Mice in rented property

Old_Git

have you tried glue trap

tescobabe69

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TWIN-SET-HUMANE-MOUSE-CATCHER-TRAPS-MICE-TWO-TRIP-TRAP-/110735703050?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Garden_Plants_Weed_Pest_Control_CV&hash=item19c85cbc0a

These work, take the little blighters a long way before release though.

jamesd

timberflake wrote: »

Who would be responsible for pest control in a rented property, the tenant or LL?

Always the landlord.URL="http://altek-midlands.co.uk/index.php?containsInfoOn=amesnews&application=news&pageNumber=60&newsItem=16"]1[/URLURL="http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/pestcontrol"]2[/URLURL="http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/environmentandtransport/domesticrecyclingandrubbish/ratsandcollections.aspx"]3[/URL The council is only responsible for private unrented property but might supply free mouse poison, as Birmingham does.

Mice like to use lots of food sources so you'll get faster poison delivery by spreading the bait around more locations, not sticking to a couple.

Has there been any building work near to your home recently? That might have opened a hole in drains or caused a gap that's letting mice into the building below floor level from which they can enter the rest of the property. Now's also a good time to be sealing gaps around pipes entering the place so that you don't have a new supply of mice entering the building.

jojo_2012_2

lovely thing about poison as a form of pet control is when one pukes and po*ps itself to death under the floorboards and you get the lovely smell mmmmmmm.

I'd try the traps first.

Madjock

newbie1980 wrote: »

the councils are liable for any pests like rats/mice due to the nature of the things

No, councils only take any responsibility for pests that are a health risk - i.e., rats.

I would telephone the l/l or agent, but you may end up footing the bill yourself.

flora48

The pest control man told be that the body of a mouse should dry out and disintegrate without a problem but anything larger should not be poisoned as the critters creep away to die and do not always leave the property. Believe me, eau de dead squirrel is not something you would wish to encounter!!

ruggedtoast

There's really nothing wrong with mice. You have a big huge house and you won't even share it with a tiny being.

lostsheep

Ugh. When I was at school (I keep forgetting how long ago that was) a rat died somewhere in one of the classrooms. The smell was horrific.
Really the best option is the good old traditional trap. Get the placement and orientation right, and not only is it efficient, it's reasonably humane as well (being a quite quick way to go, done properly). And the more modern, plasticky ones restrict access from the hinge side, so more or less guarantee any mouse caught approached it in the right way to be killed quickly. If you know what routes they like to take, you can have two or three within hours. If you can hear the snap, that is, and go sort it immediately.
They like cover and edges. So if there's a wall they travel along a lot, push it up against the wall, hinge side away from the wall, and you might not even need bait. But I baited mine anyway. I'm told flour is effective, and that's what I used, but I ran out of mice before I could try something else. They didn't seem that inerested in chocolate. Needless to say, I threw it out anyway.

antrobus

timberflake wrote: »

Who would be responsible for pest control in a rented property, the tenant or LL?

jamesd wrote: »

Always the landlord.URL="http://altek-midlands.co.uk/index.php?containsInfoOn=amesnews&application=news&pageNumber=60&newsItem=16"]1[/URLURL="http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/pestcontrol"]2[/URLURL="http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/environmentandtransport/domesticrecyclingandrubbish/ratsandcollections.aspx"]3[/URL

No, I don't believe that to be the correct answer. A lot of councils appear to think that is the case, but I think that is more a case of them trying to pass the buck, rather than a definite statement regarding the law. The actual answer to the question is; 'it depends'. See -

- http://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2010/08/30/tenants-legal-help-%E2%80%93-vermin-who-is-responsible/
- http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/repairs_and_bad_conditions/home_safety/pests_and_vermin

robpw2

you could put them in a cage and keep them as pets ... i am sure someone posted pics of their mice on here .. i don't know why you would but people think they are cute