Uninvited (Furry) Guests...?

AndyCF

Lover_of_Lycra wrote: »

I suppose I could leave out a humane trap one night and see who greets me in the morning.

I was going to suggest one of these. I'm told peanut butter works very well if you're struggling to 'tempt' them although I guess a tiny piece of choc biscuit or something would work.

I was not able to trap the one I had a couple of years back I borrowed a plastic humane trap from the neighbour as they were horrified at the thought of me getting a "little nipper" trap instead (to be honest I was too but seeing droppings on the kitchen worktop in the morning was quite unpleasant) so I had to "do something"

I'm not sure what happened to it in the end, it went away it seemed after a few days...

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Lover_of_Lycra wrote: »

This is the first sign I've ever seen of there being mice in my home. I'm currently on a ketosis diet with meal replacement so there isn't mcuh food in my home. It's all either in sealed packets or is fruit and veg which is kept in the fridge. My furry's food is kept in air tight containers which are still in tact.

I'm more worried about any diseases and bacteria from wild rodents making him sick than anything else.

I live in a top floor flat and mine is the only one on this floor. Would I be right in thinking that they must have got in somewhere else lower down in the building or could they have climbed up?

I'm not talking about mice. That hole is too big for mice (they can get through a hole you could only just poke your little finger into).


The rodents could have got in either way.

Put your sealed packets into plastic containers (after checking them for nibbles).

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It appears I underestimated Mr P. When I got home from work I checked his cage and the door at the top looked closed but on closer inspection was open. I think when I cleaned his cage I put so much substrate in that it lifted the wheel high enough to knock the door open. It always the quiet ones.

I covered the hole up with tape not to try and keep any other critters out but just to see if it got chewed during the night but it was still intact this morning. Other than in his cage and that hole there are no other signs of rodents in my home. No food in the kitchen has been touched, none of the sweets wrapped up under the Christmas tree had been touched, and Mr P's food hadn't been touched Thursday night which I would have expected if another animal had got into his cage. Perhaps the reason Mr P hadn't eaten it was because he was too busy trying tunnel his way out of the living room. Mr P isn't showing any signs of tangling with another rodent either.

Thanks everyone for your advice and suggestions. I think I was so stressed out with work that I automatically assumed the worst.

Here he is like butter wouldn't melt....

ancientofdays

Mr P is very sweet. Our hammy learnt to wiggle the door of his home enough to go out for walks, which was ok until the dogs started following him around. He was a bit scared of them. I think we ended up securing his door with wire so that when he came out, it was for a safe play and not to be pursued by dogs or go underneath floorboards.

CRANKY40

Lover_of_Lycra wrote: »

It appears I underestimated Mr P.

Nice one Mr P....and he took himself home afterwards just like I said. He's gorgeous!

CRANKY40

ancientofdays wrote: »

Mr P is very sweet. Our hammy learnt to wiggle the door of his home enough to go out for walks, which was ok until the dogs started following him around. He was a bit scared of them. I think we ended up securing his door with wire so that when he came out, it was for a safe play and not to be pursued by dogs or go underneath floorboards.

That reminded me of the time I was sitting in my auntie's kitchen and her collie wondered past. I said to her "That dog's got the hamster again". My auntie was saying he couldn't have the hamster, not possibly. She then made him open his mouth...exit one very soggy hamster. That was also the collie that unzipped my gran's suitcase one Christmas when she was staying with us and ate all my gran's sleeping pills and a box of liqueur chocolates. The vet said it was too late to do anything and told my auntie to keep a close eye on him. My auntie was a nervous wreck and stayed up all night. The dog had a lovely sleep and was fine.

Datchet

Looks like il topo to me! We have a mouse in the attic we refer to as " clogs" as it stomps around ...

Earlier in week I dispatched Mr Rat, who was munching his way through the hedgehog and bird food in the shed - he also tried to knaw his way through the door to escape!

Down the plot we have residents rabbits the size of sheep.

Stop up the holes and set traps!