There's a mouse in the house...
Discussion
..well, in the flat anyway.
It seems that despite my girlfriend's borderline OCD cleaning regime in a spotless flat, one or more furry friends have made their way into the back of a kitchen drawer and gnawed through a load of rice and pasta.
So, just after a few tips on the best way to sort the problem. Does it mean getting some mouse traps and planting them behind the kitchen units? (there doesn't seem to be any evidence of them in the rest of the flat)
If so, are the traditional, basic traps the best ones to go for and what should be used as bait? I vaguely recall that jam is better to use than cheese, but may be making that up!
It seems that despite my girlfriend's borderline OCD cleaning regime in a spotless flat, one or more furry friends have made their way into the back of a kitchen drawer and gnawed through a load of rice and pasta.
So, just after a few tips on the best way to sort the problem. Does it mean getting some mouse traps and planting them behind the kitchen units? (there doesn't seem to be any evidence of them in the rest of the flat)
If so, are the traditional, basic traps the best ones to go for and what should be used as bait? I vaguely recall that jam is better to use than cheese, but may be making that up!
My dad used to use raw bacon to trap 'em in the garage.
(Although if those mice are anything to go by, fertiliser or fishing groundbait also make good mouse bait)
Why not buy some Meccano and a few big elastic bands, and rig up a sort of trebuchet? Mouse steps onto platform, weight of rodent triggers mechanism, and hey presto: you get to scrape blood, guts and fur off the front of the fridge. Job done.
(Although if those mice are anything to go by, fertiliser or fishing groundbait also make good mouse bait)
Why not buy some Meccano and a few big elastic bands, and rig up a sort of trebuchet? Mouse steps onto platform, weight of rodent triggers mechanism, and hey presto: you get to scrape blood, guts and fur off the front of the fridge. Job done.
Edited by Jonny_ on Tuesday 15th December 21:11
Peanut butter's worked best for me in the past - if in doubt you can use peanut butter then stick a little chunk of chocolate into it. Guaranteed to trigger just about any mousetrap while the little pest attempts to get away with that sticky mess, unlike cheese or chocolate on it's own, which they've managed to swipe from the most sensitive traps in the past.
glue traps are good, if you're up to despatching them yourself.
Caught one a few months ago by bashing his little head in with what felt like a heavy duty candlestick holder. Crappy piece of ikea junk fell to bits. Think the mouse got the message though.
To date, in our less than airtight flat:
glue traps :: 3
snap traps :: 2
candlestick :: 1
3" x 2" :: 1
Caught one a few months ago by bashing his little head in with what felt like a heavy duty candlestick holder. Crappy piece of ikea junk fell to bits. Think the mouse got the message though.
To date, in our less than airtight flat:
glue traps :: 3
snap traps :: 2
candlestick :: 1
3" x 2" :: 1
In our shed they had chewed their way into a plastic container of rat poison...Wings said:
Bird nuts,
This man talks sense.I say that because today I found that our bag of bird peanuts had been raided by a mouse. The little bugger had left all the brown skin in my old car fixing coat, at least he bird eat all of the nuts!
Only problem I've got now is that as ours will be a field mouse SWMBO wants to leave it more food out
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