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

[hassinator]

over the past couple of years we've been in denial about encroaching mice coming in from the garden.

it would seem the little swine have colonised somewhere under the floorboards on the ground floor.

last night i came into the kitchen to find one of them sitting in a frying pan on the cooker.

further investigation revealed droppings behind the cooker where we keep the olive oil etc.

when i go online for remedies to this situation i'm bombarded with big brand selling advice.

can RAWK give me a steer on a DIY solution?

do i need to get some sonic deterrent?

which traps work best?

i don't want dying mice under the floor boards to stink out the house.

all useful advice welcome.

[Lfsea]

over the past couple of years we've been in denial about encroaching mice coming in from the garden.

it would seem the little swine have colonised somewhere under the floorboards on the ground floor.

last night i came into the kitchen to find one of them sitting in a frying pan on the cooker.

further investigation revealed droppings behind the cooker where we keep the olive oil etc.

when i go online for remedies to this situation i'm bombarded with big brand selling advice.

can RAWK give me a steer on a DIY solution?

do i need to get some sonic deterrent?

which traps work best?

i don't want dying mice under the floor boards to stink out the house.

all useful advice welcome.

IEDs scattered randomly on your lawn. That'll learn them.

[The Gulleysucker]

Get a cat....

But seriously, try these... or similar.

I believe chocolate spread as a bait sometimes works very well, though no doubt others will have their favourites.

[hassinator]

IEDs scattered randomly on your lawn. That'll learn them.

lovely wife is protesting that IEDs may have an impact on our children.

[redbyrdz]

Went throught the whole 'don't want to kill them' thing a few years ago when we had mice. Used live traps, the little twats just ate the bait of them without setting them off. Called the council in the end who just put poison down, that did it. Didn't see or smell any dying mice. The lad from the council said the whole terrace had them, even if you catch a couple, you'll just get the neighbour's.

[Lfsea]

lovely wife is protesting that IEDs may have an impact on our children.

You could scatter them less randomly and map their location on a chart in the kitchen so the kids know where to tread #compromise

[The Gulleysucker]

Alternatively, you could always go all Anthony Newley Pop goes the Weasel and get one of these little killers...



Mouse problem sorted tout de suite....

[stoa]

Well, it's originally about getting rid of carnies, but... Fire!!!!

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[BarryCrocker]

Call Astro.

[redk84]

I'm gonna fix that mice!

[RJ320]

Quite a squeaky situation this

[Danny Boys Dad]

Bonjela

[Titi Camara]

Do you have anything that needs fixing Hass?

[El Lobo]

They're absolute fiends for Nutella or other branded chocolate spreads

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

Teach them to play the organ.

[Chakan]

Get a clock.

[El Lobo]

Get a clock.

Goodison must be infested, poor bastards

[Chakan]

Goodison must be infested, poor bastards

Mice and termites, the horror!!

[Peabee]

Went throught the whole 'don't want to kill them' thing a few years ago when we had mice. Used live traps, the little twats just ate the bait of them without setting them off. Called the council in the end who just put poison down, that did it. Didn't see or smell any dying mice. The lad from the council said the whole terrace had them, even if you catch a couple, you'll just get the neighbour's.

I had a similar experience and the poisoned bait worked.  We had a bit of a smell for a bit, but it soon cleared up.  We had to put a lot down because the mice seem to be random with feeding habits.

[rob1966]

I tried the humane trap in my Mums, she kept knocking it and triggering the trap, one day I opened it thinking she'd done it again and a very sweaty mouse came flying out. In the end I used a proper trap and monster munch. I had to build a little passageway as the first time the mouse got the bait without setting it off. Next time, one squashed mouse.

[S]

Get mice on a regular basis thanks to my cat. Brings them in but tortures them rather than kill them, a complete sadist.

I've found humane mouse traps are the way to go. You just need to be careful setting them up and strategic in terms of where you put them - they seem to only walk along the very edge of a room, so put them in corners and other little nooks they might fit into.

Also, I use parmesan rather than regular cheddar or whatever. It was the only thing I had in the house one day and seemed to work far better than anything else.

[Ziltoid]

lovely wife is protesting that IEDs may have an impact on our children.

Priorities!

[fiveways]

A .22 air rifle works for me

[rob1966]

Get mice on a regular basis thanks to my cat. Brings them in but tortures them rather than kill them, a complete sadist.

I've found humane mouse traps are the way to go. You just need to be careful setting them up and strategic in terms of where you put them - they seem to only walk along the very edge of a room, so put them in corners and other little nooks they might fit into.

Also, I use parmesan rather than regular cheddar or whatever. It was the only thing I had in the house one day and seemed to work far better than anything else.

Yes, they stick to the egdes and will have a regular route - usually you can see little mouse turds to help you find them.

[fiveways]

My sister came screaming out of her bedroom many moons ago coz she had been lying there sqeezing what she thought was a crunched up piece of tissue inside her pillocase in the corner - then it dawned on it had a tail - haha - the little blighter must have got in but couldnt find its way out and suffocated i guess -

[The Bournemouth Red]

Just on a side note, is behind the cooker the best place to store flammable cooking oil?

[hassinator]

Get a cat....

But seriously, try these... or similar.

I believe chocolate spread as a bait sometimes works very well, though no doubt others will have their favourites.

thanks gulley.  both my sisters allergic to cats so unfortunately a non-starter.

i'm not in a particularly humane mood with these little fuckers but these are a good call.

[hassinator]

Get mice on a regular basis thanks to my cat. Brings them in but tortures them rather than kill them, a complete sadist.

I've found humane mouse traps are the way to go. You just need to be careful setting them up and strategic in terms of where you put them - they seem to only walk along the very edge of a room, so put them in corners and other little nooks they might fit into.

Also, I use parmesan rather than regular cheddar or whatever. It was the only thing I had in the house one day and seemed to work far better than anything else.

i think they've been breeding.  we're seeing the little shits skidaddle across the kitchen floor in broad daylight. 

impudence in full effect.

[hassinator]

Yes, they stick to the egdes and will have a regular route - usually you can see little mouse turds to help you find them.

the only droppings we've found are behind the kitchen though we also hear them rattling under the floor boards.

[hassinator]

Just on a side note, is behind the cooker the best place to store flammable cooking oil?

it's in a jazzy recess put there by previous owners.  they've done a great job tbf. 

[SP]

Bait the traps with milk chocolate.

[JonnyDubb]

Bait the traps with milk chocolate.

Also from experience, they love prawn cocktail flavoured crisps. They targeted them in a Walkers Classic multipack we had. And don't use the sticky pad traps. They'll just chew their leg off and leave it stuck to it with a bunch of helpless spiders.

[Trada]

Get a cat....

But seriously, try these... or similar.

I believe chocolate spread as a bait sometimes works very well, though no doubt others will have their favourites.

I had mice in my Kitchen and thats the trap I bought. stuck a chocolate button to the end and ended up catching 3 of them in the end.

Haven't seen any more for ages but still have the trap setup just encase.

[reniformis]

Peanut butter has worked best for me the couple of times I've had mice. Their food of choice is nuts/grains/seeds and the oiliness of the butter makes the smell stronger. Stick a big peanut in it so the little fucker tries to dig it out. Top tip: wrap some cotton or dental floss over the bait so the mouse has to chew through. If the bastard gets through that and steals the bait without springing the trap it probably deserves to live TBF.

[richiedouglas]

Plenty of good traps on amazon. Victor clean kill traps (grey tunnel) are prolific.

We keep our traps outside but nutella is our bait of choice. For the ones who taunt us we treat them to parma ham and the next morning theyre in the trap.

[Crimson_Tank]

Small dog will do them, terrior.

[hassinator]

Small dog will do them, terrior.

wife anti-dog. she knows she will be doing most of the walking and runs a forest school so we'd have to park it during the day.

number one son just spotted one in the living room this morning.

grrrr!  it's war.

[hassinator]

Plenty of good traps on amazon. Victor clean kill traps (grey tunnel) are prolific.

We keep our traps outside but nutella is our bait of choice. For the ones who taunt us we treat them to parma ham and the next morning theyre in the trap.

thanks for this richie.  do you use the manual version or the electric version?

[hassinator]

shout out to hackney council who will deal with this in three visits for £136.44.

will let you know how we get on.

[redbyrdz]

shout out to hackney council who will deal with this in three visits for £136.44.

will let you know how we get on.

You're paying for it? Its free up here.