fazer under attack !!!!!!!

[mtread]

Following on from Tommy's suggestion, this one is guaranteed to work

[tommyardin]

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.

[steve 10562cc]

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

[red98]

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

[VNA]

You could use a 'humane' trap.

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p60863?...gIqN_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.

[mtread]

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

[red98]

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 ?

[darrsi]

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.

[red98]

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...

[tommyardin]

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

[tommyardin]

You could use a 'humane' trap.

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p60863?...gIqN_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.

:finger


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? 

[VNA]

Talking of bait.... :lol :lol :lol

[VNA]

Simpler version of Tommy’s trap. 



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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/Cleanin...rap/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. 

[red98]

Another 2 mediums this afternoon , 7 in total , that mass murdering idea of tommys is  starting to look like a good idea....

[red98]

Another 2 makes 9.........

[YamFazFan]

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!

[HarryHornby]

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!

[red98]

No murders over night , have refreshed the bait this morning , will check at the end of the day...

[tommyardin]

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'

[fazersharp]

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.