Mouse control
We keep finding evidence of mice around the house. A few months ago you may remember that I found one in a box containing a new pair of boots, having shredded the laces. A couple of weeks ago, Mrs H found one fast asleep in a bucket containing cleaning cloths.
Both were deposited in fields some distance away.
Yesterday, Mrs H noticed a pool of water appear from under the dishwasher. When I got home, I pulled it out and found the drain pipe had been chewed though (how on earth do they find that of interest?)
Anyway, today I ordered a humane mouse trap from Amazon.......it arrives tomorrow.
Whilst browzing, I saw some ultrasonic devices that emit a sound that is reckoned to repel small rodents and insects. Reviews are slightly mixed.
My question is......do any of you wise folk have experience of these devices and are they any good?
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Ian , I have had mixed reviews from my customers , and some of them have said that they can hear the sound from them , some customers have said the mice have returned after a while with using the device, perhaps they get used to the sound !!
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We once had a mouse, which looked like a Field Mouse rather than the usual. He was a cheeky chappy as he used to sit behind the pipe going into the radiator!!! I purchased a humane trap which was like a square box with a flap lid that was triggered when the mouse entered the trap. We used chocolate as bait which seemed to work. I suppose the problem with the ultrasound device is that the mouse is still in the house and he still has to be dealt with.
David
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We had mice in the integral garage that we tried mouse traps on to no avail.
Spent a day loading the MH up for a holiday with the garage door open most of the day.
Returned from holiday to notice 'lost cat' signs on the lampposts in our road. Unloading the MH, opened the garage door, cat ran out. No more mice just lots of cat crap to clear up. Natures best left to do its business
Since converting garage into 2 parts, always check for cats before going away
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What's with the humane traps. We are talking about vermin here which should be killed at every opportunity. Get some spring traps like "The little nipper" that soon sorts them out. Bait with half a grape or chocolate and mind your fingers.
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I sometimes get mice in the garden shed. The only traps I’ve had success with are the Little Nippers. I bait them with peanut butter, and never re use the trap.
I haven’t tried the electronic pest control devices for mice, I’m sceptical as to their usefulness.
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Have used poisoned grain in the past, kills them off but the trouble is you then find desiccated bodies from time to time in all sorts of out of the way places around the house.
Prefer the 'little nipper' as at least you can deal with the body straight away
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We use Little Nippers, and earlier this year caught two for the price of one.
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Are you able to go round your property & cement over where you think they may be getting in then at least when you've got rid of those indoors hopefully no more will get in. We also found chocolate worked when we had them in garage. Good luck.
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I can't agree with killing them, they are only trying to survive, after all.
I've set the humane trap and have used a chocolate brazil as bait.
Trouble is, I have to keep looking behind the dishwasher to check it, as I cannot bear the thought of it being trapped in there for too long
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I live not too far from the river flowing thro
Crewe and with the liklihood of The larger vermin
I'm afraid I have a couple of "Little Nippers" down
in the workshop { Shed} as well as a pair of the
bigger ones.The bait I favour is a piece of
softened cheddar with a half peanut or a piece
of chocolate stuck in it.
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I use one of these plug in gadgets after I found mouse droppings in the kitchen. That was two years ago and no mice since so I feel it was worth the cost. It has a red light which flashes intermittently. I also have five little nipper traps in the loft and so far none caught up there. The local moggy patrols around our caravan so I am pleased to see it.
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Something else I have also changed, I no longer put waste food in the compost bin as it was attracting rats. Waste food now goes in the recycle wheelie bin which is emptied weekly so the rats will have to go down to the tip, not my back garden.
I wouldn't mind having a massive gin trap for the human rats who might come sniffing round my property, if only......
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I assume that you are not in the Crewe Waste
Collection area, Nuggy. Our food waste has to
go into the Black non-recycleable bin. the only
stuff going into my small compost bin is hedge
clippings, spud & carrot scrapings & similar stuff.
I use one of the curly screw anchors beloved
of certain animal owners to help me do a monthly
"Turn Over" & it seems to help it rotting, but there
are no signs of four footed intruders so far any way
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Well, a little mouse was caught in the humane trap last night......cute litle fella
Anyway, he's now free in the farmer's field down the road.
Mrs H is convinced that he will find his way back somehow. We found one a couple of weeks ago in a bucket and released him in another field......she thinks this was the same one.
I have tried to tell her that there is more than one mouse in the world and he'd need a GPS tracker to find his way back, but........
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A dab of nail varnish on his rump and tail should identify it next time. But I am with the vermin brigade - I was waiting for a window to be repaired (builder assured me he hadn't forgotten) but had to insist on an immediate repair when I discovered rats had climbed the Wysteria and made their home in my box room - chewing the telephone cable in the process - UGH.
Aspectek Mouse Trap Instantly Quick Response 6 PACK (from Amazon in my case)
are extremely efficient and easy to release the corpse - I generally bait with chocolate.
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I had some mice in my caravan lastwinter so I went and got some stuf called Frshcab at the Kaysvill campingworld it loocks like teabags its a potanicle baced repellent that repels them so no more dedmice to find and cleanup J&I
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I find that a mallet works well, messy but effective.
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I had them when I went over to storage to prepare the caravan for winter. Opened the locker and there looking at me were two little mice, so I emptied out the gear while they were scurrying to hide, the Aquaroll sponge handle is no more, the carrier bag of plumbing bits is shredded and my kneeling pad is a lot smaller.
I could have whacked them with my levelling wood pieces but no, I couldn't do that and they only wanted to settle in for winter and in trying to catch them they showed me the way in as they scurried out.
My floor is badly cut to the shape of the van at the very front with loads of room (for mice) to enter from below, so the sealant gun has had heavy use but whether that will deter them for the next easy target in storage I don't know.
Wonder if they were looking at me from a distance, having been evicted and now homeless.
Have looked since and its still uninhabited. The remains of their bedding that was amongst the wood blocks
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I'm sorry guys BUT ....There is only one good mouse when it gets in the wrong place and that's a dead mouse! Having spent nearly 30 yrs in Pest Control I know what these little beggars can do. The damage they can cause relative to their size is extraordinary. My caravan is permanently baited even in summer with the back up of snap traps( if you are not going to your van for some time, ensure you traps are on plastic sheeting for obvious reasons. They are rodents and will gnaw on anything to sharpen their teeth including wiring, wood, plastic, pipe work- you think about it for a moment! As for releasing them onto someone else's property, it's a no no. I know it's with the best intentions but it's illegal. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, it's illegal to remove a creature from its habitat and place it somewhere else where it has no food, no water and no harbourage. In other words, it's to prevent cruelty to the animal. As a Professional pest controller I often had to dispatch squirrels that were trapped in live catch cages. If a mouse, squirrel or anything else gets into the wrong place a swift death is far kinder and don't forget that all land is owned by someone in this country and for one, I wouldn't want mice being released onto my property thank you very much. So, modern baits put them to sleep from which they don't wake up and snap traps are swift and very efficient . Use them!
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