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There's a mouse loose about my house.

He's living behind/under the kitchen furnishings (fridge, washing machine, etc).

I've personally seen him only once. He popped his head out from under the dishwasher, said cooee and then went back in.

I've tried the humane traps near the skirting boards, but he never goes in them. I think he's set it off from the outside maybe once or twice.

After a few days, I bought a couple of non-humane traps. One was set off the second night, but with no mouse attached.

I've tried nutella, peanut butter, and cheese.

I've avoided poison because I wouldn't know if he was actually dead or not, and also glue seemed a little too cruel.

Any tips? I've been sharing with Mickey for almost a week now, and don't want him to invite his friends.

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Put a little bit of chocolate in the trap, they love it but you should also be aware.

Mice don't come in ones....

Ralph is correct. Mice usually get into folded clothes, you should check all clothes before putting them on.

Oh, & food, they get in the fridge, & in loaves of bread. Best check before eating or dressing.

And they get in beds, too, & pyjamas.

They bite as well, not serious, but they have something in their saliva which gets into your bloodstream, & you will come out in blotches. 

I bet there will be a dozen or more.

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Doesn't Nutella cover that, or do I need to bring out the Ferrero Rochers?

Yep, that's why I'm a bit antsy. I put five traps out every night - you'd think I'd catch something.

We've just caught one at ours. Had the cheese out of a pair of matching humane traps two nights on the spin. Borrowed a different trap from the neighbour (oblong in constructions with a flap that drops when triggered rather than one that operates on a 'rocker' type system) and caught him the next evening.

Since then we've popped poison down the back of the oven and at the back of the under-the-sink cupboard lest any others get the idea of popping in for a visit.

This is what I tried before turning to less humane options:

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Didn't work.

With the poison, how do you know if it's worked or not (I've only ever seen my dude once), and also, isn't it bad to have rotting corpses where you can't see/find them?

I have a dog which makes the poison tricky too.

Small pieces of Kit Kat work well in traps.

Not sure. Presumably wait for the smell.

Not at all overjoyed with this as an option but figure it's marginally preferable to permitting them to breed if there are any more of the blighters.

Mice love

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Failing that

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Put your trap close to a dark wall, (parallel) preferably behind or under some furniture.

Be concious of your scent, wear gloves when handling the trap.

Use chocolate as bait and drop a few tiny shavings along the wall a foot or so away from the trap.

Thanks Red-Dog. Just read about the scent. Should I just wash the traps and start again?
Also, is there any chance that if you put bait away from the trap, that they'll just take that and leave?

Years ago i used to go match fishing and I used to detest mice in my garages and sheds. They caused so many problems eating and destroying everything and I never really kept on top of the problem. Then one day I went in the garage and saw the biggest rat in all my life sat watching me. This rat was an absolute beast and it stayed for at least 3 years but I never had any problems with mice in all that time.  I thought that it was a loner/rogue if this is possible as I never saw another one. My mates used to laugh at me when I said I never had mice because the rat kept em away .

The best way to remove the scent from the traps is to leave them out in the sun (If we ever get any) for a few hours.

Drop a few tiny slivers of chocolate away from the trap, it's like eating one Malteaser, you just can't do it. He'll be desperate to find more.

I had one a few years ago, I caught it the first night by using a bit of bread squeezed into a ball as bait.

Do you think putting down multiple traps a waste of time and money, or does it actually increase the chances of a catch?

Yep. more traps + more chances.

The real secret is to think like a mouse. Would you stroll out across a wide open floor where some great hairy beast could grab you? Some bloke might flatten you in his panic to stand on a chair, or perhaps the dog might get you.

Far better to stay in the shadows, as close to the wall as possible.

Little blighter lapped up the shards and skipped the trap.

Surprised he didn't leave a thank you note. :)

get a dog, had a border collie a few years back and they are vicious with mice/rats... cats tend to play with them, dogs just kill them

They have a dog!

Yeah the mouse would get that dog in a head lock and give it a monkey scrub :)

get a better one?? jokes

i guess the mouse trap will work, or borrow someones border collie and let them loose. we used to put ours in the shred when it was ful of mice for about 20 mins and open the door and find the floor strewn with mice. (used to just nip the back of their necks kill them and drop them)

Gutted. I felt like a drug dealer last night with my petrol station gloves on, preparing no fewer than 12 traps with various baits from cheese spread to Morrison's finest chocolate. I put them down the side of cabinets, under the fridge, skirting boards, etc.

Didn't catch a dicky bird, nor a mouse.

I haven't seen the fella for around four days (and it was my only sighting) - is it possible he was on his tod and has since met his death, or perhaps found greener grass elsewhere? I can't understand why not a single trap was set off, especially if there's a posse.

Has anyone had any success with this?

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p.s. My dog can't catch his own tail, despite numerous efforts. He's not going to catch Speedy Gonzales.

Saw a mouse last night for the first time in a good few days.

Absolutely baffled. I've been putting 12 traps out every night as they just don't touch them.

Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

Is there an easy food source anywhere?

There used to be as the dog would eat his kibble in there, but we've changed that. Food cupboards are all high up, and we also have a cleaner who mops the floor every week.

I've been spreading them around the room. Would it be best to group the traps instead in the key areas (i.e. under fridge)?

No. Spread em around, all in quiet / dark places.

are there mouse droppings anywhere? 

Did you try my bait suggestion - wholemeal bread squeezed up in a little ball - as I said I tried this and caught the mouse first night.  I placed it on the floor by a little gap between cupboards just under the workspace where it had been eating crumbs.

This will get the mouse out of it's house

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Yeah, tired wholemeal bread, Nutella, peanut butter, cheese, chocolate, and Primula and various combos. I even wasted a Malteser on them!  :(

It must be my placement. I can't see where they're getting their food from, and why the bait isn't, well, baiting them.

I'm sure they're filming me ready to ship it off to Britain's Dumbest Humans. I got my hand snapped by one of the traps this morning.

Modifying my strategy tonight. There have been multiple (well, two) sightings under the fridge freezer, so have lined up four in a row down the side in between freezer and kitchen cabinets.

I know the whole situation is frustrating for you, so apologies, but I proper laughed at that line.

Will you be posting picture of caught mickey. Would like a bit of warning if gory plz

This thread's probably getting boring now, so apologies.

Change of strategy last night:

I put a line of four or five under the fridge as they'd been sighted there a two or three times, and also in the cupboard under the sink where there's a hole at the back.

Still no catch.

It's been two weeks now, so a little worried that, eventually, they'll do some damage to the pipes, which would be awkward, and expensive.

I'm going to give it one more night, then try mouse poison, although I'm not sure my local Homebase sells ones that are non-harmful to dogs.

If that doesn't work, is last resort to bring in the pros? Rentokil? Anyone had any experience with pest control services? What would they do? Having my kitchen cabinets, washing machine, etc pulled out doesn't sound fun, or cheap.

Try pulling the plinth off the bottom of kitchen cupboards and putting Poisen/ traps under there .....unless you've a small dog that can get under a tight space!

Note: the plinth should be on clips and come off easy!

Got one!

Appears as though mice aren't Jewish; bit of bacon did the trick. Trap #1 in the cupboard underneath the sink took the honours.

It was a very tense moment as he was still alive when I found him and was only trapped by a small part of his body. I was sure that I'd move the trap in the wrong direction and accidentally release him.

Managed to broom him into a Tupperware box, take him to the park and put him out of his misery.

Didn't enjoy bashing a mouse over the head as it took a few strikes.

He didn't look in great shape before his demise, which I hope is a good sign. I cleaned the cupboard and reset the trap.

Hopefully he was the only one; if not, then at least I know I can actually catch one.

Mice: 10, Human: 1

Am catching up.

in b4 rspca

Why did you kill it?

Surely just removing him from your house was enough!

Why take it all the way to the park to put it out of it's misery?

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When I released him from the trap, his leg was mangled and he was struggling to move, so I felt it was the best thing to do.

Boo!

Killer of innocent animals.

I know a chap who persecuted innocent moles.

Shocking, absolutely shocking.


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Mouse killer 

I thought you'd set them up in a lovely wee mouse house with flowers and cheese and stuff. 

Now you're in for it.  All his relations will come looking for him and they'll bring their big bully mates too.  When they don't find him, all hell's gonna break loose.  You're in big trouble Mr.

You should've hacked it's head off with a rusty razor blade then skewered it on to a cocktail stick as a warning to all the other mices.

That's what a real man would've done. None of this 'park' malarky.

Yeah Snoops wtf. Needing to use a broom to get it into a Tupperware tub, so suffocating the poor thing, then just as he gets some fresh air and thinking wow my new home looks nice. Bish bash bosh, and bosh bosh bosh again because you were lacking in confidence and so scared of the mouse to do the job properly.

Hope you get an infestation that chew threw all your pipes and wires :)

And when did you start dying your hair brown?