Getting rid of rats/mice (merged threads)

Bronnie

Haven't found cats to be effective either... My 2 well-fed couch potatoes aren't interested. OH always said shouldn't have had the male neuteured!

frogglet

I think some cats are mousers and some aren't, our cat is neutered and he has always been out catching anything he can. He still tries although he is now 18 years old and has no teeth, he catches things but cant eat them, just gives them a nasty suck

e00c

Howdi!
Found a new lodger! Laid a mouse trap with peanut butter... it took the bait - but didnt touch the trap...
Laid it again with a large heavy chunk of cheese... again - took the cheese but the trap didnt go off!!
This was yesterday evening! During the day time!

So.... after some thought... I created a new home-made trap... set my laptop up with the webcam activated on "motion detect mode"...
Came down this morning... it didn't use the trap... but I did catch Virgil in action!

I imagine - it will only be a matter of time before the lil nipper uses the trap... but anyone else got other ideas?!

torbrex

I have used poison in the past from Rentokill, just a little in a dish and it kills very quickly, they had barely gone 6" from the dish.

e00c

torbrex wrote: »

I have used poison in the past from Rentokill, just a little in a dish and it kills very quickly, they had barely gone 6" from the dish.

I thought about that - however - I have a 8 month old baby... so I can't risk that He's moving about alot... needs an eye on him most the time! lol


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also - mice come in 2's? 3's ? There's an awful lot of droppings in different areas...

tattoed_bum

it all depends on the type of trap you were using ,i found the best type to use was a bull clip type i had tried every type i could find but these definatly worked the best you can get them in focus they are only about £2 each and are really sensitive to any type of motion , i had caught the mouse within the hour of putting the trap down .

Spirit_2

The heath robinson trap looks very funny. Well done on the creativity. I hope you can encourage the mice to go of there own accord as I have to admit - I am rooting for the mouse:o

Would a cat do the trick? Does a neighbour have a mouser that might pop in?

torbrex

e00c wrote: »

I thought about that - however - I have a 8 month old baby... so I can't risk that He's moving about alot... needs an eye on him most the time! lol


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also - mice come in 2's? 3's ? There's an awful lot of droppings in different areas...

I put the dish down at night only in the 2 places the mice were known to be and got 2 on the first night an 1 on the second, I continued to put the dish out for the rest of the week but no more takers and I am lucky enough to have not been troubled since.

Magnolia

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

How I love your mousetrap - very Heath Robinson!!

Thanks for the laugh this morning :beer:

We used poison bait for a bit of an infestation in our garage - not had any problems since.

wallbash

Buy a humane trap , bait with choc cereal.