Evicting Mice

[naomi24]

I've posted this is Animals and Nature too, but haven't got a response yet. I know S&C isn't really the place for this question, but I need urgent help, and hopefully more people will see it here, so here goes.

I have a country house, and winter visitors have arrived. I really would rather not poison them, but one way or another, obviously they have to go, so I wondered if anyone has used one of those sonic devices to evict mice - and do they work? If so, what is their range, and would I need one in every room?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

[Lonnie]

Hi naomi,
I take it we'er talking about Field Mice?, we had them, and used the Humane traps, I put 'Scotch Pancakes and fruitcake' as bait, and it worked, once caught though, you need to take them a few miles away before releasing them, they have a good homing instinct.

[Schutzengel]

Hi Naomi, suggest you try all other methods first. I wouldn't think of putting down poison in a house where there are dogs. There might be ba very nasty accident that you would find very hard to live with. Do hope you find a solution soon.

[terambulan]

Poison those indoors. Block any gaps around pipes from outside to prevent further invasion.

mice will happily nibble rubber off your cables - causing house fire! They wont show you same consideration!

[naomi24]

Thanks guys - and no problem Schutzengel - my dogs are my first consideration. Any poison will go under floorboards, in the loft, and in cupboards, where the dogs can't get to it.

[123everton]

They might'nt eat the poison but they might eat the poisoned mouse.

[naomi24]

No, they wouldn't do that, Everton. They're far too fussy.

[MWB]

Get a couple of "rat catcher" terriers then.

They don't have to be psychic. Only psychotic!

[dm1982]

phone Delbert MacLintock from the Arachnaphobia film!! He will soon sort em!!

[terambulan]

errr.....poison indoor MICE!

;0) 123everton

[Bathsheba]

We used to get squirrels in the loft, but they don't come near since we started using a plug-in sonic deterrent x

[mibn2cweus]

Naomi, I know exactly what you need . . . GUMPTION! . . . with a capital "G"!

This is war! Dog eat dog, (sorry 'bout that), Survival of the fittest.

Kill the bums, they've already shown they're able and willing to eat you litterreally out of house and home. Before you know, given half a chance, they'll be running up your leg. I should know. <"?

Blast away! Toss the Geneva Conventions out the window. Be just as ruthless and merciless as we all know you can be when under attack. I'm rooty toot tooten for your side to be victorious! Send them back to their Creator and let Him sort it out!

Gotta run now . . . ~o">

[B-BOY]

Why don't you glue thousands of thumb tacks upside down all over your floor, then at night when the wee critters come out to play they will get stabbed multiple times in their feet which will undoubtably cause them to leave a trail of blood for you to follow. This way you can begin to map their movements over a period of weeks and in doing so gain an idea of the areas they regularly congregate thus allowing you to SET A FEW BLOODY MOUSE TRAPS IN APPROPIATE PLACES.

[naomi24]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

You're right of course, Mibs (and why shouldn't someone with inside information be right?). War, with no holds barred, has been declared. Armed with terrifying WMDs, in the shape of poison and mousetraps, we launched an all out attack on Tuesday night. The following morning, we checked our positions only to find the sneaky enemy had outsmarted us. Not a single corpse - not even a nibble. A crisis meeting was called immediately, following which the nutty professor was sent to work in his laboratory (aka the garden shed) on what the War Cabinet believed would be an even more lethal weapon. Poison mixed with peanut butter. We checked our positions this morning - and voila! There is every indication that the enemy has indeed been outwitted!

[MWB]

You fought them on the seas and oceans,
You fought with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, (well the loft & cupboards) you defended your island, (well, house) whatever the cost was, (well, not at the cost of your dogs)
You fought them on the beaches,
You fought them on the landing grounds,
You fought them in the fields and streets,
You fought them in the hills,
You never surrendered..................................

[naomi24]

And never will, MWB. Blood, toil, tears and sweat - the Churchillian spirit holds fast. British, you know, chaps! Onward, ever onward! :o)

[BertiWooster]

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