Help! Mice! (I think)

Nomoonatall

TheGardener wrote: »

The mice can usually be seen trotting up the garden path 'with their clogs on' about this time of year
I would concur with everyone who suggested chocolate and chocolate smeared nuts (:o) as a bait for mouse traps - there are few mammals that can resist it and it has always worked a treat for me.
I too feel the sticky papers and poison are not very humane (the sticky things are a bit barbaric unless you are on hand to dispatch the poor thing yourself) A clean 'thwack' on the back of the neck from a good trap is usually instantaneous.

Well, I declare!

Now you've ruined it! How can anyone kill mice with clogs on...the mice...not the humans! I'd hire a Pied Piper...or a kid with a recorder should work!

MrsTinks

Nomoonatall wrote: »

Well, I declare!

Now you've ruined it! How can anyone kill mice with clogs on...the mice...not the humans! I'd hire a Pied Piper...or a kid with a recorder should work!

Anyone should run for their lives if a child has obtained a recorder... mice and hoomans! :eek::eek::eek:

trolleyrun

No vermin round here. My dog is a terrierist who loves hunting and is great at it. She doesn't often catch anything when out and about but when she does, the animal is "dispatched" quickly. We had a rat problem before I got her. I'd previously used poison for ages and nothing seemed to work. Enter the mutt and she dispatched 6 of them in 3 days and nothing since. She is available for hire but does charge a fortune

Gloomendoom

For rats I use a big Nipper trap...

culpepper

When DS had one in his flat at uni we hunted all over the town for mouse traps and finally found them at Morrisons . We only bought one, stuck a bit of chocolate in it and it worked first time. we expected he would catch more but he never did so it must have been a bachelor mouse. His flat was on the 2nd floor so they must be able to get up inside the walls.

Money_saving_maniac

Grrr i'm still at Mouse - 1, humans - 0!

pineapple

culpepper wrote: »

we expected he would catch more but he never did so it must have been a bachelor mouse. His flat was on the 2nd floor so they must be able to get up inside the walls.

The problem is that vermin can become wary if a trap gets a human smell on it or the smell of their dead compatriot. When re-using a trap I put it outside and pour boiling water over it first. Oh and I always wear disposable gloves when handling.
Used to rent a second floor flat. Went to put on walking boots one day when my feet met with lots of crunchyness. :eek:. Turned out we had mice. They had been raiding the bag of dog mixer in the kitchen and transporting it to my walking boots in the bedroom where they were storing it :rotfl:

fatbelly

I have used a humane trap. This sort of thing



but you do need to check them regularly and have a plan of what to do with them.

pineapple

MrsTinks wrote: »

I don't like poison anyway as you never know if a cat will eat a sluggish mouse like one of mine did (£600 vet bill later)

Someone recommended this to me
http://www.eradi-products.com/
Will report back.
I live near a farm and this year the rat problem seems worse than ever.
I've ordered the eradibait. Meanwhile I have a trap down, two cage traps and traditional poison and will be putting peppermint oil by the door. No cats nearby - the farmer doesn't like them as he says they spread disease amongst the sheep. So we have rats instead. :eek: Go figure...

Money_saving_maniac

Still not caught the blighter, dog is insistent there is still one in the house.
I think this mouse went to University it has outsmarted 2 humans and one keen dog!