Jasper
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 posted on 12/7/12 at 09:27 AM |
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Effing Mice
We've got a real mice problem in our home. We've been putting down rat/mice poison for months now, they've gone through 2 large
tubs, and they're still around - we see them most nights running around the back of the telly.
I've put 4 traps down too baited with peanut butter and raisins, first night caught two by the head in one trap, since then, nothing.
They're still eating loads of bait and still they keep coming.
We live in a 1930's bungalow and there are plenty of ways they can get in I'm sure. We've keep all food in hard plastic contains
now, they don't seem to be eating any of that - they just seem to love the bait!.
So any ideas of the best way to try and get rid of them, and how come they seem to love the bait?
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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coozer
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 09:31 AM |
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Traps are the best way really, you need to get the adults as they take food to the babys... but if you get the adults the younguns come out
hungry..
However best line of defence maybe a cat...
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loggyboy
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 09:41 AM |
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how many dead ones have you found?
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JeffHs
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 09:45 AM |
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A cat might work, but the only times we've had problems - 3 times, was when our stupid cat brought a mouse in and let it go. One made a nest in
the insulation under the cooker - discovered because the cat wouldn't stop trying to crawl underneath, one climbed up into the cavity wall
through a hole where the gas pipe came in, discovered when bits of cavity insulation kept appearing on the kitchen floor and one we found in the front
room when we were watching tv.
Traps work though.
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BigFaceDave
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 09:45 AM |
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My mum and dad live on he edge of a field and always suffered really badly with mice and rats, one thing have cleared the whole lot up in 1 hit!
A Cat! but she was bought up on a farm so is a natural preditor (My sister has a cat that doesnt have a clue what a mouse is just watches them run
about) and being where they are there is a good supply of mice so they only ever put food down for her when she asks for it so she they spend very
little on food too!
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Jasper
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 09:55 AM |
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We haven't found a single dead one from poison - are they immune now? Just found 2 in the one trap.
Our last cat used to bring them in, play with they a bit, make sure we were watching, then let them go with a very satisfied look on his face!!
Getting another cat could be hard as we now have a dog that's loves chasing them!
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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spiderman
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 10:03 AM |
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Bait your traps with chocolate they love it, or dog bisquits I have found to work really well.
Spider
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 10:22 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jasper
We haven't found a single dead one from poison - are they immune now?
More likely they have crawled away somewhere hidden to die and rot 
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Jasper
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 10:23 AM |
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Just spoken to the wife, think we are going to get another cat, needs to be able to put our dog it's in place and catch mice, so a nice mature
well-'ard rescue cat is in order!
Please actually we've missed having a cat the last few years 
In the meantime I'll get some more traps and bait with chocolate 
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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blakep82
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 10:42 AM |
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cucumber and tomatos in the traps. allegedly, they're more thirsty than anything, so they'll like the juice in the bait.
hope your new cat is better at mice then mine...
 
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mookaloid
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 11:23 AM |
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I think you ought to consult a professional pest control person.
We have one which we use for serious problems and he is very effective - even with problems like yours.
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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bowood14
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 11:54 AM |
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A cat wont be any good if they are under the floor.in cupboards or in the loft. What poison are you using is ita poison or one these non poison baits
they dont work very well. I deal with mice all the time and they are one of the easiest pests to control if done correctly: u2u me if you want I have
been doing Pest Control for 22 years 
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907
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 12:03 PM |
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You need a Mars bar!
Slice the top choc & toffee layer off the bar and cut into 1cm squares. Eat the rest.
Use the toffee side to stick it on the trap.
Half the battle with traps is keeping the bait on.
Optional. Sprinkle a pinch of flour on the choc. Seed (wheat flour) is a natural food for them.
Mice have a good sence of smell and can smell flour from miles away.
Good luck.
Paul G
Edit to add:
I should point out that eating the remainder of the Mars bars will mean
you will only be able to "work" & "rest"
[Edited on 12/7/12 by 907]
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mcerd1
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 12:04 PM |
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try something like nutella - nuts, fat, chocolate the mice love it
and these are one of the best cheap traps I've found:
you can get them in loads of hardware shops or there is always ebay and the like:
http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/110899342592?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&cbt=y
with that combo I was catching 4 mice a day with only 2 traps, cleared out the house in less than a week
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Jasper
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 12:05 PM |
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Thanks for the offer, U2U sent. We use tubs of poison bought for an agricultural supplies place, and use the green lockable bait traps and bait trays.
So far they've eaten two large (1kg?) tubs and I've never found a dead mouse.
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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mad4x4
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 12:15 PM |
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Right do it properly
Buy These
poision
bait boxes
throw bags
Throw bags can be used under floors and in loft spaces.
be carefull if you have cats as they may eat dead or dying mice.. How many corps have you found so far and what have you been using.
Check the bate boxes and throw bags every couple of days and keep replenishing until bate stops getting eatten.
This is how rentokill would handle a minor infestation...
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
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Proby
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 12:20 PM |
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I've had them a few times in the attic space. Somehow they managed to get in the wall cavity and up into the attic space. I heard something up
there early one morning when waking up in bed, I went up there to investigate and there was wall insulation spewed out into the roof space in one
area, then a cheeky little bugger ran past me! I set 4 traps up there, laced with bits of mars bar. 6 dead mice later and I've seen no more. The
traps are still up there just incase I ever need them again.
A mate of mine Ives in the countryside and he tried all sorts to rid the mice. After speaking to one of his neighbours, one of them said, "why
do you think we all have cats?". He bought a cat and has had no problems since!
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40inches
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 12:24 PM |
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Our local council offer a free pest control service, they keep coming back until all the rodents don't.
Maybe your council does?
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James
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 12:54 PM |
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Sainsbury's basics peanut butter in the traps worked fine for my recent mice/garage problem- cheap too!
If your food's protected in tupperware they must be eating *something* though! We had a terrible problem with weavils a couple of years ago. We
threw out all food in the house and then bought new and kept it all in Tupperware- they still kept coming until the entire house was full.
Eventually found their food source was a packet of bird seed in an outside cupboard next to the house.
Is there any possibility it's something like that? Could they be eating something in your shed/garage? The packets of bicuits you hide in the
garage away from the missus?
Can't remember your house too well, is it detached? If a semi then could they be getting food from next door but living at yours?
Best of luck!
James
P.S. I was all for using humane traps for a while (at girlf's insistence). Then I found they'd eaten a Locost seatbelt.... then it was
mousepocalpse 2012 and they met all kinds of unpleasant destruction!
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snapper
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 12:59 PM |
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If you ever have trouble with FISH my cat is the one to have
20 have arrived on the grass out back or in the house, 14 in one week, he comes In soaked to the chest!!!!
I eat to survive
I drink to forget
I breath to pi55 my ex wife off (and now my ex partner)
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 01:07 PM |
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Use steel wool to stuff into any cracks or holes in the outside walls, it's the only stuff they can't chew through, stainless wool
is best, this is what stopped them for me
Make sure all the food cupboards are safe from them getting in and put anything not in a tin etc up high where they could never get too, trick is to
starve them so they only eat the bait which will kill them. Cheese is rubbish btw on traps, chocolate or peanut butter works fine
[Edited on 12/7/12 by Mr Whippy]
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Jasper
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 02:36 PM |
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Lots of great tips there, thanks chaps.
We're going to see a rescue cat on Sunday, known mice killer too
More and better traps ordered and more and better poison. I'll be going round the house with the wire wool and silicone gun this weekend.
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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morcus
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 02:36 PM |
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What you really need is multiple cats, thats what we used to have and never had any problems. Terriers are also useful but thats more rats and they
tend to get excited and pee everywhere when they chase rodents.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 02:41 PM |
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charge them rent
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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owelly
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| posted on 12/7/12 at 04:13 PM |
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We tried all the humane traps then all the plastic 'Big Cheese' variations. Then I got mad. Big bag of Ye Olde 'Nipper' traps
and a bag of party sized Mars Bars. We had mice lining up to jump in the traps. Six traps were nabbing 20 mice a day when we first started using them.
You could hear the traps snapping as you walked away from them. The trick for us was to find where they were scurrying. They use the same
'paths' and wee as they go so they mark the way. Pop a trap along these paths and near any obvious holes. We had three cats who loved
watching the mice.....
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