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[briggie]

ok , this is a strange request for advice , but........ last night I saw a little mouse in my kitchen .... was a tiny thing , how do I get rid of it / them humanely ? ..... cant get a cat cos Sheila has problems with them ....... help ?

 

[Banshee]

ok , this is a strange request for advice , but........ last night I saw a little mouse in my kitchen .... was a tiny thing , how do I get rid of it / them humanely ? ..... cant get a cat cos Sheila has problems with them ....... help ?

They are vermin mate, scrap humanely and get some traps down, Cat Food and Peanut Butter work a treat!!!

 

[briggie]

there must be a humane way surely ? :nenau

 

[puddle hoppers inc.]

i tried humane my chicken run, caught nought! went onto traditional and caught first night! i do disagree with the sticky tape ones tho, bit barbaric imo

 

[briggie]

so .... the standard " up and over " type trap them ?

 

[puddle hoppers inc.]

its quick and effective, i doubt the mouse realises til its all over.

 

[MudLifeCrisis]

Spread some mothballs around , mice hate the smell .



Brian

 

[davis8008]

use chocolate or peanut butter on a mouse trap works a treat, chances are more will come so you'll have to find out how there getting in

 

[briggie]

bluddie typical innit , Sheila is having hysterics , aint even got enough money in the account to pay for a mouse trap / peanut butter until Friday ffs ...... Sheila says shes gonna sleep in the car tonight :lol

 

[rustic]

You can buy humane traps, that capture them alive, see screwfix.

Now here is the problem, if you let vermin go into the wild you are comitting an offence.:doh

The plastic rentokill ones are useless, little nipper are the best.

Our cat is useless, he actually brings them in alive and lets them go...:doh

Rustic

 

[puddle hoppers inc.]

ive still got 2 humane ones in the chicken run, nutella as bait, and i havn't caught anything in the 9 months they have been down, and i have refreshed the bait in that time :nenau

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

We had a mouse problem, despite having 12 ferrets and 2 cats... Some nights it was like our own version of "Tom and Jerry" on here..

The mouse would sit on top of the welsh dresser taunting the ferrets...

I went up into the loft for something, and I could hear them scampering between the felt and the tiles. mind you, the day it sat in the middle of the floor as we were watching TV, as it had a wash bold as brass was the day I drew the line.

Needless to say, traps and poison were out with the other animals around, and the humane traps just did not work, so we went for the Ultra sonic plug ins... perfect, they have no effect on the other animals and 4 strategically places units, one in the loft, one on the upstairs landing, one in the kitchen, and one in the living room, the mice all moved out.

We have had them for 6 years now, and we always had mice move in for the winter, but not since we got the plug ins.

 

[briggie]

well ive gone and done it ..... ive purchased a pair of pre baited traps .... they look like little nipper traps with a really strong spring ..... and what looks like a plastic piece of cheese .... it says on the box that they are impregnated with a mouse lure ....... well they are now in place .... I patiently await the spring(s) going off ..... IM A KILLER .... A MURDERER !!!

 

[briggie]

£2.75 for a twin pack of traps ..... sounds reasonable ...... hope they work

 

[clivvy]

yup, that's the only way to do it mate. sad I know, but you cant catch it, then let it go...

 

[trophymick]

Make sure you place them along the wall, mice like to run parallel to them.:thumb2

We are lucky that we don't have mice, the problem we had this year was moles, the rear lawn was a right mess, little volcanoes all over!
Anyhow I've managed to catch three of the buggers, it seems to have done the trick!:lol


Mick

 

[briggie]

IM A KILLER WAITING TO POUNCE .:sly ...I almost feel quite excited , keep checking the traps every half hour or so ..... but nothing yet

 

[rustic]

IM A KILLER WAITING TO POUNCE .:sly ...I almost feel quite excited , keep checking the traps every half hour or so ..... but nothing yet

Tomorrow morning will be the test.:thumbs
We have caught several in one night in the shed.

They love chewing the canvas type bag for the leaf blower...:doh

The ultra sonic devices didn't work in the shed, in fact I placed a trap next to the ultra sonic device, and it must have attracted the mouse, or he committed suicide as I found him in the trap:doh
He could have been a deaf mouse though.:nenau

 

[jims-terrano]

I use the poison bait boxes, Wilkinsons sell them cheap. They work very well Pete.
I found the wooden Little Nipper type didn't work unless I put somekind of double sided tape on the platform. The little things were able to eat the bait without setting the trap off, they got stuck on the tape and hey presto goodnight sweetheart.

If you caught them live Pete where would you dump them?

Best of luck Pete, you'll sort them out mate.

 

[briggie]

I use the poison bait boxes, Wilkinsons sell them cheap. They work very well Pete.
I found the wooden Little Nipper type didn't work unless I put somekind of double sided tape on the platform. The little things were able to eat the bait without setting the trap off, they got stuck on the tape and hey presto goodnight sweetheart.

If you caught them live Pete where would you dump them?

Best of luck Pete, you'll sort them out mate.

I haven't thought about what to do if I actually catch one jim .....im kinda hoping its dead ..... dunno if its still alive tho