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Any mouse catching suggestions

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darlingsweetpea · 09/03/2024 09:30

3 weeks ago I found a mouse in a trap under my kitchen cupboards. I was still getting droppings so knew there was one more, it then came and visited me and my children during the night, 5 days after finding the dead one.

The following day I had pest control out as I'm so scared of them and all the germs. So I've got poison in multiple places, 8 traps and still not caught it. I've pinpointed it to my kitchen and possibly my son's bedroom next door. What I'm not sure is if the mouse has been sneaking in there when the door has been open.

Every night I block up the bottom of the doors, and watch it come into my kitchen on the camera pretty much as soon as I go upstairs to bed.

There are 6 traps in the kitchen, with peanut butter and chocolate, there are 3 bags of poison and the mouse is still there.

I opened my kitchen patio door all day the other day, in case it's trapped in my house. To the human eye there is not a single hole outside and I'm doing my absolute best with filling holes in my house. Me neighbour had lots of holes, so it could have come via her house.

My neighbour also has a mice as I saw droppings, so she too has pest control out so we're doing this together. For obvious reasons I don't know if it's the same mouse.

Does anyone have any suggestions what I can do next?

Any mouse catching suggestions
Any mouse catching suggestions
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SirQuintusAurelius · 10/03/2024 23:19

Currently using humane mouse traps with sunflower seeds - averaging one a night for a week now!

what do you do with the mice if they are alive?

halfthesun · 11/03/2024 11:10

Hello, we are taking them to the park. Zero deaths with humane traps.

MindHowYouGoes · 11/03/2024 14:06

the liklihood is that once you remove the mice from its food stores and put them outside they’ll die anyway. Not as humane as you might think

SirQuintusAurelius · 11/03/2024 14:08

Hello, we are taking them to the park. Zero deaths with humane traps.

I thought that if you release them, they come back? Like homing pigeons/ mice?

I'd read releasing them is a pointless endeavour unless you are taking them 300 miles away or something. are you finding the numbers dwindling or not?

Nicebloomers · 11/03/2024 14:12

Please don’t borrow a cat if you have poison down.

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 11/03/2024 14:32

MindHowYouGoes · 11/03/2024 14:06

the liklihood is that once you remove the mice from its food stores and put them outside they’ll die anyway. Not as humane as you might think

I agree with this. I personally think the traditional Little Nipper style traps are the most humane option as I have never known one not to kill instantly.
It’s not pleasant to think about either way.

darlingsweetpea · 11/03/2024 14:38

I saw how the mouse appeared in my kitchen last night so I'm hoping this is the only entrance, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

I have some really strong poison down and plenty of traps. Don't worry I won't borrow a cat either!

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NoCloudsAllowed · 11/03/2024 14:45

You probably don't only have one mouse.

What are you putting on traps? Something they need to tug at like a chewy sweet can work. Or electric traps.

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