Mice in my gaff
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I found a dead mouse in my garage. How it died I do not know but where theres one, theres more. So I put down some mouse poison and I've mullered five of them in a week. But now I'm wondering where does it all end? I live in a semi-rural location so theres probably millions of them lining up for a crack at my house. Do I keep killing them or do I let the hairy vermin do what they want? The poison ain't cheap and I got kids in the house but can I really defeat these things? They are not field mice btw.
If you want a recommendation, go for the rentokil container with the green putty-like stuff in it. Kills them in seconds, probably in agony. They all collapse outside the container.
If you want a recommendation, go for the rentokil container with the green putty-like stuff in it. Kills them in seconds, probably in agony. They all collapse outside the container.
lots of multi-catch reusable traps out there. Dab of peanut butter or chocolate spread and just leave it against a wall.
e.g. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
Cat might be a better long term solution though.
e.g. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
Cat might be a better long term solution though.
+1 for farm cats.
1 of the ones we had liked to just catch them & throw the mice in the air for about 10-15mins then would just kill it for the sake of it.
The other one would catch anything it could - rats, birds, mice, moles, shrews, squirrel on one occasion, the fish from the fishpond!
Was a little b
d, shame he's 17 now!
1 of the ones we had liked to just catch them & throw the mice in the air for about 10-15mins then would just kill it for the sake of it.
The other one would catch anything it could - rats, birds, mice, moles, shrews, squirrel on one occasion, the fish from the fishpond!
Was a little b
d, shame he's 17 now! edwardsje said:
We found the Rentokil humane capture trap to be very efficient FWIW (beware hidden costs in peanut butter & Nutella though!)
Just remember to check it daily!! We had one, forgot about it, found it weeks later with a starved-to-death mousey in it which, frankly, rather defeated the point of the 'humane' trap. We now manage, just, with a furry killing machine and 2 traps to catch the ones she can't be bothered to kill before dropping on the kitchen floor...Oh, and a +1 from me for the peanut butter. There's no more efficient bait, I swear.
Crusoe said:
lots of multi-catch reusable traps out there. Dab of peanut butter or chocolate spread and just leave it against a wall.
e.g. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
Cat might be a better long term solution though.
£3.99 from Homebase, made by Rentokill, different to the ebay ones, but do the same thing, catch them, let them go, I have just let Mouse No.9 go, 5 miles away at work........ well not actually at work, in field nearby.e.g. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
Cat might be a better long term solution though.
hmm, cat not an option unfortunately. There is a neighbours cat who has been eating the mice after I have chucked them in the garden. Presumably the poison that the mice have ingested doesnt bother the cat cause he's still coming around! I left the moggy a juicy mother and baby combo that snuffed it last night. This killing cant go on. Its going to cost me a fortune. Am I fighting a loosing battle?
OllieWinchester said:
My cat was like the Terminator when it came to, well anything living really that was smaller or the same size as it. Get a cat from a farm, they are hard-core.
Mine seems to have taken inspiration from the godfather, and leaves little shredded feathery/furry presents everywhere.Although in feline psychology this is effectively a gift, stemming from the cats affection towards you. Get a farm cat that you have less of a bond with for a true killing machine.
Fabric 2.2 said:
OllieWinchester said:
My cat was like the Terminator when it came to, well anything living really that was smaller or the same size as it. Get a cat from a farm, they are hard-core.
Mine seems to have taken inspiration from the godfather, and leaves little shredded feathery/furry presents everywhere.Although in feline psychology this is effectively a gift, stemming from the cats affection towards you. Get a farm cat that you have less of a bond with for a true killing machine.
Then the tom was killed. The sister stopped bringing in stuff that was injured but we'd find mouse entrails or half rabbits that she'd left. It would seem that she'd been catching things and bringing them back for her brother to practice on. Once he was gone, she'd just eat the little blighters.
For small rodents, she is the angel of death. And is still lethal, aged 11. She's never caught a bird, though.
What you need to do is what I do with spiders - stand in the location they occupy and wave around a dead one, whilst shouting 'I don't mind you living here as long as you do not show yourself or touch any of my stuff. If you do you will be killed, like this!' (Throw spider/mouse to ground and stamp on it)
I swear it works.
I swear it works.
I've had a couple of mice infestations. They have caused serious damage - chewed central heating pipes bringing down ceilings, you need to keep on top of the b*ggers.
If you can fit a bic pen through a hold a mouse can fit through it aswell - so mouseproofing any property in nigh on impossible.
Any obvious gaps that fit that measure though - stuff them with wire wool.
If you've an integral garage they can get in under the door pretty easily - you can buy a seal for the bottom of garage doors which does help. Same principal applies to any external doors.
I put down peanut butter baited ( as said by others it's the most effective bait ) traps and poison. Have access hatches throughout house to do this. Check the traps poison at least once a week.....
Ths may all seem a bit excessive - but honestly the cost, damage and inconvenience if you let them get hold is a nightmare. Then again I do feel a bit like the obsessed green keeper in Caddyshack....
Oh - your local authority environmental health people should be able to send someone round to have a look about give you some advice ( rentokil do a free home survey aswell give you some advice too - but it's usually a lead in to selling ).
Good luck....
If you can fit a bic pen through a hold a mouse can fit through it aswell - so mouseproofing any property in nigh on impossible.
Any obvious gaps that fit that measure though - stuff them with wire wool.
If you've an integral garage they can get in under the door pretty easily - you can buy a seal for the bottom of garage doors which does help. Same principal applies to any external doors.
I put down peanut butter baited ( as said by others it's the most effective bait ) traps and poison. Have access hatches throughout house to do this. Check the traps poison at least once a week.....
Ths may all seem a bit excessive - but honestly the cost, damage and inconvenience if you let them get hold is a nightmare. Then again I do feel a bit like the obsessed green keeper in Caddyshack....
Oh - your local authority environmental health people should be able to send someone round to have a look about give you some advice ( rentokil do a free home survey aswell give you some advice too - but it's usually a lead in to selling ).
Good luck....
Went into my shed this weekend to be greeted by the foul stench of death. It wasn't the previous owners missing ex-wife, but a whole family (half dozen plus) of mice which had somehow jumped/fallen/? into a bucket with a few centimetres of water in, been unable to get out and drowned. - Some sort of mousey suicide pact maybe?
They had obviously been there a while as some had decomposed to little more than a slimey black blob with some fur and many little ears.
They had obviously been there a while as some had decomposed to little more than a slimey black blob with some fur and many little ears.
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