Mice

Lotus-eater

Well mice are vermin and we would be better off without most of them. Make sure you let them go well away from anybody elses house and by well away, I mean a long way away.
Otherwise you are just letting someone else have your problem.

Probably you are just letting the mouse die in unknown country anyway. But as long as you feel better.

Rachels1979

Well these replies weren't what I wanted to hear! I wanted replies along the lines of... "We had that problem and just spoke nicely to the little mouse and he promised never to return again!"

Ah well!

I really don't think either me or my mum could handle disposing of a mushed up mouse from a snap trap... seriously, I get upset watching nature programmes sometimes so that really wouldn't be good!

MX5huggy, that would scare anything off! It looks more like a lion than a cat! I did wonder about borrowing my sister's cat for a bit to scare them off... and that way we can get my brother in law to get rid of any of them that he catches too!

Thanks for your help everyone... even if it wasn't what I wanted to hear!! :rotfl:

Equaliser123

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Probably you are just letting the mouse die in unknown country anyway. But as long as you feel better.

I doubt it. They are wild animals so should be able to cope...in the wild.

Caroline_a

I had mice after the extension we had built seemed to give them an inroad into some of the tiny holes in the original house. I tried the electronic (battery) traps and caught 3 very quickly, but then decided that I could catch them forever and ever, but needed them to go away, never to return. So I got a cat like the one in the pic (only mine is smoke coloured). Have to say, she hasnt caught any, but there has been a decided lack of mice since! I think they move on when they smell cat...

honeybear_2

This is one of the things you pay council tax for; get onto your council website or call them. Their environment department will be able to help & should send someone out. And no, it shouldn't cost you a penny either.

Rachels1979

Ooh thanks honeybear, I'll look into that.

I really want a cat... (or 2!) so I think I might push for that option, thanks Caroline!

pimento

Rachels1979 wrote: »

I really don't think either me or my mum could handle disposing of a mushed up mouse from a snap trap... seriously, I get upset watching nature programmes sometimes so that really wouldn't be good!

Just buy a few traps and don't worry about getting the dead body out of the trap, just throw the whole thing away.

Peanut butter is a good bait.

Equaliser123

honeybear wrote: »

This is one of the things you pay council tax for; get onto your council website or call them. Their environment department will be able to help & should send someone out. And no, it shouldn't cost you a penny either.

My understanding is that they don't.

For mouse control expect a charge of £50 +.

barbiedoll

We've been plagued with mice in my victorian house despite having a rather ruthless cat! (Although she's always having a go at me, she's terrified of mice :rotfl:) I actually picked one up in the porch, took it all the way to the top of the road by the woods and let it go. It then ran all the way back down the road, into my porch and under the front step!

I hate the idea of killing any animal but after finding a mouse in my oven one morning I had to do something. I use the Sorexa "mouse killer" poison which I place in those little silver trays that pies come in. I put one under the cooker, under the sink and behind the plinth below the kitchen cupboards. I do keep the cat away from the kitchen at night in case she catches one and eats it but it does seem to do the trick. Horrid I know, but mice do spread bacteria and disease and I can testify that the electronic plug-in things don't work. I've had them all over the house, I think the mice just use earplugs!

Lotus-eater

Equaliser123 wrote: »

I doubt it. They are wild animals so should be able to cope...in the wild.

Well that's exhausted your entire knowledge of mice. All of which was wrong. Don't lecture on things you know nothing about.