Mice in ceiling

tramoreman77 · 08-07-2016 07:47PM #1

I've been hearing a mouse I hope it's a mouse running and scratching on the ceiling while I'm down stairs ,up in the bedroom I heard him running again,how can I catch him or them obviously if he dies he will smell out the place any advice .hes in the floor boards so how or where do I leave traps

FrJGHackett · 08-07-2016 07:49PM

Set the gaff alight. Should get him.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 08-07-2016 07:50PM

Move out, there's probably an entire family. They're the worst

Sam Kade · 08-07-2016 07:51PM

If you hear scratching it must be a rat.

08-07-2016 07:52PM

If you can hear vague scratching, prob a mouse.

If you can hear the thud thud thud as its foot hits plasterboard, prob a rat.

Very different, don't think a mouse would stink out the place for long. Even rats can be okay, guess it's probably to do with the air circulation, sometimes they can be vile.

Poison is okay, think some of them based on the idea that the mouse or rat gets thirsty and leaves to look for water. Or heard that before.

tramoreman77 · 08-07-2016 07:53PM

Sam Kade wrote: »

If you hear scratching it must be a rat.

What do I do

Guy:Incognito · 08-07-2016 07:53PM

Shotgun. Or better still, 5 shotguns.

selastich2 · 08-07-2016 07:55PM

running and scratching? Gremlins

kneemos · 08-07-2016 07:56PM

Sam Kade wrote: »

If you hear scratching it must be a rat.

If you hear a voice revealing what you did that summer in Majorca, it's a rat.

tramoreman77 · 08-07-2016 07:56PM

Seriously I have kids in the house ,no jokes please

B.A._Baracus · 08-07-2016 07:56PM

Put the traps in the attic and you'll be sorted. Mice / rats get everywhere and they love that dark environment like your attic.

Set a few traps and give them a few days.

buried · 08-07-2016 07:57PM

Its DJ Usain Bolt on the ones and twos

beertons · 08-07-2016 07:57PM

Send a pussy up there. If it doesn't eat them, they'll get heart failure from the stench.

The_Valeyard · 08-07-2016 08:01PM

It's not a mouse,

ITS MEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Outlaw Pete · 08-07-2016 08:01PM

Buy a sexy mouse from the pet shop and put her on the sofa watching TV. Then when he pops down to chat her up, nab the fcuker.

Seriously though: they hate ammonia and so put a few drops on rags and push them down into any gaps like radiator pipes etc. That will send them back out the way they came in.

Sam Kade · 08-07-2016 08:02PM

tramoreman77 wrote: »

What do I do

They are coming in from outside, obviously so if you put poison down in short lengths of 4" pipe in a few locations. Rats run near walls or near cover so that would be the best place to put the bait. Only put down a few blocks because if you put down too much the will just store it. Also don't replace the bait until the first batch is gone. Put a few traps under the floor boards with peanut butter as bait that will get rid of the ones inside.

ted1 · 08-07-2016 08:02PM

Get a few traps, bait them with peanut butter and place them in the attic along the beams.
Go out side and walk around the property looking to see how they are getting in .
If it's a pebble dash house you may see loose pebbles or paint on the ground . Look for drain pipes etc that there getting up. Get a sheet of ply and cover your water tank as they need water and that could be there source.

A pest control company will charge about 140 euro for enough visits till there gone.

In the past I've used : http://www.completepestcontrol.ie/?fullweb=1
And would recommend them. If you are renting , then get your landlord to sort the issue.

failinis · 08-07-2016 08:02PM

Set some traps (get large ones incase it is a rat not a mouse).
Use bait like peanut butter and they stay and lick/nibble instead of grabbing cheese and running.
If that fails consider laying some poisoned food but that does mean possible stench of rotting rat/mouse.
I would recommend a terrier dog but not for an attic.

hairyslug · 08-07-2016 08:03PM

Get a raven or a big mental bird up there, once it's got the mouse, send a cat up for the bird, you'll need a dog for the cat then, do you reckon you could fit an elephant up there

tramoreman77 · 08-07-2016 08:04PM

Sam Kade wrote: »

If you hear scratching it must be a rat.

ted1 wrote: »

Get a few traps, bait them with peanut butter and place them in the attic along the beams.
Go out side and walk around the property looking to see how they are getting in .
If it's a pebble dash house you may see loose pebbles or paint on the ground . Look for drain pipes etc that there getting up. Get a sheet of ply and cover your water tank as they need water and that could be there source.

A pest control company will charge about 140 euro for enough visits till there gone.

In the past I've used : http://www.completepestcontrol.ie/?fullweb=1
And would recommend them. If you are renting , then get your landlord to sort the issue.

Yes out the back there's pebbles on the end of the path just put side the patio everytime or every morning the pebbles are scattered but I looked and can't see how the hell they could get in that small area ,thanks

topmanamillion · 08-07-2016 08:04PM

Set some traps for a start. Even if it/they are in the floorboards there's a strong chance they are venturing out in search of supplies. Obviously be safe and follow the instructions on the trap. If you have children or pets lock the room doors where the traps are.

You may be lucky and it's just one mouse/rat and the trap catches him.

Have a look around up stairs and in the attic and look for holes or ways in and seal them with caulk or filler.
If your setting poison it's probably best to not do this as you want them to escape when they start searching for water after taking poison. Also be mindful of poisoned vermin falling into your water tank and contaminating your water. Close/seal your water tank if exposed.

If it's exclusively traps your using work away.

It's also worth looking around upstairs and in the attic for any sources of food and removing them. My mother's house had a similar problem and when I investigated the attic I found a bag of grass seed that they'd been feasting on.
I removed it and the mice went too.

selastich2 · 08-07-2016 08:06PM

delete faceboook
lawyer up
hit the gym

buried · 08-07-2016 08:06PM

Nemesis...... · 08-07-2016 08:14PM

The mice will come out around pipes,through holes in drywall etc,set traps around the place with melted chocolate on them
Dont buy any prebaited traps or stuff like that (dont work) get the bog standard wooden ones,if you are hearing them in the ceilings
place traps near obvious entry points like in the hotpress etc under sinks

I caught a heap of them this year coming out from under the fridge,most with the same trap (its a myth that once a trap has
caught a mouse no other mouse will go near it)

Melt the chocolate into the bait reciever,make him have to work for it

Happy hunting

RayM · 08-07-2016 08:18PM

Humane traps are another option. Depending on how old your kids are, they might enjoy catching them, setting them free, etc.

Allyall · 08-07-2016 08:20PM

Get a cat or a ferret.

stimpson · 08-07-2016 08:26PM

RayM wrote: »

Humane traps are another option. Depending on how old your kids are, they might enjoy catching them, setting them free, etc.

Yeah. A shite option. We tried them years ago. 3 days in we said fcuk it and got real traps. 24 hours later no more mice.

Get the real traps. Use peanut butter. Place along walls. Expanding foam when you figure out how the fcukers are getting in.

Capt'n Midnight · 08-07-2016 08:34PM

Get some lizards to eat the mice.

But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?

No problem. We simply unleash wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.

But aren't the snakes even worse?

Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.

But then we're stuck with gorillas!

No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.

alexonhisown · 08-07-2016 08:41PM

I know how u feel, i panicked when i first realised we had mice. Are you sure its a mouse, if its just the attic, could birds be getting in? we have mice every year from oct to april, we never get them during the summer. We had a pest control company out and they couldnt find where they were getting in, and told us not to use poison because if they die under floor boards, they will smell awful, so i have become an expert in catching them, We use traps with peanut butter in, put under kitchen cupboards, with trap open facing wall, they run along the skirtings and into trap, also put traps in attic, hot press and utility room, mice wont make it into house if u place traps in places where they are likely to enter house from inside wall cavity

tramoreman77 · 08-07-2016 08:54PM

alexonhisown wrote: »

I know how u feel, i panicked when i first realised we had mice. Are you sure its a mouse, if its just the attic, could birds be getting in? we have mice every year from oct to april, we never get them during the summer. We had a pest control company out and they couldnt find where they were getting in, and told us not to use poison because if they die under floor boards, they will smell awful, so i have become an expert in catching them, We use traps with peanut butter in, put under kitchen cupboards, with trap open facing wall, they run along the skirtings and into trap, also put traps in attic, hot press and utility room, mice wont make it into house if u place traps in places where they are likely to enter house from inside wall cavity

Thanks

08-07-2016 08:58PM

stimpson wrote: »

Get the real traps. Use peanut butter. Place along walls. Expanding foam when you figure out how the fcukers are getting in.

If they are rats and they've established a run, they may gnaw through foam, them feckers will even get through concrete, have heard of people mixing in glass and tacks to deter them.

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