Not Rats Clivvy but Mices hate them to pieces

[macabethiel]

On a similar note I was helping her indoors tidy up in our loft eaves. (Ours is a Chalet styled house with a small loft and the bedrooms upstairs have sloping ceilings with built in acess to the eaves for storage).

She thought she could hear some scuttering noises when in bed and we found a couple of mouse droppings and some nibbled items - shoes and a new Louis Vutton Pink handbag.

After much grief from she who must be obeyed I set two mouse traps in the first eave baited with Galaxy Chocolate. First night caught two mice as yet no more but manged to catch eight more in the Garage. Old fashioned mouse traps made of wood with plastic hinges etc. not humane but very effective.

Did have a battery opereated mouse trap that electocuted the little buggers but when I went on holiday forgot to switch it off when I returned a maggot infested skeleton remained but the putrified remains rotted the circuit board and as it cost £25.00 decided to stick with cheap & cheerful.

Guess the hard winter sent them indoors.

 

[briggie]

how about rigging up a moustrap that detonates an air bag underneath it :augie:lol:lol

 

[clivvy]

:lol

little swines!!! i have seen the electro traps, but they do seem too expensive when a £3 snap trap does pretty much the same. I do wonder if the extended cold weather we have had IS bringing them indoors?

you should be able to sue the ministry of mice for loss of expensive handbag:lol

 

[macabethiel]

:lol

little swines!!! i have seen the electro traps, but they do seem too expensive when a £3 snap trap does pretty much the same. I do wonder if the extended cold weather we have had IS bringing them indoors?

you should be able to sue the ministry of mice for loss of expensive handbag:lol

I looked at the Handbag and thought it was a fake - her indoors sheepishly said it was genuine but would not tell me what she paid for it !

Still she works hard at two jobs so it none of my business really. I did not tell her how much I paid for my thermal neoprene linned fishing wellingtons!

I feel sure the harsh winter was to blame we have never had mice in our roof before.

 

[clivvy]

it could well be a more common occurance, because even though we have had the rabbit in the garden for about 5 years now, this is the first time we have noticed a rat. We had a mouse about 2 years ago, Woody, hes gone, then another later which we accidentally killed...

All our gardens are patrolled by cats, so perhaps the little vermins are getting braver.

 

[felixthelogchopper]

The in-laws have got a very big black farm cat and he has been busy this year too :augie