Getting rid of rats/mice (merged threads)

VoucherMan

Good luck.

I expect free insulation will be a lot easier to sort than keeping out the mice.:D

gamston

we live in the sticks and get mice I the loft every winter,
one year we trapped 25,
Ive looked and looked to find how they get in but have never stopped them
we put down traps every year
we did use one of the ultrasonic scarers it did work but on the we had you did not know when it was broken, it had no lights on it


so it may be a yearly thing with your mice problem,

Crinkmeister

Take their ladder away! Little blighters.

Wolfsbane2k

Gloomendoom wrote: »

I had exactly the same problem a few years ago. I got the people that laid the new insulation to take the old stuff away. They charged me £60 which I thought was an absolute bargain.

Good luck getting rid of the mice. I couldn't and have had to redo the insulation since.

I was thinking of getting them to take it away, but as I want a weekend at least between it being an empty loft to get rid of all signs of mice and then apply the mice mesh for them to fill up to, so not sure where I could leave while I do that.

Sorry to hear it didn't work for you, did you get it done twice for free then?

Wolfsbane2k

Crinkmeister wrote: »

Take their ladder away! Little blighters.

Trying that, but don't know where they are getting in, think it might be via the cavity wall air bricks, so thousands of possible entrance points!

Old_Git

I had mice in my last house .They came in via the air bricks

Wolfsbane2k

At the moment they haven't got into the house as far as we can tell, just the garage and loft.
Having rabbits in the back of the garage certainly hasn't helped us about them!

However, we've seen areas in the loft between the walls and the ceiling, ie behind the co coving that is approx 1cm deep in poo..., which was just above the fireplace.Hoovered it out and trying to monitor for new arrivals.... A thermal camera is quite helpful as well!

SailorSam

I don't think taking away the old insulation will get rid of the mice. When you take the insulation up they're just going to run away and hide in a corner until you've gone. Then come out and live in the new stuff.

Avoriaz

Get a few young cats and keep them in the loft.

Gloomendoom

Wolfsbane2k wrote: »

Sorry to hear it didn't work for you, did you get it done twice for free then?

No, I had to do it myself. Luckily, it was back when the rolls were subsidised at £3 each.

I've still got bloody mice though. My wife brought this monster down one day too...



His mate made a hasty retreat and hasn't been back.