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How do you distinguish between the field and house mouse? I caught a few mice in our house over the last year, no idea how they get in.
They would not go near the traps(killer version) either, we had one that for a few weeks would go and take a crap right next to the trap bated with peanut butter. Every day! I wouldn't harm the little fellas if I didn't have to, and would prefer letting them loose. However this little fukker pissed me off and I had to get glue traps to get it..
They would not go near the traps(killer version) either, we had one that for a few weeks would go and take a crap right next to the trap bated with peanut butter. Every day! I wouldn't harm the little fellas if I didn't have to, and would prefer letting them loose. However this little fukker pissed me off and I had to get glue traps to get it..
ashleyman said:
The flat is clean and tidy. It's not unhygienic and food is packed away and stored properly. When we moved in the place was empty and there weren't any obvious holes or entrances for a mouse to get in.
BS! Your flat is a pigsty, mice will only go into flats where food has been left to rot for weeks and they need a fairly large hole to climb through so chances are you have major structural cracks in your walls.Seriously though... mice can climb up vertical walls and squeeze through gaps that are half of a Planck Length.
You might have an infestation of many mice, or you might just have one. There might be an easy way in or it might be a one-off. No way to know yet.
These traps worked really well for me: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000LXWQBW/
Sometimes the mouse gets the food without the trap shutting, but only about 1 in 3 times. It normally works really well. Bait it with a bit of chocolate and peanut butter.
Then take it far away from your flat (like several miles away) and release.
Or kill it, but I don't see the point if you're only dealing with one. It's not a great difficulty to catch and release a single mouse.
Just got back from being out this morning to see it had eaten more food we left out for it.
Now that I know for sure it's still here I'm planning to try and track down where it could be hiding.
This seems like a good idea to give me some direction as to where to place traps. Hopefully I might also be able to see if it's just one or a few mouse.
Going to the gym now. Will report back later.
Now that I know for sure it's still here I'm planning to try and track down where it could be hiding.
This seems like a good idea to give me some direction as to where to place traps. Hopefully I might also be able to see if it's just one or a few mouse.
Going to the gym now. Will report back later.
They tend to hid the walls when they move and like to hide under stuff so a trap thats under something - under a shelf, behind the sofa, next to a cabinet in the kitchen or wherever would be a good place.
Look for droppings for evidence of their routes and put it on one of those so they will pass it on their travels.
Look for droppings for evidence of their routes and put it on one of those so they will pass it on their travels.
fttm said:
If you saw one there will be plenty more , get a cat
Ha ha. Our cat brings mice inside where they either expire and can be found by the smell - or don't, and set up a nest. EDIT: We have two cats - only one of which would bother chasing a mouse. So, a cat is by no means a clear solution.
Edited by Chris Type R on Monday 6th June 15:42
My girlfriend's cat is fantastic at catching mice. And birds. Usually sparrows, but has dispatched a couple of pigeons and had a really good scrap with a seagull.
But the main problem is that he brings the buggers in.
Often alive. Usually maimed. Plays with them for a while. Then kills them. Eats everything except the heads. And the feet, if it is a bird.
Usually have to clean up after the bloody cat at least three times a week.
So getting a cat is not necessarily the answer.
I'd just use a good old fashioned trap. Just don't twät your fingernail with it. Because it hurts.
But the main problem is that he brings the buggers in.
Often alive. Usually maimed. Plays with them for a while. Then kills them. Eats everything except the heads. And the feet, if it is a bird.
Usually have to clean up after the bloody cat at least three times a week.
So getting a cat is not necessarily the answer.
I'd just use a good old fashioned trap. Just don't twät your fingernail with it. Because it hurts.
Isn't some sort of pest control what is needed - having a cat drag mice around your flat over a period of time doesn't sound like a good look to me but depends on what pulls your strings.
I once lived in a flat where I saw a rat disappear into the kitchen cupboards, I was shortly about to leave the flat but that was definitely not nice.
I once lived in a flat where I saw a rat disappear into the kitchen cupboards, I was shortly about to leave the flat but that was definitely not nice.
The Crack Fox said:
Our old cat once brought home a domestic rabbiit. Quite big, took him ages to drag it through the catflap. He used to bring home half dead things for us to play with. Useless with mice, mind.
Traps and poison are the answer. Then be prepared for the smell of dead things for a while.
Traps will be smell-free as long as you check them regularly. As for poison bait, we live in an old house with lath and plaster walls, an almost inaccessible attic and fTraps and poison are the answer. Then be prepared for the smell of dead things for a while.
k knows how many voids and fissures in the rubble-stone walls, so I'm not putting down poison bait. I'm sure something died somewhere some years back; the smell was never overpowering but just detectable there in the background for a few weeks.When I saw a mouse in our Victorian terrace house I initially blocked the hole I thought it was getting through with THICK pieces of wood. Could hear scratching on the other side the first night.
I must have trapped one upstairs though as I saw it again. Put one of those plastic traps down, from screwfix, at 90degrees to the skirting board. Came down in the morning, dead mouse. Nevers seen another.
I must have trapped one upstairs though as I saw it again. Put one of those plastic traps down, from screwfix, at 90degrees to the skirting board. Came down in the morning, dead mouse. Nevers seen another.
ashleyman said:
Just got back from being out this morning to see it had eaten more food we left out for it.
Now that I know for sure it's still here I'm planning to try and track down where it could be hiding.
This seems like a good idea to give me some direction as to where to place traps. Hopefully I might also be able to see if it's just one or a few mouse.
Going to the gym now. Will report back later.
Crikey. There's no need to get all Spooks about it Now that I know for sure it's still here I'm planning to try and track down where it could be hiding.
This seems like a good idea to give me some direction as to where to place traps. Hopefully I might also be able to see if it's just one or a few mouse.
Going to the gym now. Will report back later.
And putting rabbit st on the floor won't work.Buy one of those big spring loaded traps I (and others mentioned). Half a teaspoon of nutella in it. Put it by the skirting somewhere you think you saw it. Wait for the snap. The mouse WILL find the nutella.
PS It's probably hiding in the toilet. Put the lid down you heathen.
t400ble said:
Dont get a cat
Stick a trap down, job done
Had 8 of them in one day in my unit. Ketchup and bread worked well
Agree. Our cat brings them in and either drops them at our feet and buggers off (daytime) or eats them under our bed (3-4am). Crunch, crunch bloody crunch. I then have to retrieve the liver. Stick a trap down, job done
Had 8 of them in one day in my unit. Ketchup and bread worked well
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