Getting rid of rats/mice (merged threads)

TotallyBroke

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Please don't use glue pads.

Why not??? please

adouglasmhor

TotallyBroke wrote: »

Why not??? please

They are very cruel indeed.

Fron the article linked

Rob is less of a fan of sticky pads, which some catchers use, laying them on the ground, trapping the rats as they scamper across.
"I've found a couple of pads with just a tail left on them, and another with a foot. How desperate has an animal got to be to gnaw its own foot off?"


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-513491/The-Rat-Catcher-Meet-man-mission-rid-cat-size-beasts-outnumber-us.html#ixzz0lpXesh00

and http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/forum/cd/discussion.html/ref=cm_cd_naredir?ie=UTF8&cdForum=FxAWQG6DQOVG1T&cdItems=25&asin=B000PKKRX0&cdThread=Tx2LGK83DPAU5XT

It's up to you but I would rather they were humanely trapped or killed quickly. I am not presuming to tell you what to do in your own house but I am asking you please.

TotallyBroke

adouglasmhor wrote: »

They are very cruel indeed.

Fron the article linked


and http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/forum/cd/discussion.html/ref=cm_cd_naredir?ie=UTF8&cdForum=FxAWQG6DQOVG1T&cdItems=25&asin=B000PKKRX0&cdThread=Tx2LGK83DPAU5XT

It's up to you but I would rather they were humanely trapped or killed quickly. I am not presuming to tell you what to do in your own house but I am asking you please.

Wow after reading those I think I will pick them up. The thought of having a 3 legged mouse running around the house to die somewhere is a real fear.
I just want them gone.... this weekend is going to be a massive spring clean.

Equaliser123

Tried for ages to get rid of a mouse in the garage.

In the end, caught him within 30 minutes with a B&Q humane mouse trap. One of those that tilts up. Released 2 miles away.

I would support the view that glue traps are absolutely abhorent and should be banned.

TotallyBroke

Can they eat in one place and live in another.
I have found evidence of shredded paper and have found they have tried to nibble my sofa but they have totally ignored the smartie that was under the sofa. I still hear it occasionally but am not seeing it. None of my food is being touched, for example my bread is on the side and so too are my breakfast cereals but I have not so much as a corner gone from either.

Could they be living in mine but feeding elsewhere. We had old communial heating ducts connecting all the flats and I guess that is where they are and they have free run of all the homes in the block. None of my traps have been activated and I have snap traps and humane ones.

Lexy365

If you've purchased a house without the knowledge that the last owner had a rodent problem, ie mice, is there anything you can do? Charge the Seller for the pest control bill? Anyone else had this problem? Thanks

wallbash

Could you prove he knew ?

First thought , you don't stand a chance.

Lexy365

Pest control guy said they've been there longer than 6 months for the size of them
Also just to add - they the Seller, would of seen the poop about as well......

CouponWoman

If they had been there for a long time, then how come your surveyor did not notice them?
If he did it shouldn't it have been mentioned in the survey?

Try asking the next door neighbour, if you can prove they did know they had a problem, I would definately send them the bill.

Someone bought a house near me and as the seller left his carpets in the house and the buyer did not want them they sent the seller the bill for a skip to remove them (and he paid).

Good luck

Rolandtheroadie

Lexy365 wrote: »

Pest control guy said they've been there longer than 6 months for the size of them

LMAO, for real? Did he check their mousie passports to check they hadnt travelled?
I'd say not a hope in hell.