Best way to dealing with house mice

[Restonbabe]

Looking for advice as I've got several unwelcome visitors into my house. Not just that, in my bedroom.

 

I've basically filled every hole I can find with caulk. I've went along all the skirting boards and re sealed them. Ive placed resin poison bags all over the house as well as baited traps but I still have and see them every night.

Any advice on what else to do. sticky strips are the next option.

 

I'm not talking about one or two either the ammount of poison im going thru suggests so.

I just want a good night's sleep. The house is spotless and no food is consumed in any of the rooms just the kitchen which isnt the issue. Without getting a cat what am I missing

[Restonbabe]

Looking for advice as I've got several unwelcome visitors into my house. Not just that, in my bedroom.

 

I've basically filled every hole I can find with caulk. I've went along all the skirting boards and re sealed them. Ive placed resin poison bags all over the house as well as baited traps but I still have and see them every night.

Any advice on what else to do. sticky strips are the next option.

 

I'm not talking about one or two either the ammount of poison im going thru suggests so.

I just want a good night's sleep. The house is spotless and no food is consumed in any of the rooms just the kitchen which isnt the issue. Without getting a cat what am I missing

[Cruyff Turn]

I don't know but here's some reading material.

 

http://everydayroots.com/how-to-get-rid-of-mice

[Restonbabe]

I'll give the tin foil a bash see how it goes.

[EreWeG0..]

Leave dried pasta about. Mice eat as much as they can until they feel like bursting. And then the pasta expands inside them and kills them.

[Cruyff Turn]

Leave dried pasta about. Mice eat as much as they can until they feel like bursting. And then the pasta expands inside them and kills them.

Nice.

[¼½¾]

What type of property is it?  If it's a flat, and especially an old tenement, the mice will probably have free range of the whole block and what you do will probably have little lasting effect, unless all the other residents are on board with it. 

 

Remember, mice can squeeze through a hole the diameter of a pencil, so you'll have your work cut out for you trying to block entry.

 

Oh, and I'd go for traps, rather than poison. You don't want deid mice rotting in hidden places about the place.

[robroy1874]

had this problem for a while - stickies are a bit messy but did for one, then bought one of these high frequency devices that you plug in. worked a treat - they all left.

[Matthew Le Tissier]

Borrow a cat for a few weeks. Let the wee feline roam free about the house leaving its smell and scent. Goodbye Wee Jerrys

[jake]

https://youtu.be/-8Z8waU-1YE

 

 

Get it on the speakers full pelt.

You wont hear a thing.

As soon aa i hear or notice mice i stick this on day and night.

They never stay long.

[Alan_R]

Get loads of cheap lightbulbs, stick them in a dish/tray and cover with a teatowel, stand on it til you've smashed them up into loads of tiny shards.

 

Use said shards to sprinkle at the edges of room/at skirting/in any potential holes. Obviously do it carefully enough that you won't stand on or be effected by it.

 

Works a treat

[Peebo]

Get a dog.

[Bunny Munro]

Try and borrow a cat for a few weeks. They will flee. And They can sense them for ages after the cat has left, so don't come back.

 

Don't worry about humane methods of catching them. Quick death is the most humane way of killing house mice.

[Cade]

I've always found poison to work really well.

 

Best stuff I used was the paste pouches.

 

All gone in under a fortnight.

[AlimOzturk]

I first got mouse traps and baited them with jam or peanut butter. Killed what seemed like an entire family. Most humane way IMO. Don't use glue traps as whilst they are pests seeing them lying there alive, with half chewed off legs is rather distressing.

 

Then went round the whole house and filled any gaps in i could find with wire wool and barbed wire, some broken glass as well in places.

 

Unfortunately, they can fit into spaces smaller than you would imagine. If you live in a stair then your efforts will be in vain if your neighbors aren't doing the same.

[Brian Whittaker's Tache]

Get a pet rat

Mice hate rats

 

 

[AlimOzturk]

I first got mouse traps and baited them with jam or peanut butter. Killed what seemed like an entire family. Most humane way IMO. Don't use glue traps as whilst they are pests seeing them lying there alive, with half chewed off legs is rather distressing.

 

Then went round the whole house and filled any gaps in i could find with wire wool and barbed wire, some broken glass as well in places.

 

Unfortunately, they can fit into spaces smaller than you would imagine. If you live in a stair then your efforts will be in vain if your neighbors aren't doing the same

[loveofthegame]

Have had two in the two years we've lived in our house. We live next to the cycle track so hard to avoid.

 

We've just used good old fashioned traps. In both cases, we have caught the offender on the first night the traps have been down (which I assume means that they are coming in every night).

 

It isn't great fun clearing the trap in the morning but at least then you know the problem is solved.

 

The biggest thing is just ensuring absolutely no food is left lying out.

[Der Kaiser]

Get them round the table and try to come to a peaceful resolution. Diplomacy works best with mice.

[Restonbabe]

Live in a flat. Waiting on more traps coming from amazon. Just have to bide my time with this. There isn't a food supply so I have no idea where they're Coming from

[Irufushi]

Don't use glue traps as whilst they are pests seeing them lying there alive, with half chewed off legs is rather distressing.

[tightrope]

MMMMMM, Humane traps work well, bait with peanut butter/ chocolate spread, leave over night, take the trap round to the mother in laws and let them go. I had two traps and got rid of the family over three nights, no more mice and I will get a tick for entry through the pearly's. Job done.

[¼½¾]

Don't bother with live capture traps.  I caught a mouse with one and released it miles away. It found it's way back in a few days.

[Tazio]

Have had two in the two years we've lived in our house. We live next to the cycle track so hard to avoid.

 

 

 

Bloody cyclists!

[Ray Gin]

Get yourself a rat stick.

 

 

 

Alternatively just go for a more traditional method:

 

[jb102]

Keep a diary of events,thats really important when you go to arbitration.

 

 

 

 

Sonic plug ins have worked for me.

[Alwayssunnyingorgie]

Don't bother with live capture traps. I caught a mouse with one and released it miles away. It found it's way back in a few days.

Your ment to cut its feet off before release.

[Deevers]

Traps baited with little bits of Mars Bar.

[¼½¾]

If you don't want to kill them, mouse skulls on cocktail sticks, all round the house might scare them off.

 

There's a problem though...

[Toggie88]

Yeah, don't use the glue traps. Torturous, pro-longed death for them. If the humanity element doesn't put you off, consider that they can end up chewing their legs off and then crawling off to die in a whole in a wall or under a floor. You'll then end up with the stench of a rotten mouse which you won't be able to get to without ripping your house apart. 

 

Instant kill traps are best method but you really need to work out how they're getting into the property in the first place and block that up. Corking up areas inside might stop you seeing them but it might only get worse in the walls, under the floors etc. 

 

Also, peppermint oil is good as a deterrent - they hate the smell and won't cross a line of it. Useful if you can work out where they're coming from or if you want to try and protect certain areas/rooms. 

[Alex]

Your ment to cut its feet off before release.

 

He/she did, that's how they knew it was the same mouse,

[Glottis]

It may not solve the problem but try and get a frequency plug thingy.

 

Search online for a stronger one than standard though

[Gershwin]

Don't bother with live capture traps.  I caught a mouse with one and released it miles away. It found it's way back in a few days.

 

How did you know it was the same one?

[deesidejambo]

If you don't want to kill them, mouse skulls on cocktail sticks, all round the house might scare them off.

 

There's a problem though...

This thread has potential.

[EreWeG0..]

How did you know it was the same one?

The sellotape on its arsehole

[Mr Brightside]

Try the units that you plug in and send out a high pitched noise.  Apparently they set off a high pitched frequency that humans can't hear that is an irritant to mice and they stay away from them.

[¼½¾]

Your ment to cut its feet off before release.

 It would have been stumped then. 

 

How did you know it was the same one?

It called me a **** when it walked back in.

 

The sellotape on its arsehole

[robroy1874]

Try the units that you plug in and send out a high pitched noise.  Apparently they set off a high pitched frequency that humans can't hear that is an irritant to mice and they stay away from them.

we used that - worked a treat

[Joey J J Jr Shabadoo]

If you don't want to kill them, mouse skulls on cocktail sticks, all round the house might scare them off.

 

There's a problem though...

Burning crosses might work, too.

[JWL]

Try and borrow a cat for a few weeks. They will flee. And They can sense them for ages after the cat has left, so don't come back.

 

Don't worry about humane methods of catching them. Quick death is the most humane way of killing house mice.

 

Yeah, cats are good at getting rid of them, I've got 2 although one of them wouldn't bat an eyelid if a mouse was having a cheese toastie in front of its nose. Unfortunately, they are also very good at bringing the wee buggers into the house as presents every so often; sometimes they are even dead.

[Unknown user]

We had a similar problem recently, so we got some humane traps, baited them with peanut butter and couldn't reset them fast enough.

Mice + peanut butter 4eva by the way

 

Take your captured mice well away before releasing though, the wee buggers don't forget where home is!

[milky_26]

a poster said they can fit through spaces smaller than you would expect, it is usually quoted as the diameter of a pencil that they can fit through

[redm]

This post took me back to a thread I started a few years ago. Hopefully some of the content will help!

 

http://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index.php?/topic/127474-help-advice-required-please-sheders-mouse-wars-are-on/

[Randle P McMurphy]

Try the units that you plug in and send out a high pitched noise. Apparently they set off a high pitched frequency that humans can't hear that is an irritant to mice and they stay away from them.

This, worked for me

 

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[jake]

It may not solve the problem but try and get a frequency plug thingy.

 

Search online for a stronger one than standard though

 

Free on you tube.

 

I have to say it works a treat.

Posted the link earlier.

It plays for hours.

[Mikey1874]

I've always found poison to work really well.

 

Best stuff I used was the paste pouches.

 

All gone in under a fortnight.

Yep

 

Poison

[studo]

Yep

 

Poison

 

I've heard the issue with the poison is they can eat it and die elsewhere. Rotting mice behind walls and under floors isnt good! 

 

I bought a few humane and a few guillotine type traps, let the mice make the choice and I didnt have to feel bad....one poor we bugger chose the humane trap then watched his mate get executed. 

[Der Kaiser]

Release Chinese needle snakes to deal with mice.

 

Then when your house is full of snakes release a gorilla that thrives on snake meat.

 

And then when you think you're left with a gorilla just wait until winter and it'll freeze to death.

 

?Matt Groening

[Dr Lager]

Get a cat

[RobNox]

I've used the ultrasonic devices and they seem to have worked, better if you use more than one as the range can be limited.  They also deter other pests.  I previously used poison, but as others have said, you might end up with decaying mouse carcasses stinking out the place.

 

On a related topic, anyone have problems with moths?  I did for ages, but finally seem to have got shot of them over the past couple of years.