Investigating scratching between levels

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Soldato
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While sitting here I have just heard a scratching noise above my head, in what appears to be between the ground and first floor of the house.
Scratching and associated squeaking of some description for 5 or 6 seconds, now all is quiet again.
Haven't heard anything like this before, been in the house 18 months, house is about 9 years old, solid construction, well repaired, no signs of all potential ways for the wee nasty's to get in.

What's the best way to proceed with investigating and removing the offenders?
There are no signs of mice or rats anywhere in the house, I've just checked everywhere, so any ingress is new.
I am unsure how to even access the section I heard the noise from without ripping up carpet and floorboards, or taking down a ceiling.

Helpful suggestions welcome.
 
Yes it is how to introduce poison or trap to between the levels of the house, I can place a few above the kitchen, through removed spotlight bulbs, then replace the bulbs, I can access the roofspace and trap/poison it, in case the can manage to move using the cavity, (which should be filled)
I just can't think of how else to access this interspace.

I am bewildered as to where they got in, everything seems to be sealed.
 
Well if it is a single mouse, then it will have such small bodyweight that if it dies it'll desiccate, and doubt it would smell.
I am more concerned if it can work its way in and out somehow to get food.
 
Well I shall take down a few spots place a trap or two near them, leave a couple of nights, and check for casualties.
Searched the entire house today, only found one piece of damaged points, on the eve corner of a bay window, resealed it. I doubt the mouse could have got 8 foot up with only a window to climb, so its not likely the entry source, which now has me very vexed as to how on earth it got to where it is.
 
No kills in the traps thus far.
Still to get a sighting, or a sign of actual poresence, so far only hearing noises, and when i removed the spots to place the traps above, i shown a camera phone around each in circles to have a check, all nice and clean, no pills etc.
Pondering if the regions with spots are clear of mouse presence, but I am reasonably sure i hear the noises in that vacinity.

Meh give it another day, still cant for the life of me work out a potential way to get into that area.
 
Indeed, well one killed, caught in trap.
I took down a spot put a trap up there, one kill from two traps.
Reset the trap will check again tomorrow.

Still unsure of entry location but there remains nothing to suggest they have been beyond the area between floors.

I repointed one piece at the end of a baywindow, will wait and check for noises in the coming days, see if loft traps or interrlevel traps catch anymore.

Might be a loner, threw it in the garden waste bin before thinking to check the sex, and it reeks in there so cba to check through to see if it was female, should have checked and cut open if it was.
Too damn tired to think straight.
 
Secondary kill.
Trap in different area, smaller mouse, female.

There was another trap sprung, wondered if it was one mouse sprung survived then swiped by second trap, or a third one still about, guess I will listen for noises and see how things progress.
 
Ah, interesting, I'd never thought of actually letting them go.
Don't see what that would achieve, they'd come back, or annoy someone else, or be cat food.
Better to die swiftly via broken neck.
 
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