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General => General => Topic started by: red98 on 14 April 2018, 04:17:24 pm
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Went to get my workshop hoover from the garage this morning only to find ,what I think is mice , have taken a liking to the filter , also on thier menu is ,a sponge and large chunks of storage blankets , looks like they have made a nest in my classic car , managed to catch a little one and spotted what I think is the mum but couldnt catch her , both my fazers share the same garage , are they under threat ?............off to get some poison but not sure what to get or if anyone will sell me any in this crazy world we now live in.......any advice on evicting these unwanted guests greatly received :thumbup
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I'd put traps down with peanut butter as bait, they love it. :b
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I've used chocolate in traps in past with good results
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get a cat and shut it in for a night ;)
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.177 & abit of patience !!
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The trouble with poisoning them is they creep off somewhere inaccessible to die and then stink the place out.
A trap would be my choice.
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Cheers foccers.....just got back from bunnings with two conventional mouse traps , helpfull guy in shop identified the body as a mouse , a search on google tells me average litter is between 6 and 8 with a max of 10........baited traps with chocolate spread in hope of catching mum , litter should starve to death or if I catch mum by morning iam going in :eek
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Red peanut butter is the best, cleared a hole family of mice out of my shed, they prefer sunpat crunchy! !!!
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Put peanut butter down in my shed as they were eating the sack of bird food. Nothing. Mind you, I haven't had any more bird food taken either. I reckon they've cleared off. Last seen heading west. Some talk about a garage with cosy classic car :lol
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Put peanut butter down in my shed as they were eating the sack of bird food. Nothing. Mind you, I haven't had any more bird food taken either. I reckon they've cleared off. Last seen heading west. Some talk about a garage with cosy classic car :lol
:rollin :rollin
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Thats not funny SLAPPY :'( ............ :lol
Chocolate spread Is all we had , no peanut butter lovers in the red household , had a choice of golden syrup , mint sauce or the chocolate spread.......see what if anything i catch in the morning.......
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Milton mulbury pork pie should do the trick red :lol
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Thats not foccin funny either :'(
:lol
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Sorry red couldn't resist ;)
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Conventional traps and peanut butter, as others have said, they love the stuff!
If you would like me to pop over and point out all the faults with trap placement and point out all the holes in all your stuff I would be more than willing to come and "help". ;)
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They came into my house under the floor boards during the cold weather this winter. Heard them one night. Got some traps and peanut butter the next day. Caught two in humane traps and released some distance away, one other got snared in a conventional trap. All sorted in under 48hrs.
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oh, hang on, I've just had an idea..... set up an ultra sonic cleaner in your garage, leave it on overnight and burn the foccers out come the morning..... :thumbup
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The trouble with poisoning them is they creep off somewhere inaccessible to die and then stink the place out.
Also they develop resistance to the poison and you find the pellets nibbled on for the grain inside and the poison shell lying on the ground! :(
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.177 & abit of patience !!
Don't forget a couple of rattle cans to repair the damage.
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Some might say its cruel, but then so is a mouse trap, poison is a slow and painful death and an air rifle pellet to the head is a difficult shot with two bikes and a classic car in the garage.
But this method is no risk to anyone, and to be honest is quite exciting going out to the garage/shed in the mornings.
You need to be careful to get the balance right on the batten or wooded ruler plus a small amount of crumbs around the bench end of ruler and a line of biscuit crumbs along ruler leading to 1/2 biscuit balance at the end of the ruler.
The rest is self explanatory and it works much to my delight.
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Following on from Tommy's suggestion, this one is guaranteed to work
(https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/263146152355_/Vintage-Mouse-Trap-Game-MB-Games-Complete.jpg)
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No,no,no I have caught mice this way honestly it works, once the ruler starts to tip the mouse is toast they cannot back up and them jumping about in panic cause the ruler to tip faster.
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A fully grown mouse can get through a gap the size of a 5pence piece now the cold weather snap has gone they will go back out side. An old fashioned trap is the best way to rid your shed of them. Look for the runs they use easy to see these runs they will be discoloured as mice urinate constantly when moving around place your traps there. Block up any holes where they are getting in if you can find them. Try not to use poison bait unless you put it in lockable bait stations and check traps and bait stations every day. Dispose of the bodies by sealing in poly bag and putting in the dustbin, if you use poison most are anti coagulants which can will effect dogs, cats and birds if they eat the dead mice.
On the bright side where you have mice you wont have rats and visa versa, Good hunting
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Morning all....well , just been out to the garage to check the traps baited with chocolate spread last night , two traps and it looks like ive caught mum and dad.......as a bit of a softie southerner I feel a bit guilty now knowing the young uns are on thier own and will probably starve , so probably best to try and find the nest and save them and return to the east where they came from ;)
Best thing to do now ?.................its sunday and dry , iam off on the FAZER :thumbup
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You could use a 'humane' trap.
https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p60863?r=googleshopping&rr=marin&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzvLRy_272gIVzbHtCh3_0AFGEAQYAiABEgIqN_D_BwE (https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p60863?r=googleshopping&rr=marin&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzvLRy_272gIVzbHtCh3_0AFGEAQYAiABEgIqN_D_BwE)
Having said that I caught mine during a cold snap. They seemed a little slow in the morning, looked to be soaking in their own sweat and piss - must be distressing to be stuck in a trap for hours. Then got dumped in a field in the middle of nowhere. Lots of folks said, they’ll be fine, but I dunno.
Traditional trap is cheap, quick and effective.
For real sadists there are the various versions of the DIY water trap. Though you can make a ‘humane’ version with just enough water to stop em jumping out of the bucket but not enough to drown em.
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mice urinate constantly when moving around place your traps there
[/size]Careful you don't inadvertently catch some of the older members of the foc-u forum :rolleyes
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Just got back from a 2hr blast on the FAZER....as good as ever and great to get out at last :thumbup
checked the traps and i have another 2 , but theres a twist , i was expecting young'uns as the picture of the first one i caught , the 2 caught with the traps i think were mum and dad but these are teenages , somewhere in the middle...makes me think this is just the tip of the iceberg :eek
5 caught up to now , my guess is it will be well into double figures.......
cheers for all replies....is there anything a bunch of foccers cant do ?
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They tend to stick to running next to walls so the traps are better suited placed against the edge of them, plus you have less chance of treading on them yourself.
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Hi darrsi...not seen any mice in the garage it would seam they are all in the car , ive been putting the traps in the footwell on the passenger side which is where I caught the first one , not sure if the nest is under the dash or the seat , horse hair in the seat so that was prime site for a nest but have given it a good thumping and nothing dropping out...I'll give it untill 2pm and check the traps again...
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mice urinate constantly when moving around place your traps there
Careful you don't inadvertently catch some of the older members of the foc-u forum :rolleyes
Was going to say sounds a bit like me
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You could use a 'humane' trap.
https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p60863?r=googleshopping&rr=marin&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzvLRy_272gIVzbHtCh3_0AFGEAQYAiABEgIqN_D_BwE (https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p60863?r=googleshopping&rr=marin&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzvLRy_272gIVzbHtCh3_0AFGEAQYAiABEgIqN_D_BwE)
Having said that I caught mine during a cold snap. They seemed a little slow in the morning, looked to be soaking in their own sweat and piss - must be distressing to be stuck in a trap for hours. Then got dumped in a field in the middle of nowhere. Lots of folks said, they’ll be fine, but I dunno.
Traditional trap is cheap, quick and effective.
For real sadists there are the various versions of the DIY water trap. Though you can make a ‘humane’ version with just enough water to stop em jumping out of the bucket but not enough to drown em.
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Or for the really caring types you can poison them so that their blood congeals and they die a painful death with the added possibility of perhaps poisoning someones cat to the bargain, or, alternatively you you can snap their back with a spring trap or maybe trap them by a front leg disjointing that leg slowly as the spring force bears tighter down on the limb as it eats into the flesh, not a lot of hope you a 3 legged mouse possibly with an infection in the stump as it decays. But Hey Ho! you don't want to drown them in a minute or so do you?
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Talking of bait.... :lol :lol :lol
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Simpler version of Tommy’s trap.
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF6xwUSkT1k#)
A beer can would be ideal. If you don’t want to drown em you still need a little water to reduce their ability to jump, they are really good jumpers when they need to be.
As for traditional mouse traps, these are good as the bait pot is recessed, https://www.toolstation.com/shop/Cleaning+%26+Pest+Control/d260/Pest+Control/sd3217/Sure-Set+Mouse+Trap/p26996 (https://www.toolstation.com/shop/Cleaning+%26+Pest+Control/d260/Pest+Control/sd3217/Sure-Set+Mouse+Trap/p26996) so they gotta stick their nose in, and the trap gets em on the heid or neck every time (so I’m told!).
Be careful with your traps, they break yer fingers.
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Another 2 mediums this afternoon , 7 in total , that mass murdering idea of tommys is starting to look like a good idea....
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Another 2 makes 9.........
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so probably best to try and find the nest and save them and return to the east where they came from ;)
Not too far east tho, we've got enough in east Anglia already!
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We used to have them in the loft of our old house. I used to put 2 traps up there and would catch mice every day for quite a while. One of the traps was above our bedroom, I remember one night heaving a snap and a couple of seconds of flapping about, another one bites the dust!
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No murders over night , have refreshed the bait this morning , will check at the end of the day...
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No murders over night , have refreshed the bait this morning , will check at the end of the day...
9 good hunting.
Well you state
'One is never going to be enough'
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I killed one with a mallet once but then felt really guilty afterwards. I saw it run under a piece of board so crept up with a mallet flipped the board over and whack a mouse. The thing is I never thought had chance at all and there was no danger of actually hitting it.
I then brought those linked to in Toolstation and they do work very well but as has been said the mouse gets soaked in pis and sh1t and all of that then gets stuck in the mechanism which is then a disgusting mess to clean before you can re use it.
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I killed one with a mallet once but then felt really guilty afterwards. I saw it run under a piece of board so crept up with a mallet flipped the board over and whack a mouse. The thing is I never thought had chance at all and there was no danger of actually hitting it.
I then brought those linked to in Toolstation and they do work very well but as has been said the mouse gets soaked in pis and sh1t and all of that then gets stuck in the mechanism which is then a disgusting mess to clean before you can re use it.
. . . . That reminds me of a Monty Python sketch I once saw.
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Drown the little buggers :eek
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Just checked the traps....no bodys.....been a night and a day now without any killings , figures add up for an average size litter , just the one young un to upset the mix , will leave the traps in the car untill the weekend and then see if I can find the nest.....not really looking forward to that :\
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Check your air box, they love nesting in them!
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Thats a good point , thanks....had a thought myself today , ive caught all 9 mice in the front passenger footwell , directly below the glove box ........anyone want to open it for me :eek
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A few years ago, got fed up with (what I thought was) a couple of grey tree rats emptying the bird table on a daily basis. Tried scaring em off/traps etc, still kept coming back. So, i decided to buy an air rifle, .22. Over the next few months, I shot and killed over 60 of the bastards. Yes, 60. I reckon I must have reduced them to an almost unsustainable level, as only rarley now do we ever see one knocking around. If Id skinned em, Id have had enough for a couple of Davy Crockett suits and hats. On the plus side, the garden is now full daily with all sorts of birds that we've not seen around for donkeys years
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I've been doing the same ( shooting the squirrels) only mine are a reddish colour not grey. Think it might be the red clay rubbing off on their fur when they're down their burrows.
Think they're all young un's too as they seem smaller than usual.
Anyway, so far I've bagged over a hundred and haven't seen any about for a good few months now.
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I've been doing the same ( shooting the squirrels) only mine are a reddish colour not grey. Think it might be the red clay rubbing off on their fur when they're down their burrows.
Think they're all young un's too as they seem smaller than usual.
Anyway, so far I've bagged over a hundred and haven't seen any about for a good few months now.
Seems like a good method of getting rid of vermin..... I might try the same thing outside my local dole office 🤔
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I then brought those linked to in Toolstation and they do work very well but as has been said the mouse gets soaked in pis and sh1t and all of that then gets stuck in the mechanism which is then a disgusting mess to clean before you can re use it.
I just used a bucket of warm soapy water and a toothbrush. Pish and shit cleaned up nae bother, but the peanut butter took a bit of scrubbing.
Just make sure you clean your toothbrush thoroughly afterwards before brushing yer teeth.
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I've been doing the same ( shooting the squirrels) only mine are a reddish colour not grey. Think it might be the red clay rubbing off on their fur when they're down their burrows.
Think they're all young un's too as they seem smaller than usual.
Anyway, so far I've bagged over a hundred and haven't seen any about for a good few months now.
LMFAO! I love it. :rollin :rollin :rollin
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Another body today ,10 in total now , kill rate is slowing so might be winning the battle , was away from home last night and it looked as if the last victim had been in the trap for a while , luckily mrs red is out this evening so was able to give the traps a good clean with a pink toothbrush and rebait the traps... ;)
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One more this morning , slightly bigger than average this one , no match for the trap though , traps are endorsed by rentokill think I paid £ 2.97 each , cheap and effective , upto 11 now , see what today brings....
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You need to keep setting and checking your traps for at least another 2 to 4 weeks after you find your last body to be sure you get them all. Try to find any holes they may be getting in through and block, remove any food stuffs or put in metal or glass containers. When I did my pest control training the first thing we were told by the instructor is mice and rats think of only 3 things breeding/sex, food, nesting. I am at the moment getting rid of an infestation of mice in my own garage my own fault left some fishing bait out in bags not mice proof containers.
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Don't tell me mice love boilIes, flavour preference? The renown Hampshire mice prefer sinking pellet.
Actually now you have said that I will go check my fishing cupboard in the shed for the little vermin.
Someone once said that at any time you are never more than a few feet away from a rat, they must have known my boss when I was working.
I am sat in my bed typing this so I am hoping that statement is not true. :eek
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We've also had mice in garage/shed this winter. Another good bait is grapes, lots of success, sometimes with a smear of peanut butter butter closely to attract them.
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Remember sugar mice?, with the string tail. Can you still get them?.
They were a real treat when we were kids!.
Probably didn't do our teeth any favours tho lol.
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In our old house, we got an infestation of mice and after catching about 30 in traps over 3 nights, I bought a 3 pack of the plug-in Sonic Rodent Repeller units that are supposed to drive them away.
After the first night of having them plugged in, no mice in the traps, same again after 2nd night. During the 3rd day, our neighbour told us of her sudden infestation - I got some of the Sonic Repellers for her and within 24hrs, her infestation had gone.
In the last 10 years, I've used these repellers in my garage and house and have not seen another mouse.
Same story with my mother in law's house - she had families of mice in her basement/cellar at the end of last year - "Pest Control" specialists spent 3 months taking her money, taking out dozens of mice in traps and putting down poison. But every morning, at least one trap had been triggered.
24hrs after putting 3 Sonic Repeller units in the basement/cellar on New Years Eve and a couple in the kitchen & living room (just in case they moved upstairs) - all of the traps were empty the next day and have been empty every day since.
I've been converted - I'd definitely give them a try (it's worth £15-£20 to find out IMO (B & Q have a few different types/brands).
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Another option...thanks millietant :thumbup
nothing this evening , been a brave foccer and had a little look for the nest , took the cover off the air filter box , no nothing in there except a filter that should of been changed ages ago :o ....mmmmm lets have a look in the glove box , just ease it open a little at a time....carefull now....bit by bit a n d :eek .............ah ha , there it is , lots of bits of the transport blanket that now has a foccin great hole in it , no mice though , although iam not that brave enough to prod it but will remove it at the weekend......whilst wearing full motorbike kit.......ALL THE GEAR , ALL THE TIME :thumbup
:lol
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.whilst wearing full motorbike kit.......ALL THE GEAR , ALL THE TIME
Last year we had a buzzard fly into our patio door, and it fell to the ground unconscious. After googling what to do, and ringing the local bird sanctuary, they told me to put it in a cardboard box and bring it to them to recuperate. So I get my toughest bike gloves on, helmet, jacket ..... ALL THE GEAR, ALL THE TIME. As I bent down one eye opened, it looked at me, shrieked and focced off! :( [/font][/quote]
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:hijack
I am sad, and do Geocaching, I've even been known to nip off on a LOFO day out to grab one (I go round with a GPS hunting tuppaware). There was one cache where people were saying it was hard to get to due to too many stinging nettles. I stopped off on the way home on the bike wearing full leathers and retrieved the cache with ease... ALL THE GEAR.......ALL THE TIME!
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You do realize there's a mouse forum online somewhere, and they're all saying the same thing, "You won't believe this fella with the old car, he's a proper murdering psycho......" :rollin
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Last year we had a buzzard fly into our patio door, and it fell to the ground unconscious. After googling what to do, and ringing the local bird sanctuary, they told me to put it in a cardboard box and bring it to them to recuperate. So I get my toughest bike gloves on, helmet, jacket ..... ALL THE GEAR, ALL THE TIME. As I bent down one eye opened, it looked at me, shrieked and focced off! :(
I did the same thing years ago whilst living at home we had a massive Christmas tree taller than the house and there was a cat 3/4 the way up so I too donned the gloves and helmet and it one look at this weird thing approaching muttering sh1t sh1t sh1t it just jumped, I think the wider branches below saved it.
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Update......nothing for 2 days now , sorted out some old bike gloves and pulled the nest out , no bodys , dead or alive , but moving the nest has released a bloody awful smell....must be all the wee.....will give it a good clean out over the weekend , iam 90% confident that my visitors have left now but will keep the traps in the car for a couple of weeks just to make sure..
thanks for all your comment foccers....another problem solved :)
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best way to remove mice and rats from your home.................................. strange but it works if you know anyone with a ferret or just go to a pet store that has them and get some of the used bedding and put some in the corners of your garage give it two days and you wont have any at all................................................................................