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

ash28

giddypenguin wrote: »

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.

We have no idea where the mice died tbh, we couldn't find any, there was no smell and we didn't have them again.

They didn't bother me too much but I thought drastic action was called for when I opened the larder door and a mouse was sitting on a shelf looking at me....I don't know who was the most surprised - the mouse or me......

Sorry OP.

Coopdivi

OP, the reason why the mice are running around in your kitchen is because they are unable to get back to the loft in the dark. You need to invest in some mouse ladders.



You need to be quick though. There's only three left.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Flexible-Wooden-Ladder-Hamster-Mouse-Rat-Rodents-Toys-6221-/170989685714#vi-content

G_M

I missed a post I think. OP is planning to move tothe country?!

I live in the country and every winter the field mice move in. They live under the floorboards. I never see them, but I hear them, and occassionally have to renew the pipe insulation that they tear off for nesting.

In spring they go back out.

We co-exist perfectly happily.

But seems to me the OP would not like living with me......

dktreesea

terryw wrote: »

Why? The Op has been in the property for eighteen months before the mice appeared. Here is a link from
http://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2010/08/30/tenants-legal-help-%E2%80%93-vermin-who-is-responsible/?doing_wp_cron=1373008502.8458249568939208984375

"What about infestation where no-one is ‘at fault’?
Well in that case it will depend on when the infestation occurs.

If it is there at the time you move in (even if it is not discovered for a while), it will normally be the landlords responsibility to sort it out
However if it happens after you have been living there for a while, then you will be responsible. After all it is your property now (until the tenancy ends"

As other posters have mentioned, a few mice is no big deal. Even Poundshops sell traps and poison.

I can only speak for Scotland, but here it is the landlord's responsibility to ensure the property is properly sealed. If there are holes where mice or rats can come in, then it is the landlord's responsiblity to make the repair.

As for a few mice being "no big deal", I disagree. Mouse droppings can cause respiratory disease. Mice can carry mites and fleas, which don't care whose blood they are sucking on. If that were me and I had young children, I would move out. A property which has holes big enough to let mice in is not being properly maintained by the landlord. The phrase "slum landlord" comes to mind.

abailey54

I think there is a distinct difference between a couple of mice living under your floor boards for a bit before leaving and many mice being around your things, seemingly for good.

By the time we got our problem sorted quite a few of our things had been damaged and hubby had gotten a nasty shock from a lawnmower cable that had been nibbled at. Not the end of the world but definitely an invasion of privacy

I don't think it's sexist to ask the partner to help, if he doesn't feel anxious about sorting the issue out then it makes sense he do it - we all bring strengths to a relationship. Telling someone to get a grip when they have a young baby and not even offering to set a few traps and remove the bodies afterwards is a bit mean really