Getting rid of rats/mice (merged threads)

diddydi

Living In The Country We Are Always Infested With Mice. Good Old Fashioned Mice Traps Which Are Really Cheap Are The Best. We Buy About 8 And Position In Cupboards And Anywhere We Think They Might Be. Put A Bit Of Choc Biscuit Such As Kitkat And Then Listen For Them All To Go Off. Not A Pleasant Sound But Better Than Them Eating Everything. Yesterday Our New Garden Umbrella Which We Got Out To Use At Our Barbecue For Friends Was Eaten To Death.

Tao81

Anyway, we had to put out the rat poison (B&Q pellets) for a couple of weeks (we're only home weekends currently) and then bought a new electronic device at Maplins. Voila! The rats are gone!!

Good luck to you![/QUOTE]

What type of device did you buy from Maplins cos I bought a device and the rat visited as if nothing untoward insitu?!! :eek: Yet device appeared to be working properly as the little red light on it was winking as it should!:rolleyes:

me4bargains

mookiandco wrote:

i tried traditional spring traps but the sight of 1 decapitated mouse was too much to bear!

I know, my lovely caretaker laid two traps and one of the caught a mouse. The following morning I was almost sick on the spot.
Which is why i can't face that again. I'm hoping the !!!!!!s will eat the poision and clear off somewhere else to die.
What are the electonic devices you bought?

tykervic

We returned from holiday in April to find the mice had moved into our pantry, via a hole in the kitchen floor underneath the kitchen sink

We initially bated with poison, but ordered some of the sonic devices, but the ones that work along the household wiring (one for upstairs and one down), rather than just in the room it's positioned in. I got them from here: http://www.primrose-london.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=24_25&products_id=36

Touch wood, we've not had any activity since.

HTH somebody

Edited to add, the downside is that the bloomin woodlice have made a break for it across rooms on a continual basis since I plugged the things in - hopefully we'll eventually get on top of them, but think it may be some time as the house is nearly 200 years old and they've been here a mighty long time!

QuidsInn_2

Not sure where to post, and not really money saving related, but thought I would tap into the collective knowledge of MSE....

I have mice. I live in the country, surrounded by fields and they have just started cutting crops which has made matters worse for me. I have mice getting into my kitchen from I dont know where. I cant get to the back of the kitchen cupboards and cant find any hole on the outside where they are getting in. I have plugged up as many holes as possible, put a long wedge of tin foil on top of washing machine, and underneath where I saw them coming and going, I have 4 humane mouse traps which catch about 4 a week - I take them half a mile up the road and release them, all my food is up and out of the way in cupboards out of reach and in tins. I disinfect the work tops and floors daily. I also have to clean out the lower cupboards in the kitchen daily. Its exhausting! Kim and Aggie would be proud!

Does anyone have any advice for mouse deterrants (no cat suggestions please). I have heard that mothballs are a deterrant, but that hasn't helped.

I am at my wits end with the little vermin. Please help!

Nile

Hello QuidsInn

I've merged your thread with an existing 'getting rid of vermin' thread. If you read back from post #1, you'll find some helpful tips.

Kind Regards

Nile

QuidsInn_2

thanks Nile, I knew someone in the know would put my post in the right place, and yes, there is lots of good advice here. Thank you.

pitdog

wondered if anyone could help the bh saw a mouse the other day in her kitchen cupboard which is now completely out of bounds to her also wen were sat watchin tv at nite there is definately something running about under the floorboards upstairs... is there some way i could effectively get rid or am i best to get someone in and if so who ?
please help me restore some rationality !!

Nile

Hello pitdog

I've merged your thread with this one. If you read back from post #1, you'll find lots of tips to help you evict your rodent.;)

Kind Regards

Nile

robwend

tine wrote:

If you don't want a cat for ever then have you thought of getting a foster cat? Often just the smell of a cat is enough to clear a house of mise

And you'd be helping the puddytat and maybe even save it's life

or grab a neighbours cat, shave it then put all cuttings in lobby. lol foster cat indeed lmao:D