I have mice eeeeek.

dizzybuff

My house now has new residents of the mouse kind. I have traps down and have killed three. But they are still here and now destroying my plaster behind my radiator. I have just had my kitchen replastered. Can anyone helmand give some more hints to get rid of the !!!!!!s.

candlelight_2013

Hi there,

When we had them many years ago I called the Pest Control dept of our Council.

When they came out they put poison in traps, particularly at the back of the fridge and freezer because the little !!!!! like warmth.

I am terrified of the things so I was a nervous wreck but the traps worked.

I hope you are rid of them soon you have my sympathy

Candlelightx

arbrighton

peanut butter and kill traps then the beggars can't crawl off elsewhere. Look for gaps, even tiny and fill them with steel wool

dizzybuff

I'm off to getvthem wool this weekend. I'll pop the traps behind the freezer. I think they have taken shelter in the boiler cupboard as well. I !!!!!!! hate this. I hate them.

hoglet121

We have 3 cats and a mouse problem! That said we haven't tried traps yet, just keep hoping the cats will get them, which they do from time to time but obviously not enough.

dizzybuff

I've just emailed the council they come out free for mice. So I'm getting them in asap. I don't like mice or cats. Inlets I can get a ferret... Oh that's a thought

Bublin1

When I had mice (seem's like I only had 2). I tried all the traps. The only thing that worked was a little peanut butter smeared on the base plate of this..........


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pest-Stop-PSERK-Electronic-Rat-Killer/dp/B000FII3YW/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1426108627&sr=8-9&keywords=electronic+mice+trap

SailorSam

I've had mice twice now. The first time it was only one mouse, the second time there were two. I didn't want to kill them at first, i've tried to make my garden wildlife friendly and i thought at first 'he' had only come in out of the cold in the winter and would leave when Spring came. But poor mousey had to go.
I wouldn't put poison down in case the mouse died behind the kitchen units or under the floorboards and started to smell, so used traps and found Peanut Butter the best. I don't like the stuff so i've put the jar in the freezer to save incase it's needed again.

krlyr

Killing them can be a pretty ineffective way to de-mouse your house. Something has attracted them there in the first place, wild animals want for three main things - food, water and shelter. If your house provides any one of those, it's appealing, if it has two or three then it's a mouse palace! Remove the resources (move food to higher cupboards and sealed tubs, minimise pools of water in the garden or water sources in the house (e.g. dog water bowl - you could raise it up out of mouse reach) and make shelter difficult - block up easy access holes (e.g. around pipes), try to remove any cover they have in the garden (so trim back hedges, clear up rubbish, check for gaps in fencing they could be using as runs back and forth) and so on. They'll soon move on and set up camp somewhere else, where life is a bit easier.

button_box

Unfortunately the little bleeders are prolific breeders, so best to get on top of the situation a.s.a.p. Try and find out how they are getting in. If you have just had some work done in your kitchen check all plumbing to see if there are gaps at pipes. Mice are mullti jointed and can squeeze through very small spaces. The wire wool is a good idea. Mice don't like running across open spaces and tend to run along the sides of a room ( they kind of use the edges of a room a bit like radar) check out for "smear" signs on skirting boards and droppings/urine (you can usually smell them) then you will know where to position traps. Check behind dishwasher and washing machines where it can be warm and they sometimes chew the pipes and you can get a flood. If you have put poison down they will generally try to get to water and somewhere warm. You need to make sure they cannot get to somewhere inaccessible because they will stink as they decompose. Check out your local authority to see if they will help. We live in the country and as soon as harvest is cut the mice start to move in. We get them in the walls and the loft and it is an annual fight. Unfortunately damage caused by vermin is not usually covered on house insurance and they can be very destructive. Best of luck. I hope you get rid of your lodgers soon.

sooty&sweep

Hi

Try & work out where they are coming in. They can even get in though air bricks so we got some steel mesh & nailed it over the air bricks.

Jen