Topic: There's some mice in my kitchen what am i gonna do?

[Peabee]

If they're rats, get someone out or use these:

https://www.raygrahams.com/products/4855-rentokil-mouse-rat-killer-pasta-bait.aspx?pv=3662&gclid=eaiaiqobchmipk_insgk1giv6b_tch0trabveaqybsabeglbn_d_bwe

We had a nest under the floorboards under the stairs, and we put these about the house.  They took a few to the nest and were wiped out.  It took a while for them to start eating/taking them though, as we only put a few out at first.  It only worked when we put the whole lot out and tried different places. 

You'll be able to tell by the size of their droppings too.  Mouse droppings are tiny; a mm or two. 

[kavah]

RIP

[Tesco tearaway]

Wrong shaped face for a rat; It's an adult mouse.

[Wigwamdelbert]

Further to the shouts for poison, poisoned mice will not die in the cavity wall, or under the floorboards and stink the house out. Yes, they will die, and quite likely to be in those areas, but dead meeses desiccate, not rot, so there is no smell attained for your victorious rebuffal of the invading hordes.
Dead rats, however, DO rot, and DO stink and will ensure a further invasion of bluebottles and other winged pests. So they always have a little dying "up yours" to impart. The bastards.

[Crimson_Tank]

that's a rat, get someone out immmmmmeeediately before they eat all your stashed coats.

True that!

[The Gulleysucker]

That's a baby rat Hass.

And mice don't squeal, at least not audibly from range.

You really need to get the situation sorted, and pronto, they will do a lot of damage.

[Crimson_Tank]

I vote a cat, a small terrier, traps, and a wrist rocket for your eldest.

[Tesco tearaway]

Wrong shaped face for a rat; It's an adult mouse.

Now that I see it on my laptop, rather than my phone, I agree that it's a rat unfortunately   

[hassinator]

so the poison seems to have done the trick. 

last sunday one of them made a break from the under the fridge then croaked in the middle of the kitchen floor. 

we have a low stench under the radiator in the living room but not a single sighting since then. 

will post the body of the final fella once i get it off my phone.

[Claire.]

Have you figured out how they got in?

[hassinator]

Have you figured out how they got in?

so many potential points of entry due to back doors being open in the summer.

annoyingly i've just heard some little twats squeaking behind the cupboards again.

bah.

anywhere here's the one that we found in the middle of the kitchen floor last sunday.

looks like he died making a final break from under the fridge.

[God's Left Peg]

little fucker.JPG

[Crosby Nick]

Is that not a rat again?

[Elmo!]

Is that not a rat again?

100% a rat.

[Crosby Nick]

100% a rat.

What is he gonna do?

[Elmo!]

What is he gonna do?

Rat them out?

Think I'm missing the reference here.

[hassinator]

Is that not a rat again?

not that big.

still warm when i got to it.

we'd had breakfast and went to the shops.

came back to find him dead on the floor.

odd silence for ten days after a summer of squeaking.

thought he was the last but the little fuckers are back.

we're going to have to get that cat.

[Crosby Nick]

That’s lovely. TS Eliot?

[Pistolero]

Get yerself a West Highland Terrier....boss dogs, great ratters

[Claire.]

Probably bollocks and I'm not sure how they do as pets with small kids, but I've been told that ferrets will kill and keep away rats/mice.

[hassinator]

That’s lovely. TS Eliot?

LOL.  old possum vibes.

list of cat names agreed with the kids:

horse
shankly
sturridge
paisley (my dad not down with this one)

any other suggestions?

[hassinator]

Get yerself a West Highland Terrier....boss dogs, great ratters

out of the house all day and wife runs a forest school which means no dogs on site.

i feel a cat - or two of them - can look after itself.

[hassinator]

Probably bollocks and I'm not sure how they do as pets with small kids, but I've been told that ferrets will kill and keep away rats/mice.

something a bit creepy about people with ferrets.

apologies if you are one of them but not the sort of thing i want to be pulling out of my pocket.

[Tesco tearaway]

LOL.  old possum vibes.

list of cat names agreed with the kids:

horse
shankly
sturridge
paisley (my dad not down with this one)

any other suggestions?

Kick.

[rob1966]

Probably bollocks and I'm not sure how they do as pets with small kids, but I've been told that ferrets will kill and keep away rats/mice.

[Crimson_Tank]

LOL.  old possum vibes.

list of cat names agreed with the kids:

horse
shankly
sturridge
paisley (my dad not down with this one)

any other suggestions?

Thor
Bogart
Atilla
Whiskers
Mule

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

Curiosity.

[FlashGordon]

So this is where my pet rats have gone?

[Peabee]

So this is where my pet rats have gone?

It serves you right for breeding rats that will only eat Welsh marmalade chocolate.

[FlashGordon]

Don't know where they picked that habit up. I only trained them to go to the shops for cheese.

[hassinator]

the little fuckers are back.  just saw one scoot across the kitchen floor.

[The G in Gerrard]

I'd move house.

[Peabee]

the little fuckers are back.  just saw one scoot across the kitchen floor.

Do you live in a terrace?  Nests can live under the whole block.  You may need to look at sealing their entry points if the problem is with the area. 

[Wigwamdelbert]

the little fuckers are back.  just saw one scoot across the kitchen floor.

Thing with rats is, they are constantly peeing as they move, so they leave a lovely scent for other rats to follow. Once you have had a rat in the house, you HAVE to find where it got in a get this sealed off, otherwise once you have offed Roland, cousin Vinny just smells his way in the same way. In mine, the last occupant of the house had helpfully bodge-DIY'ed a downpipe into the drain system when putting on the conservatory, then just built decking over this. Ratty access paradise. Suffice to say, I have concreted the shit out of this, better than Fukishima, and no more rats.

[Tesco tearaway]

We had a problem with rats in our old house.
So I went to our local diy store to get some poison. I asked the fella behind the counter what was the best stuff to use. He said there was a new product out that is a paste.
I asked him how to use it and he said "Squeeze some paste onto the tips of your fingers and smear around the rats hole."
"Fkin 'ell mate" I said back "If I can get that close I'll twat the fucker with a brick!"

[Claire.]

something a bit creepy about people with ferrets.

apologies if you are one of them but not the sort of thing i want to be pulling out of my pocket.

I'm not one of those people, we did have a wee mouse coming in not long after we moved in but we got someone out to put stuff down and blocked up entry points, he's not been back!

I see they're back, get down to Battersea and adopt a cat!

[God's Left Peg]

LOL.  old possum vibes.

list of cat names agreed with the kids:

horse
shankly
sturridge
paisley (my dad not down with this one)

any other suggestions?

Graeme

[dudleyred]

We had a problem with rats in our old house.
So I went to our local diy store to get some poison. I asked the fella behind the counter what was the best stuff to use. He said there was a new product out that is a paste.
I asked him how to use it and he said "Squeeze some paste onto the tips of your fingers and smear around the rats hole."
"Fkin 'ell mate" I said back "If I can get that close I'll twat the fucker with a brick!"

 

i laughed at that, way more than i should have!!

[red1977]

LOL.  old possum vibes.

list of cat names agreed with the kids:

horse
shankly
sturridge
paisley (my dad not down with this one)

any other suggestions?

Horse is a good one . Here's a few more for your consideration, courtesy of Bob Mortimer https://twitter.com/i/moments/857103810950565889?lang=en

[Tesco tearaway]

LOL.  old possum vibes.

list of cat names agreed with the kids:

horse
shankly
sturridge
paisley (my dad not down with this one)

any other suggestions?

Schrodinger.