... get rid of mice

lynnemcf

To my horror, I found mouse droppings on the bed in the spare room. On further investigation I found torn paper and more droppings under the bed. Now I have noticed droppings around my gas fire in the living room. Help! I remember QVC having a "sonic" plug-in mouse deterent. Has anyone any recommendations. Very grateful for anything that can get these dirty beasts out of my little house.

Tania_2

I wouldn't recommend the sonic things. Meant to scare all small animals - but the dog and budgie took no notice whatsoever so could be a waste of money. Could try mouse traps. You can get humane ones - put a bit of cake (we used old xmas cake) or cucumber/ peanut butter inside - put on a digestive biscuit. Someone told me in the pet shop they like the smell. Apparently the cheese thing is a myth. It also worked catching our little ratbag of a hamster many moons ago. Good luck. Hope you catch the little blighter.

Jay-Jay_4

Last year (in my old house) I found a dropping in my daughters bed :-X I looked under her bed and there were some there too. Next I checked the airing cupboard to find the towels at the bottom were chewed to shreds. The same had happened in the laundry basket.

The surround sound wires in the living room were chewed and the chocolate decorations off the Xmas tree were eaten!

I borrowed a cat for 2 weeks which seemed to help but in the end I resorted to Rentokill I felt a bit mean at the time but the fella that came around said that they were all over the house and that it would take ages to catch them humanely.

He put poison baits all over the house and we never saw a mouse again.

I would imagine that you can buy poison baits elsewhere as Rentokill is a more expensive option (I didn't pay, rented house)

Just for the record, the traps were put under the floorboards in the airing cupboard, behind all the wardrobes, under the beds, under the setee, in practically every corner of every room and behind the kick boards under the kitchen cupboards.

damo101

tried those sonic things (from B&Q) and they were no good at all, and traps didn't work too well. Got rentokil in and problem solved in about 2 weeks.

rushnowt

i've used the humane catcher things when our gerbils escaped and they worked for two of them but the other begger was a bit more sneeky, we had a friend who worked for a company similar to rentokil who let us have some sticky pads, that you put down and the the blighters stick like glue to it and can't get off. lol
If you don't fancy using the traps, i'd recommend contacting a few places try the council and get a quote off them but try others too, theres a lot of company's similar to rentokil that arn't as costly.

Good luck

Ticklemouse

Don't bother with those sonic thingumibobs! The QVC ones (and similar) only send out sonic waves into the room where it is plugged in and then the sonic waves can't go through furniture etc, so unless you have an empty room, not worth it.

We had a problem with rats the last 2 winters - in our attic! EEEEKKKK - and to make matters worse, our bedroom is an extension with a sealed flat roof and they used to nest in there - right above my head! Tried traps/poison and in desperation paid a fortune for some sonic jobbies off a tv channel that are meant to send the sound waves along the wiring as most rodents are in the walls. They were a waste of time too. Still had spiders etc and roland came back again! Had to wait for poison to kick in and then the little b*gger died in some never to be found spot in the attic! Cue air freshener :P

You need to find where they are getting in - took us 2 years but it was through a hole in next doors soil pipe where it went through their attic. Cost them a fortune, but (touch wood) we have been critter free this year.

Good luck

Jay-Jay_4

sticky pads, that you put down and the the blighters stick like glue to it and can't get off. lol

Oh rush that sound HORRIBLE :-X they'd stay alive for ages until they starved to death :-X You sure that these weren't for bugs instead of mice?

I had a kind of theory that if they ate the poison, they would go back to the nest and then gently fall asleep and not wake up :-[

I realise that they probably died a slow and painfull death and that someone will no doubt bring this to my attention ::)

rushnowt

Oh rush that sound HORRIBLE  :-X they'd stay alive for ages until they starved to death  :-X You sure that these weren't for bugs instead of mice?

I had a kind of theory that if they ate the poison, they would go back to the nest and then gently fall asleep and not wake up  :-[

I realise that they probably died a slow and painfull death and that someone will no doubt bring this to my attention  ::)

oh no sorry I didn't leave it on there i cut it off and soaked its likkle feet, no no not my gerbil woudn't leave it to die :-X :-X i just meant that they'd work for mice, but they are designed for rats really :-X



however gerbil did die 2 weeks later, he was getting on tho ::)

Davidboy

Sorry but the only way to get rid of the 'orrible little blighters is to poison them.

You can get poison bait at any hardware shop, just be careful you don't put it where other non nasty beasties can eat it!

I had some come into my "New flat" by following the communial drainage and got into my kitchen, poision bait got them...poor little things!!

I did ask the council to help...... why I bothered I do not know!! 1. Not interested. 2. Quoted me a stupid price. Hence found some bait for 2 quid and did the job myself.

lynnemcf

Hubby thought he saw one run across to the gas fire so he set a trap under there with the only thing we had in the house that was sweet - a lump of apple pie. When we checked the trap an hour later, we had caught a mouse. It was about six inches long (including the tail) and dark grey, I thought house mice were brown and tiny!

mutley74

have u tried calling the council cleansing department for help, they may charge, but would not expect a big bill, as they help with all types of pest problems ie.wasps, mice etc.


plus maybe you should get a cat?