers, and bread goes in the fridge. I'm also religious about vacuuming up any crumbs.
Yet I haven't seen a single one. I think the answer is not to leave food where they can get at it. Cereals, biscuits, pasta etc are all packed away in Lock-n-Lock containers, and bread goes in the fridge. I'm also religious about vacuuming up any crumbs.
Our house was overrun with the things when building work was going on next door. Humanes didn't work but a lot of snap traps did.
I finally relented and got cats last Christmas and up to now there has been no trace of mice. Cats haven't caught any but maybe it's their scent. I say up to now as last week there was a mouse in the hamster cage, raiding Bella's food. It escaped so I set traps along the route it had used.
Last night Bella was just taking her cucumber and arranging it on the lower floor of her habitat. This is when we found a gruesome discovery.
She was placing the cucumber around the body of a mouse that she must of killed and then, get this, fed on it's brains.
So we have pampered cats sitting on their cushions watching a big flat screen telly whilst Bella the Zombie hamster is busy dispatching mice in the kitchen
I finally relented and got cats last Christmas and up to now there has been no trace of mice. Cats haven't caught any but maybe it's their scent. I say up to now as last week there was a mouse in the hamster cage, raiding Bella's food. It escaped so I set traps along the route it had used.
Last night Bella was just taking her cucumber and arranging it on the lower floor of her habitat. This is when we found a gruesome discovery.
She was placing the cucumber around the body of a mouse that she must of killed and then, get this, fed on it's brains.
So we have pampered cats sitting on their cushions watching a big flat screen telly whilst Bella the Zombie hamster is busy dispatching mice in the kitchen
Mice will eat through expanding foam. Wire wool is the thing to use.
Unfortunalty, humane traps will only temporarily stop the problem.
Poisen or 'snap' traps are the only way to sort it.
The wife wanted to use humane traps. So we did. For about 2 years. And we kept getting them back. I started wondering if it was the same mouse, so I spray painted a dot on the back of it after catching it. We walked the thing around half a mile into the woods behind the house and let it go.
A week later, a mouse appeared in the trap with the same dot on its back.
We got a 'snap' trap, killed the dotted mouse and that was the end.
Unfortunalty, humane traps will only temporarily stop the problem.
Poisen or 'snap' traps are the only way to sort it.
The wife wanted to use humane traps. So we did. For about 2 years. And we kept getting them back. I started wondering if it was the same mouse, so I spray painted a dot on the back of it after catching it. We walked the thing around half a mile into the woods behind the house and let it go.
A week later, a mouse appeared in the trap with the same dot on its back.
We got a 'snap' trap, killed the dotted mouse and that was the end.
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