Mice??

eok56 · 20-11-2012 03:55PM #1

saw a mouse last April so set traps all around the house...caught two mice, kept the traps down.... nothing else!

Change the traps regularly have tried butter, cheese, ham, chocolate and bacon rind...caught nothing else..

My friend stayed over about 3 weeks back she thinks she felt a mouse (I know ewwww) so changed all the traps again and nothing!!

I put a carton of duty free cigarrettes (bought for my friend when in hols) in the hotpress about 6 weeks ago... went to get them out the other night and the bag, either end of the carton and 3 boxes on either end of the carton had been chewed upon...
reset all the traps again and put one in the hot press where I hadn't one before....still nothing!!

Haven't had the courage yet to clear out the hot press and investigate...my xmas decorations are stored there so will have to sooner rather than later...

Any more tips???

ronan45 · 20-11-2012 04:31PM

eok56 wrote: »

saw a mouse last April so set traps all around the house...caught two mice, kept the traps down.... nothing else!

Change the traps regularly have tried butter, cheese, ham, chocolate and bacon rind...caught nothing else..

My friend stayed over about 3 weeks back she thinks she felt a mouse (I know ewwww) so changed all the traps again and nothing!!

I put a carton of duty free cigarrettes (bought for my friend when in hols) in the hotpress about 6 weeks ago... went to get them out the other night and the bag, either end of the carton and 3 boxes on either end of the carton had been chewed upon...
reset all the traps again and put one in the hot press where I hadn't one before....still nothing!!

Haven't had the courage yet to clear out the hot press and investigate...my xmas decorations are stored there so will have to sooner rather than later...

Any more tips???

Works for me everytime

Nice Strong Cheddar Cheese
OLD style hard to set traps. Forget about those new easy set pieces of crap
Melt the cheese down (i use a boiling kettle and a large spoon over it)
Drip the cheese into the recess where it will go hard and cant be taken off only chewed down on;)
Leave them anywhere there was activity...... Theres a few other threads on here too re same have a look through :cool: happy trapping
GAME OVER

eok56 · 20-11-2012 04:32PM

by old style do you mean the wooden ones with the spring???

20-11-2012 04:35PM

Mice go mad peanut-butter/Nutella. I find it works better than cheese.

ronan45 · 20-11-2012 04:38PM

eok56 wrote: »

by old style do you mean the wooden ones with the spring???

Yeah I used to hate setting them, but i tried the easy set ones and wasnt impressed:)

eok56 · 20-11-2012 04:42PM

ronan45 wrote: »

Yeah I used to hate setting them, but i tried the easy set ones and wasnt impressed:)

Ya they the ones I have, will try the melted cheese and the nutella/peanut butter!
Thanks

Zeppi · 20-11-2012 09:09PM

Peanut butter always worked for me

doolox · 20-11-2012 09:18PM

...when setting traps. The old style traps in large numbers set along where mice run is best.

Of course warn all users of confined spaces such as airing presses etc of the location of traps.

Check daily to recover bodies and avoid smells of dead mice.

Check all outside walls etc for holes...a mouse will get in through a hole as small as 7mm.

Only use concrete or metal for sealing holes, mice will gnaw wood or sealant or plaster and get through to the inside.

MicktheMan · 20-11-2012 10:41PM

go to youtube and search for "bucket mouse traps".

tsuzmir · 21-11-2012 12:28AM

just caught 2 mice on lidl marcipan bar...

vicwatson · 21-11-2012 12:32AM

Or the fat of a rasher works on the trap too

eok56 · 21-11-2012 12:33AM

vicwatson wrote: »

Or the fat of a rasher works on the trap too

Tried this in hotpress, where they had devored the cigarrettes but nothing!!

Mech1 · 21-11-2012 12:38AM

Obvious, put a cigarette on the trap!

eok56 · 21-11-2012 12:40AM

Mech1 wrote: »

Obvious, put a cigarette on the trap!

lol!! might just work!!

Cork24 · 21-11-2012 12:42AM

any Chance of getting Mink Piss ?

open the bottle and pour some in the hot press.. does the Trick for me drives them out of the house, don't like using poison as they could end up Rotting under the floor boards

T-K-O · 21-11-2012 12:43AM

Grease from a pan.... also the old school traps. The ones that scare ya when setting them

alexonhisown · 21-11-2012 01:16AM

Peanut butter always works for me and try not to get human scent on traps. Use disposable gloves when setting.

You might have more sucess if you cleared out the hotpress. Mice will scurry along the skirting board, so place the trap along the skirting board so they run into trap.

I agree, the easy set traps are not great, I have had a few disasters with those. I recommend these ones, they are easy set, but very strong.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/OFFER-STV-Big-Cheese-One-Touch-Set-Up-Ultra-Power-Mouse-Traps-Pack-2-STV148-/400312199106?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Garden_Plants_Weed_Pest_Control_CV&hash=item5d347767c2

Millem · 25-11-2012 02:46PM

eok56 wrote: »

saw a mouse last April so set traps all around the house...caught two mice, kept the traps down.... nothing else!

Change the traps regularly have tried butter, cheese, ham, chocolate and bacon rind...caught nothing else..

My friend stayed over about 3 weeks back she thinks she felt a mouse (I know ewwww) so changed all the traps again and nothing!!

I put a carton of duty free cigarrettes (bought for my friend when in hols) in the hotpress about 6 weeks ago... went to get them out the other night and the bag, either end of the carton and 3 boxes on either end of the carton had been chewed upon...
reset all the traps again and put one in the hot press where I hadn't one before....still nothing!!

Haven't had the courage yet to clear out the hot press and investigate...my xmas decorations are stored there so will have to sooner rather than later...

Any more tips???

Two years ago I caught 9 mice!!! All with mars bars in traps. I was told to lay them near wall as mice run in a straight line? I used the cheap wooden ones and threw them away with mice intact after one use as supposedly they can smell mouse blood and humans?

WHU · 26-11-2012 08:09PM

Always used bits of Mars bars with cotton tread squashed through it and around the little peg. If the bait becomes loose the tugging on the cotton will trigger the trap.

looksee · 26-11-2012 08:18PM

Millem wrote: »

Two years ago I caught 9 mice!!! All with mars bars in traps. I was told to lay them near wall as mice run in a straight line? I used the cheap wooden ones and threw them away with mice intact after one use as supposedly they can smell mouse blood and humans?

Yes and yes

eor123 · 12-12-2012 09:54PM

I have thhe same problem, they seem to be dodging the traps somehow, but today I found this, and wasnt sure if they are mouse or rat droppings, they seem very big!

eok56 · 12-12-2012 11:45PM

eor123 wrote: »

I have thhe same problem, they seem to be dodging the traps somehow, but today I found this, and wasnt sure if they are mouse or rat droppings, they seem very big!

O dear they look very Big for mice. . If i find something like that Im moving out!!!!! I still havent caught anything!!

eor123 · 13-12-2012 01:07AM

eok56 wrote: »

O dear they look very Big for mice. . If i find something like that Im moving out!!!!! I still havent caught anything!!

Oh Christ! I put down poison, blue powder and pellets mixed in with a biscuit! Horrible yolks altogether...

Cerco · 13-12-2012 06:45PM

Not a good idea to use poison in your home. The pests will die, in the most inaccessible place, and cause a prolonged dreadful smell.

Traps are the best solution.

Millem · 13-12-2012 07:08PM

Cerco wrote: »

Not a good idea to use poison in your home. The pests will die, in the most inaccessible place, and cause a prolonged dreadful smell.

Traps are the best solution.

This time last year there was a horrendous smell in work now I mean horrendous smell, turns out retokil had laid poison for the creatures and they had died under the floor. Honestly I nearly got sick.

Millem · 13-12-2012 07:09PM

eok56 wrote: »

O dear they look very Big for mice. . If i find something like that Im moving out!!!!! I still havent caught anything!!

I don't think they are from mice! The mice droppings that were in my house were tiny tiny black specks

Dtp79 · 13-12-2012 07:15PM

eor123 wrote: »

I have thhe same problem, they seem to be dodging the traps somehow, but today I found this, and wasnt sure if they are mouse or rat droppings, they seem very big!

Absolutely rat droppings. No doubt. As for mice, I agree about the mars. Use the caramel to hold it in place with choc side up. I also re use the traps several times.

eor123 · 13-12-2012 11:48PM

Its one thing mice, I can handle them, but RATS???

What kind of bait attracts them, and will the normal mouse traps kill them, or will they just make them angry? They are disgusting creatures....

le la rat · 13-12-2012 11:49PM

We had one die in the wall. Smell for a month and a half was brutal. Thankfully gone now.

Cork24 · 13-12-2012 11:51PM

Parents had bird feed in those feed cage things in the back one day turned the lights on saw about 4 rats on the wall and one trying to jump onto the cage

Tobad I didn't have. BB gun

Dtp79 · 14-12-2012 12:06AM

eor123 wrote: »

Its one thing mice, I can handle them, but RATS???

What kind of bait attracts them, and will the normal mouse traps kill them, or will they just make them angry? They are disgusting creatures....

If a mousetrap went off while a rat was on it the rat would probably catch the arm with one hand and laugh as he ate the bait. If you want to catch a rat don't use poison. Use a rat trap. It's a much bigger version of the basic mouse trap. Also tie it to something cause sometimes the rat might only be partially caught and run off with the trap attached and die in a place you can't find. Horrible smell.

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