Jump to content

Mouse in the house


Houseoflego

Recommended Posts

Houseoflego Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Hi,

>

> We are suddenly overrun with mice. Anyone else?

> Also is there a good local mouse exterminator

> service?


This is the optimum time of year for mouses, breeding and scampering. They live beneath floorboards and between walls in old houses.

AJ Farmer have a good selection of mouse poison, mice particularly liked the pink loose grains. Obviously don't encourage them with crumbs and food left out. Good luck.

Assuming you don't have a cat, mice don't like peppermint oil (also clove oil, cayenne pepper and others)- soaking cotton wool balls with oil or making a spray with water and oil mix and placing balls or spraying in areas you've seen the mice will help put them off. Also filling gaps between floors and skirting, around pipes etc. with wire wool or even bubblewrap inserted with a knife (yes, I've done that in two rentals and it helped a lot!). Some people swear by sonic units you plug in, but don't use them if you have pet rodents (hamsters, gerbils, mice etc!).


More ideas here: https://dengarden.com/pest-control/5-Simple-Ways-to-get-rid-of-Mice-without-Killing-Them


NB: peppermint oil is toxic to cats so don't use if you have a cat (http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/blog/essential-oils-cats/)

I have never tried them, but I have heard of https://superproof.co.uk/ - they seal the access points rather than set traps.


Depending on where you are in the Crudelia DeVil - tree hugger spectrum, have you thought of glue traps? Especially if the likely access point is through the kitchen, and the traps can be placed behind some kind of panel (i.e not in the middle of the kitchen).


In my experience, one of the key issues is that building standards in this country are worthy of the third world and builders always leave huge holes, especially in the kitchen, which then become a kind of segregated mouse superhighway that would be the envy of any Lycra-clad cyclist.


The problem with baited traps is that they might attract mice that would not have otherwise entered your property. Glue traps are not 'nice', but I'm not sure that ending up locked in one of those 'humane' boxes is much better. AFAIK under English law there is a requirement to check traps regularly and avoid undue suffering, but this applies equally to any trap.

  • 2 months later...
The Eliminator Pest Control provides personalized service & affordable rates for all domestic & commercial pest control in Gold Coast & Tenterfield using the safest methods possible to eliminate termites, bed bugs, insects, pests & other unwanted guests. Visit theeliminator.com.au for more details!

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Latest Discussions

    • Every year they ask for more and every year it is an exhausting process pushing back on that for local residents and councillors. What annoys me is that at the post event consultation/ feedback this year, I specifically asked them if the rumours around applying for two weekends next year were true. They told me no. So that was a lie. Anyway, we go again. 
    • Double In New or great condition  Or super comfortable air bed Any1 pls
    • Rant ahead: You're not one of them but unfortunately, there's a substrate of posters here that do very little except moan and come up with weird conspiracy theories. They're immediately highly critical of just about any change, and their initial assumption is that everyone else is a total fucking contemptible idiot. For example: don't you think that the people who run the libraries will have considered the impact of timing of reconstruction on library users? (In fact, we know they have - because they've made arrangements at other libraries to attempt to mitigate the disruption). After all, these are the people that spend their whole working week thinking about libraries and dealing with library users (and the kids especially). You don't go into the library game for the chicks and fame - so it's fair to assume that librarians are committed to public service and public access to libraries, including by kids. Likewise the built environment people (engineers, architects, construction managers, project managers, construction contractors, subcontractors or whoever is on this job) are told to minimise disruption on every job they do. The thing that occurs to us as amateurs within 30 seconds of us seeing something is probably not something a full time professional hasn't thought about! Southwark Council, the NHS, TfL, Dulwich Estate, Thames Water, Openreach - they're not SPECTRE factories filled with malevolent chaosmongers trying to persecute anyone. They're mostly filled with people who understand their job and try to do their best with what they've been given - just like all of us. Nobody is perfect or immune from challenge, and that's fair enough, but why not at least start from the assumption that there's a good reason why things have been done the way they have? Any normal person would be pleased that their busy, pretty, lively local library is getting refurbished, and will have more space and facilities for kids and teens, and will be more efficient to run and warmer in winter. But no, EDT_Forumite_752 had kids who did an exam 20 years ago, and this makes them an expert on library refurbishment who can see it's all just stuff and nonsense for the green agenda and why can't it all be put off... 😡😡😡
    • I completely misread the previous post, sorry. For some reason I thought the mini cooper was also a police vehicle, DUH.
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...