Awful Awful Pests

[briggsy's girl]

we're in the same boat hun - and he's a cheeky little turd!

the noise plug ins dont work - my folks have them and still get mice...

will be watching this thread for ideas

[Spring Angel]

Rat traps and get DH to adjust the spring so it's on a hair trigger.

We had mice when we moved in from all the buidling materials around the place and this is what the construction guys suggested. Worked a treat.

Spring xx

[Phteven]

Get a cat

[Tinks]

Get a cat

That's what we did and I haven't seen a mouse in years.

[Liz]

The inlaws live too far away for me to release it at their house tho.. so bushland it is.. LOL.

Trouble with snap traps is it's not a humane death. Horrible horrible things they are.

[Epacris]

Well Liz, there's nothing humane about dumping vermin in fragile ecosystems where they will kill and displace native flora and fauna, many of them endangered species. I have devoted my life and career to understanding, protecting and managing these special places and the ever pervasive attitude that bushland is just a dumping ground will always upset me. But I guess everyone doesn't have the same values for the environment that I do, and that's just life hey.

If you can't kill your prisoner then the only humane option I can see would be to keep it as a pet.

[briggsy's girl]

we have traps set - the little mongrel keeps taking the bait and running! i was just changing DD's nappy at the change table and he came out of hiding four or five times within metres of me! not happy!

we tried the cat - he has a catch and release philosophy - so now he protects the shed not allowed inside any more.

[mako]

Thanks for the info Epacris. I personally prefer your way of doing it and in fact we've thrown many snap traps away with mice still trapped but unfortunately this little sucker keeps getting the bait off..We even super glued a m&m to a trap and it just ate the choc out ouf the middle

We set the humane traps last night with some choc and some mouse bait and the sucker didn't go anywhere near them When they are baited like that they die in the trap and DH disposes of them in the bin. we catch this one very soon.

[mako]

BG I think these suckers are getting smarter I hope you catch yours soon too

[Liz]

We've had a pest plugin thing for years. Doesn't work LOL. We got a mouse. We were nice tho, we used a humane trap and released it in the bush.

It was good actually, DS was starting to get scared of the elusive mouse in the kitchen. So when we caught it we put it in a big bucket so it couldn't jump out (they can jump really high!) and he could see it, and then we all went for a drive and released it.

[mako]

Oh BUGGER BUGGER BUGGER girls. I was really hoping those plug in things worked

We have the humane traps and have released several mice into the bush over the years but this one is just a naughty naughty mouse who refuses to get in the darn thing.

Bron we can't have a cat as our dog isn't a fan lol.

Spring I'll try the rat trap. What did you put on it to lure the mice?

Please keep the suggestions coming though. I have ran from the house several times this arv as I can hear it EWWWW