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cute little creatures?

#1 Post by blinkey501 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:56 pm

I live in the glorious country side, only down side is we have sqwatters. Those cute little mice have taken residence in my food cupboard and taken to helping themselves to the cream crackers :smt013 so loads of open food has had to go and all other tins and bottles have been scrubbed. two mice have been caught with my trusty mouse trap which usually stays on guard near my fishing gear has one of the little buggers ate through my landing net which i didnt find out till i tried to land a fish! :smt101. I have heard that it is normal for a family of the cute little creatures to set up residence so i will have to move kick boards and cupboards maybe to clean up any damage caused :smt011
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#2 Post by blinkey501 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:40 pm

blinkey501 wrote:I live in the glorious country side, only down side is we have sqwatters. Those cute little mice have taken residence in my food cupboard and taken to helping themselves to the cream crackers :smt013 so loads of open food has had to go and all other tins and bottles have been scrubbed. two mice have been caught with my trusty mouse trap which usually stays on guard near my fishing gear has one of the little buggers ate through my landing net which i didnt find out till i tried to land a fish! :smt101. I have heard that it is normal for a family of the cute little creatures to set up residence so i will have to move kick boards and cupboards maybe to clean up any damage caused :smt011
thats 3 :smt003
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#3 Post by flatlander » Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:42 pm

We get em in the garage caught about 13 last year I recommend leaving some bait behind the boards when you put them back and try to find where they get in often by the waste pipe for washers etc and seal it that or a semi feral cat :)
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#4 Post by D-Rider » Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:48 pm

Here's an idea if you want to put them to good use .......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9nGyPz9uT0
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#5 Post by blinkey501 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:11 pm

D-Rider wrote:Here's an idea if you want to put them to good use .......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9nGyPz9uT0
:smt005 think i will stick to the traps at moment :smt003
oh yes 4 now :smt003
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#6 Post by MartDude » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:14 pm

You need cats.

Actually, everybody needs cats
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#7 Post by randomsquid » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:28 pm

I've got a cat. It brings in live mice and lets them go.
Then it sits and watches me run after them.

I've got two different humane mice traps. They only work if you put a mouse in front of them and then poke it up the arse until it goes in.
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#8 Post by Samray » Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:02 pm

:smt005
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#9 Post by D-Rider » Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:36 pm

MartDude wrote:You need cats.

Actually, everybody needs cats
... and how much is he paying you to plug his show?

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#10 Post by BikerGran » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:14 pm

randomsquid wrote:I've got a cat. It brings in live mice and lets them go.
Then it sits and watches me run after them.
Yep, we have two like that - the third on just watches from her perch on the back of the armchair.

I've got two different humane mice traps. They only work if you put a mouse in front of them and then poke it up the arse until it goes in.[/quote]

I have a home-made humane trap - I bait it with malted milk biscuits, mice love em!
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#11 Post by snapdragon » Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:26 am

they say if you see one you have six (at least)

we had the wee skitters as yule guests a few years back
little nippers - 2 mouses
humane triptraps -4 mouses
man hitting cupboard - 1 mouse
woman picking up and winging over the railway embankment - 1 mouse
large GSD/Labrador - nil mouses

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written notice to quit taped to the wall at floor lever :smt001
plug in mouse scarer :smt003

cheap - traps, leccy thing, chocolate spread/or peanut butter as bait, live caught removed to salisbury plain for the owls :smt019

expensive - removal and destruction of various compromised kitchen cupboards, plugging of all likely holes with wire wool and plastering /concreting in
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#12 Post by BikerGran » Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:14 pm

I've used gaffa tape fairlt succesfully to block holes in cupboards.

(haven't tried squirting them with WD cos they move pretty quick!)
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#13 Post by blinkey501 » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:36 pm

thats six although we trapped 3 within 1 hour last night, we didnt trap 1 till this morning so fingers crossed :smt003
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#14 Post by randomsquid » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:08 pm

BikerGran wrote:
I have a home-made humane trap - I bait it with malted milk biscuits, mice love em!
I've tried chocolate biscuits and peanut butter but got no takers. I usually just catch them by hand now. Except for the one that hid under the hoover. I'll never forget that sad little squeaky crunchy noise.
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#15 Post by Willopotomas » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:13 pm

randomsquid wrote:Except for the one that hid under the hoover. I'll never forget that sad little squeaky crunchy noise.
I laughed at this.. Does that make me sick in the head? :smt003 :smt005
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