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MOUSE IN THE HOUSE

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WineLover21 · 16/10/2024 13:25

We've got a mouse in the house.

I'm TERRIFIED! How do I get rid of it asap!? It's even coming out in the day!!!!!

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IcedPurple · 22/10/2024 20:08

WineLover21 · 22/10/2024 18:33

@IcedPurple peanut butter and Nutella.

No sign of the mouse and I found a little hole he was running between and blocked it up.

He's not been back since!

Also using bait blocks. I've got about 6. No sign of him, no droppings, nothing... where has he gone?

That's a good choice of bait as it's sticky and irresistible to the little critters!

If he literally hasn't taken the bait and you've not seen signs of him you may be in luck!

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WineLover21 · 22/10/2024 18:33

@IcedPurple peanut butter and Nutella.

No sign of the mouse and I found a little hole he was running between and blocked it up.

He's not been back since!

Also using bait blocks. I've got about 6. No sign of him, no droppings, nothing... where has he gone?

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IcedPurple · 22/10/2024 18:14

WineLover21 · 22/10/2024 16:47

So the traps have been out since last week and I haven't seen the mouse since! Nor have I caught him?

What bait are you using?

Has the mouse taken it while dodging the traps?

ElaborateCushion · 22/10/2024 16:57

He may have found his own way out again then - you never know. If he has, unfortunately it possibly means others will find their way in again, but you'll just have to wait and see unfortunately!

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WineLover21 · 22/10/2024 16:47

So the traps have been out since last week and I haven't seen the mouse since! Nor have I caught him?

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Lilith666 · 20/10/2024 09:27

Awww, OP, he is really cute!! It's odd that he is avoiding all the traps. I think he just loves living with you, perhaps it's time to give him a name!!

TheRealKatnissEverdeen · 19/10/2024 16:25

OrangeCorduroy · 17/10/2024 23:22

I wouldn't be saying this if it was my house but that is really cute 😂

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That was my first thought too and I had them six months ago and did not think they were cute at all!

iamtheblcksheep · 18/10/2024 18:17

I am absolutely terrified of the fuckers. I live rurally these days. Bait the traps with mars bars. Really squish if on there. You also need either a jack russle or a cat. Best of luck.

PlantHeadNo5 · 18/10/2024 18:12

WineLover21 · 18/10/2024 18:04

Fab. Thank you.

It's back again this evening and avoiding every trap! It's not nocturnal at all.

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Mice aren’t nocturnal, they’re mostly crepuscular but when needed they will be active at any point of the day.

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WineLover21 · 18/10/2024 18:04

lamiconds · 18/10/2024 09:55

As a Londoner, have to say - just get pest control in.

They know how to get the buggers in a way that you can't replicate with home traps/poisons. They know how they behave, the routes they will take etc.

Mice can reproduce every few weeks, the longer you faff around with trying to DIY it, the more you will have to deal with.

Trust me, we have been there.

I recommend Porters Pest control if you're in South London

Fab. Thank you.

It's back again this evening and avoiding every trap! It's not nocturnal at all.

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KnittedCardi · 18/10/2024 10:13

London is known for it's crafty mice. DD has been in two third floor flats that mice have managed to get into. Amazing.

She has just moved to a ground floor, and the previous owner didn't sort out the mouse problem, despite saying he would. So, she has a mousey family living in her boiler cupboard. The bait has gone, but the mouse is still visiting..... I think she needs to get the pest man in.

lamiconds · 18/10/2024 09:55

As a Londoner, have to say - just get pest control in.

They know how to get the buggers in a way that you can't replicate with home traps/poisons. They know how they behave, the routes they will take etc.

Mice can reproduce every few weeks, the longer you faff around with trying to DIY it, the more you will have to deal with.

Trust me, we have been there.

I recommend Porters Pest control if you're in South London

ElaborateCushion · 18/10/2024 09:48

OrangeCorduroy · 17/10/2024 23:22

I wouldn't be saying this if it was my house but that is really cute 😂

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I do quite often say that when I've caught and released one!

"Aah - that was quite a cute one"!

MegaClutterSlut · 18/10/2024 09:48

I paid £70 for the local council pest control to come last year when I had a rat. That included 1 weekly visit for 6 weeks.

The bastards are back again though, same time as last year. Heard chewing under the floor boards the other night. They haven't gained access inside yet. Ordered bait boxes/ poison to hopefully deal with it myself

ElaborateCushion · 18/10/2024 09:37

KnittedCardi · 16/10/2024 22:12

Well, we have a healthy population of owls, raptors, foxes etc. Every time I chuck a mouse over the hedge it gets eaten. You should see the number of Red Kites that follow the harvesters around. No lack of mousey snacks in our neck of the woods.

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We've stopped binning dead mice. Just chuck them on the lawn and a kite will come quickly enough! Saves our bin stinking!

One of the cats came in really spooked one night. Totally terrified. We have tawny owls round here and I think one might have swooped and stolen her catch and scared the shit out of her in the process!

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WineLover21 · 17/10/2024 21:48

RATS 😭😭😭

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This is true - you wont get rats and mice in the same environment…But it’s because the rats eat the baby mice and keep the population in check!

Barney16 · 18/10/2024 04:09

Nutella in a trap. It's like nectar to them. Put the trap against a wall, preferably behind something. And wait. When the little thing is captured you have to take it, apparently, at least two miles away where it will die friendless and alone. Or alternatively meet new friends, form a loving relationship, have babies, hate it's MIL etc. Don't do what my DH did which was let it out at the bottom of the garden " that will do the trick",no it didn't you lazy idle man, because if you do you will see the mouse again quite shortly, you will name it and begin conversations with oh it's only a teeny tiny fieldmouse. No it's not, it's a nasty verminous creature. Two miles OP, two miles.

LastNight1Dreamt1WentToManderleyAgain · 17/10/2024 23:30

Borrow a friend's cat or terrier?

IfIToldYouThisAboutMe · 17/10/2024 23:27

We had a solo one. Little thing.
Went to screwfix got a trap put peanut butter on it.
Went to bed. Within 10 min we heard it go off. The mouse was no longer

I know most don't agree with killing them but km afraid there was no way I was risking it coming back. The thing was on my worktops when we first saw it. And there was no crumbs as I'm stupidly ott with cleaning

OrangeCorduroy · 17/10/2024 23:23

The traps took a while in my house, as in they were put out and it took a few days for the mice to get bold enough to go near them.

OrangeCorduroy · 17/10/2024 23:22

WineLover21 · 17/10/2024 18:43

It's back. And avoiding all traps.

I wouldn't be saying this if it was my house but that is really cute 😂

Figmentofmyimagination · 17/10/2024 23:00

You have to deal with it. A few years ago, a mouse ate a hole in the plastic feeder pipe to the hot water tank that fed our shower. They can squeeze through the tiniest space and cause horrendous damage.

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WineLover21 · 17/10/2024 21:48

ApocalypseNowt · 17/10/2024 18:49

Buy some pet rats. Mice hate the smell and will leave.

You're welcome Grin

RATS 😭😭😭

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Carouselfish · 17/10/2024 18:54

And pests are just a word for a lifeform that is inconvenient to us. It means nothing. It's still a life. Elephants are 'pests' to Indian farmland, wolves are pests to Romanian shepherds.
I agree they can't be tolerated in our houses because of wire chewing fire risk but we've developed better ways of dealing with them, why use the brutal old fashioned way?

ApocalypseNowt · 17/10/2024 18:49

Buy some pet rats. Mice hate the smell and will leave.

You're welcome Grin