Mouse in the house

[Pirahna]

I wonder where he got in from.

They'll get in through the tiniest hole. I get them in the loft in the winter, they go in the early spring if that's any consolation. I use old fashioned snappy traps bated with peanut butter which seems about the best. On a typical winter I'll get half a dozen out of the loft and a similar amount from the garage, it's the joys of living in the sticks. One of the casualties of the war on mice are shrews, I don't like finding them in the traps. There was a shrew living in the garage a few years ago, every time I went to do some work and put the heater on it would fetch a nut and eat it sitting in front of the heat.

[Slenver]

I think you're all being unnecessarily cruel, arrogant and merciless.

The poor little critturs have as much right to life as you, your kids . . . any humans and more right than some humans - people who would kill small defenceless animals for example. All they are doing is trying to get on with their lives and having taken their natural habitat from them you complain when they come looking to make use of it again.

They are no worse than cats (although cats do seem to know not to shit in your living room and do it in other people's garden) that run around wherever they want to, climb on anything, stick their noses into anything and then expect a cuddle!

Stop trying to kill the poor wee mites and buy an ultrasonic pest controller. Stick it under the floor boards and see if that works*.

Fuckin' savages.


*If it doesn't learn to live with them/it they want to live with you!

I have no problem with the mouse at all really, and happy to share the space. I think they're sweet. But I don't want expensive damage.

I sent the mouseman away this time, gonna ignore it and see if it gets worse. I suspect it's just a stray so I'll leave him be.

[gremlin]

I had a similar thing, gnawing noise from under the floorboards, etc. only it's weren't mice, it was rats. They were getting in via a broken, disused drainpipe. Thames Water, I have to say, once on the case, were brilliant. Full drain survey, filled the disused drain with cement, whole day's work with no charge. Only issue was, once the drain was blocked, those ratty little bastards had nowhere to go except into the cavity walls. They eventually found their way to the garage, where poison finally did for them (mum and three wee 'uns).

Clearly not all had died in the garage, some had crawled back under the floor, as only shortly after I was busy congratulating myself did the smell of the dead rats start wafting from under the floorboards. Not overpowering, but occasionally there'd be a waft of decay and putrification. That disappeared after a week or so.

Then came the bluebottles, that had clearly been feeding on the dead rats. It was like something from a horror film for a week or two. I should have bought shares in raid, I used so much. I remember hoovering them up, there were so many dead ones on the floor.



Anyway....good luck.

[DefTrap]

They are no worse than cats

Have you asked the cats if they're happy to share space with the mice then?

[Yambo]

They are no worse than cats

Have you asked the cats if they're happy to share space with the mice then?

Cats are every bit as cruel, arrogant and merciless as those that want to kill small animals. So there.

[Slenver]

I had a similar thing, gnawing noise from under the floorboards, etc. only it's weren't mice, it was rats. They were getting in via a broken, disused drainpipe. Thames Water, I have to say, once on the case, were brilliant. Full drain survey, filled the disused drain with cement, whole day's work with no charge. Only issue was, once the drain was blocked, those ratty little bastards had nowhere to go except into the cavity walls. They eventually found their way to the garage, where poison finally did for them (mum and three wee 'uns).

Clearly not all had died in the garage, some had crawled back under the floor, as only shortly after I was busy congratulating myself did the smell of the dead rats start wafting from under the floorboards. Not overpowering, but occasionally there'd be a waft of decay and putrification. That disappeared after a week or so.

Then came the bluebottles, that had clearly been feeding on the dead rats. It was like something from a horror film for a week or two. I should have bought shares in raid, I used so much. I remember hoovering them up, there were so many dead ones on the floor.



Anyway....good luck.

[gremlin]

^
Yeah. So there's good reason to get shot of rodents in the house.

[David]

A saucer filled with pollyfilla , salt and cocoa powder....next to a saucer of water.

[Mussels]

Is your house joined to any others? The big problem may not be under your floor.

[gremlin]

A saucer filled with pollyfilla , salt and cocoa powder....next to a saucer of water.

Salted chocolate, crispy poached mice?

[David]

Not sure about crispy...but certainly stiff.

[Horse]

Clearly not all had died in the garage, some had crawled back under the floor, as only shortly after I was busy congratulating myself did the smell of the dead rats start wafting from under the floorboards. Not overpowering, but occasionally there'd be a waft of decay and putrification.

Our neighbours had the ratman in to deal with an unwanted house guest. Poison down and taken, except that ratty didn't die under their house, crawled under ours instead

Unlike Gremlin's, this was rank, really bad, for several days. The expression 'smell a rat' took on a whole new meaning.

Several years later, builders found it.

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[Skub]

I reckon it's not mice,but Shoggoths.

They probably came from under Trog's shed.

[Wreckless Rat]

The early bird gets the worm, as the old saying goes. But remember....







It’s the second mouse that gets the cheese.

[Mr. Dazzle]

And say nothing of what happens to the early worm.

[Scotsrich]

Our cats used to bring live mice into the house and let them go.

My wife wouldn’t let me put down traps unless absolutely necessary so that meant trapping them in a corner and releasing them outside.

I wouldn’t mind but you’d think they’d be grateful instead of biting me.

Several times the little buggers drew blood but I don’t think I caught anything off them.

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[Taipan]

Last time we had mice, they came in for the dry dog food. When we pulled the plinth out we found they'd been stock piling it there! So they'd sneak in, grab the dog food and hide it all behind the plinths. Must have been a good couple of bowlfuls there! We also saw the gnaw marks on the breeze blocks where the rat had tried to get through the hole the mice were coming in by! The rat discovered it was easier to come up through the bathroom and walk round to the kitchen. Frightened the bejesus out of me when I encountered it in the living room one night. My Jack Russells nearly got their P45s that night!

As cute as the little furry things are, you really do not want them in your house as they carry diseases and are a health hazard.
https://www.rentokil.co.uk/rodents/rode ... -diseases/

[slowsider]

What, Jack Russell's ??

[OBO]

Over the years these beastly little critters have destroyed two boxes of silicon tubes (100 tubes).
Destroyed a large scale Bell 222 r/c helicopter worth over a grand.
Got into the engine bay of my motorhome, and found a route in behind the dash where the little bastard chewed through over 30 tiny 55v wires in the main wiring loom going to the ecu...cost another grand, and totally disabled the vehicle the day before I was due in court!

[David]

I think you're all being unnecessarily cruel, arrogant and merciless.

The poor little critturs have as much right to life as you, your kids . . . any humans and more right than some humans - people who would kill small defenceless animals for example. All they are doing is trying to get on with their lives and having taken their natural habitat from them you complain when they come looking to make use of it again.

They are no worse than cats (although cats do seem to know not to shit in your living room and do it in other people's garden) that run around wherever they want to, climb on anything, stick their noses into anything and then expect a cuddle!

Stop trying to kill the poor wee mites and buy an ultrasonic pest controller. Stick it under the floor boards and see if that works*.

Fuckin' savages.


*If it doesn't learn to live with them/it they want to live with you!

Cats dont usually piss and shir everywhere as they walk round...most rodents are incontinent.