Unfortunately it is that time of year when they are more likely to come inside. We use both traps and baits as this works best if you have a lot of them, otherwise you are emptying and setting traps all the time. Get some Racumin sachets as they wont make a mess like pellet poison and you can drop one behind cupboards and fridges etc away from little ones and pets. I've been doing a fair bit of cleaning today and found that they had actually started eating the hem of a dress stored in a place that I thought was mouse-proof!
Steel wool is good, but dont get the stuff that is really fine, because they can still chew through it, you need to get the stuff that is really shiney and like a tightly coiled spring, you will find it in the supermarket where all the dishcloths are. They can't eat through that one. If they are getting through vents, get your DH to cover it with some mesh and if there are gaps in the skirting boards, just get some 'no more gaps' and fill them in. Mice only need an 8mm gap to fit through and get inside.
ETA - Peppermint oil is supposed to deter them, but I can sprinkle the oil around a mouse trap and still catch a mouse in it or vacuum poo from where I have sprinkled it so I have come to the conclusion it doesn't work and just makes your house smell like the mother of all Minties LOL
Lol ZB love ur disclalimer!
We tried baits but they didnt do squat, so we use traps with PB.
Our infestation seems to be back for the moment, caught 7 over the weekend! 3 in half an hour
Ew yuck! we've had a bit of a mice plague the last couple of days..I think it's just because it's starting to get colder outside and they're looking for somewhere warm (but it's not going to be inside MY house!). I caught two last night in the space of about half an hour, and they were big FAT ones too! Unfortunately the 2nd one didn't die in the trap and DF took it outside attempting to fling it over the fence, but it started climbing up it's tail (he was holding it by the tail) to bite him so he dropped it on the verandah..freaked me out but afterwards it was sooo funny! He and the dog were racing around the verandah trying to find it..then it sky dived off the verandah and ran under the house
Got another one this morning, another big fat one only this one was almost black in colour. Not sure why we are suddenly getting big mice though, I've only ever gotten the little field mice which are still yucky but not as bad as a big mouse!
I find Talon works well if you want to bait them. Kills them within a couple days, and good if you can't get back to your new place to re-set the traps etc.
I went out side to turn a tap off that DH had left on (hose to the water tank) the other night and a mouse was on my back patio making a run for the open dooor! Luckily as soon as it saw me coming back it ran away and I made it in and slammed the door lol. WIll be super careful to make sure the doors are closed in the evenings.
We had them all inside last year but we have moved into a new house this year which has been built to keep the buggars out *fingers crossed* we don't get any!!
I'm in the Wimmera and we are in the middle of a mini mice plaque here too.
We use baits and traps. I don't know how many times I've gone to the toilet (which is in the laundry) and a mice has run between my legs. (they were coming up through a gap between the toilet pipes.
I too use steel wool to try and cover up any holes. We had used poly filler but the little buggers have got through that.
I was given another tip you mix together cement powder and custard power 50 50 mix, just leave in a say aluminium tray, it works like bait, they are attracted to the custard powder, eat the mixture then the cement draws all the water out of them and kills them. They won't smell as bad as baited mice do when they die. (or so I have been told I haven't tried this one yet)
I cant stand the dirty little critters lol
( like i am talking a insanly stupid little mouse phobia here ROFL)
I say KILL THEM!!!! no seriously lol
we find baiting is best cause you odnt have to deal with the dead mouse then lol ( cant stand dead mice either ROFL)
My boys found a little mouse nest outside in my back yard a couple of days ago and DH and the cat caught 4 little baby mice but no mumma so i am worried that she is still around... with dadda and nanna and poppy and aunty and uncle and brothers and sisters and cousins ETC lol
Long story short.... lol
we just went and bought some baits!
I say definitely traps We use the grey plastic one's, with peanut butter and nutella as a combination. They are a quick death, not like the bait which is a slow painful death and they can go off into a well hidden spot to die and then you have to work out where they are, and I have heard of them dying in wall cavities and the like, not cool!
At least with the traps you know where the dead mouse is
Place the traps along walls, or where you see their path of movement.
I would be horrified if I was you as well
I hope you house is mouse free very soon! xxoo
We have mice here also. We use the ones where they eat and go away to die and leave no smell.
We have to keep the throw ones in the roof as we always have them there and nothing is worse than hearing a mouse in the walls in the night.
We also have them outside under the water tank but the gap isn't big enough for the dog to get them. The one we found outside dead was quite large. YUK!!!
I think it has something to do with the good weather we have been having.
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We use the grey plastic one's, with peanut butter and nutella as a combination. They are a quick death, not like the bait which is a slow painful death and they can go off into a well hidden spot to die and then you have to work out where they are, and I have heard of them dying in wall cavities and the like, not cool!
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