ecjambo Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Hi chaps. Just wondering if anyone has anyone advice on what to do about catching a mouse? Last night I was watching telly and then got the fright of my life when I saw a mouse appear from under my fireplace, I moved and it ran back under it I think. Wasn't a big thing but I don't know if there is just one or where it actually came from. So has anyone got any advice for catching it or should I get the council or someone like that to come out. I kinda like the idea of setting a trap with a bit of cheese on it and squashing the thing but then you need to clear it up after. Or can you get some kind of poisin so it may die a slow and painful death. Or how about getting one of the neighbours cats in to have a look for the little bugger, like a Tom and Jerry scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makateer Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Get some big nasty traps, and stick some chocolate on it. A bit of Mars bar always seems to do the trick. Once they are caught, just dump them in the bin. Posion is an option, but there is a chance they will crawl behind a cupboard to die, and end up smelling your place out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scallywag Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Don't use poison. A work mate tried using poison and the mouse crawled back into the wall and died. The smell was unbearable and he eventualy had to remove the plasterboard to remove the corpse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Nutella on the trap works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambovambo Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 They say peanut butter is best. Cheese is an overblown myth. Get a mousetrap from Homebase or somewhere - very cheap, traditional shape and method of operation (but now plastic). You'll get it very soon. PS had some work done in your house recently ? That's usually what starts them off somehow ... floorboards off or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambovambo Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 By the way, don't consider one of those "humane" traps that catch them live. Dinnae work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecjambo Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 Trap seems the best option. Im hoping there is only one of the wee buggers. I thought they tend to travel in groups though. Like a wee army. Ill get myself up to Homebase later and get it laid down for tonight. Are they nocturnal? Not had any work done in the house. Im thinking it has came through the wall rather than from under floor boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkfish1979 Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Trap seems the best option. Im hoping there is only one of the wee buggers. I thought they tend to travel in groups though. Like a wee army. Ill get myself up to Homebase later and get it laid down for tonight. Are they nocturnal? Not had any work done in the house. Im thinking it has came through the wall rather than from under floor boards. If you know where it came through, fill the gap with steel wool. Apparently they hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Having worked in a lab with thousands of the wee ****ers, I like to think I know enough about them to help you out. First of all, you're right about there being more than one of the wee buggers. More than likely a few of them. If you want to be quick and easy knocking them off, then yes, chocolate on an "old skool" spring trap works quite well. I'd recommend Fruit & Nut, that's what we used if any of them did a Steve McQueen and escaped. And as someone else said, don't use poison as you will spend a week walking round your flat/house/Gregorian mansion looking for the smelly wee git. Believe me, dead mice stink. If you want to be cruel and put the fear into any others, I'd suggest a tea tray covered in super glue with a bit of chocolate in the middle. The wee bugger will get stuck in it, ready for you to mete out your own style of justice in the morning. That's if you don't stand on it, as the evil wee sh**s have been known to eat their own leg off to get away. Or, if you want to be nice, use a "humane" trap, and I'll come round and break it's neck. In a perfectly humane, painless, quick and entirely government approved manner of course. And if all this death is distasteful, catch it, turn it into a pet, and I'll come over and tatoo your name on the little bugger if you want. I'll give him the snip as well so there's no more little surprises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Whittaker's Tache Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 I seem to have a few of them in the house at the moment too Tried peanut butter but no joy I cleaned out two cupboards yesterday and removed a pile of mouse poo Seems they like the dog's biscuits more than her Try the mars bar method today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 And as someone else said, don't use poison as you will spend a week walking round your flat/house/Gregorian mansion looking for the smelly wee git. Believe me, dead mice stink. This is a picture of me and lads in the living room of my "Gregorian mansion"... Sorry Norm, couldn't resist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky999 Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 If you know where it came through, fill the gap with steel wool. Apparently they hate it. Especially if they have fillings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dee Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Get a Cat! I have a cat who single (pawed) handedly decimated the mouse population of West Lothian. I've never seen a more efficient mouser. She once climbed a tree & pounced on a mouse from about 10 feet above it. I wish I'd seen it's face! (before it had been eaten obviously). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterCapital Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Best and easiest option is to just kill them. Gets rid easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christhejambo Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 In my experience, a swift blow with a large, heavy glass bottle (such as that provided by Mr Jack Daniels of Lynchburg, Tennessee!) usually does the trick. The initial blood is fairly horriffic, and there is glass to clear up, but there are few things in life more satifying that brutally murdering the beast that knawed through your Xbox controller by your own hand. You may wish to tone this down slightly depending on the nuisance factor of the mouse in question, but i found this to be particulaly rewarding and enriching experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 You could try this method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Heres a pic of the 3rd little bugger I've caught recently! No 2 & 3 were caught in standard traps with chocolate. No 1 was hunted down by me and my father in law and stamped on the finish it off! They make a good cracking noise that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavsy Van Gaverson Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Heres a pic of the 3rd little bugger I've caught recently! No 2 & 3 were caught in standard traps with chocolate. No 1 was hunted down by me and my father in law and stamped on the finish it off! They make a good cracking noise that way. Poor mousey!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambogaza Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Heres a pic of the 3rd little bugger I've caught recently! No 2 & 3 were caught in standard traps with chocolate. No 1 was hunted down by me and my father in law and stamped on the finish it off! They make a good cracking noise that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Reekin' Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Another option would be a plug-in sonic repellant. You just plug them into a 13 amp socket and they apparently emit a very high-pitched tone. Mickey and pals find this disagreeable to the extent that they scuttle off somewhere else (your neighbour's, with any luck!) and set up their happy home there. Seemed to work OK when I had a problem with them in my old flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecjambo Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 Thanks for all the advice people. I'll let you all know how I get on over the next few days. I do quite like the super glue idea, seems if it will be a good laugh. A trap is the most likely option and I think I know where it came from, so Il fill the gap pronto. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Yon high pitch tone thingys are good, as someone said just plug and they go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
269miles Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Thanks for all the advice people. I'll let you all know how I get on over the next few days. I do quite like the super glue idea, seems if it will be a good laugh. A trap is the most likely option and I think I know where it came from, so Il fill the gap pronto. Cheers Best of luck with the traps. My folks had a problem with fieldmice years ago and I had to go into the kitchen every morning and finish them off with a claw hammer. The buggers seemed to be really quick and were always trapped by a leg, nothing was ever killed outright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Whittaker's Tache Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Another option would be a plug-in sonic repellant. You just plug them into a 13 amp socket and they apparently emit a very high-pitched tone. Mickey and pals find this disagreeable to the extent that they scuttle off somewhere else (your neighbour's, with any luck!) and set up their happy home there. Seemed to work OK when I had a problem with them in my old flat. I had one of them when I lived in a particularly infested flat in Whitechapel Fecking Useless, I'd been as well hoping the sonic noise from my farter would keep them away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Best of luck with the traps. My folks had a problem with fieldmice years ago and I had to go into the kitchen every morning and finish them off with a claw hammer. The buggers seemed to be really quick and were always trapped by a leg, nothing was ever killed outright. A few years ago I worked part time in a chippy which had a few problems with mice. We had set the traps the night before and the owner came in the next morning. He was half way down the stairs when he heard a rattling noise and came running back up. He eventually plucked the courage to go back down and spotted a mouse running about the place with a trap stuck to it's tail! He picked up a shovel and went after it so the wee sod bolted into a hole, leaving the mouse trap and half his tail behind! According to a pest control guy I spoke to later, he probably would have bled to death as they have quite a lot of blood vessels in their tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Seeger Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 We regularly find mice floating in our bog when we arrive at the yard in the morning. We just put a bit of foam insulation on the seat, they love the stuff. However I'd wouldn't imagine you would want mice in your house bathroom so I'd suggest looking for holes to fill and traps. As previously mentioned poison can leave you with dead mice behind walls/below floors etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecjambo Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 Ive found the hole in which it was getting through, I hope. It was underneath the fireplace. It has now been filled in with plenty of steel wool. Im hoping that will do the trick. Also set down a trap aswell just in case it gets through the wool. As someone previously mentioned they dont like steel wool, Im hoping that is the case. It makes sense as they would probably get caught up in it. I hope I never see the wee bugger again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest King Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 the council make holes in your walls and charge you alot of money to kill a wee mouse, your aswell doing it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart MacD Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Yon high pitch tone thingys are good, as someone said just plug and they go!!! Are they the things they use on teenagers in shopping centres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Are they the things they use on teenagers in shopping centres? That's the idea anyway!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecjambo Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 Another sighting of the wee bugger this morning. Its getting in under the fireplace. Must be another gap underneath it and thats where it is coming from. Might get that plug in the wall thing to get rid of it. I want this wee guy dead though. Its a war now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makateer Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Another option would be a plug-in sonic repellant. You just plug them into a 13 amp socket and they apparently emit a very high-pitched tone. Mickey and pals find this disagreeable to the extent that they scuttle off somewhere else (your neighbour's, with any luck!) and set up their happy home there. Seemed to work OK when I had a problem with them in my old flat. I had one of them and it was useless. I saw the mouse plenty of times walking about my kitchen just metres from where it was plugged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Go along to gold brothers and pick up a sword... or you could get one of their fake guns and just use good old intimidation. Or you could get one of those high pitch mice deterrent things that make the mice run away... http://www.amazon.co.uk/STV-Mouse-deterrent-4-plug/dp/B000LNDRW4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barby Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Reason with it. Never underestimate the power of persuasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Kill A Mouse: A little boy walks into his father's bedroom and catches him putting on a condom. He says, "What are you doing, Dad? The father stutters "I'm going to kill a mouse, son." The kid says, "What are you going to do, f.uck him to death?" There were three city mice sitting at a bar. The first mouse takes a shot of tequila, slams the glass on the table and says, "I'm the toughest mouse in this city. I'm so tough that I walk throughout the house collecting mouse poison, return to my nest and grind up the pellets with my morning coffee -- just for an extra jolt to start off each day." The mice look at each other. The second mouse slams his whiskey, throws his glass on the floor and says, "I'm the toughest mouse in this city. I'm so tough that I go up to the trap outside my nest, I trip the lever and make the trap flip in the air, I catch the bar on its way down, bench press it a few times, twirl it over and over with my feet -- then I toss it to the floor, and take the cheese for breakfast. It's all part of my morning routine." The third mouse looks at the other two. Bored with the conversation, he sets down his glass of beer and says, "I've had enough of you two. I'm going to go home and screw the cat." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelly Terraces Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Another option would be a plug-in sonic repellant. You just plug them into a 13 amp socket and they apparently emit a very high-pitched tone. Mickey and pals find this disagreeable to the extent that they scuttle off somewhere else (your neighbour's, with any luck!) and set up their happy home there. Seemed to work OK when I had a problem with them in my old flat. Yep. I can concur with this. Had them in my old house in London, got a coupl've of the sonic de-mousers and problem solved. Little blighters pushed off up the road as a few months later a neighbour did actually ask me if I'd had trouble with mice. I said 'no- must just be you' and looked at her as if she had the pox. NT PS, they also seemed to get rid of spiders, which Mrs T was chuffed with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelly Terraces Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 I had one of them and it was useless. I saw the mouse plenty of times walking about my kitchen just metres from where it was plugged in. Pump up the volume! Maybe it was a deaf mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelly Terraces Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Having worked in a lab with thousands of the wee ****ers, I like to think I know enough about them to help you out. First of all, you're right about there being more than one of the wee buggers. More than likely a few of them. If you want to be quick and easy knocking them off, then yes, chocolate on an "old skool" spring trap works quite well. I'd recommend Fruit & Nut, that's what we used if any of them did a Steve McQueen and escaped. And as someone else said, don't use poison as you will spend a week walking round your flat/house/Gregorian mansion looking for the smelly wee git. Believe me, dead mice stink. If you want to be cruel and put the fear into any others, I'd suggest a tea tray covered in super glue with a bit of chocolate in the middle. The wee bugger will get stuck in it, ready for you to mete out your own style of justice in the morning. That's if you don't stand on it, as the evil wee sh**s have been known to eat their own leg off to get away. Or, if you want to be nice, use a "humane" trap, and I'll come round and break it's neck. In a perfectly humane, painless, quick and entirely government approved manner of course. And if all this death is distasteful, catch it, turn it into a pet, and I'll come over and tatoo your name on the little bugger if you want. I'll give him the snip as well so there's no more little surprises. I like you. Lets be friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Gosling Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Boy Named Crow Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Ferret urine should do the trick. A few drops around where you think they're getting in will put the fear up them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mac_fae_Gillie Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 put a bit of food(dont matter wat) in its run path for 2days then put a humane trap(the flip type)with smellie cheese in on run path its a dead cert... Then just dump it at work to scare the office girls. Little bugs do nothing but poo....so catch it soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Ferret urine should do the trick. A few drops around where you think they're getting in will put the fear up them. Ferret pish? Not exactly easy to get hold off or commonplace in your average household I'd guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Boy Named Crow Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Ferret pish? Not exactly easy to get hold off or commonplace in your average household I'd guess. Obviously you need to find someone with a ferret, and pish disposal problems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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