Does everyone get moths/mice?

Thankfully we’ve never had mice in the house, unless they were dead. (We have 3 cats, 2 of whom are excellent hunters.)

I would recommend having a cat, though I know that this isn’t a guarantee as not all cats are good hunters. Our cat number 3 is useless. He catches mice but can’t hold onto them.

My MIL had a problem with mice. She kept using mouse traps, with limited success as it didn’t solve the problem. She had to find the point of entry they were using and block it off. She no longer has mice now.

We haven’t had a problem with moths either, so I can’t comment on that.

It sounds awful, OP, and I hope you find a solution.

Sorry the WASPS not moths are so tiny

@ArcticBells The moths are SO tiny you can't see them and barely see them when they exit the packet they hatch from. About the size of a full stop.

We constantly have mice and moths. I have those poison boxes behind the kick boards and replace them every so often.

About to smoke bomb the house as moths are reappearing. Have had to replace all our carpets with synthetic as they ruined the wool ones.

Not sure I want to be infested with wasps either! Think I'll try the smoke bomb.

We've never had either but I've probably just jinxed myself!

Never had mice but we do have two cats! Found some carpet moth caterpillars when we were moving out of our old flat

Well I live in a modern apartment on the 5th floor in a city centre so honestly? No! They’re not a sign you’re minging though.

We have mice, moths and slugs. They get in through an air brick (slugs). Moths are the worst as they eat my clothes. Mice are generally in the walls or under floorboards. We can't get rid easily as we're in a terraced house and they can easily go from house to house underneath.

We have tiny little mice in the garden wall. We also have a cat who spends hours patrolling that wall. The only mice in the house have been when we’ve failed to intercept the cat as she comes in.

We've had mice recently, but we're hoping that we've got rid of them, at least for now. When DH spent substantial amounts at the local hardware shop on various means of dealing with them, the salesman told him there seemed to be a bit of an epidemic of mice locally as he was selling all his traps etc almost as soon as they came n.

Based on that experience, I can say:
Sonic mice deterrents - worked for a short time, then they came back and seemed happy to ignore them.
Humane traps: the bastards laughed at them and totally evaded them.
Standard mousetraps: caught one, but no more.
Poison: seems to be what did the trick. I know it's not necessarily approved round here, but when the alternative is leaving the mice to crack on, frankly I'm going for it.

I am fighting a never ending battle against moths. Mice I have had, but rarely. More commonly I get Bank Voles, but they only seem to come inside in the Winter, and not every year. We had a Shrew for a while last year, he was very sweet.
I live rurally.

We had moths in our old flat. Had to Chuck loads of clothes, get new carpets and that eventually got rid of them.

Now live in an older property full of inaccessible holes and so had nice a few times. Get pest control in as soon as you can, all the stuff you do yourself doesn't cut it IMO.

Only had mice in the loft once. Moths occasionally.

We had a mouse in our garage once. We’ve never had moths.

There was a thread recently about carpet moths and parasitic wasps were suggested. I googled them and they sound effective - they're tiny but target the moth larvae and lay their own eggs in them, which hatch even more wasps to eat the moth larvae. Sounds a bit gruesome but too small to notice (hopefully!)

Seriously, you can get wasps, like you can get bees by post? And what do they do/where do you deploy them exactly?

Carpet moths are definitely spreading.

In London almost everywhere I lived has had carpet moths. My work place has them. the office next door has them. these are really aggressive moths that don't just eat in the dark behind the furniture but in bold daylight infront of the windows

My grandparents lived in an area to the mid/north of England never had carpet moths ever. Two years ago one of their carpets was chomped to buggery.

Uk infestation I reckon.

Mice everywhere - town and country.

Completely baffled by the amount of people living with mice 🙈 I’ve lived in the countryside for 20 years and never had a single mouse in the house or in the walls. I don’t think I’d ever sleep again!

Had a bloody awful time with mice last year. Then I suspect an old mouse carcass led to a load of bluebottles coming in. We had a mini plague of cluster flies last autumn as well. I've just started to notice a few more moths as it warms up. It's like a free for all sometimes & I consider myself very clean & tidy with no clutter so not sure what else I could do to prevent pests.
I used to really hate spiders but I don't care now, at least they're harmless & eat flies!

Had mice in 2 rental flats we lived in, in London. It was horrible. They were not shy either. I was sat in the living room and saw something at the corner of my eye, one was just casually sniffing around. I couldn’t sleep properly for months, the fear of one crawling into bed with me kept me awake. We tried to get rid of them humanely but in the end had to call pest control (since our useless landlord wouldn’t help)
Never got mice or moths in our new build house.
We live in a Victorian terrace now & so far, we’ve not had them but we do get these weird beetles from time to time.

The moth onslaught is relentless.
So were the mice until we got a cat.

Never had moths but currently have at least one mouse family under the kitchen cabinets. We're having pest control out in a few days to get rid of the furry little bastards as we've not had much luck ourselves.

Had mice in 3 out of 5 homes I’ve owned. Apparently to do with age of home to some extent as the ancient ones had lots of ways for them to get in. Also shady gardens that encouraged snails which are prime mouse food.

Had moths in London and couldn’t get rid of them at all but they died off when we moved away.

Currently have ants and can’t get rid of them at all.