Mouse in the house

[unlinkedstudent]

Know someone who stacks shelves in a Co-op supermarket in England. Apparently, the mice only ever attacked the peanut butter within the store!!!!

[MuckleJoannie]

Just caught the first one of this winter in the kitchen. I saw one climbing down the steps to our door the other day so it was not unexpected.

[crofter-amy]

the old metal traps work well. My Grandad taught me to tie cotton string around the bate spike then smear the chosen bait it that, otherwise a stealthy mouse would just steal the bait. I always found a bit of fat from the roast tin worked as well as anything. There was also a trap which involved a balanced brick which would fall when a baited string was tugged hard enough. several mice could be squished in one go.

 

Personally speaking as a person who cought 100s of mice every winter; I kept a tally one winter and it really was into the 100s; I find the type of trap is not so important as placement. Always put mine at 90' to the wall so even if they are just scurrying past you get them. It does also help if you tie the trap to something as if you just get a foot the little f***er can get quite a distance dragging your trap to lord knows where making a awful racket, then you're up playing a goulish game of hide and seek in the middle of the night.

 

Have moved out of the old croft house now and not had a mouse since

[teenie510]

Instead of trying to get rid of mice I am looking for a couple of pet mice. Anyone know where I could get them from?

[peerie t]

Best thing to bait a trap - whether humane or metal or plastic is something sweet. Milk chocolate or peanut butter works best in my own experience. Rat poison is a bit hit and miss, as if the mice will go for it, it is not instant, so you may have to play hunt the carcass, and trust me, a decomposing mouse isn't pleasant. The old spring loaded plastic traps worked best for us, but each to their own! Good luck though, cos you'll never just have 1 mouse unless it comes in in a cage!!!

[paulb]

We had a really bad case of mice the first year we were here. It turns out that there was a bag of grass seed buried at the back of the byre. not seen any since we got rid of it.