Getting rid of Mice

How do you know its a 'HIM'?

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

humane mousetraps, screwfix - work beautifully

Couldn't find them. I got mine from a local pet shop.

I was standing in the shed yesterday when a 6" rat rushed out and looked at me. I dropped the toolbox I was holding on it and it is no longer a problem.

Forget the toolbox solution then.

ROFL. Visons of that Russian dish of a very small bird inside a partridge inside a guinea fowl inside a chicken inside..... you get the idea. Anywar, u.f+d.misc, I guess.

Good for Squirrels, too.

You could feed the dead mouse to the dog...

I agree that letting 'em go won't often kill them as long as there's a reasonable alternative habitat.

I have a squirrel make off in a fenn trap once, I thought the tenant had displosed of the trap - I was wrong. I found it.

Shouldn't think they're quick enough, they need to pounce on and hold/disable their prey, they don't often chase it.

You might have one if you have a mad cat who lets them go once they're in the house.

No I can't, don't have a dog...

Doesn't that make a bit of a mess of the bottom of the toolbox?

Owain

That's true enough. My four eat and sleep. Then they sleep some more, before hauling themselves of their beds to eat a little more. Then th effort is all too much and they have to sleep some more. :-)

They're predators. If you feed 'em, they sure as hell aren't going to waste any energy finding food for themselves. Breathe, eat, excrete, sleep, and make babies, and that's about it. See also any documentary on lions.

ha. Ours does that. Brings them inside, plays with them for a while & then gets bored & wanders off... Stupid damn thing. I put down the rentokil things against the walls. That seems to see them off. Of course short rations for the cat means she eats them rather than plays as well.

ha. Ours does that. Brings them inside, plays with them for a while & then gets bored & wanders off... Stupid damn thing. I put down the rentokil things against the walls. That seems to see them off. Of course short rations for the cat means she eats them rather than plays as well.

Not much use on alligators though.

Well, no, but if the OP had alligators (a) he would have said, and (b) the mice would be the least of his worries.

Owain

Ultra sound in my experience will reduce the problem of rodents if not completely eliminate it. Rats, bats or mice seem to be repelled to a degree. You can buy these units from about 20UKP on the high street.

In article , Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt writes

It would be illegal to use it with the intention of disturbing bats.