Eeek!! Have you got mice?

imalone

Nitefly said:

We got rid of mice by using a plug-in gadget from B&Q which emits a high-frequency sound which only mice (allegedly) can hear, and don't like. 

The mice have not been back for over 2 years now, so it seems to have worked.  However we don't have any pets so I can't say for certain that it doesn't affect cats or dogs.

Cats have about the widest hearing range of any animal except possibly some bats (they are adapted to be able to hear mice), so probably wouldn't be too keen. Anyone see the series on cats the BBC did last year?

Humane traps are basically an exercise regime for mice, unless you have somewhere really far away to release them.

Hootsmon

Nitefly said:

We got rid of mice by using a plug-in gadget from B&Q which emits a high-frequency sound which only mice (allegedly) can hear, and don't like. 

The mice have not been back for over 2 years now, so it seems to have worked.  However we don't have any pets so I can't say for certain that it doesn't affect cats or dogs.

do B&Q have an IN LAWS version of this gadget?

DesVegas

howabout this???

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tattoo-Machine-Rat-Trap-Foot-Pedal-Handmade-Custom-Switch-UK-/181663776880?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

Col_Decker

Alas for the Mice the war is over.

 

They put in a strong showing and even took an impressive 0-9 lead, but it turned out all I needed was to score two points to claim total victory. Final score was 2-9 to me.

 

We thought they'd only just moved in as we've never heard them before, and it looks like we got the two adults before they had a chance to make their mouse army. Its been 3 days since the last sighting / kill. Traps remain intact, bait remains uneaten, the little dummy baits I placed remain uneaten. The mice are dead, the war is over. Breathin' the free air.

not_the_dj

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/46/46161a72a202acd6468b1b02c2d9ad0f07db49bf4d5c72db635595e6efaa61e3.jpg

Col_Decker

^^ Agreed. I have left a couple of traps standing guard over the (known) entrance.

not_the_dj

Col_Decker said:

^^ Agreed. I have left a couple of traps standing guard over the (known) entrance.

Pretty much what Grand Moff Tarkin said to Vadar, and look how that ended ;-)

robinbowes

There was a knock at the door. It was the Mother-in-Law. I knew it was her because the mice started throwing themselves onto the traps.

RIP Les.

underdog

DesVegas;515162" said:

howabout this???

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tattoo-Machine-Rat-Trap-Foot-Pedal-Handmade-Custom-Switch-UK-/181663776880?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

I'm so buying that for my wife.

ROOG

Bucket trap bated with peanut butter

 

http://fivegallonideas.com/bucket-mouse-trap/

thermionic

Col_Decker said:

Alas for the Mice the war is over.

Its been 3 days since the last sighting / kill. Traps remain intact, bait remains uneaten, the little dummy baits I placed remain uneaten. The mice are dead, the war is over. Breathin' the free air.

3 days is nothing. They'll be back.

fastboy

Use the humane traps with some food in there if it's rats. They've worked for me every time and once you have them caught in the trap then you can drown them in a bucket whilst still in said trap Field mice I don't kill as they're so tiny I just tend to take them up the road and then release them. 

As has previously been said, don't buy a cat specifically for mice as they actually bring mice in (plus birds, frogs, voles etc etc) for you who were never anywhere your house so that's a waste of time. Our two during the summer bring in no end of animals as 'presents' for you so you're at a disadvantage for having them in that respect although one advantage is that they seem to be spectacularly good at eating spiders and moths so we never seem to have any kicking around the house