Mouse.
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Soldato
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Thars a moose, loose, aboot thas hoose.
We had a mouse in our garage a few weeks ago. I scoured the Internet looking for humane DIY traps. In the end I came up with 3 'designs' which the mouse outsmarted me on every single one.
The first was an empty kitchen tissue roll tube balanced on the edge of a surface with peanut butter on the end stuck out - mouse goes down the roll and tips it up into a waiting tall bucket, mouse eats all the peanut butter, then jumps out of the bucket (not intended).
The second was a 4 pint milk carton with peanut butter in the bottom, rested up against something at an angle with the idea it would be too sloped/slippery to get back out. Peanut butter gone and no mouse.
The last one was the empty 2 litre pop bottle with the top 1/3rd cut off and inverted and stuck in the top of the bottom 2/3. Again, the peanut butter was gone and the mouse somehow got out.
In the end I bought this Rentokil trap from Homebase for about £4.
Used peanut butter again (peanut butter or chocolate spread is recommended - they like 'wet' bait) and within literally 5-10 minutes I'd caught it.
We drove about 5-10 minutes away to a woodland area and released a small but very fat mouse with a penchant for crunchy peanut butter, and it hasn't come back. I read you have to take it a decent way away from your home or else it will return.
The first was an empty kitchen tissue roll tube balanced on the edge of a surface with peanut butter on the end stuck out - mouse goes down the roll and tips it up into a waiting tall bucket, mouse eats all the peanut butter, then jumps out of the bucket (not intended).
The second was a 4 pint milk carton with peanut butter in the bottom, rested up against something at an angle with the idea it would be too sloped/slippery to get back out. Peanut butter gone and no mouse.
The last one was the empty 2 litre pop bottle with the top 1/3rd cut off and inverted and stuck in the top of the bottom 2/3. Again, the peanut butter was gone and the mouse somehow got out.
In the end I bought this Rentokil trap from Homebase for about £4.
Used peanut butter again (peanut butter or chocolate spread is recommended - they like 'wet' bait) and within literally 5-10 minutes I'd caught it.
We drove about 5-10 minutes away to a woodland area and released a small but very fat mouse with a penchant for crunchy peanut butter, and it hasn't come back. I read you have to take it a decent way away from your home or else it will return.
SkodaMart
SkodaMart
One I caught at my friends farm....
SkodaMart
SkodaMart
A couple of Xmas' ago I was storing some recycling just outside the backdoor waiting for the local tip to open... anyway somehow someone decided to chuck food in there.
Next thing I know the Mrs is running around like a loon, screaming the place down... she saw a mouse in the bags.
So I go out there, move the bags and the thing flys across me but it corners itself.... I grab a spade, and have 2 blasts at it, but the thing evades me both times.
Then its surreal, he just sits there staring at me... not moving, just looking into my eyes... as if he had accepted his fate. I take the chance and plonk the spade on his head and scoop him up to chuck into the woods out back as he still fits.
Sad when I think about it, but had to be done.
Next thing I know the Mrs is running around like a loon, screaming the place down... she saw a mouse in the bags.
So I go out there, move the bags and the thing flys across me but it corners itself.... I grab a spade, and have 2 blasts at it, but the thing evades me both times.
Then its surreal, he just sits there staring at me... not moving, just looking into my eyes... as if he had accepted his fate. I take the chance and plonk the spade on his head and scoop him up to chuck into the woods out back as he still fits.
Sad when I think about it, but had to be done.
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I've noticed a few more mice about since my cat died earlier in the year, saw one in the garage the other night. I just said 'alright mate?' and carried on with what I was doing.
He seems to be the only one around so not too bothered at the moment, haven't noticed any droppings or anything gnawed at yet. I'll let him stay for Christmas and kick him out in the spring when it's warmer.
He seems to be the only one around so not too bothered at the moment, haven't noticed any droppings or anything gnawed at yet. I'll let him stay for Christmas and kick him out in the spring when it's warmer.
Just put some poison down, ring rentokil if you want it sorting quick.
I had mice before and they ate sop much stuff (in garage) cost me well over £1000 to replace what was ruined so ignore all the be humain garbage just kill them (there will be more than 1)
I had mice before and they ate sop much stuff (in garage) cost me well over £1000 to replace what was ruined so ignore all the be humain garbage just kill them (there will be more than 1)