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infested with mice
Can anyone tell me how to get rid of the mice that are infesting my kitchen....please??
I have had an ongoing problem for months now, I think I have got rid of them, then more show up.
I have humane traps which they are managing to get the bait out of then escape from, they have eaten numerous trays full of poison.
I have also got 3 x sonic devices which are meant to deter them, but these are obviously not working.
I hope someone out there can help me.
Thanks in advance.
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Something that I just thought about and please don't take this the wrong way (not saying your mouse prob is because you have food everywhere lol) but bag every scrap of food up! Leave nothing to chance, bread, fruit etc.. keep in the fridge. Put food into airtight containers. Bin Bag change a few times a day or put food waste straight into the dustbins outside. It's a pain to keep doing it and to keep food all locked up but hopefully if there is no food about at all it may encourage the rascal's to venture outside and leave, esp with the weather warming up.
Also, just thought of this too lol, check that your not unknowingly giving them a free feed. Maybe a bag of something at the back of a cupboard that you have forgotten about, or pet food sack etc.. maybe a little nawn corner somewhere.
Failing that...get a cat! :o)
a cat will not sort out your mouse problems,not for long anyway!! Mice can have litters of up to 12 very often so are producing all the time,they are also incontinent and wee and pooh every where they walk and on everything they walk on. Have you rang pest control in your area? If not then why not give them a try and they will sort it out for you as there are probably nests somewhere to. If you do catch any in a humane trap then let them go far far away cos if you just put them outside your door they will just come straight back in again.
They're not that easy to get hold of and the one thing that's a bit annoying about them is the plastic is too brittle and I've bust a couple over the years. The address on the boxes is Pantglas Ind Estate, Bedwas, Caerphilly, CF83 8XD
..a couple of friends of mine had this problem a while back, their little visitors had access through the back of the kitchen units and only visited the KitKat drawer...
...they got a humane trap and placed it in the drawer and eventually , one morning, there was a mouse in the trap... now, being a pair of softies, they had to toss a coin to decide who was going to deal with the little critter...they had been told not to release the mouse too close to home, as it would just come back.... so on the 30 mile trip to work, he took the mouse with him, in the trap, on the front seat, with the safety belt around it!...on arrival at the carpark he gently coaxed the jet lagged mouse out the trap...and it got promptly squished by our bosse's car....
....oh yeah, they got a cat in the end...
Thanks for all your answers, but....
I have no food on any of the work tops or shelves, and everything is in airtight containers in and every single hole I can see has been sealed up, yet I have still found another one the other day.
Touch wood, I haven't found one since, but I wont hold my breath.
It's so annoying.
I have even rang environmental health and they wont do anything because they say it's the area is infested, even though it's in a modern city centre development. Its not an old house either so I have no idea what I can do.
I wonder if anyone know how to deter them, even if it's just from my house? For example, with a certain smell (like orange peel is supposed to deter cats).
Also can't get a cat as I am allergic.
Maybe I should just move? Lol.