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

dianetheartist

LOL--our cat brings them in and lets them go alive! Im sure he thinks his 'dad' loves mousing in the middle of the night! One ran across the floor the other night-so out came the mouse traps loaded with peanut butter--had the little blighter in the morning.
Im not scared of them but have my paintings stood around in various parts of the house and am worried they will get nibbled!

iolanthe07

It's not bats is it? You have to be very careful when dealing with bats - even blocking up their access holes is illegal. We have had roof rats in the past and you need professional help to get rid of them.

nzmegs

You need to find where they are getting in. there must be a hole somewhere. it will probably be really tiny, but should be easy enough to find. We had them get in under our bath once, but didn't know until we took the bath panel off for a few days and they got into the house. Laid down some bait and put the panel back on and ended up with three dead ones under the bath - very smelly! Another time we just got a cat and never saw them again.

ailuro2

I agree the bait will leave you with swollen smelly dead mice in your house, not always in accessible places - more humane to dispatch them quickly with a trap smeared with chocolate spread ( I discovered this after we had a mouse raiding the dry foods cupboard in the kitchen:eek:

The first night it licked the chocolate spread clean off the trap without triggering it, so I smeared more on the underside of the trap's roof the second night and that worked. Felt terribly guilty that it had been caught, but if the cat had have found it then death would have been much slower.

I don't mind them living in the garage in the winter and make plenty noise if I have to go in the garage in winter, but when they come in the house that's when they have crossed the line, for me anyway...

We never eat upstairs, touch wood that's been the only one that ever came into the house.


The reason I used chocolate spread was I read that they are more attracted to chocolate than cheese, and it seemed easier to scrape out the remainder of an old Nutella jar than it was to try and affix chocolate to the trap ( I bought two traps, about £2 each from B&Q iirc)

Glad

Hi there is already a long thread with lots of advice on 'mice' in oldstyle so I'll move your thread over there

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Glad

Hi there is already a long thread with lots of advice on 'mice' in oldstyle so I'll move your thread over there

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emiff6

The problem with humane traps is, you catch your mouse, then what? Where do you release it? If it's a house mouse (as opposed to wood mice or harvest mice), then it will come "home" if you don't take it far enough away. Far enough that you're probably OK, then you'll be dumping your house mice where they will potentially become a pest in someone else's home.

Penelope_Penguin

Glad wrote: »

Hi there is already a long thread with lots of advice on 'mice' in oldstyle so I'll move your thread over there

Thanks Glad I'lladd both of the mice threads to the existing thread to keep tips together.

kingfisherblue

Thanks for the advice so far - I haven't had time to read the entire thread, just from where my post came in. I'll try to find time to read more tomorrow.

I did do a search after posting (didn't think of it before then!), and came across this old thread. I clicked on one of the pages and it happened to show a device from a company called Primrose. It has the high frequency sounds, but also electromagnetic stuff that makes life uncomfortable for mice. One unit covers the whole house. It's £25.95 plus delivery, and the reviews were good, so I've ordered one. It should be here tomorrow or Wednesday (first class Royal Mail, sent out today). I'll let you know what I think. I'll also look for the link in case anybody else wants this device. Thank you to the poster, whose name I can't remember, who posted the details originally.

edited to add - Annie123 was the poster who posted the link, in post 215 (page 11):

http://www.primrose-london.co.uk/mouse-repeller-whole-house-p-36.html?source=googleads&gclid=CN3SxJzYx5QCFQoUQgodoiUZkw


I can't bear the thought of using traps, humane or otherwise. If I do, my mum (77 years old) will have to dispose of any mice for me . She will also get rid of any bodies. It doesn't bother her, but it definitely bothers me!

A cat isn't really an option. One of my children has disabilities and his breathing problems were far worse when we had a dog. His breathing has improved greatly since the doctor advised us not to have any furry pets, so I don't really want to go down that route.

Hopefully this new device will work, but in the meantime, there has been no sound or sight since I put down the mouse poison last night. Tonight will be the telling time, I suppose, as they tend to be nocturnal creatures. I'm a light sleeper anyway, so any rustling will wake me up. I'm also up three or four times a night with my son - last night I slept with my slippers in my bed, as I didn't want to get up in the night to see to my son and find that a mouse had gone to sleep in my slippers

I'll report back tomorrow....

Fruball

I had one once - cute little thing really

I got a humane trap, caught him and released him nearby in some woodland.

3 days later he was back :eek:

So this time he had a car ride (couple of roundabouts for disorientation) and was released on a cricket field. Didn't see him again.

To everyone suggesting getting a cat - DON'T DO IT! Firstly they will bring more mice in, (riends who have cats get them on a regular basis, I've only ever had one) and secondly they kill our wildlife - I forgot the statistics but so many wild birds are killed by cats