Now ideally i wanna kill that mouse, thats what i want to do, but apparently it is some kind of super mouse that has now taken up residence in the oven. Only leaving at night to feed and when i took the panels off it today to promptly hide itself somewhere else.
Seen it a few times as well as having the delightful job of cleaning up mouse plops from the worktops on a daily basis so now its about and where it runs. So far have tried old skool traps with, in rotation, peanut butter, sultanas, chocolate, cheese and malt loaf. Also have tubs of poison down around the kitchen unit bases. All of which the little bleeder has circumvented. So short of burning the house down, does anyone have any methods that will inflict some sort of death like injury on the pesky nuisance?
Can you not borrow one of these?
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Napalm.
You know they have no sphincter muscle, don't you? In the oven, yeuach!
I once used a olive oiled milk bottle with chocolate and cheese leading up a toilet roll in to the neck of the bottle. Worked wonders, caught the blighter, but he was all oily when I let him go outside. Like a little tiny Elvis.
[b]ALL TOGETHER NOW[/b]
There's a rat in me kitchen what am I gonna do?
There's a rat in me kitchen what am I gonna go?
I'm gonna fix that rat thats what I'm gonna do,
I'm gonna fix that rat.
When you open your mouth you don't talk, you shout
And you give every body the blame,
But when they catch you up,
They will shut you up
And you got no one to blame
Chorus
There's a rat in me kitchen ........ Etc
When you out on the street,
You practice lies and deceipt
And you scandalize my name
But when I catch you up
I'm gonna pull you up
I'm gonna check-out inside your brain
Chorus
There's a rat in me kitchen ....... Etc
when yo deh pon the scene,
You make everyone scream
Because they know your so unjust
But when they catch you up
They will kick you up
Because you someone they cannot trust
Chorus
There's a rat in me kitchen ....... Etc
You invade my space
Make me feel disgraced
And you just don't give a damn
If I had my way
If I had my say
I'd like to see you hang
Chorus
There's a rat in me kitchen ..... Etc
Repeat chorus and fade
Block up all the gaps that it is using to get in and out of the oven?
Drawbacks to this plan are:
1. Dead mouse in oven.
2. Possible fire/asphysixiation as I think ovens probably need adequate ventilation.
lol, elvis the mouse! uh huh huh!
When you set the traps point them at the wall rather than having them running along it if that makes sense. Don't handle the traps straight after you've washed your hands or they will smell of soap. And if you're using cheese make sure it's proper manky off cheese that smells bad.
Chances are it can get around along the pipework so keep your place absolutely spotlessly clean and it will get bored/hungry and leave to go somewhere else.
Are you sure its not a borrower? theyre clever little buggers they are
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is that nuke image real? where and when is it if so?
Humane tippy trap, chocolate one end and when it goes in it tips and the door shuts.
Then you can go round to that really annoying neighbour and post the mouse through their letterbox 😀
This saves your soul for not killing it, you don't release it outside where it will die and you wreak vengeance on an annoying neighbour.
PS: you don't live near me though, do you?
After a few years of trying everything I realised the only way to totally get rid is remove all chances of them ever finding food.
Buy lots of tupaware boxes and make sure you use them all the time, make sure every single crumb is cleaned away.
They gave up after a while, and have never come back.
Although we did have a pigmy shrew in there the other day, but that was so slow I just picked it up and set it free ! Not to mention the grass snake that has moved in under our front porch 😀 (I think thats what it is, could be an escaped python or something, tis big though)
Mice carry the same diseases as rats. First look around your food cupboards and check for signs of little, few mm long turds. Look at your cereal boxes for signs that they've been chewed. If you find evidence of this then chuck all food that is not in mouse-proof containers out, clean down all surfaces and shelves. Get a mousetrap, or call the council pest department. Look outside you'll probably find a pipe running to the outside that they got in thrrough or broken vent and put a fine mesh over to prevent them getting in again.
Liking all the napalm/nuke ideas so far. All entry points are sealed i think, well i am sure. I reckon it came into the house when the patio doors were left open a few weeks ago when the hot weather was here and basically has not left.
DezB:
I once used a olive oiled milk bottle with chocolate and cheese leading up a toilet roll in to the neck of the bottle.
I have been up since 6 so brain is tired, care to elaborate as i do not quite follow what you mean.
Pook - nope it's not - you can just make out the credit in dark grey text underneath it.
This one is tho - been there!
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oh and they like chocolate BTW - that's what I used as bait for mice in my parents house, Caught one and saw another feeding off the brains of the caught one - nice
We use the old fashion mouse trap, dirt cheap from local diy store, use a new on each time, put three down with chocolate / choc -digestives, on the route to food. so far none have last more than a few days, prob get three / four a year, and prob the cats that bring them in!
Like a little tiny Elvis
That's bizarre. We had a mouse in a rented house in France once - cheeky little bugger he was too. He'd walk right up to you in the hope you'd drop him a crumb. We christened him Elvis.
and prob the cats that bring them in!
The cats normally maim them 1st & then have their own particular version of the special olympics
try a chewit on a trap, works a charm apparently...never tried it myself so dont hold me to it 🙂
Right i am off to the shops for chewits, choc hobnobs and a gun.
Settle yourself down and watch the film 'Mousehunt', it will change your mind about these furry little creatures. Do not try the cherry on the mouse trap method!!!!!!!
ricochet is right, step 1 is always to remove or remove access to all food in the house.
And food for mouse is not just human food, it includes crumbs, soap, grease, food packets etc. That means a trip to B&Q for air tight containers.
Then you can think about traps or poison.
Wait till its not watching then whack it with Maltloaf
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Tracey
Traps are set, as well as this little beauty i stole off a website:
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We just put better food in the garden than the kitchen.
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Set up this little arrangement in the middle of your kitchen.
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Get one of these, it'll sort the problem for you
bloody ell Mr Agreeable , mouse trap not seen that for years , come to think of it , i think its down my mums gaff
MOUSE TRAP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually, that nuke image appears to be real.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7969902@N07/510672745/
A french shot apparently, scanned from a hard copy, the colours would appear to have been boosted tho. French atoll a go go...
davidtaylforth:Get one of these, it'll sort the problem for you
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Oh my!
You could always pop round hairychested's gaff, get one of his big spiders and set the spider on the mouse.
Just a thought...
Milan the ****er!
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He'll know what to do.
Ok, i officially have a super genetically enhanced mouse. Avoided 5 traps, then another 3 home made ones then took a crap in front of the microwave.
Back to the drawing board.
davidtaylforth - Member
Get one of these, it'll sort the problem for you
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Crikey - that's an interesting hobby and a nice home movie too!
Unlucky mate. Sorrry I didn't get round to elaborating on the Elvis trap.
the milk bottle had olive oil dripped into it (to make the escape route slippery as well as style the DA), it was propped up on a shoe iirc, with the cardboard tube leading up to the neck. Milk chocolate and cheddar cheese (strong, mature) were crumbled around and up the card tube, with some down in the bottom of the bottle.
This was setup behind a door in the room where he lived, so it was nice and dark.
I was fairly surprised to find my little greasy friend in there the next day.
I let him go by the local pub and he scuttled across the road in front of a teenage boy on his bike who yelped in surprise!
I was already laughing at the little Elvis sprinting around but when the kid nearly fell off his bike I could hardly stand.
Oh my!
Thats what I thought when I first saw one.
Theres another video of one eating a snake and its ****ing huge, about 60cm long apparently.
These have superseded spiders as my most feared creepy crawley
Have you caught it yet?
I recently had mouse "issues" in the loft and garage.
They were immune to the mouse bait I laid down - it takes 10d to work but some survived. Genetic freaks.
Tried some humane traps baited with peanut butter. Caught two but they were then getting triggered with no capture.
Ended up buying the pre-baited traps from B&Q. The plastic ones that look light very large pegs. That finished the blighters off.
Also have some battery-operated traps in the garage - they electocute them - and have also invested in a ultrasonic deterent. The last resort is glue paper.
Good luck!
Bought some humane ones earlier....
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......, Costing me a bleedin' fortune it is! Will bait with peanut butter and mars bars, even tho i am not holding out much hope but will be waiting with baited *ahem* breath for the morning to come to see if i have won yet.
If no results i am burning the house down.
Always found those humane traps and peanut butter to do the business
Lazy old cat just sleeps and eats, no interest in catching mice at all
If you do capure it, you can always sell it to Asda.....
Local news story last night, a couple from Penzance cooking Asda's special Masala sauce and noticed a lumpy bit.
Yep, free with your masala sauce - a mouse!!!!!!
it was gross...............
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2x Humane Traps + 2 Old Skool Traps + 2 Clip Traps - 0
Mouse - 1
Grrr!
@ Christowkid - That story was on the [url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8109179.stm ]BBC site last night as it goes.[/url]
go with glue paper ftw... it's a pretty nasty business if you're of a sensetive nature; seeing the poor mouse stuck there, terrified and squeeking madly as you approach, then you have to kill the bugger... 'tis a cruel job, but it gets rid of them 🙁
At the point i would bop it on the noggin with a golf club so glue paper should not be a problem. Is this something you buy or DIY jobby? If so best stuff to use?
hardware store should have it. just need to place it around the edges of skirting boards etc (any area where the buggers are likely to run past/over), pop it in cupboards and under things as well, dark places where they hide out. Not sure of brands, I think they'd all be the same?
good luck 😀
If you use a humane trap what do you do with the mouse afterwards? Release it outside it will either die or just run back into the house.
We got a mouse problem and I solved it by removing the food source. the mice soon moved out again ( or died?)
If i had caught the mouse with the humane traps i was going to huck it somewhere miles away.
Just ordered some glue traps, bringing my total spend to about £20ish quid, so if the mouse knows what is best it will pop into one of the humane traps over the next several days 😉