Mice - they have taken up residence......

[krhall]

Right it's cold outside so we seemingly have some mice coming inside for a shelter and a snack.

Now when we had issues a few years back I used poison and job done, but this time the kids are older and tend to use the areas where I put the poison as does the dog, which we didn't have last time either.

So I need something that'll sort the mickeys out but not kill the kids or the dog, so good people of the forum, any suggestions?

Thanks,

Kev

[Wideboy]

a cat lol, more pets for you


air riffle, could be fun

[Girth]

We had them at work, we used old skool traps wih chocolate placed on them.

That seemed to do the trick.

[Sean_C]

We had them at work, we used old skool traps wih chocolate placed on them.

That seemed to do the trick.

Sounds like a recipe for sore fingers with younguns around ;)
Suppose he could leave them overnight.


How about those humane traps- the ones that starve mice to death instead? :p

[krhall]

Would something like this work?

http://www.martleyelectronics.co.uk/pestcontrol-rodent.html#pc500

[Sean_C]

My uncle and aunt have one of them, they say it works.

[larigos]

had them earlier this year - found the hole where they came in (outside and inside) and placed poison in hole 2 days later took 2 cans of expanding foam emptied one can into the hole from the outside and one via the hole inside the house. No mouse would ever survive.

[krhall]

Which version?

[Kinvig]

I knew a girl that was really dirty - cleanliness wise.

She had mice in her house & wouldn't kill them. Her house was a tip.

She came home from work one day to find that one of the mice was so depressed about the squalid living arrangements that it had committed suicide by drowning in the sink full of unclean pots & dishes.




At least it amuses me to think that the house was so dirty that it killed itself in desperation.

[Sean_C]

Sorry- Pest Stop 500 Pest Repeller

[Baph]

Block up the hole, and we have a python you can borrow. He's not big enough to eat either the kids or the dog, so you'll be safe. :)

[krhall]

Baph - now that would be a cool way of getting rid of it.........do you deliver?

[Baph]

Baph - now that would be a cool way of getting rid of it.........do you deliver?

SE London/M25 is a little far from Anglesey. :(

Wouldn't object to you catching the little beggars & sending them here though, more food for the snake (given that we breed mice for him to eat anyway).

[krhall]

Oh - Pest Clear (pest stop) 2000 now ordered from Amazon.......give that a go.

[CoolGirl]

there are some quite creative solutions here:

http://www.funny-games.biz/trapomatic.html

[missyburd]

There are a variety of humane traps you can use, something like this

http://www.giftsandgardens.co.uk/images/humane-mouse-trap.jpg

Strong smelling bait - food - goes in one end, trap door shuts behind it, caught.

However if you think you have a fair few then poison may be the only solution as you don't want an infestation on your hands. Mice pee continuously due to having weak sphincters, bit of a health hazard, especially around children. Faeces is a problem too as well as them chewing anything they get their little mitts on.

I suppose you could use a combination of poison and food, i.e. food with poison in this humane trap then it dies in the trap perhaps?

HTH.

[dizzyblonde]

One of my cats once brought in a mouse, that i didn't know about. I kept wondering why the cat kept sitting on the cooker lid, and the dog kept staring at its reflection in the glass door. Three days later after roasting it at teatimes, it stuck its little nose from underneath.
It had got under the washer, and was running between that and the cooker under the kitchen unit
I got one of those humane traps and palced it behind the washer...the little git ate the food and foiled the trap..what a waste!
So, while the washer was out, i stuck a plastic see through jug on its side, jammed down the side of the washer, and waited.....


....all of five minutes, the little devil thougt it were a new place to go, so i scooped it up quick and released it under the bushes round the back.
I wouldnt want to have killed it, but how the hell it survived under the cooker i don't know. good job i had the kitchen replaced not long after

[Jelster]

Our cat bought a mouse in to play with and let it go in the lounge. We used 2 "humane" traps and 2 days later we found it in one of them. I let it go in next doors garden - their kids balls are always coming over here, I thought they could have something back :mrgreen:

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[missyburd]

I'm not entirely sure how successful these humane traps are tbh, but I used to work in a pet shop and we sold a fair few of them, usually to animal lovers, don't kill the precious creatures type. Not that I condone killing of animals OBVIOUSLY :rolleyes:

[Ed]

Kev, you need to run faster if you're to have any hope of catching the wee beasties:D

[missyburd]

Oooo get a cat or borrow a neighour's!

[stevie]

One of our cats brought a mouse in to the lounge and let it go. All hell broke loose, imagine four cats and three dogs trying to get the to the mouse first. The thing was the dogs made a better job of getting said mouse. Just for the record it died of fright/heart attach or summat like. So my advice would be to train the dog to "get the mouse".:study:

[Ed]

If you worked for the fire service you could walk out, like this individual did

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/7775206.stm

[K]

Hey, look on the bright side, at least if you've got mice around then it means you don't have rats.
The rats will chase the mice off y'see, so if a few of the little buggers are about then it's kind of a 'good' sign.

[missyburd]

Hey, look on the bright side, at least if you've got mice around then it means you don't have rats.
The rats will chase the mice off y'see, so if a few of the little buggers are about then it's kind of a 'good' sign.
Only a matter of time before the rats catch on there's a decent food supply though......

[Foey]

I take it the electronic pest repeller thingy works by emitting a high frequency noise which drives them away, will it be picked up by your dogs sensitive hearing & drive that nuts too????

[Sean_C]

I take it the electronic pest repeller thingy works by emitting a high frequency noise which drives them away, will it be picked up by your dogs sensitive hearing & drive that nuts too????

They say it doesn't affect dogs etc.

My dad once got one for scaring cats away. I could hear it and it drove me mad. He came home one day and I'd modified it with a hammer and re attached it to the side of the shed.

[svpilot]

Hi Mate,

I had a problem with mice, just one of the many things the previous owner left me to sort out (along with a gas leak, leathal wiring, etc.etc).

Anyhoo, have a word with you local council (you don't have to live in a council house) they may offer a pest control service. I used Gravesham councils service:

http://www.gravesham.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2772

It was free, and although the guy wouldn't go into the loft were the problem was (health and safety, see?) He did provide plenty of poison and advice.

Otherwise, get plenty of Tom and Jerry style traps (eg little nipper) and bait 'em and check 'em regularly. It's not nice, but you rarely have 'a mouse' it is usually 'mice' and they breed very quickly.

For what its worth, I had an ultrasonic thing and it did as much good as Kerry Katona's dietitian. But mine was a cheap one, perhaps the dearer ones work.

Oh, and if you see any obvious holes, block them up. But they can get in a hole the size of a Biro so it can be impossible to keep them out.

Good luck!

[jimmy__riddle]

my parents had mice and tried one of those electric things, from JML, then one day unlpugged it and the back had burnt and melted but not tripped any fuses, so be warned, potential fire risk.

They did try the humane traps, but one mouse got stuck in the door, and dragged the trap around all night in the ceiling voild above their room which kept them up all night! it must have tried to go home cos they couldnt find the trap the next day!