Mice in the gaff

[Tipp blue]

A cat is the obvious solution.

There is a major downside to getting a cat... you have a cat.....

 

[chrismpw]

A cat is the obvious solution.

I'd rather have the mice.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Discovered droppings in the gaff, girlfriend terrified has made me clean the place out.

Spotted one of them, it ran off. Have kill traps down but no nibbles in 24 hours.

Have a glue trap too, told mates if they got stuck on it I’d absolutely leather the little Freddie mercury wannabes - got dogs abuse for that.

What’s your position when discovered? Time of year for the little micro-sausage laying cowards.

Air rifle. Build yourself a hide and wait for them to show up then ping em.

Could be waiting a while so make sure you’ve got a big plate of butties.

 

[JLW]

You should always check the mouse trap works with your tongue or finger, just to be sure you catch them.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Only really one option.

 

[COYBL25]

Fear not, as I know for a fact, that @Joey66 has developed a mouse killing ray gun, out of old Dyson parts.

The tiny ray guns that they use in Men in Black, to zap the aliens, is one of Joey`s designs.

He`s quite precious about his inventions and most of them have very stringent conditions attached to their patents, however, he is prepared to swap one of his mouse ray guns for fifty black and white photos of a semi nude Alan Ball or 1000 rep points.

 

[JLW]

Fear not, as I know for a fact, that @Joey66 has developed a mouse killing ray gun, out of old Dyson parts.

The tiny ray guns that they use in Men in Black, to zap the aliens, is one of Joey`s designs.

He`s quite precious about his inventions and most of them have very stringent conditions attached to their patents, however, he is prepared to swap one of his mouse ray guns for fifty black and white photos of a semi nude Alan Ball or 1000 rep points.

He will build you 2 of them in exchange for a photo of Howard Kendall challenging for header at the Gwladys street end against Stoke in the early 70s

 

[verreauxi]

Use Kill-traps w/peanut butter (I have a separate mouse-only jar of old peanut butter that is labeled as such). Importantly take packing tape and tape the trap so that it's oriented that the mouse will be mostly on the plate when trapped (the tape of course goes under the spring-mechanism) as they will sh1t/bleed etc., when caught and you don't want that on your floor. Once caught, put the whole plate/mouse/trap into a few small plastic bags and seal and then in the bin.



Put 2 or 3 plates/traps on the floor along the edges of walls before going out or going to bed.

If all else fails, you can move out into the country and let a few black snakes live in your crawl space as below. Occasionally they come into the house, but it's a small price to pay for a mouse-free environment.

 

[BNJ1878]

Use Kill-traps w/peanut butter (I have a separate mouse-only jar of old peanut butter that is labeled as such). Importantly take packing and tape the trap so that it's oriented that the mouse will be mostly on the plate when trapped (the tape of course goes under the spring-mechanism) as they will sh1t/bleed etc., when caught and you don't want that on your floor. Then put the whole plate/mouse/trap into a few small plastic bags and seal and then in the bin.

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Put 2 or 3 plates/traps on the floor along the edges of walls before going out or going to bed.

If all else fails, you can move out into the country and let a few black snakes live in your crawl space as below. Occasionally they come into the house, but it's a small price to pay for a mouse-free environment.

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I once stayed in a very basic lodging in India with a resident snake to control the rat issue.

Mind bending, but seemingly quite common in more, errr, rustic locations.

 

[Bungle]

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If I was wandering round the house and saw that slithering towards me there'd be quite a big mess to clean up

 

[verreauxi]

I once stayed in a very basic lodging in India with a resident snake to control the rat issue.

Mind bending, but seemingly quite common in more, errr, rustic locations.

Never in my life did I anticipate living with snakes, but it's pretty much inevitable as I live out in the country side surrounded by corn and cows. Tons of mice feed on the corn, so tons of snakes are also present. As long as they aren't poisonous (these aren't) and they pretty much stay under the house, not inside the living space, they do keep the mice out.

 

[verreauxi]

If I was wandering round the house and saw that slithering towards me there'd be quite a big mess to clean up

Yeah, the instinct to wack the sh1t out of it is very present in me, but then it's a bigger mess to clean up. I just use a broom and a snow shovel and sort of scoot them out the front door. They are pretty docile.

 

[Bungle]

Yeah, the instinct to wack the sh1t out of it is very present in me, but then it's a bigger mess to clean up. I just use a broom and a snow shovel and sort of scoot them out the front door. They are pretty docile.

Not sure I could cope with the embarrassment of having shat myself, the mice can stay.

 

[Toffeeslam]

Shame it’s not a rat mate you could of sold it to Newcastle for £45m

 

[Tipp blue]

Use Kill-traps w/peanut butter (I have a separate mouse-only jar of old peanut butter that is labeled as such). Importantly take packing tape and tape the trap so that it's oriented that the mouse will be mostly on the plate when trapped (the tape of course goes under the spring-mechanism) as they will sh1t/bleed etc., when caught and you don't want that on your floor. Once caught, put the whole plate/mouse/trap into a few small plastic bags and seal and then in the bin.

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Put 2 or 3 plates/traps on the floor along the edges of walls before going out or going to bed.

If all else fails, you can move out into the country and let a few black snakes live in your crawl space as below. Occasionally they come into the house, but it's a small price to pay for a mouse-free environment.

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