Getting rid of rats/mice (merged threads)

HappySad

southcoastrgi wrote: »

I always find a couple of these seems to do the job (yes they are mine)

Your cats are gorgeous . Related are they? I had a mum & daughter cat from rescue home.p they both died after a long happy life with me. Having cats would definitely sort the rat problem.

southcoastrgi

HappySad wrote: »

Your cats are gorgeous . Related are they? I had a mum & daughter cat from rescue home.p they both died after a long happy life with me. Having cats would definitely sort the rat problem.

awww i'm sorry to hear that you have lost yours, no bailey (male) on the right is just over 4 yrs old & i got brandy (female) from a customer she was born in may to keep him company while i'm at work, they are house cats (my babies & i'm just too scared to let them out incase they get run over).

Gastines2

Having found that mice have discovered by sack of peanuts [bird food] on the top metal shelf in the garage,I bought a box of poisoned wheat. springkled in little piles in various dark corners each pile was cleared overnight. when I put the poison on the plastic trays provided it was not touched? Perhaps I have mice that can read"Rentokill" on the side of the tray.

hansi

I have a mouse that visits my kitchen most nights leaving his souvenirs all over the place. I have put down snap traps. glue traps but can't get rid of him, The last time I saw him, he ran under the electric cooker and disappeared! I moved the cooker, there is no obvious way out, and I couldn't see any way he could get in the cooker. Could he be living there? If so, how do I get him out of there?

Hintza

A mouse can get through a hole the diameter of a pencil!!!

Mankysteve

ellay864 wrote: »

No way am I wasting chocolate on a mouse...that's mine!! I've always sworn by peanut butter. If the trap doesnt get them there's always the chance they have a severe reaction and die of anaphylactic shock!

Rats can choke on peanut butter as they don't have a gag reflex apparently. You need to find there regular movement paths and put them down there. Either that or borrow a cat/jack russel.

bluesnake

For field mice in the house, tried chocolate and even when melted would not stay on the trap. Chocolate spread and that did not work. Peanut butter was ok, but first choice is the strawberry special k granola bars, the problem was securing it on the trap. Did not try bacon or meat.

wrightk

bluesnake wrote: »

Peanut butter was ok, but first choice is the strawberry special k granola bars

crikey mice are getting very fussy these days!

Stooby2

I've used apple sauce or peanut butter in the past and both worked very effectively. You don't need much of it either.

kitschkitty

Peanut butter or chocolate are recommended (chocolate can kill mice & rats if they eat enough of it - laxative chocolate will do the job quicker - but when we once tried it they ignored it).

Now I'm no fan of traps but when you need to solve a rodent problem they have their place but as has been hinted at/mentioned above it's better to use something that's going to mean the animal is killed quickly by the trap as intended - hate to shout in caps, but PLEASE DON'T USE GLUE TRAPS, rats (and mice) can/will resort to trying to gnaw their own legs off to escape them - that's pretty nasty by anyone's standards.