There's a moose loose in t'hoose.

Arghbloodyhouse

Not sure if anyone has said, but if he's in a flat, the mouse problem isn't limited to his flat and is more of a building problem. I would say you're best off speaking to the building management or residents committee - whatever kind of set up they have there - to look into the problem building wide. Otherwise, for every mouse you get rid of, there's another immediately behind it.

As for getting rid of them - IME, it's really difficult regardless of what types of trap you use. The only 100% guaranteed solution I've ever found is getting a cat. We had a really bad mouse problem in an old rental place. Tried everything. Then we got a cat. Two days later we were mouse free and they didn't even come back when the cat died! Even if you can just borrow a cat from a mate to hang out smelling like a cat for a bit it might be a deterrent. 

oh_really

Arghbloodyhouse said:

 Even if you can just borrow a cat from a mate to hang out smelling like a cat for a bit it might be a deterrent. 

Suggested similar on p2.

Jeepers_Creepers

Arghbloodyhouse said:

Not sure if anyone has said, but if he's in a flat, the mouse problem isn't limited to his flat and is more of a building problem. I would say you're best off speaking to the building management or residents committee - whatever kind of set up they have there - to look into the problem building wide. Otherwise, for every mouse you get rid of, there's another immediately behind it.

As for getting rid of them - IME, it's really difficult regardless of what types of trap you use. The only 100% guaranteed solution I've ever found is getting a cat. We had a really bad mouse problem in an old rental place. Tried everything. Then we got a cat. Two days later we were mouse free and they didn't even come back when the cat died! Even if you can just borrow a cat from a mate to hang out smelling like a cat for a bit it might be a deterrent. 

He does have a friend in a different building who's also bothered by the occasional mouse - and posts large about the travails on Facebook. She has a cat - and is always being asked if it can be borrowed...

Not sure if bro could be party to a massacre, tho'.

elsien

I had a single mouse. Then I realised it was a very pregnant single mouse. Then I found the nest it had created under my bathroom floorboards cosily lined with my toilet paper. 

Then I heard meeses (plural) moving round my house via the central heating pipes and scratching noises behind the kitchen cupboards. And went back into the kitchen just after dishing up tea to find one perched on my spag Bol saucepan enjoying my dinner.

And my dog sitting gazing in bemusement as one ran under his nose. 

I now have a multitude of spring loaded traps in the attic where I’m fairly sure they were coming in from next door. 

They occasionally try another foray, normally around August time but so far this year I’ve been meece free. 

GDB2222

Jeepers_Creepers said:

Arghbloodyhouse said:

Not sure if anyone has said, but if he's in a flat, the mouse problem isn't limited to his flat and is more of a building problem. I would say you're best off speaking to the building management or residents committee - whatever kind of set up they have there - to look into the problem building wide. Otherwise, for every mouse you get rid of, there's another immediately behind it.

As for getting rid of them - IME, it's really difficult regardless of what types of trap you use. The only 100% guaranteed solution I've ever found is getting a cat. We had a really bad mouse problem in an old rental place. Tried everything. Then we got a cat. Two days later we were mouse free and they didn't even come back when the cat died! Even if you can just borrow a cat from a mate to hang out smelling like a cat for a bit it might be a deterrent. 

He does have a friend in a different building who's also bothered by the occasional mouse - and posts large about the travails on Facebook. She has a cat - and is always being asked if it can be borrowed...

Not sure if bro could be party to a massacre, tho'.

Whether he realises it or not, the mice are there because he’s feeding them. I suggest that he stops doing that.

twopenny

Friend took up the hall carpet for decorating and found one squashed and desicated Tom & Jerry style. Could have been there for years after cat bought it in and someone stepped on it. But under the bed - ewwwwwww.