mice everywhere in house

TDevlin · 13 Nov 2011 at 12:11

I'd personally rather have mice than a cat.

Now a dog trained to catch mice, that's what you need.

Monkeynut · 13 Nov 2011 at 12:30

Fred said:
Have you tried Acme Corporation? They usually sell great items for getting rid of vermin.

Last time I had mince I just used peanut butter in traps.

I'm not sure mince and peanut butter in traps makes for a nice dinner. :eek:

Brookert · 13 Nov 2011 at 12:30

TDevlin said:
I'd personally rather have mice than a cat.

Now a dog trained to catch mice, that's what you need.

As lovely as the dog would be, a mouse catching dog would probably smash your house to pieces in the process. I've got the worlds clumsiest labradoodle!

TDevlin · 13 Nov 2011 at 12:41

Brookert said:
As lovely as the dog would be, a mouse catching dog would probably smash your house to pieces in the process. I've got the worlds clumsiest labradoodle!

Ha you're probably right, it would be like something straight out of a cartoon with tables, lamps etc flying everywhere. The dog would love it though

opethdisciple · 13 Nov 2011 at 12:45

We had a rat problem a few years ago.

We ended up killing 7 large sewer rats, which had come over to our house, becuase the next door neighbours, keept rice etc in their garage.

We killed them using big old industrial rat traps with bait. (White Chocolate)

It worked. Just stick em out at night and in the morning your find dead mice.

Dont use poison, becuase the mouse will eat it, then go off and die somewhere where you cant get too and then your have a bigger problem!

STINK!

Pestilence · 13 Nov 2011 at 13:35

Get a NAT.

ron3003 · 13 Nov 2011 at 15:22

Dead mice dont smell though. Dead rats on the other hand give off a pong that'll make your eyes water.

Turambar · 13 Nov 2011 at 15:30

Stan_Lite said:
This guy speaks the truth. I once caught three mice in three nights (one each night) on a single trap baited with a strawberry cream Quality Street.

I knew there was a reason they kept those vile things around. Now, what are orange creams good for?

Liverpool-Lad · 13 Nov 2011 at 16:09

Monkeynut said:
I'm not sure mince and peanut butter in traps makes for a nice dinner.

panyan · 13 Nov 2011 at 16:12

2blue4u said:
Get two cats - never one.

If the dog doesn't like it - get rid.

If your brother doesn't like the idea of getting rid of the dog, then get rid of the brother.

I suspect that your mouse infestation is largely caused by food scraps and waste being left around. And a large part of that problem will be dog food. Get rid of the dog.... Oh! I already mentioned that

+1000

i have two cats - the mice dont stand a chance

needforspeed · 13 Nov 2011 at 16:47

Mice are lactose intolerant.

Kennysevenfold · 13 Nov 2011 at 16:55

Try those ultrasonic things you plug into a socket in the wall?

Brookert · 13 Nov 2011 at 18:01

Kennysevenfold said:
Try those ultrasonic things you plug into a socket in the wall?

They dont work

my dog got more angry at it than the mice, he pulls it out of the socket!

^TANK^ · 13 Nov 2011 at 18:11

Zefan said:
Get a cat.

Then the inevitable happens, they become one.............

weescott · 13 Nov 2011 at 18:39

If your house is dilapidated then you are always going to have problems. They *could* be coming in from outside.

Get Bob the Builder in!

Energize · 13 Nov 2011 at 18:59

Nicotine works very well as a poison, have you tried that?

Mark A · 13 Nov 2011 at 19:07

I have the same problem, but with slugs instead of mice. I have come to the conclusion that they are able to teleport, as their trails start and stop in the centre of the kitchen floor :eek:

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Grimley · 13 Nov 2011 at 20:03

Buy a plug in residual current circuit breaker. Plug something in into it (say a cheap figure of eight lead)

Smear said lead with some sort of food substance.

Mouse will eat food & chew through live wire - electrocuted to death - job done.

Dunno if this will work, but it would be fun seeing what could happen to said fried mouse.

bhavv · 13 Nov 2011 at 20:14

Cats are crap at this job, get one of these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Terrier

That things like having 100 cats when it comes to killing rats.

TDevlin said:
Now a dog trained to catch mice, that's what you need.

Yup, see my link.

Bar · 13 Nov 2011 at 20:14

try the humane traps - smear peanut butter etc on the end. There is no risk of it not triggering as it uses the mouses own weight. Then you can either take it for a long walk before releasing it into the wild or see how far it can fly from a catapult.