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Mice in the Garage

  • 26-10-2016 8:49pm
    #1
    deviladvocate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭


    Should I set traps and catch them or just let them be??

    They're only in the garage, not the house (the garage is not attached to the house)... and they aren't rats so they're not really doing any harm right?

    Should I kill the mice running around the garage? 18 votes

    Catch Them
    0% 0 votes
    Leave Them Alone
    100% 18 votes


Comments

  • #2
    Winterlong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭Winterlong


    Car engine on. Doors shut. That will sort it.


  • #3
    s4uv3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 952 ✭✭✭s4uv3


    They'll be into the house as soon as the weather gets a bit colder so you really should discourage them now...


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Keep them as pets.


  • #5
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭pablo128


    Put traps down along a wall. You'll have them all caught in no time.


  • #6
    Ted111
    Closed Accounts Posts: 990 ✭✭✭Ted111


    Just to play devil's advocate mice like rats multiply,
    spread disease and cause structural damage.
    The garden shed is your sudetenland. To save your house,
    and indeed your neighborhood and town you have to
    make a stand.


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  • #7
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    Move your children into the garage and make them catch and cook the mice for food




    Now is the time to teach them valueable life skills


  • #8
    wing52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 278 ✭✭wing52


    Ultrasonic pest repeller. They don't work straight away but they're not a bad idea.


  • #9
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I've had them in the garage and never the house. If there's nothing they can damage by gnawing then they'll do no harm. If you put the car in the garage then you'll have to get rid of the mice.


  • #10
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,896 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Biological control aka get a cat.


  • #11
    secman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,503 ✭✭✭secman


    deviladvocate wrote: »
    Should I set traps and catch them or just let them be??

    They're only in the garage, not the house (the garage is not attached to the house)... and they aren't rats so they're not really doing any harm right?

    Had them in the garage 3 years ago, dropping everywhere, got at box of lawn seed and tried to get at bird seed. One good weekend of traps sorted them out.


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  • #12
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭pablo128


    wing52 wrote: »
    Ultrasonic pest repeller. They don't work straight away but they're not a bad idea.

    Those thing don't work at all from personal experience.


  • #13
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,733 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    If you put your car in the garage they may eat the cabling of the engine and cause hundreds/thousands in damage.


  • #14
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,228 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    It could be worse...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS0fXQN6zrI


  • #15
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    As suggested, get a cat.


  • #16
    gifted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,964 ✭✭✭gifted


    Put on Brendan o Connor on a TV for them.....be gone fairly lively ...


  • #17
    Ted111
    Closed Accounts Posts: 990 ✭✭✭Ted111


    gifted wrote: »
    Put on Brendan o Connor on a TV for them.....be gone fairly lively ...

    This would only teach them that vermin can make it in this
    world. Then they would get aspirations and hope.


  • #18
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,896 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    gifted wrote: »
    Put on Brendan o Connor on a TV for them.....be gone fairly lively ...
    They will have the ISPCA after them if they do that.


  • #19
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,419 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Tie a Jack Russel to a brush handle and use it as spear with teeth .


  • #20
    Stigura
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,576 ✭✭✭Stigura


    I get them in my stables. I leave a peck of horse meal out for them. Not bothering me, down there.

    What sort ye got, OP? Any apple trees ye can access?


  • #21
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Stigura wrote: »
    I get them in my stables. I leave a peck of horse meal out for them. Not bothering me, down there.

    What sort ye got, OP? Any apple trees ye can access?

    Mouse urine can poison feed.


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  • #22
    force eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭force eleven


    You have to get rid of them. They can cause untold damage over time.


  • #23
    323
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,140 ✭✭✭323


    Strange Poll. Ask a question then don't give option to answer it.

    Yes, Kill them.

    Usually get a few with the first cold spell, freaks herself out. Bit of bacon in the mouse traps works great, they love it, never had it take longer than 2 hours to clear them out.

    “Follow the trend lines, not the headlines,”



  • #24
    Stigura
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,576 ✭✭✭Stigura


    Lilyana Scary Southpaw wrote: »
    Mouse urine can poison feed.

    :confused: Errrmm ..... Yes. And then the mice eat it ....?


  • #25
    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    My cat brings me in dead mice all the time. Maybe the mice will attract a cool cat.


  • #26
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Stigura wrote: »
    :confused: Errrmm ..... Yes. And then the mice eat it ....?

    Does the mice no harm.


  • #27
    Stigura
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,576 ✭✭✭Stigura


    Well, thanks for that ..........


  • #28
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Pest control isn't a solid enough reason to get a cat. You can't just fire a cat outside and just hope it does the job. Cats need taking care of. Well, ok, you can just fire them outside and hope for the best, but you shouldn't. Get a cat if you want to own a cat. The pest control is a bonus.


  • #29
    Mr. FoggPatches
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Mr. FoggPatches


    Burn the shed down.


  • #30
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 13,101 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    If you get a cat, you' vet got to look after it but a good mouser is worth its weight in gold.

    Get some traps. The mice will try to get into your house if and when it gets a bit colder. Sort them out now.

    BTW ultrasonic devices are largely useless.


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  • #31
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,737 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    I thought thread title said 'Mice in charge.'

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #32
    sjb25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,406 ✭✭✭sjb25


    Nothing for it gallon of petrol and a match.......

    *Disclaimer* may be an overreaction


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