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nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I've got a mouse problem, not the thing attached to my computer, the furry little four legged bastards. They're holding a disco in the loft every night, running about and chewing up the insulation. I've tried putting down the poison bait but they turned their noses up at that. I even tried mixing it with breakfast cereal and they ate the cereal and left the poison granules.

Anyone else have this problem and did you solve it.
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,685
    nuffingman wrote:
    I've got a mouse problem, not the thing attached to my computer, the furry little four legged bastards. They're holding a disco in the loft every night, running about and chewing up the insulation. I've tried putting down the poison bait but they turned their noses up at that. I even tried mixing it with breakfast cereal and they ate the cereal and left the poison granules.

    Anyone else have this problem and did you solve it.
    Have you tried traditional traps & cheese instead of poison?
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,334
    this scares the shit out of me. I hate mice so much. We killed a mouse with the combination of a garden leaf blower and a heavy sewing machine. True story........
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  • PJSerfPJSerf Posts: 637
    Glue traps will do the trick.
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,685
    pjfan31 wrote:
    this scares the shit out of me. I hate mice so much. We killed a mouse with the combination of a garden leaf blower and a heavy sewing machine. True story........
    Mice aren't too bad to deal with, so long as you get them before your walls are filled with shit.

    I recommend the mouse trap method if poison isn't working. Then either call an exterminator or get a cat or two ;)
  • lalalalaaaaaaaalalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    traps

    the poison doesn't really work
  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,685
    PJSerf wrote:
    Glue traps will do the trick.
    Good advice, never thought of that...poor mice...
    Careful though:
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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    pjfan31 wrote:
    this scares the shit out of me. I hate mice so much. We killed a mouse with the combination of a garden leaf blower and a heavy sewing machine. True story........
    A bit excessive. :eek:

    I think I'd better get some traps. What's the best bait? Thanks all.
  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    PJSerf wrote:
    Glue traps will do the trick.
    Whats a glue trap? :(
  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,685
    nuffingman wrote:
    Whats a glue trap? :(
    It's sort of like a tape strip you hang for flies, I believe.
    Not a pleasant death if you are a mouse.
  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Rygar wrote:
    It's sort of like a tape strip you hang for flies, I believe.
    Not a pleasant death if you are a mouse.
    They deserve it. Great Youtube link. :)
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,334
    nuffingman wrote:
    A bit excessive. :eek:

    I think I'd better get some traps. What's the best bait? Thanks all.

    it was in my sis room. I was shit scared, I have a fear of them. we had to use what was handy. I hope it never happens again. It had to be done. My room is just next door. No fucking way it was getting in there.
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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    pjfan31 wrote:
    it was in my sis room. I was shit scared, I have a fear of them. we had to use what was handy. I hope it never happens again. It had to be done. My room is just next door. No fucking way it was getting in there.
    LOL. :D You live in a country where there are more creatures to kill you on land or in the sea than any other country on the planet and a mouse does this to you.
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,334
    nuffingman wrote:
    LOL. :D You live in a country where there are more creatures to kill you on land or in the sea than any other country on the planet and a mouse does this to you.

    Yep. And to be totally honest with you, the deadly spiders don't scare me. I don't like them, I just go and kill them I killed a funnel web last week, and last year I killed 2 funnel webs a red back and a white tail in the space of a week. I have patted a snake. But mice and rats i can't stand.

    I guess it is my fear, my phobia. Some have a fear of heights or flying etc, but the mice and rats are my weakness.

    If i got a rat on the loose in my house, I would move out.

    I'm about to go to sleep, I'm going to have nightmares now :D
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,925
    nuffingman wrote:
    A bit excessive. :eek:

    I think I'd better get some traps. What's the best bait? Thanks all.
    Try peanut butter.
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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    pjfan31 wrote:
    I killed a funnel web last week, and last year I killed 2 funnel webs a red back and a white tail in the space of a week. I have patted a snake. But mice and rats i can't stand.
    Lifes just one big adventure for you isn't it. I think I've changed my mind about wanting to visit Aus.
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Mice are sweet little things but very destructive. Putting a trap out yourself will most probably not solve your problem if you have a number of them. You may get one or two, but the rest will not be so stupid.
    Get a professional in - one who will capture them all humanely and take them away for you. If you do want to do it yourself, get a humane cage trap, bait the mouse with crunchy peanut butter, fruit or nuts (they also have a sweet tooth and love chocolate), then release the mouse outside. Once you are rid of the mice, you need to block up any holes that let them in.

    Poison is evil and cruel and the mouse is most probably going to go die in a hard to reach place. A glue trap or 'snap' trap is evil and cruel too.
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    We're having a serious mouse problem as well...caught 9 so far!! :eek:
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  • GreenTeaDiseaseGreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    humane traps with peanut butter.
  • ReleaseMe...ReleaseMe... Posts: 494
    Poncier wrote:
    Try peanut butter.
    i concur....spread it on a trap BEFORE YOU SET IT
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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    nuffingman wrote:
    They deserve it. Great Youtube link. :)

    What a pain. But whatever you decide to do, please, please get rid of them in a humane way. :)
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    As a cat person, my response is to have at least one cat. We never see mice, due to 6 cats, and cats make great pets.
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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    What a pain. But whatever you decide to do, please, please get rid of them in a humane way. :)
    ..but then they may come back or visit someone elses house. :eek:
  • rival.rival. Posts: 7,775
    when i was living at my parent's, my bedroom was in the basement of their house, and i occassionally heard mice in the ceiling, and even saw one run across my carpet.

    we put glue traps in the ceiling and bought this device that you plug into an electrical socket, and it emits a very high pitch sound that only animals/rodents can detect, and it drives them insane and they have no choice but to flee your house. worked like a charm! did not hear or see mice the second we plugged it in.

    about a week later, my sister brought her dog over and it started flipping out, running in circles and barking it's head off. we didn't know what was wrong, but then my dad remembered that we had that device plugged in, so he pulled it out and the second he did, my sister's dog calmed down and was his normal self. no joke! check it out... you should be able to find it in your local hardware store.
  • macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    nuffingman wrote:
    I've got a mouse problem, not the thing attached to my computer, the furry little four legged bastards. They're holding a disco in the loft every night, running about and chewing up the insulation. I've tried putting down the poison bait but they turned their noses up at that. I even tried mixing it with breakfast cereal and they ate the cereal and left the poison granules.

    Anyone else have this problem and did you solve it.


    House of Mouse.

    this isnt a problem... the chances of a theme park developing in your house are increased by 1 percent!
  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    Get a 3 month old kitten and don't overfeed it.
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,334
    nuffingman wrote:
    Lifes just one big adventure for you isn't it. I think I've changed my mind about wanting to visit Aus.


    Haha, it's not that bad, What are you scared? :D Australia is the best country in the world. Don't let that put you off. And plus we are better at cricket then you English, and last time we played you in soccer/football we beat you 3-1. Australia is just the best.
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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Haha, it's not that bad, What are you scared? :D Australia is the best country in the world. Don't let that put you off. And plus we are better at cricket then you English, and last time we played you in soccer/football we beat you 3-1. Australia is just the best.
    I am not taking the bait, and neither did the mouse, ha ha ho ho! :p
    Must check the traps this evening. I think all the mice are stil there but I'm missing a finger.
    Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    Get a 3 month old kitten and don't overfeed it.
    Keep on putting the cat in the loft may prove a bit of a pain.
    macgyver06 wrote:
    House of Mouse.

    this isnt a problem... the chances of a theme park developing in your house are increased by 1 percent!
    Err? Thanks
    singularity wrote:
    we bought this device that you plug into an electrical socket, and it emits a very high pitch sound that only animals/rodents can detect, and it drives them insane and they have no choice but to flee your house. worked like a charm! did not hear or see mice the second we plugged it in.
    Do these things really work? I saw one yesterday and wondered. Do you need more than one or can they hear this from anywhere in the house?
  • Im still hereIm still here Posts: 826
    nuffingman wrote:
    A bit excessive. :eek:

    I think I'd better get some traps. What's the best bait? Thanks all.

    peanut butter works best

    they love that shit
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  • given2fly78given2fly78 Posts: 404
    Get a cat????

    Even though I'm not sure my super domesticated lazy ass cats would know what to do with a mouse. Maybe bat it around a bit. I don't think they have it in them to kill. I've created lazy bums.
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