Rodent problem

Away With The Fairies

I might have a rodent problem. I hear scratching in the corner of my room under my wardrobe. I don't know how it got there but I don't know what to do.

Any help?

FintanMcluskey

Is there any other unusual activity?

Not to scare you but paranormal activity is a more likely cause

PsychoPete

The worse part will be when you fall asleep and you feel the little rodent crawling on you

TheValeyard

Parabellum9

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

I might have a rodent problem. I hear scratching in the corner of my room under my wardrobe. I don't know how it got there but I don't know what to do.

Any help?

Couple of snap traps be grand.

mackcracknsack

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

I might have a rodent problem. I hear scratching in the corner of my room under my wardrobe. I don't know how it got there but I don't know what to do.

Any help?

Sorry to hear this and just went through it ourselves. Not a pleasant thing to have.

You need to set traps in the house

Is it a free standing wardrobe or are they between the ceiling and floor?

If free standing just set a few traps and use a Mars bar as bait.

If you think they are internally in the walls which was our case, do below.
2 or 3 under kitchen sink if you can remove the kick board
1 or 2 at your hot press
2 or 3 in the attic if you are able to get up there easily
Basically set the traps anywhere along the pipe network in house. They will eventually come looking for food.
Use Mars bars as bait. They love the nougat and caramel along with chocolate.

Hopefully it is just mice and more than likely that is the case.

Have you had any work done in your house, especially to pipework in kitchen, over the past year or two?

Job for tomorrow, you also need to try and identify any possible entry points into house and block them up.
Check and make sure all pipes from your kitchen are in use and not acting as an entry point if not used.
Check for any holes in our around the house.

Hope this helps

con747

If it's your wardrobe you should know how it got there. Can't help you with the other issue.

Cerveza

Try some loud coitus. Are you a screamer op?

Away With The Fairies

Cerveza wrote: »

Try some loud coitus. Are you a screamer op?

I'm in no mood with creatures watching on.

Cerveza

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

I'm in no mood with creatures watching on.

People all over the country do in front of their cats and dogs so why not? A mouse won’t participate where as a dog could.

Hopefully it's just a big spider.

Away With The Fairies

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Hopefully it's just a big spider.

Making noise?

Pcgamer

Imagine it like a big furry gerbil on your face when your sleeping.

Away With The Fairies

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Making noise?

Found in an old neighbour's workshop about six weeks ago.

FintanMcluskey

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Found in an old neighbour's workshop about six weeks ago.

It’s his workshop now

Away With The Fairies

I'm afraid to sleep

I asked in my local shop for mouse traps after 2 encounters in my bedroom. The woman in the shop said they were sold out. Her exact words:"everyone is being invaded".

I got traps and will set them tomorrow.

Cerveza

The op is away with the fairies.

Cerveza

Deleted User wrote: »

I asked in my local shop for mouse traps after 2 encounters in my bedroom. The woman in the shop said they were sold out. Her exact words:"everyone is being invaded".

I got traps and will set them tomorrow.

Duct tape your bottom.

Away With The Fairies

Is it safe to sleep?

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Found in an old neighbour's workshop about six weeks ago.

You should have put your hand beside it for scale.

Treppen

Put down white pepper. When the mice sniff it they sneeze and smash their heads off the floor.... Kills em stone dead.

Had the same issue this time last year. Maurice and his large extended family. Had to go to considerable lengths to block all potential entry points with wire mesh. Next, a dozen traps at key hideouts around the house to remove unwelcome guests. All sprung within a few days, a couple of stragglers thereafter and they haven't been back since. Electronic repellent plugged in at back kitchen, if they don't take the hint then it's trench warfare.

Away With The Fairies

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Is it safe to sleep?

Yeah it's fine. It's most likely just a mouse (or seven). They might walk around looking for food while you sleep. They won't hurt you.

Cerveza

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Had the same issue this time last year. Maurice and his large extended family. Had to go to considerable lengths to block all potential entry points with wire mesh. Next, a dozen traps at key hideouts around the house to remove unwelcome guests. All sprung within a few days, a couple of stragglers thereafter and they haven't been back since. Electronic repellent plugged in at back kitchen, if they don't take the hint then it's trench warfare.

If you had Maurice and co chances you have Maurice’s big brother Seamus the rat.

Strumms

Ahhh it’s probably only Dermot...

Don’t let the look fool you, he has a masters in Applied Linguistics...

Cerveza

Dermot is mad for the anus shot.

Ninthlife

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

I might have a rodent problem. I hear scratching in the corner of my room under my wardrobe. I don't know how it got there but I don't know what to do.

Any help?

Burn the entire house down

gozunda

Could it be badgers?

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057876630

gozunda

gozunda wrote: »

Could it be badgers?

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057876630

WHAT A PAGE TURNER THIS IS!!

Tony EH

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

I might have a rodent problem. I hear scratching in the corner of my room under my wardrobe. I don't know how it got there but I don't know what to do.

It's the fairies.

Thelonious Monk

I had this problem once years ago and I eventually befriended the cat next door who started then to come in all the time whenever he felt like it. After that the mice just packed their bags and were never seen or heard again.
As soon as little Gypsy came into the kitchen (through the window) he would run over to the cooker where I had seen mice scurry under before, he had them sussed immediately, and the mice were having none of it and took off.
Get a cat OP, or befriend one!

TheValeyard

Is the OP still alive?

ShyMets

TheValeyard wrote: »

Is the OP still alive?

Unknown at this point. But thoughts and prayers

Wibbs

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The woman in the shop said they were sold out. Her exact words:"everyone is being invaded".

That's usual enough around this time of year, the sudden cold snap has rodents looking for shelter in houses and even under bonnets of cars(they love the newer soya based plastics and can chew through thousands in damage). Lay traps as other's have said. The Mars bar idea is a good one. Those electronic sound frequency repellents do work well enough. Get one that switches frequencies. An oddball one is peppermint essential oil. Rodents can't stand the smell of it so throwing a few drops of that around possible entry points can deter the,

Feisar

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

I'm in no mood with creatures watching on.

I used to date a lady that had dogs. The three of them would be in a row watching while I gave her johnny up the orchard.

.anon.

I've always used poison and it's yet to let me down. Never found or even got a whiff of a dead mouse either, so they had the decency to die elsewhere.

I had one mouse a few years ago (he came in through an open door) and I tolerated him for a few weeks because he seemed fairly well behaved. I eventually caught him and transferred him to the shed.

bertiebomber

Get a dog, jack russells are great or a cat but my friend swears by the smell of a snake as in the scales it sheds scares the **** out of any rodents ! Ferrets are good too but bloody smelly that gamey smell like a fox.

Wibbs

.anon. wrote: »

I had one mouse a few years ago (he came in through an open door) and I tolerated him for a few weeks because he seemed fairly well behaved. I eventually caught him and transferred him to the shed.

I had similar in my garage a few years back. Tame at first becoming very tame over time, to the point where I'd give him the occasional snack and he'd come within a foot of me to eat it and wouldn't run away when he saw me. Never came into the house and he lived for nearly two years which is a good age for a mouse I gather(and I've no idea how old he was when I first saw him). I knew it was the same mouse as he had a grey patch on his side.

Cerveza

Feisar wrote: »

I used to date a lady that had dogs. The three of them would be in a row watching while I gave her johnny up the orchard.

You were a brave man one of the three dogs didn’t give you on up your orchard.