Comments on: There’s a mouse in the house…

By: motherofmadcatsandbabies

motherofmadcatsandbabies — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:38:57 +0000

We got Mickey and his mate. So far no signs of any more. The cats are well fired!! 😉

By: motherofmadcatsandbabies

motherofmadcatsandbabies — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:38:24 +0000

In reply to Wendy.

Thank you. We ended up with kills traps and so far we have caught two mice and have since not seen any or found evidence of them so we are hoping we have dealt with it!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:19:35 +0000

I’m afraid kill traps or poison boxes are the only sensible solution, unpleasant though it is. Humane traps don’t work well – if the mouse goes in, it can probably chew its way out, and unless you check it very frequently, it’s not very humane at all.
Look at it this way – trap it now and you might have to kill one, maybe two mice. Avoid the issue and in a few months you’ll need to kill dozens, with all the associated health hazards. The old-fashioned nipper traps are effective, and normally kill the mouse instantaneously if it tries to eat the bait.

By: Rosie (@greenrosielife)

Rosie (@greenrosielife) — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:05:43 +0000

Apologies for the late reply to this #AnimalTales post, I really thought I had read and commented and then realised I haven’t done any and the next Animal Tales is tomorrow. Am I forgiven?

Have you had any luck getting rid of Mickey? We too have had mice in the house and one even sat in the cat’s food bowl with the cat looking at it. Did the cat chase him – did he heck!!

By: chickenruby

chickenruby — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 09:39:21 +0000

a quick google and i found this:

put peanut butter on the handle of a spoon, sticking out over the work surface with a bucket underneath, as the mouse goes along the spoon to get it’s treat, the spoon and the mouse fall into the bucket, let me know how you get on

By: Ersatz Expat

Ersatz Expat — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 18:38:59 +0000

Oh it is awful when they get in. Have you tried catching it up in one of those ball throwers you get for dogs. My father has managed that a few times and then deposited the mouse outside (while his two lurchers looked on with languid disregard). If we can’t catch them humanely we always resort to the old fashioned traps. Not nice but better than poison (which makes them crawl away to a warm spot to die and leaves the house smelling). Hope you manage to find a solution soon.