Mouse in Composter

[Ember]

I have a rodent in my plastic composter, I am sure it will be breeding in there, how can I evict it. I fear when I empty it in the Spring I shall be doing a girlie thing and screaming as families of mice run for cover. Don't suggest BBQ the plastic will melt.

[Mushtie]

Try Sunny D.......that'll shift the little blighter

[Ember]

Mustie, How do I serve it, neat or soak it on bread? Tartanwizard, got a cat but he refuses to go in the composter he says its too gooey

[woofgang]

do you put edible stuff in there? I had to stop putting in veg and fruit trimming etc and revert to just garden waste to deal with the same problem. Traditional compost heaps have always hosted wildlife, which is why you don't have them near the house. (in mine at various times, a colony of bees, snakes and toads as well as the aforesaid mice.) If the rodents are only in the heap and not visiting your house pr garage, I would suggest letting be until the spring and then getting someone else to empty it

[Ember]

Woofgang, Thanks, I think you are right, yes there is plenty of veg and fruit etc, and hubby is more feared of mice than I am owing to a nasty accident when he was young involving mice, legs and pyjamas, so I shall just have to grit my teeth come Spring

[treaclefight]

sorry i'm on the mouses side, he wont be breeding during the winter, but it is the warmest place he can live without coming in to your house, i recommend leaving the composter alone and a spring eviction. :-)

[incitatus]

you can smoke him out: light a small smokey fire beneath the composter, or inside it, and direct the smoke towards mr squeaky.

[treaclefight]

yes thats a good idea incitatus, but you dont want to encourage the smoking thing, otherwise he will move in and then you'll find him eating your food and playing playstation games all night, forgetting to wash and sleeping all day on the sofa while you're at work, he's best off in the composter, hard experience talking here. :-D

[Ember]

Love your answers, keep them coming, mouse still in there.

[incitatus]

get two or more very small peices of paper. write "england v australia world cup ticket" on each of them. post them into squeak manor. when they scamper of to heathrow bar the door behind them.

[treaclefight]

construct another composter next to you're current one and let it out to large families of filthy theiving rats with unintelligible accents, mr squeaky will soon be moving onto a more peaceful neighbourhood, you will be left with a rat problem, but you can deny there is any prior agreement and report them as being trespassers, police will then evict them for you.

[incitatus]

construct an alluring female mouse out of an old glove ala tom and jerry. coat with super glue. once mr squeaky is attached discard. mrs squeaky and the squeaklets will not be able to aford the rent and will be rehoused