Mouse P

[Harbo]

I have been doing some work with brass in my shop. A few days ago I noticed some small patches of black corrosion on it which I cleaned off.
Today I noticed some more and
some on the steel engineers square I had left out. Then I saw the droppings!!
Mice - so out with the traps with everything put under cover.
No food in the shop - must be coming in for warmth and shelter.
Just wish their waste products were not so corrosive?

Rod

 

[Max Power]

Make sure its from mice and not their larger relatives Rod . Rats p can be very detrimental to health if touched

 

[Harbo]

Pretty sure it's mice - the droppings are too small?


Rod

 

[DaveyP]

Mars bar as bait in the traps is supposed to be even more tempting than cheese.

P.S only a little bit is required in each trap... don't use a whole bar

 

[Jensmith]

Yeah, I think it's pretty well known that mice don't actually like cheese. Chocolate is good though I'm told.

 

[Dibs-h]

Glue traps and some chocolate biscuit sprinkled on them work wonders!

Dibs

 

[thecoder]

Yeah, I think it's pretty well known that mice don't actually like cheese. Chocolate is good though I'm told.

They are not too keen on my cat either

 

[mailee]

Yep, mice love chocolate. I caught over twenty in our home in traps using chocolate spread. Got fed up with catching them in the end and put down poison....they all dissapered then??? :lol: We do have a golf course at the back of the house and I think that is where they were coming from.

 

[DaveyP]

We do have a golf course at the back of the house

Are they members ?

 

[Richard S]

Country members, apparantly!

 

[Harbo]

Field Mice - caught two last night.
Wonder how far I have to take them so they don't come back?
Their urine is pretty powerful stuff!

Rod

 

[Karl]

Rod - if you were nearer you could hire my cat for a very reasonable rate - he's a great mouse catcher Problem we have is that he catches them from the field behind us then brings the buggers in the house to play with :evil:

Cheers

Karl

 

[Harbo]

Thanks for the offer - some neighbours have cats - perhaps that's why the little blighters take shelter with me?

Rod

 

[Tony Spear]

Problem we have is that he catches them from the field behind us then brings the buggers in the house to play with :evil:

Cheers

Karl

And it's not a myth about them running up your trouser leg attempting to escape.

DAMHIKT

 

[Racers]

Hi, Tony

Not so painfull as a kiten runnng up the back of your leg in the morning as you stand there in your underpants :shock:

Pete

 

[ricasso]

Peanut butter will work as good as chocolate, I believe its what the pro's use.

 

[mailee]

Oh I just couldn't use peanut butter......I would eat it all Yum Yum.

 

[Harbo]

Caught 4 so far - using pieces of apple.

Rod

 

[dickm]

Half a Malteser - never fails!

Some years back, although I didn't know it, there was a tiny hole around the waste pipe from our sink. The mice literally poured in through there - we caught 18 in about a fortnight, and our elderly, totally blind, cat accounted for another two. The hole can't have been more than about 5mm across, but stopping it up finally cured the problem.

 

[ossieosborne]

Raisins or sultanas are my bait of choice in the "Little Nippers". Less messy than peanut butter.

SWMBO won't let me use chocolate!

Oz