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Anyone else being plagued by the little blighters?
It seems that they are becoming more prolific than even a couple of years ago and where once they used to be susceptible to being poisoned they now seem to thrive on Rentokil Rodine. We have got some in our loft and one of my tenants has put down 1.5k of poison and still they come!
Unfortunately trapping them is not practical always. I have ordered a different type of poison which is supposed to be a bit nastier hopefully it will work.
Any hints or tips gratefully received.
Please don't use the sticky mat traps. I've seen a mouse chewing it's own leg of after getting caught. Not a pleasant sight or thought.
I'm not sure what is more humane but that sounds like a horrid way to die. Stuck to a sheet of paper unable to free your own feet.
I had to despatch the one I found with a big shovel.
I'm not sure what is more humane but that sounds like a horrid way to die. Stuck to a sheet of paper unable to free your own feet.
I had to despatch the one I found with a big shovel.
We've two cats born and bred on a farm and they're great mousers but they can't keep up at this time of year when the cold and harvesting removing food and habitat bring the mice into our house and garage. We've found if we persist in topping up the "food" regularly then eventually after large quantities have been consumed, it stops being eaten.
FamilyGuy said:
We've two cats born and bred on a farm and they're great mousers but they can't keep up at this time of year when the cold and harvesting removing food and habitat bring the mice into our house and garage. We've found if we persist in topping up the "food" regularly then eventually after large quantities have been consumed, it stops being eaten.
This is what I am finding.I am also getting problems with mice in urban properties, when once we would not.
I wonder if it is because some authorities are now charging for mouse control so people are not getting them eradicated = explosion in population.
NiceCupOfTea said:
When we had them in the shed, traditional traps + chocolate seemed to get them. Put the traps next to walls as they tend to follow them. Doesn't get much quicker than a traditional trap.
Difficult to administer when they are in a loft which is difficult to access and not boarded.FamilyGuy said:
We used to use the traditional traps but they don't always kill cleanly and as they only take out one at a time, to keep up with the volume they have to be reset morning and evening.
Ironically I went in the loft this morning and put out a load of Rentokil Rodine, only to find that I received a big box of Ratta in the post.Edited by FamilyGuy on Monday 18th October 10:34
I will see if the blunderbuss Rodine approach has any impact and if not try the Ratta in a week.
cpas said:
I am having this problem as well. I spent some time on Saturday going round the outside house trying to eradicate as many forms of entry as possible with some fine galvo mesh. Be aware though that a mouse can get through a hole as small as a biro!!!
Apparently they climb well too, so holes under the eves can be entry points. We have quite a big, old, house so trying to eradicate every hole the size of a biro would be more difficult than shooting each mouse with a bow and arrow.Manks said:
PintOfKittens said:
Had this problem, we resorted to those big sticky things, and peanut butter in the middle of it (need to put out new peanut butter from the jar every 2 or 3 nights for it to work properly)
What do you do with your "catch"?
PintOfKittens said:
Manks said:
PintOfKittens said:
Had this problem, we resorted to those big sticky things, and peanut butter in the middle of it (need to put out new peanut butter from the jar every 2 or 3 nights for it to work properly)
What do you do with your "catch"?Funnily enough, I posted about the same thing a couple of weeks back.
http://pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&f...
I think we solved the problem last week. A couple of sticky traps, left in the 'runs' (and checked twice a day). Last Thursday I heard a rustling noise in the kitchen, checked the traps and found a mouse, very well stuck to one of them. Zmonster - you're right, it did seem a miserable way to go - stuck to a large bit of cardboard but fully conscious and uninjured. I know it wasn't there for more than an hour, and I despatched it with a rolling pin (!) and put it in the bin.
Fingers crossed, there has been no further mouse activity since then, so hopefully we only had the one.
Oli.
http://pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&f...
I think we solved the problem last week. A couple of sticky traps, left in the 'runs' (and checked twice a day). Last Thursday I heard a rustling noise in the kitchen, checked the traps and found a mouse, very well stuck to one of them. Zmonster - you're right, it did seem a miserable way to go - stuck to a large bit of cardboard but fully conscious and uninjured. I know it wasn't there for more than an hour, and I despatched it with a rolling pin (!) and put it in the bin.
Fingers crossed, there has been no further mouse activity since then, so hopefully we only had the one.
Oli.
I'd have thought a cat would still be a good bet, even if they seem to reside in the loft. If he's crafty, which cats tend to be, he'll intercept em on the way up/down.
Our 5 month old tom is an absolute killing machine, trouble is he will drag what he's killed through the flap and then chuck it around the kitchen. There was a headless bird on the floor this morning with feathers everywhere. We got a rat not much smaller than the cat himself a few weeks ago and he seems to get a mouse every other day.
Good boy Ernie (not birds though, we don't mind them).
Our 5 month old tom is an absolute killing machine, trouble is he will drag what he's killed through the flap and then chuck it around the kitchen. There was a headless bird on the floor this morning with feathers everywhere. We got a rat not much smaller than the cat himself a few weeks ago and he seems to get a mouse every other day.
Good boy Ernie (not birds though, we don't mind them).
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