Garage mice

[500e]

They get in the electric trunking & eat the insulation, bait does not seem to slow them down have had to leave the covers off the trunk
you used to hear the little dears running up & down in side it

 

[MattF]

I have got a tall new tin box with a lid, When i get round to it i will turn it into a trap with a cantilever drawbridge to drop them into the tin when tempted by the pasta and maybe a little chocolate, This is turning into a proper cat and mouse game,

Use a funnel as the inlet. They can squeeze through a funnel the normal way, but the return trip should be impossible if you use a funnel with a narrow enough tip. Best to start with a fine tipped funnel and keep chopping a gnat's off the end to widen it until they can make their way into the container, or even just fit a weighty or sprung flap over the end of the funnel tip to block it once they're in.

 

[weldvandal]

i have used rentokill fast action mouse killer boxes with good results link:http://www.rentokil.co.uk/mice/diy-products/
most don't even make it out the box before they've dropped dead.
just make sure it's in clear area of a couple of feet sq that you can reach and dispose of the dead bodies or they might crawl away and die somewhere else and get a bit smelly!

 

[Robotstar5]

We have a couple of semi-feral cats living at the stables, from the evidence they leave, they kill mice,rats, rabbits and pigeons.

 

[roofman]

We have a couple of semi-feral cats living at the stables, from the evidence they leave, they kill mice,rats, rabbits and pigeons.

Yep my Moggy a year ago was the best thing ive done in taking care of these mice around here...The trooper must catch 3 to 5 a week and nicely presented on the back door step too Everytime he does one in he gets a little bit more tucker as a reward..

 

[Robotstar5]

Yep my Moggy a year ago was the best thing ive done in taking care of these mice around here...The trooper must catch 3 to 5 a week and nicely presented on the back door step too Everytime he does one in he gets a little bit more tucker as a reward..

Mrs Robo does feed them, but I think they seem to live off the land nicely

 

[bump]

i have used rentokill fast action mouse killer boxes with good results link:http://www.rentokil.co.uk/mice/diy-products/
most don't even make it out the box before they've dropped dead.
just make sure it's in clear area of a couple of feet sq that you can reach and dispose of the dead bodies or they might crawl away and die somewhere else and get a bit smelly!

The biggest problem with poison is that it gets into the food chain and then poisons untargetted species. This can include Birds of Prey, cats, ferrets and some dogs.

 

[graffian]

I haven't ever bother trying to get rid of them, I often see them run across the floor in front of me.


I used to get bottles of cooking oil from a mate, he left two litre bottles most times he
called, I went to use it one day and every bottle has had the top chewed off and had few
dead mouses floating in each one!

 

[mcostello]

Best way to start Your day--------- Step outside to go to work and step on a mouse skull from the cats latest dinner. Makes Me smile and Wifey scream and almost barf.

 

[Wendelspanswick]

That reminds me of when I worked in the timber yard, there was no fridge in the tea hut so we just used to leave the glass bottle of milk on the side in the winter.
I came in late for my cup of tea, the three other guys were sat drinking there tea as I waited for the kettle to boil. As I poured the milk into the cup I spouted a dark shadow in the bottle, I swirled the milk around and a drowned mouse pressed itself up against the side of the bottle, "ere there's a dead mouse in the milk" was greeted by the sound of mouthfuls of tea being spat across the room followed by lots of retching and gagging!

 

[CompoSimmonite]

That reminds me of when I worked in the timber yard, there was no fridge in the tea hut so we just used to leave the glass bottle of milk on the side in the winter.
I came in late for my cup of tea, the three other guys were sat drinking there tea as I waited for the kettle to boil. As I poured the milk into the cup I spouted a dark shadow in the bottle, I swirled the milk around and a drowned mouse pressed itself up against the side of the bottle, "ere there's a dead mouse in the milk" was greeted by the sound of mouthfuls of tea being spat across the room followed by lots of retching and gagging!

My grandfather was in artillery during WW1. During a bad winter they chipped ice out of a shell hole to make tea. When thaw came a body came floating up to surface.

 

[KemppiFrog]

http://m.screwfix.com/p/pest-stop-electronic-mouse-killer/45407
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It's a trap that electrocutes the mouse and lights up to indicate that it has killed.

Wot, bit like a Pinball Machine?

 

[bump]

Wot, bit like a Pinball Machine?

I like the "safe to use around pets (except rodent pets)" in the description. Are the rodents smarter than the users?

 

[octo0072000]

Yep my Moggy a year ago was the best thing ive done in taking care of these mice around here...The trooper must catch 3 to 5 a week and nicely presented on the back door step too Everytime he does one in he gets a little bit more tucker as a reward..

just for Roofman

 

[CompoSimmonite]

One my cats used to catch worms ! We kept on finding them on kitchen floor (either window or door open). Then one day we saw him "hunting" them in the garden and pulling one out of the ground before proudly bringing it to us.

 

[Wedg1e]

Traps are better than poison. If you poison they can crawl off to an inaccessible cavity to die and then you can get smell / maggots etc.

I've had this... ransack the workshop looking for the smell. It eventually wears off and you forget about it, then several years later you move a cabinet and find a skeleton!

 

[roofman]

just for Roofman

HaHa thats a cracker mate...my little fella hand deliverd another mouse today,untill i let the missus get this mog ive hated cats all my life and how un-educated i was...they are amazing creatures and dont need anyone to live happy unlike big daft soppy dogs that want to lick you 24/7

 

[Migmac]

You need to meet my daughters cat, it will lick you to death. Unlike my dog, it won't lick anyone. It's been taught not to lick. I can't stand a dog licking me, dirty.

 

[mcostello]

We have a herd of 9 or 10 deer that stroll though now and then. It is humorous to see Our cat stalking one of them. I think He needs spectacles badly.

 

[Migmac]

We have a herd of 9 or 10 deer that stroll though now and then. It is humorous to see Our cat stalking one of them. I think He needs spectacles badly.

Maybe they are Moose!

Just for the English, moose- Scottish for mouse