Vermin!

[Matth]

The "Little Nipper", probably the best mousetrap there is!

Other than a few occasional vibration trips, it never allowed it's victim a chance to escape - test the trap setting by tapping with a ruler, and be careful whan putting it in place, if you jog a well set trap, it WILL fire.
If it works correctly, it should kill the trapped mouse with a broken neck, loading bait other than on the spike may result in a mis-hit.


How about those pest eliminators on the TV shopping channels - that are supposed to drive them out?

[punky]

Originally Posted by Matt D

AGH! We have mice in the kitchen

We had mice once (gone now, in case anyone wants to come round for dinner ). We got a bloke from the Environmental Health to come round and track them down. Cost £50 but not that bad. He found they were coming in through a rusted grate in a ventilation brick, so we patched them, and traps caught the ones aleady inside. They can apparently fit through holes the diameter of a man's thumb. You have to wash and disinfect everything, because mice leave a constant stream of wee whever they walk.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by Matth

The "Little Nipper", probably the best mousetrap there is!

Other than a few occasional vibration trips, it never allowed it's victim a chance to escape - test the trap setting by tapping with a ruler, and be careful whan putting it in place, if you jog a well set trap, it WILL fire.
If it works correctly, it should kill the trapped mouse with a broken neck, loading bait other than on the spike may result in a mis-hit.


How about those pest eliminators on the TV shopping channels - that are supposed to drive them out?

I've just done a Google for the "Little Nipper trap". Sounds interesting. Might try one if the current traps don't work too well.

Originally Posted by punky

We had mice once (gone now, in case anyone wants to come round for dinner ). We got a bloke from the Environmental Health to come round and track them down. Cost £50 but not that bad. He found they were coming in through a rusted grate in a ventilation brick, so we patched them, and traps caught the ones aleady inside. They can apparently fit through holes the diameter of a man's thumb. You have to wash and disinfect everything, because mice leave a constant stream of wee whever they walk.

We've thought about getting the council's Environmental Health people in. Does sound like a good idea. Certainly worth £50, if ours charge similar to yours, especially when split between the 4 of us.

The wee, oh yes....filthy beasts like to mark their territory, I guess

[Halcyon]

If only we could charge the mice, pigeons, squirrels, and other animals that come onto our property some rent, we'd make a nifty little proffit, seeing there is atleast one bird on my lawn at anyone time.
Each time they touch down, my bank balance would go up.

However, mice seem to like making holes which technically means you could charge it with "breaking and entering" so you could sue the little evil thing.

[AndrewJ]

Originally Posted by Matt D

One made itself a nice little nest in my housemate's box of weetabix last night...one of my other housemate's heard the noise, opened the cupboard, & screamed her head off.

Sorry but there is no way on earth I could hold a straight face with that lmao.

Well our last resident ate two boxes of poison and said can I have some more more please.

I never found a body but it disappeared after 6 months of me trying to catch it.

I dunno,the wildlife round here keeps trying to muscle into this house.The snails and slugs are the most persistant.

[Marge]

Get yourself a pussy cat, they love to get those pesky mice. My girly cat Mildred used to bring the dead ones home for me but minus their heads She brought one home one day and dropped it on the doorstep but it was still alive and was then running round the kitchen with a big hole in it's tummy and it's guts hanging out I was stood on the windowsill screaming at my b/f to get rid of it..........

Originally Posted by Debsy42

Get yourself a pussy cat, they love to get those pesky mice. My girly cat Mildred used to bring the dead ones home for me but minus their heads She brought one home one day and dropped it on the doorstep but it was still alive and was then running round the kitchen with a big hole in it's tummy and it's guts hanging out I was stood on the windowsill screaming at my b/f to get rid of it..........

No I don't want another cat.It was gut wrenching having to have the last ones put down.

Mind like you say they are terrific for keeping mice down....and frogs...and goldfish....and porkchops.....and chicken joints......and dragonflies.....

Originally Posted by Debsy42

Get yourself a pussy cat, they love to get those pesky mice. My girly cat Mildred used to bring the dead ones home for me but minus their heads She brought one home one day and dropped it on the doorstep but it was still alive and was then running round the kitchen with a big hole in it's tummy and it's guts hanging out I was stood on the windowsill screaming at my b/f to get rid of it..........

pmsl Debsy. Needed that.

This 'summer' say a proliferation of Wood-pidgeons in the area I live in.

While they may be nice to look at, being woken at 06.00 or so every morning by a nesting pair, in a tree less than 50' from you're open bedroom window is not my idea of fun. I think next year will see me starting a campaigne of genocide against the neighbourhood's feathered rats. Plus they taste great in a pie. Yummy.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Caught two so far


I'm hoping there aren't many more....

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Debsy42

Get yourself a pussy cat, they love to get those pesky mice. My girly cat Mildred used to bring the dead ones home for me but minus their heads She brought one home one day and dropped it on the doorstep but it was still alive and was then running round the kitchen with a big hole in it's tummy and it's guts hanging out I was stood on the windowsill screaming at my b/f to get rid of it..........

Agreed. We used to have a problem with mice. Now we have a cat, and the mice don't come anywhere near.

Trouble is, because the little sod has run out of mice, he goes out catching crows now.. Not just any bird, just crows..

Originally Posted by Matt D

Caught two so far


I'm hoping there aren't many more....

which bait was most successful?

- good news, though

Originally Posted by Debsy42

Get yourself a pussy cat, they love to get those pesky mice. My girly cat Mildred used to bring the dead ones home for me but minus their heads She brought one home one day and dropped it on the doorstep but it was still alive and was then running round the kitchen with a big hole in it's tummy and it's guts hanging out I was stood on the windowsill screaming at my b/f to get rid of it..........

Ours brought a dove home on Saturday while we were out and left it there on the kitchen floor minus half of its feathers and its guts. ewwwww

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by homealone

which bait was most successful?

- good news, though

Cheers

Still got bits of mars bar in the traps. Will try peanut butter next.