Ees a hamster...

[Mon Ami Mate]

You put Basil in the ratatouille?

We have suddenly found ourselves under siege by mice - they've come in under the eaves and are scuttling around in the roof at night. Which makes the dogs go berserk. Hence why I am posting this at 3.00am.

Anybody got any foolproof ways of getting rid of the little buggers? I don't mind if the solution isn't particularly, erm, humanitarian, so long as it's permanent.

[dilbert]

They don't have Clogs on do they?

I should think a mouse trap is a good idea!

[Pigeon]

[seafarer]

There are some types of poison that are designed to make the rats/mice dehydrated so that they will leave the house seeking water and die elsewhere. You might have someone come look and see if they are getting through to the attic via some leak or opening in an attic vent. Traps work OK, but then you have to deal with dead animals directly, and once a rat has been killed by a trap, even if it's removed and trap re-baited, new rats can smell the blood from the previous rat. So I recommend poison that will get them out of the house, and looking for how an opening might have been created.

I know it seems cruel or un-PC, but considering that rats used to carry the plague, I have no problem with killing them. They are a disease-carrying nuisance, not pets, you know?

>> Edited by seafarer on Monday 24th October 05:02

[Prof Beard]

Cats work really well (unless you are unlucky and get a duff one)

[jimothy]

Chocolate is better in a trap than cheese...

[lady topaz]

Prof Beard said:

Cats work really well (unless you are unlucky and get a duff one)

Tell me about it !! I have four cats all completely duff.They bring the mice in, give them a tour and send them off with invites for their mates. Useless furballs.

[Mon Ami Mate]

I'm not worried about being politically correct in applying the solution. I don't think a cat will help because they aren't getting in to the main part of the house - they are going into the roof via the eaves. My Staffy and Jack Russell would also apply the final solution to a cat long before it had the chance to get to the mice. I think I'll need to get some traps but just wondered if anybody had any experience of which are most effective. I'm not bothered whether the trap kills them or catches them alive, so long as it's effective.

Does anybody have any experience of the plug-in sonic transmittors that are supposed to be so effective? Will they drive my dogs berserk?!!

[alfaman]

Use the African solution - shish kebab them !

[arh]

B and Q sell good traps which poison mice so they go and die somewhere else. I use them a lot. never had a smelly dead mouse issue and they always go and don't come back for about a year. My cats are also useless, couldn't catch anything

[staceyb]

We live near fields and used to get field mice. Bought an ultrasonic plug in thing and they disapeared, you'll have to check with the dogs first though mine aren't bothered with it but they are totally thick and useless.

[Mon Ami Mate]

Thanks for the advice - I'm not keen on a poison-based solution in case the dogs end up getting hold of it, or of a poisoned mouse. I'm going off now to get a couple of traps and one of those ultrasonic things. Hopefully, between them, they'll get rid of the existing mice and put off any that might be looking for a cosy spot for the winter in the future.

[puggit]

Just by coincidence, our cat Ozzy and next door's two went off hunting last night and came back with two rats.

luckily they took them next door to present to the owner

[vixpy1]

Shotgun

works every time

[nonegreen]

If you can hear them and you see the odd one then you literally have thousands of them. Best bet is get Rentokill in and let them do their stuff. It will take about 3 weeks but you will never see another mouse.

[Kentish]

How the hell do they get in the loft under the eaves, are they on the roof?

I wouldn't lay any poison if I were you, they scurry off die and stink your house out.

Best to use a deterrent such as this:-
www.martleyelectronics.co.uk/pestcontrol-rodent.html#pestcontro

Or this:-
www.martleyelectronics.co.uk/pestcontrol-rodent.html#pc04

Combined with this:-
www.thezapper.co.uk/zapper.html

I have used all of these to meet government requirements in the test facility archive I used to run.

[vixpy1]

Have you tried explosives?

[Fer]

vixpy1 said:

Shotgun works every time

No, that's moles!

Edited to add link to my favorite PH thread.

>> Edited by Fer on Monday 24th October 12:40

[vetteheadracer]

I used the humane mousetrap to get rid of one years ago, but the only way to get them to work properly is to smear stilton at the far end as the first time I tried it the mouse nicked the cheese and left the trap

I had a mouse in my attic last year and the little beggar ate the insulation on the electrical wires....now every time the outside light comes on the lighting circuit fuse blows

[Vitesse39]

vixpy1 said:

Shotgun works every time

That'll be the sure'fire' method


sorry