mouses

[~TT40~]

hi all!!

ok, for a while now in our backyard, or more so the carport it STINKS, like seriously smells like something had died out there...we have sort of shrugged it off thinking it could be the old grass clippings and cause its been wet and floody and now 41degree heat, we put it off to that. and i have had a quick brief look and nothing obvious stands out to be causing it.

well today, DH came home from the shops and saw mice running from the fence towards our house, right through the mysterious smell area. now whether it is them that has cause it, or they have been attracted by the smell or what we dont know, but i dont want them in the house!!!!!

now to the 2nd problem...when the r/e installed our new air con (because they were selling the place) they took out the old one that was on the wall. now when they did they left a hole in our wall. it's at ground level, but is a good 10cm by 10cm and goes right from the inside all the way to the outside. despite them being aware of it for over a month they still havent done anything about it...(and now the place is sold and under a new realestate, both the old r/e and new one know about the hole but are fighting over whos job it is to fix it... a HOLE (ha see what i did there ) problem.. anyway..

so this hole is a perfect front door for said mice that have been seen sniffing around (and here i was paranoid snakes would come in..) we have stuffed it with plastic bags, but mice will get through them..

so is there anything i can put at the hole that will repell them? i dont particually want to put a trap there...just want them to not see it as a front door...more a gateway to impending doom so they stay away from it.

any ideas??

(man this sounds like we live in a slum...)

thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[~Lashes~]

man, that sux!
im not sure what it is called, but my dad put this stuff in the kitchen at onwe place we lived in, (big hole were the cuboards meet in a corner on the floor of the kitchen) it came in a tube like silicone, but it puffed up when in the hole, he said it was for the mice, they cant get threw it, and if they tried it would kill them might help you?

[~TT40~]

=(...i said mouses on purpose cause it sounds cool...sorry


thanks Sarah, do you think you could get the name of it?

[~Lashes~]

i will do my best. ill get back to you if he remembers!

[ss_storm]

you can also use those metal scourer things (can't remember what they are called..probably metal scourers ) but the ones that are in a roundish ball shape. Wish I could just show you, would make more sense!

[Mum2SweetCs]

for the hole just go to bunnings and get some mesh and then use spakfiller to fill the hole up. It will look like the wall again!

for the mouse? how about a cat? ehheh sorry i am not sure about mice issues.

[Floweryfields]

you can also use those metal scourer things (can't remember what they are called..probably metal scourers ) but the ones that are in a roundish ball shape. Wish I could just show you, would make more sense!

It's called steel wool, you can get it in hardware stores in big pieces that you can cut up and stuff it in the gaps. My garden shed is full of mice if it helps you feel any better! Is the smell kinda like corn chips? That's sort of what I think mouse wee smells like!

[~TT40~]

nah deff. smells like something died...

if i put all that stuff in the wall well it frak up whatever the professionals will do when they eventually fix it?

steel wool is a good idea...deff better than plastic bags.

thanks everyone!!!!

[ss_storm]

That's the one Ausgirl! Thankyou! Blame that on a tired mummy brain moment

[CrazyLady]

The expanda foam can be removed with a stanly knife. Can also be trimmed to be flush with the walls. Maybe a layer of steel wool sandwiched between expanda foam? means that it's wedged without being permanant.

HTH hun! Mice are yuk!

[jackrose]

Peppermint essential oil is a good mouse repellant. You can place some cotton balls around your steel wool/expanda foam/spak-filled hole just to make aaaabsolutely sure

Just make sure it is the real deal not pretend essential oil....

The smell... most likely a dead rodent/rodent family. If you have mice around, maybe they are in the neighbours too and maybe the neighbours have used poison. The mice might have come to your place to 'expire'.

[tan32]

I was going to say steel wool also and the smell could be dead ones or even a nest

[~TT40~]

Thanks for all the advice people..


but they have got in... =(
and our local supermarket (x2) have sold out of traps...

there are atleast 2 little buggers, and I want them out!!