Mouse in the House
Discussion
What's the best way to deal with a mouse in your house?
One pest control firm quoted £450.00 and another quoted £200.
Am I better off setting traps around the house and then release the mice into the woods? Also need to look at where they are getting in, or is it a case of once they are in they will nest under the floorboards? Wasn't really that bothered initially but youngest son closed door to his (loft) bedroom and heard scratching; looks like he trapped one in his room and the little f
ker was trying to get out.
One pest control firm quoted £450.00 and another quoted £200.
Am I better off setting traps around the house and then release the mice into the woods? Also need to look at where they are getting in, or is it a case of once they are in they will nest under the floorboards? Wasn't really that bothered initially but youngest son closed door to his (loft) bedroom and heard scratching; looks like he trapped one in his room and the little f
ker was trying to get out. In my experience you will never stop them getting in they can get through tiny gaps, we get them sometimes, we just have poison bait traps and they soon stop, once all the poison has gone after a few years they will reappear, we then buy more traps and start again. We do live in a rural area next to a farm though which may make a difference.
Don't bother with trap and release, they just come back.
Proper spring trap - quite cheap to buy, then use milky way as bait. It's irresistible, sticky, so they pull on it harder triggering the trap. Peanut butter is also good but I sometimes found that was gone without the trap triggering.
Place in areas they will go, run along the edges of rooms, dark areas etc
We don't use poison because of grandkids and dogs
Proper spring trap - quite cheap to buy, then use milky way as bait. It's irresistible, sticky, so they pull on it harder triggering the trap. Peanut butter is also good but I sometimes found that was gone without the trap triggering.
Place in areas they will go, run along the edges of rooms, dark areas etc
We don't use poison because of grandkids and dogs
Byker28i said:
Don't bother with trap and release, they just come back.
Proper spring trap - quite cheap to buy, then use milky way as bait. It's irresistible, sticky, so they pull on it harder triggering the trap. Peanut butter is also good but I sometimes found that was gone without the trap triggering.
Place in areas they will go, run along the edges of rooms, dark areas etc
We don't use poison because of grandkids and dogs
This all day long.Proper spring trap - quite cheap to buy, then use milky way as bait. It's irresistible, sticky, so they pull on it harder triggering the trap. Peanut butter is also good but I sometimes found that was gone without the trap triggering.
Place in areas they will go, run along the edges of rooms, dark areas etc
We don't use poison because of grandkids and dogs
Venisonpie said:
Byker28i said:
Don't bother with trap and release, they just come back.
Proper spring trap - quite cheap to buy, then use milky way as bait. It's irresistible, sticky, so they pull on it harder triggering the trap. Peanut butter is also good but I sometimes found that was gone without the trap triggering.
Place in areas they will go, run along the edges of rooms, dark areas etc
We don't use poison because of grandkids and dogs
This all day long.Proper spring trap - quite cheap to buy, then use milky way as bait. It's irresistible, sticky, so they pull on it harder triggering the trap. Peanut butter is also good but I sometimes found that was gone without the trap triggering.
Place in areas they will go, run along the edges of rooms, dark areas etc
We don't use poison because of grandkids and dogs
t /dead mice / mice sightings, you've cracked it. Also, put the traps facing the wall. As per above, they tend to scurry along walls and will smell the bait that way.
You will nail them with spring traps and the right routine.
Another vote for snap traps with peanut butter. We caught 5 and then never had another so no idea how they got in originally but no more got in.
Also do you have a cat? We always had mice in the house as kid (big old drafty farmhouse with loads of places for them to hide)...until the cat died, then we suddenly stopped catching them in the traps. Little sod must have been catching them outside and letting them go in the house.
Also do you have a cat? We always had mice in the house as kid (big old drafty farmhouse with loads of places for them to hide)...until the cat died, then we suddenly stopped catching them in the traps. Little sod must have been catching them outside and letting them go in the house.
Personally we use good quality spring traps in boxes to ensure the mouse can only trigger the trap from the front.
It avoids triggering from the side (and then a less immediate kill / injury and potentially a mouse running off with the trap) and should convert more triggers into kills.
It avoids triggering from the side (and then a less immediate kill / injury and potentially a mouse running off with the trap) and should convert more triggers into kills.
Glassman said:
What's the best way to deal with a mouse in your house?
One pest control firm quoted £450.00 and another quoted £200.
Remove food source and poison! Just paid 150 for three visits to offices, lots of bait set out over two floors for comparison. A few corpses so far, hopefully the rest have died elsewhere...One pest control firm quoted £450.00 and another quoted £200.
The poison I could buy without a license was just eaten without evidence of kills. Pay up or get £150 worth of spring traps and chocolate!
carreauchompeur said:
Bloody nightmares… how do they get up into lofts? I have some alternating between the compost heap and the loft. Next door have the same issues.
Access is really bloody hard too, they are right in the eaves!
Mice can easily climb on the tree branches and shrubs to enter the loft area. Access is really bloody hard too, they are right in the eaves!
Possibly drainpipes also?
Sticks. said:
Have you looked at your local council website? I was charged £60 for 2 visits, one to set bait, one to check. Turned out to be rats.
I've caught mice in the garage before and set them free a way away and nothing since.
+1 see what your council pest control can offer before trying commercial pest control.I've caught mice in the garage before and set them free a way away and nothing since.
Horsey McHorseface said:
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Edited by Horsey McHorseface on Friday 25th March 01:22
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