Mice - advice needed, I am going nuts

SleeplessinScandinavia

honey1 wrote: »

There's no need to go to a Swedish website and pay in Fran, B&Q sell these in £ !

Well - without wishing to get into a 'I'll-stick-my-mouse-trap-against-yours-anyday' type argument, I've always found the traps I mention to be the most effective, and the OP has a choice.

A mail order (via credit card) would be converted in to Swedish kronor

System

phill99 wrote: »

You have to break their backs!

sorry but I find your comment disturbing

Werdnal

mrs_sparrow wrote: »

Chocolate and a humane trap. Problem will be sorted over a night or two.

Humane traps are only humane if you check them regularly, and that means at least every hour. Mice have an extremely high metabolism and if they don't eat regularly, they go into panic mode and will die of stress. Only set a humane trap if you can be around to keep an eye on it and release the mouse outside within a very short time of capture. Setting one overnight can lead to a very stressful death and yes, I know its only a mouse, but they don't deserve to suffer any more than any other animal.

If you cannot check regularly, then a snap trap is a better option - quick death. Even poison has its risks - mice do not die instantly and can wander outside and be eaten by a passing cat leading to secondary poisoning.

The sonic device/magnetic devices mentioned above are no good if you have rodent pets!

pimento

berbastrike wrote: »

sorry but I find your comment disturbing

The traps that do this give an instant death. It's really the best way.

Perhaps not the best turn of phrase though.

fairytinkerbell

Oh yeah i forgot to mention about rodent pets. Thank you Werdnal

Ivana_Tinkle

It's awful, isn't it? I completely lost my marbles when we had mice. It was finding droppings under my kids' beds that sent me over the edge.

I'd second all the recommendations for sealing up whatever tiny little holes you can find where they're getting in. As for traps, we found the humane ones (both bought and home-made) utterly useless. The only time we ever caught a mouse in one was when all five of us chased it around the room and finally cornered it so that it had no choice but to go in the trap!

We didn't manage to catch anything at all with the traditional mouse traps. Our neighbours caught loads with the glue traps, but they're incredibly inhumane. But in the end the problem was solved by the neighbours on the other side realising that the mice were nesting in their loft and getting Rentokill to poison them. Once the poison went down, we didn't find one single mouse dropping ever again.

It's worth having a really, really good clean of everywhere you've ever found droppings, then checking every morning to see if there's any new ones. At least then you'll have a better idea of whether you still have mice and how many you have.

BobQ

fairytinkerbell wrote: »

I had a major problem with mice in my house at one point I caught 11 in 1 week, i even had one trying to snuggle in bed with me one night . I bought a electro magnetic 4 in 1 plug in pest repeller . You can get them from Amazon for about £20 but they do work. Make sure it has the electro magnetic pulse as this is the bit that works. Within a few days they was all gone. I have some in my shed at the moment but i have the thing plugged in by the back door and none have ventured inside

I have to agree. Electronic solutions are more expensive but seem to work. THere are two types as far as I know. One is ultrasonic and the other is electromagnetic (it uses the electrical power circuit to radiate an electric field). I have used a mixture. Not sure which type is best. I suspect the electric field works best in the areas where the power circuits run. But ultrasonic may be more useful if they are running around the floor.

The great thing about this method is that they just go unless they are trapped. I now leave one by each exit door and it seems to deter them from coming in.

Other ideas
- keep your doors shut.
- If you find any small holes where pipes etc come through the wall stuff them with steel wool - they do not like biting this stuff
- also check any external air bricks. If they get though the holes into the cavity wall they can often get into holes that from the outside look impossible
- check cupboards and uncarpeted areas where you may have a hole in a floor board (or just a gap) and a loose bit of carpet covering it. Again stuff some steel wool in it.

suki1964

If you have a gap that you can slide a 50pence piece through, a mice can get through

We found ours were following the boiler pipes in from the garage to the tank. Wire wool and cement and a lot of poison sorted the problem

Winter is coming again and once again the mice are moving in to the garage - where they are welcome - just not in the house thank you

toffee'n'tom

phill99 wrote: »

Can't agree with humane mouse traps at all. Mice have to be dealt with properly or they come back.

You have to break their backs! The key things with mouse traps is 'less is more'. Smear a small amount of peanut butter in the centre of the plate on the trap so they are forced to step on it. Hey presto, mouse in 2 halves. If you put a load of bait on the plate, they nibble at the edges which won't set it off.

Having had a mouse this is the best advice ever!!! don't ignore it

vivatifosi

SleeplessinScandinavia wrote: »

Well - without wishing to get into a 'I'll-stick-my-mouse-trap-against-yours-anyday' type argument, I've always found the traps I mention to be the most effective, and the OP has a choice.

A mail order (via credit card) would be converted in to Swedish kronor

They sell them on their UK website too Sleepless:

http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/view/content/search?N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=mousetrap&Nty=1&D=mousetrap&Ntx=mode+matchpartial&Dx=mode+matchpartial&showTabs=true