Vermin!

[Tezcatlipoca]

AGH! We have mice in the kitchen


Little furry beasts have come in from outside somehow, & seem to be coming up into the kitchen via a hole on the side of the step into the kitchen.


Put some traps down, currently baited with bits of Mars Bar.


Bloody things...

[Chimaera]

Sounds like you could do with a visit from my dog - she catches mice, rats, flies, wasps (ouch) and always brings the evidence to show you!

we get those in our garage, best bait we found was cat food and fat balls that you feed birds with

Originally Posted by Chimaera

Sounds like you could do with a visit from my dog - she catches mice, rats, flies, wasps (ouch) and always brings the evidence to show you!

and the odd peterborian

[dilli-theclaw]

Buxom woman tells me that she used to have pet rats and mice!!!!

I am so glad she doesn't now...

[Chimaera]

Originally Posted by gary_580

and the odd peterborian

Do you mean me or my dog? and who are you calling odd

[Tezcatlipoca]

I don't hate mice themselves, it's the thought of them all running around the kitchen, leaving their evidence behind, & getting into the food.

Thought about using poison, but then you don't know if they actually have been killed....unless they crawl off somewhere to die & you get a plague of flies...


So we've got some nice simple traps. Set the trap. Splat. Bin the mouse. Re-set the trap...

Originally Posted by Chimaera

Do you mean me or my dog? and who are you calling odd

i thought all peterborians were odd but apparently not in your view

Originally Posted by Matt D

I don't hate mice themselves, it's the thought of them all running around the kitchen, leaving their evidence behind, & getting into the food.

eeewwww reminds me of the Flour in the Chris T house!

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by gary_580

eeewwww reminds me of the Flour in the Chris T house!

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.

Originally Posted by Matt D

I don't hate mice themselves, it's the thought of them all running around the kitchen, leaving their evidence behind, & getting into the food.

Thought about using poison, but then you don't know if they actually have been killed....unless they crawl off somewhere to die & you get a plague of flies...


So we've got some nice simple traps. Set the trap. Splat. Bin the mouse. Re-set the trap...

yes - peanut butter works and is easy to apply

- chocolate should be melted onto the bait tray......

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by homealone

yes - peanut butter works and is easy to apply

- chocolate should be melted onto the bait tray......

Cheers Gaz

[Chimaera]

Originally Posted by Matt D

I don't hate mice themselves, it's the thought of them all running around the kitchen, leaving their evidence behind, & getting into the food.

Thought about using poison, but then you don't know if they actually have been killed....unless they crawl off somewhere to die & you get a plague of flies...


So we've got some nice simple traps. Set the trap. Splat. Bin the mouse. Re-set the trap...

Yeah - all very well in theory - but those mice are cunning, they can remove food from traps without harming themselves!
When I had 'visitors' a few years back I started out with the traps which failed dismally - and after a couple of weeks I put the poison down, carefully because of the dog catching them (!) You will soon know if one dies and is hidden somewhere - the smell of rotting mouse is - erm - distinctive to put it mildly!

[Chimaera]

Originally Posted by gary_580

i thought all peterborians were odd but apparently not in your view

Speak as you find, that's what I say!

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by Chimaera

Yeah - all very well in theory - but those mice are cunning, they can remove food from traps without harming themselves!
When I had 'visitors' a few years back I started out with the traps which failed dismally - and after a couple of weeks I put the poison down, carefully because of the dog catching them (!) You will soon know if one dies and is hidden somewhere - the smell of rotting mouse is - erm - distinctive to put it mildly!

Yuk. Hopefully these mice are stupid, & we won't need to use poison.