Mice everywhere!

[brooklynodog]

Whilst sat in my conservatory about a week ago, I noticed a large house mouse climbing up my bird table and helping itself. The next day I saw two more, since then I have seen up to four at a time in the garden. I have taken all the bird food down to limit food supplies. I think they may be nesting under my shed (there is hole in the floor) I have put down 4 traps with peanut butter (all ignored) and some rat/mouse poison (also ignored) Any advice gratefully received please!!

[Two_Sheds]

Snickers bars are meant to be good bait

[Brengirl]

I do realise that the invasion is tiresome and a total waste of chocolate treats but last year we had a badger lodger. Now that was real scary

[frias]

They do love chocolate the best but they can be clever little devils. The chocolate gets eaten but the traps in my shed never seem to get the mice. I have metal bait stations around the garden and the blue blocks do get eaten so hopefully I'm getting them that way.

[bubblewrap]

Here's a possible solution.
Cooking Rats and Mice

[SMT]

I had mice eating my mangetout this year. Was worried that if it continued they would make a hole in the pumpkins later on in the season. I tried building a few of the cheap DIY ones that you see on youtube but all failed. So I decided to buy various traps. I dont like taking a life so they were all trap and release devices. The most expensive one that should have been capable of trapping 4 at any one time was useless! The best it could do was trap greedy fat slugs!!!!

The best devices that I found were the single tip tubes. Sort of a square black tube bent at 45 degrees. Caught one a night at first. Must use peanut butter seems to work really well.

[frias]

Here's a possible solution.
Cooking Rats and Mice

Note to self. Don't accept any food from bubblewrap!

[pdblake]

Note to self. Don't accept any food from bubblewrap!

Bubble and Squeak?

[frias]

Bubble and Squeak?

He he he . Very good.

[Eco-Chic]

I had mice eating my mangetout this year. Was worried that if it continued they would make a hole in the pumpkins later on in the season. I tried building a few of the cheap DIY ones that you see on youtube but all failed. So I decided to buy various traps. I dont like taking a life so they were all trap and release devices. The most expensive one that should have been capable of trapping 4 at any one time was useless! The best it could do was trap greedy fat slugs!!!!

The best devices that I found were the single tip tubes. Sort of a square black tube bent at 45 degrees. Caught one a night at first. Must use peanut butter seems to work really well.

What did you do with the trapped mice?

[brooklynodog]

Apparently you must release a couple of miles away or they just find their way home

[brooklynodog]

Here's a possible solution.
Cooking Rats and Mice

Got to catch the little b*****s first.

[pdblake]

What did you do with the trapped mice?

See post #5 above.....

[SMT]

What did you do with the trapped mice?

I took them with me on my way to work. Dropped them off about 10miles away.

[Reb Williams]

The best it could do was trap greedy fat slugs!!!!

that is NOTHING to be ashamed of. In fact, be proud.


Reb
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