Mice getting me down. How long will it take for the little fuckers to die?

[Idontdocold]

We had mice last year and stupidly didn’t do anything. We saw some droppings, put some humane traps down and then we didn’t see anymore droppings... until a couple of months ago.

I tried the humane traps again and they didn’t pick anything up so now I’ve put some poison in a bait box in a cupboard where I think they are coming from. I hadn’t seen any new droppings until this morning when they were in DDs pushchair envy < not envy!

I’ve ordered more bait boxes and some big cheese snap traps which will arrive tomorrow.

How long for the little fuckers to die? I feel so dirty and like I’m gonna make DD sick having them around.

@Molteni - do you know where I can get it?

I genuinely don’t know how infested we are. It feels like we are really infested but then we’ve only got a small 2 bed house...

Widely available. Check the packaging and look for the word (alpha)chloralose- Tomorin is a brandname in the Benelux. Licenced for indoor use/mice in the EU,if you use a tamper-resistant bait box; because even though the risk of secondary poisoning is negligible for a dog you’d want to avoid him/her eating the product.

Quick google: www.primrose.co.uk/alphachloralose-poison-c-24_25_326_13912.html - just an example.

After you’ve killed them, you’ll have to look into the source of your infestation and remedy accordingly. They don’t need much to get inside.