Getting rid of rats/mice (merged threads)

Nile

pineapple wrote: »

Not all sonic repellers are created equal. There are different makes of sonic repellers which can also work slightly differently. I was hearing late night noises in the party wall till I got one of those.
You can also spray areas with a mix of peppermint oil and water as they hate that smell.
Humane traps do work but I think you are supposed to wash them out between uses - they get the smell of fear on them. I have found a bit of meat fat to be the best bait ever.
Even those traditional traps are not guaranteed. In a former property, I heard the trap spring but found only a trace of blood. I then followed a clicking sound to the curtain rail where a terrified mouse was sitting with its teeth chattering and blood on its nose. This idiot shone a light in it's eyes to immobilise it and transported it to the bathroom where she put Savlon on it's nose before freeing it in the field.

Awwww............how sweet. Thanks for making me laugh.:D:rotfl:

Edwardia

We had mice come into our kitchen from next door neighbour's shed eww. We don't store food in open air now, we bought sonic repellents, and are mouseproofing vents. I was told that if you can stick a pencil in a gap, then a mouse can get in. My mother lives deep in the country and she always gets mice in winter in her loft. She uses toffees on old-fashioned mouse traps. I tried poisoned traps ie the mouse checks in and never leaves but they did and labrador was unimpressed with dead mice on the floor.

spongybobby

Hello all, im in need of some serious advice here.

I moved in to my property a little over a year ago. I have a detatched garage that is side by side with a neighbours garage. (basically a double garage that has a brick wall up the center!)

Anywho... i was in there the other day fighting through all the rubbish and noticed mouse droppings / urine ...
I never leave food in my garage so i thought i would ask my neighbours if they where aware of the situation.
Long story short is they keep a rabbit in their garage and leave food out for it :mad::mad::mad:.....

So this is the cause of the mouse 'infestation'.

Now to move things on a bit again, the mice have decided to start eating my flat roof chipboard.. I can hear them move about maybe a foot or so in from the back of the garage .

I have left traps out but have not got any of the little blighters yet...
My biggest issue is I am now going to have to redo my flat roof.
I have had a quote for £1200 to do it which i think is a rather vast some of money, and money I dont currently have!

Im not bad at DIY but have never done a flat roof before. could anyone give me any advice on what to do

Im gutted at the moment as im planning a wedding for april, my boiler needed replacing last week and i really dont have enough spare funds to fix anything else that goes wrong.

Thanks in advance

SB

spongybobby

Just as another input to this.
The flat roof in not leaking, its still bone dry within my garage which makes me unhappy that i might have to replace the whole roof due to the mice eating the chipboard supporting the roof

noelphobic

I have a fully integrated fridge which I am thinking of replacing as it is quite old and it is too warm. I cleaned out the bottom of it and left the salad drawers out but I have noticed that it is getting dirty again for no apparent reason. The base of the fridge has what could be mouse droppings and urine in it :eek:

Could mice get in the fridge? We have had mice recently and I'm not convinced they have gone away, even though there have been none in the traps.

Lotus-eater

I would doubt they could get in, but never say never, look for any tiny holes.

Gloomendoom

spongybobby wrote: »

Hello all, im in need of some serious advice here.

I moved in to my property a little over a year ago. I have a detatched garage that is side by side with a neighbours garage. (basically a double garage that has a brick wall up the center!)

Anywho... i was in there the other day fighting through all the rubbish and noticed mouse droppings / urine ...
I never leave food in my garage so i thought i would ask my neighbours if they where aware of the situation.
Long story short is they keep a rabbit in their garage and leave food out for it :mad::mad::mad:.....

So this is the cause of the mouse 'infestation'.

Now to move things on a bit again, the mice have decided to start eating my flat roof chipboard.. I can hear them move about maybe a foot or so in from the back of the garage .

I have left traps out but have not got any of the little blighters yet...
My biggest issue is I am now going to have to redo my flat roof.
I have had a quote for £1200 to do it which i think is a rather vast some of money, and money I dont currently have!

Im not bad at DIY but have never done a flat roof before. could anyone give me any advice on what to do

Im gutted at the moment as im planning a wedding for april, my boiler needed replacing last week and i really dont have enough spare funds to fix anything else that goes wrong.

Thanks in advance

SB

I'd stop worrying. It will take them a long time to eat a whole roof.

BTW I suspect that they are just gnawing at the edges to keep their teeth trimmed. They aren't actually eating it.

Lotus-eater

Gloomendoom wrote: »

I'd stop worrying. It will take them a long time to eat a whole roof.

BTW I suspect that they are just gnawing at the edges to keep their teeth trimmed. They aren't actually eating it.

Yeah

Traps usually work very easily for mice, try a different bait spongy.

noelphobic

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I would doubt they could get in, but never say never, look for any tiny holes.

well, I know they only need a tiny space to get in but surely the drainage hole would be pushing it? Having said that, I can't understand how the bottom of the fridge would get dirty otherwise.

I've just ordered a new fridge to be installed next week so we will have to see if there is anything behind it - although I won't be in the house when the old fridge comes out as I have a rodent phobia!

GustyGardenGalaxy

Thought I'd start a new thread on this - I live in a bungalow and have a mouse in my attic. Caught one of the little varminsts a few days ago but the remaining one is a bit of a crafty beggar and refuses to be caught! Have baited mouse traps (chocolate and peanut butter on them - yum!) but no luck. Also have a Rat Zapper up there and have also baited a rat trap, just in case. Also put down some sachets of poison, but they are also untouched.

The ultrasonic units seem to get mixed reviews. However, I don't have ANY electrical sockets in my attic so was wondering if plugging one in elsewhere in the bungalow (ie in one of the rooms) would work or not - I have no idea how strong the ultrasonic signals are and hence whether they would penetrate to the attic.

The damn mouse intermittently scrabbles around just above the work room in my bungalow, I can even see where's it's been chewing the foam insulation on the pipes in the attic, but it's a cunning wee beasty .........