Can't cope in this house...please help!

giddypenguin

The problem with poison is you don't know where they die - if it's in a hard to reach place, the smell can get quite bad (believe me) which is why traps are better. I would be very suspicious of the poster who said they had special poison which dehydrates the mice so they leave your house and die - if I were a dehydrated mouse I would head for the kitchen/bathroom.

Anyhoo, get some traps. It's no big deal. Yes they are icky, but they won't hurt you. And just some life advice, if you are worried about something, never google it.

FBaby

Isn't it time to consider moving with your partner? Assuming he is the dad of your newborn, it sounds like he needs to be there for you to support you with these kind of worry.

All well talking about moving out, but where do you plan to go? How do you know where you will end up is better than where you are now? You need to be careful what you wish for. You are likely to be able to sort out the problem of the mice much more easily than looking for another decent property.

I am still confused as to why your partner doesn't do more to help you than just saying 'get a grip'...

G_M

ash28 wrote: »

......I put bait trays under the kitchen units - removed the kick board and in the loft. We looked for dead mice but never found any......the bait was eaten and the mice disappeared.

If you decide to go down the poison route you have to be careful where you put the bait trays especially with young children or pets.

Apparently they die in their sleep.

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DaftyDuck

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abailey54

I know how you feel OP, I used to have no problem with mice until I had a particularly bad infestation one year (with a few rats thrown in) and I felt like my personal space was being invaded and got panicky a few times

I would say the break neck traps work a treat and can deal with the situation, but do not get the really cheap ones from the pound shop - we did this and at least 2 mice got their legs caught in the trap and hubby had to 'finish them off'

I'm pretty squeemish too and have to admit I get hubby to deal with dead mice removal, but the fact of the matter is that they won't go away by themselves, you either need to get someone else in to deal with the situation, or do it yourself - if your other half thinks it's a doddle, then they could lay and empty the traps for you?

ruggedtoast

xxkelly888 wrote: »

Ok...genuine question - I am too scared to lay traps because if it works then I will actually have to see one What would I do with the dead mouse? Put it in the bin?

I wasn't scared before I lived in London in a bedsit for a while absolutely infested with mice and rats in certain areas. I can't shake the memory of seeing one - it was my first time EVER seeing anything like that. To me, all mice are the same as those big rats - the size of kittens and no matter how irrational I know that is, I can't stop it

Some of the traps will conceal the body. You can also get some sonic device which may be more humane.

Mice are a common problem and are harmless to humans unless they contaminate food stuffs with faeces or urine, (which they obviously cant do because you have everything stored away, right?). Even then they tend to be clean little animals themselves and wont live in conditions rats will. They will die of infection long before you will.

You are blowing this massively out of proportion. There are billions of different kinds of organisms and animals we share planet earth with. I can understand you dont want them in your actual house but moving because of a few mice is a terrible over reaction.

wannahouse

princessdon wrote: »

I don't like mice, but I can't harm a creature either. A few years ago a field mouse moved into my garage and had a little family. As far as I know they never entered the house, but were in the garage.

I bought humane traps - ones where you put chocolate spread inside and it traps them. I released them into the local nature park. In under 4 days the family was gone (not killed), I never touched them (don't think I could) as simply opened the box and they ran out.

I then got one of those high pitched alarms just in case.

So I can see where OP is coming from but instead of drama just set some humane traps.

we had mice in a property we moved into and we tried both the sonic things (had about 8 in a 3 bed house ) and also bought loads of big cheese humane traps...the little !!!!!!s didn't even sniff at them, despite trying every thing over a few months to tempt them in...the sonic things were useless!
in the end DH got fed up with my humanitarian approach,and just put down 3 snap traps one night, and within 15 mins they were all gone!
mind you ,we felt terribly guilty but what can you do? we tried the nice way for ages!

on the legal side, mice in the walls and the roof of the house IS NOT THE FAULT of the tenant, and they are getting in because the building is not correctly sealed...
I would ask your landlord to sort it out and despite certain peoples mocking on this thread, mice ARE a public health issue, and if this was a business or a food establishment, it would be closed down straight away until the infestation is dealt with, so i certainly hope none of the people who have said mice are no big deal, run a food establishment here!

wannahouse

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Mice are a common problem and are harmless to humans unless they contaminate food stuffs with faeces or urine, (which they obviously cant do because you have everything stored away, right?).

You are blowing this massively out of proportion. There are billions of different kinds of organisms and animals we share planet earth with. I can understand you dont want them in your actual house but moving because of a few mice is a terrible over reaction.[/QUOTE]


she has YOUNG CHILDREN who lick the floor (as all babys and toddlers do) and everything else in sight goes in the mouth, and mice can run and pee over any thing in the house, that the children most likely will come in contact with...

secondly, if she had a real phobia, telling someone they are overreacting, is useless!!!

she needs to tell the childrens father (even if he doesn't live with them) to ring the landlord and get the place sorted out in every respect, and HE needs to be supportive and man up and get up in the flaming loft and trap or poison what ever he needs to, to help her out and look after HIS childrens health!

i certainly would call the council and see if they have a free baiting propgram, as our council in wales does and they baited for rats and mice at our premises.

giddypenguin

wannahouse wrote: »

she has YOUNG CHILDREN who lick the floor (as all babys and toddlers do) and everything else in sight goes in the mouth, and mice can run and pee over any thing in the house, that the children most likely will come in contact with...

secondly, if she had a real phobia, telling someone they are overreacting, is useless!!!

she needs to tell the childrens father (even if he doesn't live with them) to ring the landlord and get the place sorted out in every respect, and HE needs to be supportive and man up and get up in the flaming loft and trap or poison what ever he needs to, to help her out and look after HIS childrens health!

i certainly would call the council and see if they have a free baiting propgram, as our council in wales does and they baited for rats and mice at our premises.

Wow... bit sexist... This has got nothing to do with the partner. She just needs to get some traps, set them, and check them every day.

molerat

Please don't move out into the country for your own sanity, what would you do if you had pine martens and bats living in the attic !! I had mice a few years back, spent a few quid on traps, problem solved in a week.

Get yourself some traps, don't pansy around with the humane ones as the little !!!!!!s will find their way back home.

Check if your deposit is protected - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/Housing/privaterent/government/SGTD1
Is your landlord registered - https://www.landlordregistrationscotland.gov.uk/Pages/Process.aspx?Command=ShowPublicSearchPage
Have you got gas, if so have you got a current gas safety certificate - http://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/advice/gas_certificates.aspx