in less than a month, we have had 4 mice in our house!! YUCK!
i am no longer terrified of them, i was hysterical when i saw the first one, today i just shook my head and set two traps either side of the computer desk that i just watched another mouse run under.
im so grossed out, i just moved my couch and can see mouse poo on the tiles.... yuck
we are sure they're coming in from the door that goes out to the garage. we have traps set up in the garage, and i have *tried* to block up the botto of the door, but i think i need like a solid piece of wood or something, so that there is no sneaking past it.
is there anything i can do? im sick of having to check all the traps everyday. i feel so sorry for dd, she constantly asks 'is mousey all gone??' before she will walk out of her bedroom in the mornings. its not fair, how am i supposed to have a newborn baby on a blanket on the floor with mice? should i contact the landlord and ask if they can do anything?
when we lived on the farm, we had well over 15 in 2 months!!
Peppermint oil is supposed to keep them away.
If I were going to try to block the door I'd use steel wool as they're unlikley to want to chew through that, but that could be a pain depending how often you use that door.
we live in the sticks and used to get mice here a fair bit (and their bigger cousins! yukko!!) - we have cats now, and even though we haven't seen one that has been caught by the cats in ages (i had to knock one on the head probably 3 months back cos the cat had played with it for ages), we just don't see them very often at all
if you have gaps, the steelwool is best to fill it as they won't chew through it
maybe try those mouse repelling plug in things - don't know that they work, but some of my family think they do
i think having other animals makes them less likely to come in - they are scared away to a degree by the noise. our cats go clean out the sheds fairly often for us which helps...
We had mice twice last year, whole little families, dirty suckers that they are, they usually come in looking for food I have found.
So we have had to store all foods in either plastic or glass, glass is better cause they have chewed through a couple plastic containers in the past.
and not leave any food lying around for them, I found this hard as I am sure more food ends up on the floor than in DD's mouth at dinner.
Meant I had to vacuum everyday until they were gone.
By foods I mean anything that doesnt come in a can or jar etc goes into a glass container or plastic if I have no glasses ones free.
Havent had any since we moved all the foods into the containers
LOL I have heard snake poo is the best way to keep rats away and I assume it would work just as well for mice! You can just go to a petshop that sells snakes and ask for some apparently.
I got this info from the Shannon Lush book "Spotless" which is sold in ABC shops.
Ooooh, they are tough buggers to get rid of!
I have no idea. Our last place we lived in had a vacant block next door and they just came over from there. We set up traps, but they only get one at a time, of course. Chocolate was good for the traps.
I'd also recommend putting all food in containers, and preferably in the fridge. They used to get at my fruit bowl until I started storing the fruit in the fridge.
ETA: Goodness, Curly! I'd never have thought of that one!!!
how do i keep mice away??
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