Mice Free Zone Maybe
Discussion
Further to my thread before I've had untouched poison and a couple of chocolate baited snap traps sat in my garage floor since late Friday night.
With it being Tuesday now, is it safe to say the first 150g of poison the little blighters worked their way through during last week has done the job?
With it being Tuesday now, is it safe to say the first 150g of poison the little blighters worked their way through during last week has done the job?
ALY77 said:
Further to my thread before I've had untouched poison and a couple of chocolate baited snap traps sat in my garage floor since late Friday night.
With it being Tuesday now, is it safe to say the first 150g of poison the little blighters worked their way through during last week has done the job?
I find it normally takes a few days for mice to start taking the poison. Then once they are taking it, keep feeding them until they stop eating it. With it being Tuesday now, is it safe to say the first 150g of poison the little blighters worked their way through during last week has done the job?
If they haven't eaten any since Friday you have probably got them all by now. I'd leave it for a few more days and if they still don't take any more, clean up the poison they have left and try to stop them being tempted to come back by either getting rid of what they were eating or putting it in mouse proof containers.
If they have only eaten 150g there might have only been a couple of them. I have put 5kg down a couple of rat holes before now.
I can only assume they were in for shelter to start with, there aren't any foodstuffs in the garage at all. I'd had been sprucing up a car I was selling in the nights before they'd been in but I can't see them being enticed by T-cut, touch in paint and Autoglym. Job for later in the week, sweep up the blue stuff.
Worth leaving the traps down just in case?
(and thanks for your advice)
Worth leaving the traps down just in case?
(and thanks for your advice)
Are you using the green/blue coloured grains?
If so - they love it. I had some down last year. They chew the outside off, then eat the inside with no affect. They also took a load of grain and deposited it in various "food stores" around our garage, so that may give the impression they've stopped taking it for a bit.
They will come back, we get them every year as soon as the fields get harvested. We also went 14 months with none in the loft until a few months back when I caught one.
It's a balancing act. Do you put down bait to tempt them in to be caught, or do you get rid of anything they'd like to eat.
Also, if you have a compost bin nearby, that could be a source of food. We've stopped composting now and use the green bin for everything compostable, and have had fewer mice around.
If so - they love it. I had some down last year. They chew the outside off, then eat the inside with no affect. They also took a load of grain and deposited it in various "food stores" around our garage, so that may give the impression they've stopped taking it for a bit.
They will come back, we get them every year as soon as the fields get harvested. We also went 14 months with none in the loft until a few months back when I caught one.
It's a balancing act. Do you put down bait to tempt them in to be caught, or do you get rid of anything they'd like to eat.
Also, if you have a compost bin nearby, that could be a source of food. We've stopped composting now and use the green bin for everything compostable, and have had fewer mice around.
Edited by fatboy b on Thursday 3rd March 10:44
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