We've Got Mice-Help!!! (merged threads)

Calephetos

The electric plugs that emit beeps worked for us. We had a nest behind the washing machine, but haven't seen any since. The combination of noise and warmer weather has seen them off. My dad got them from an ad in the Times but I think they're quite easy to find.

Humane traps mean you don't have to see dead mice or have tiny deaths on your consience. Set them free a very, very long way away!

tim_n

The poison most usually fed to mice and rats is a blood thining compound/chemical used by humans to prevent clotting after operations or incidents (strokes, heart attacks etc).

It does not directly kill the animal through an overdose. It replicates the same condition as found in humans by stopping the body from healing properly as clotting is one of the mechanisms for repair of tissues. Mice and rats squeeze through small gaps and are often cut or bruised. The small rodent can't repair itself because of the absence of clotting and will die from complications rather than poison.

These rodents will not make cats 'sick' however if the cat ingests a number of dead mice (cats prefer to eat what they find) which would be present at a nest site it too will have issues with clotting or if the meat has lain for a while other infections may be picked up.

I wouldn't recommend putting this kind of poison down. Much better to catch and release nearer a natural food supply from home or dispatching by hand as this is less distressing and painful (for the mouse at least).

I on the otherhand am a big softie and have regularly performed small first aid operations on presents brought in by my cats (broken legs, eyes, tails etc) and have had numerous colonies in the old fish tanks at the foot of my bed which have later been released into the wild, probably only to be brought back a few weeks later = )

beachbeth

Calephetos wrote:

Humane traps mean you don't have to see dead mice or have tiny deaths on your consience. Set them free a very, very long way away!

But doing this can mean certain death for them anyway! They aren't in their territory and if on their own have no chance of defending themselves against anything. Setting them free in a different territory is quite cruel too if you ask me!

abdulinyourface

getting rid of mice...any ideas? apart from mousetrap.

thanks people

tee_pee_2

ring your local council they should have a pest control dept. They will come out I think there is a fee if your are owner occ or free if you are a LA tenant.

patchwork_cat

get a cat!

caffeinehit

They won't be interested if there isn't anything to eat. We solved our mouse problem (which poison and traps had failed to cure) by sealing up the gaps at the back of our store cupboards, regularly sweeping up any debris from the floor and under the units, and making sure any food was shut away at night.

littlereddevil

We have plug in pest deterrents and they certainly work

Alias71

The following site gives an alternative and humane way of catching the little blighters.

http://glass.typepad.com/journal/2005/09/how_to_catch_a_.html

It's a bit hit and miss but over a 5 day period I was able to catch 2 mice using this method.

livinginhope

littlereddevil wrote:

We have plug in pest deterrents and they certainly work

Can I ask what brand plug ins you use? we bought 8 from B & Q last year and then promptly saw 3 mice playing in front of one of them,we ended up using poison which did work,we still kept the plug ins plugged in though.