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    Re: Mice

    Ah that's fare enough mate. Glad we never had any of that!

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    Re: Mice

    Those ultrasonic things are good in places like attics and lofts, but as you say, once they have started nesting...

    Personally I prefer traps - with poison they crawl off somewhere to die, and they whiff a bit for a few days - the problem with traps is that they don't always kill cleanly - which is a bit cruel - but makes disposal of the remains easier.
    Raisons, apple and chocolate al make good bait, raisons are good because they are easy to put on the pin that most of the 'little nipper' spring traps have.
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    Re: Mice

    Quote Originally Posted by peterb View Post
    Those ultrasonic things are good in places like attics and lofts, but as you say, once they have started nesting...

    Personally I prefer traps - with poison they crawl off somewhere to die, and they whiff a bit for a few days - the problem with traps is that they don't always kill cleanly - which is a bit cruel - but makes disposal of the remains easier.
    Raisons, apple and chocolate al make good bait, raisons are good because they are easy to put on the pin that most of the 'little nipper' spring traps have.
    these have a little recess - just big enough for a small chunk of chocolate (and mice sure do like chocolate) to be hidden in so they have to peer inside and....

    the trap killed cleanly. I was worried it would still be alive but when we released the trap you could see it had crushed the thing and broken its neck.

    Even if that didn't kill it I doubt it would have been able to breathe for very long

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    Re: Mice

    I had mice in the attic, and the trap caught it but didn't kill immediately, so I could hear it scrabbling about for a few minutes one night which was a bit distressing, vermin though they are.

    There is also a variety called the yellow neck, which have cannibalistic tendencies and are particularly destructive (I had one eat through a thick plastic storage container to get to cerea - after gnawing at the body of one in a trap.)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-necked_mouse

    However, it seems as if you have got on top of the problem quickly - they are very destructive as you have found!). Once you have got rid of them, you need to try and find (and block) where they are getting in.

    Mice are incontinent, and dribble urine constantly, and leave droppings indiscriminately spreading disease.

    They can get in through tiny gaps, so be vigilant, and depending on the path, it might be worth leaving a baited trap nearby just in case there tare multiple points of entry that you might have mixed.
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    Re: Mice

    there are too many holes and its a rental so we're limited in what we can do. Hopefully the electronic warfare we've employed will deter any newcomers.

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    Re: Mice

    If its rental, you may find it is your landlords responsibility - although obviously you need to get on top of it ASAP.

    http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_ad...sts_and_vermin

    http://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/201...s-responsible/

    He may be responsible for repairs to stop them getting in.
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    Re: Mice

    Quote Originally Posted by ik9000 View Post
    the one we just bought suggests chocolate or peanut butter! we're using both.
    Peanut butter is meant to be crack to mice, I can understand why though - I love the stuff!

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    Re: Mice

    Quote Originally Posted by ixis View Post
    Peanut butter is meant to be crack to mice, I can understand why though - I love the stuff!
    Well I hate it personally. Fancy some Marmite toast?

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    Re: Mice

    Quote Originally Posted by ixis View Post
    Peanut butter is meant to be crack to mice, I can understand why though - I love the stuff!
    Do you have whiskers and a tail?

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    Re: Mice

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    Do you have whiskers and a tail?
    and are you eating my porridge oats?

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    Re: Mice

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    Re: Mice

    I spotted one in the kitchen a few years ago so went out and bought a few of those "rocker" humane traps, where the mouse tips it and the door falls down.

    Got bored of checking it every night and eventually forgot about it. I think the 2 mummified mice I found in them months later had scared off the rest..

    Found some droppings last year and got some of the bait trays with the bluey green pellets. All got eaten and the droppings stopped soon after. Never found any bodies though.

    They seem to love wallpaper paste as well.

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    Re: Mice

    I've found that the old spring loaded traps with bits for fruit (particularly 1/2 a grape) work really well!

    alternatively there are poison traps available or just poison, but not the best with pets/small kids about.
    Also, the mice can die in hard to reach placed (insulation in loft etc) and decay there, leaving a bit of a mess and smell about!

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