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Mouse problem landlord or tenant's responsibility?

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  • trynsave
    trynsave Posts: 812 Forumite
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    Haven't got a clue whose responsibilty it is, but can I add that where there is one mouse there are more likely to be more. They just don't seem to travel on their own!

    When we had mice we laid the traps (snickers are best by the way), but also called in the guys from the council. They laid traps round the downstairs which didn't kill the mice straight away, but let them gnaw at the poison blocks and take some home for the family - generous hey. Anyway when the blocks stopped showing signs of being gnawed we knew the mice had gone to a better place :A.

    We now have some of those gizmos that emit a high frequency to keep them away. So far so good (and they also deter spiders which is a big plus).
  • mazza111
    mazza111 Posts: 6,327 Forumite
    oh I'm so glad of summer. I live with a rail line down the backgarden, with all the ground movement, the little field mice like to come in where it's warm, where my toothless (well she's lost a few over the years) cat likes to play with them. She can't kill them properly because of the lack of teeth and trying to find where she's stashed them is impossible!

    Would check for signs of mouse droppings in cupboards before I set traps just in case it's a one off due to nearby building works or something. Any signs of droppings and the traps would be out.
    4 Stones and 0 pounds or 25.4kg lighter :j
  • martindow
    martindow Posts: 10,217 Forumite
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    If you are laying poison it is important to keep putting it down until the mice stop taking it. If it is only put down once, they may not be killed and can develop resistance to the poison.
  • chucknorris
    chucknorris Posts: 10,786 Forumite
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    Thanks everyone, well I will wait and see what happens now, possibly check at the weekend and replenish the poison
    Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop
  • roses
    roses Posts: 2,330 Forumite
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    Buy a mouse repeller, I had a huge issue with mice last year & was getting them on a regular basis. I have not seen a peep since I bought this:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pest-Stop-Professional-Ultrasonic-Electromagnetic-Repeller/dp/B000FII3Y2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=garden&qid=1274810689&sr=8-1

    Mice can be a real pain. They ate the poison in my house but didn't die. Wax traps were the only things that worked but it involved catching them the next morning then killing them

    I had no luck at all with humane traps.
  • tbs624
    tbs624 Posts: 10,816 Forumite
    G51shopaholic wrote: »
    As the landlord is is your responsibility. Unless the mouse is an escaped pet.
    If the T is failing to act in a "tenant like manner" then his/her actions or omissions may mean that s/he has to take responsibility.

    ChuckNorris appears to have acted as a good responsible LL. Given the damage which mice can do to your property its the best way forward, along with unequivocal anti-mice/rat advice to occupying tenants
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