Mice in house

mud

I've just had a dose of mice OP.

I'm pretty scared of them as well but managed to harden the **** up enough to kill them as soon as I realised I had them.

I bought the reusable traps. the brand I bought were called Big Cheese.

http://images.caraselledirect.com/500w/insect_pest_control/big_cheese_quick_click_mouse_trap_shut_open.jpg

They kill the mouse and you can dispose of it without ever touching it, then use the same trap again.

For all the noise, there only ended up being 4 of them!


Also, that thing about borrowing a cat doesn't work at all. Cats usually only hunt their own territories so you'd have to keep it for ages before it would start treating your house as its territory.

Best of luck!

mattjack

I'd like to recommend my old favourite....a blow torch , burn everything.

volvoman480

^^^^ I love the smell of burning rodent fur in the morning..........

Harden the f*ck up OP, they're only bloody mice. One thing though, if you're going to use bait, or indeed traps, wear gloves. Not only because that bait is nasty sh1t, but if the mice smell you off the bait or traps, they'll be a lot less likely to go near it. Also, don't put out too much bait, if you do, they'll simply carry it back to their nest instead of eating it there and then.

Much the same as rats really. We had rats for a while after building our new home, those rat traps make some racket when they go off, some teeth on them too (rats and traps!!). Unfortunately for the rat, he didn't die straight away, there was quite a bit of squealing for a while. However, that seemed to do the trick as the other rats cleared out of the place after that.

stupidusername

Temptamperu wrote: »

I feel you

:eek:

Neadine wrote: »

4am and I'm still awake, can't sleep, just in case... (not entirely sure what!)
Tomorrow is not going to be a happy day.

Neadine wrote: »

I hear scratching :eek:

are you going to do anything, or are you just going to keep telling us how scared you are?

rubadub

They go along walls as mentioned, the trap should be placed perpendicular into the wall, so the bait/trip is in at the wall and they have a clear run over it on both sides. Otherwise it is 50/50 if they come across the back end of the trap first and might cop on its dodgy.

They are meant to be suspect of new things and could knock a trap to test it. I read an exterminator suggested leaving down unset traps with bait, this way they are meant to get used to the new device in their room, grow to trust it to get food, then you set it.

Karona

Neadine wrote: »

Tried that, she just curled up and fell asleep in the couch!

You have to leave the cat alone for it to catch the mice. Borrow a cat, go out for the day and when you come back you shouldn't have anymore mice.

Poor Mice.... I really like them and was even thinking of getting them as pets, either them or pet rats.

stupidusername

Karona wrote: »

You have to leave the cat alone for it to catch the mice. Borrow a cat, go out for the day and when you come back you shouldn't have anymore mice.

Poor Mice.... I really like them and was even thinking of getting them as pets, either them or pet rats.

i would love some, think i'd prefer rats though.

x_Ellie_x

Get a cat!

MagicSean

Borrow a cat and put about 10 traps down and keep them set. Mouse problem will be gone in a few days

Neadine

are you going to do anything, or are you just going to keep telling us how scared you are?[/QUOTE]

Have traps set all over the house, got some poison (but the thought of dead bodies around is almost as bad as living ones). Have a cat moved in.
Oh and have found some place new to live, will be moving in the next week or so.
Is that sufficient doing?

mattjack

x_Ellie_x wrote: »

Get a cat!

A "mere" cat ? You need a killing machine, aka a Jack Russell !!!