Think we have mice! Advice needed!

timread

Snappy traps baited with peanut butter work well. It also helps to work out where they are getting into your house from - they can squeeze through surprisingly tiny holes (e.g. pipe holes in the skirting board). Look for more droppings, and especially use your nose - their main entrance will generally smell of mouse wee :eek:.

Ours were coming in through our extension, as we were (foolishly in retrospect) storing a bag of birdseed in an open bucket out there. The wee blighter even chewed the wooden handle of a trowel in the shed!

malcolm000

We had one mouse which made a nest under the settee cushion, in the corner. Had made a nest by chewing on the fabric. Noticed droppings all around our living room and then found out it relocated to another part of the house. Would find a hole dug in our dining room plant pot and soil all over the carpet. Then noticed droppings all over the kitchen worktops, fridge top (underneath the worktop), cooker and also gnaw marks all around a Cadburys Creme egg.:mad:

Finally killed it using old fashioned mouse trap laced with chocolate - it had a healthy looking coat and was quite plump:eek:

Suspect it came into the house in a bag of hay bought for the guinea pig which was kept next to the g pig food under the stair cupboard. After a few months, this food source had dried up and it must have been then it started to wander and we became aware of it's presence:o

lavidaloca

Please take care with bags of animal feed. Check before you buy that there are no holes in them. I ended up with mice in my car after buying animal feed. Those mice (2 of them) were well travelled before I realised, and I mean well travelled Scotland one weekend, Wales the next. Traps with frys chocolate cream soon caught them. In the house check all pipes leading in for holes around them. Cavity walls are also a nuisance. After filling in any holes you can find, lay traps at night with FCC and you'll soon catch them leave traps down for a few nights after you think you have caught them all.

Imp

I have an electronic rodent scarer. It got rid of mice/rats when I lived next to a canal and now have it plugged in as a matter of course where ever I live. The're not cheap though.

Hootie19

Gingernutmeg wrote: »

Call out the pest control people (AFAIK it'll be about £30, I think)

We are having our rodent problem dealt with at the moment (found them in the garage).

Our local council don't charge, as they are classed as vermin. Maybe it depends on what area you live in?

They put about 6 different bait boxes down.

The pest control man is due back next week to see if they've been effective.