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By *eliz Nelson OP   Man
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop

Not talking gnu's here, but found a mouse in my house last night, currently outsmarting me

Read on-line that they liked chocolate and peanut butter, so placed some kit-kat choc/peanut butter chunks in mouse trap!....10 minutes later...kerchunk! Went into kitchen and little b...ard had outsmarted me Do not buy £1.99 mouse traps from Yorkshire Trading Company....... no meets at moment currently at war with mouse!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Old school mouse traps, load with chocolate.

Bosh! Mickey is fooked

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

I used to get them in my last house, the little buggers love peanut butter but I was a softy a bought humane traps then set them free. I think the same ones came back over and over for their treat.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Buy a cat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Find out where they are getting in and block it.

Purchase humane traps and release.

Easy.

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By *eliz Nelson OP   Man
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop

That's the problem, I want to be humane and the old school traps seem wrong, wouldn't want one of those coiled spring things hammering down on my donger

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Buy a cat "

My cat couldn't catch the field mouse we had once. Useless little thing!

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By *eliz Nelson OP   Man
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop


"Find out where they are getting in and block it.

Purchase humane traps and release.

Easy."

I live in a very old terraced street, so difficult to know entrance point, plus at edge of city and near wild countryside

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Our cats are ruthless, efficient, rodent assassins

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By *eliz Nelson OP   Man
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop


"Our cats are ruthless, efficient, rodent assassins "

The stuffed owl has failed, can I hire your cats!

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere


"Find out where they are getting in and block it.

Purchase humane traps and release.

Easy.

I live in a very old terraced street, so difficult to know entrance point, plus at edge of city and near wild countryside

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It's pointless because they can squeeze through the teeniest of holes.

We had mice in the garage and in the cupboard under the stairs not so long ago. A couple of times they managed to eat the chocolate spread off the springy traps. But we did get them in the end.

If you use the humane traps you have to take them a km (I think) otherwise they just come back.

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By *eliz Nelson OP   Man
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop


"Find out where they are getting in and block it.

Purchase humane traps and release.

Easy.

I live in a very old terraced street, so difficult to know entrance point, plus at edge of city and near wild countryside

It's pointless because they can squeeze through the teeniest of holes.

We had mice in the garage and in the cupboard under the stairs not so long ago. A couple of times they managed to eat the chocolate spread off the springy traps. But we did get them in the end.

If you use the humane traps you have to take them a km (I think) otherwise they just come back."

Take them a Km away, I'll happily post it to F...in Somerset!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Find out where they are getting in and block it.

Purchase humane traps and release.

Easy.

I live in a very old terraced street, so difficult to know entrance point, plus at edge of city and near wild countryside

It's pointless because they can squeeze through the teeniest of holes.

We had mice in the garage and in the cupboard under the stairs not so long ago. A couple of times they managed to eat the chocolate spread off the springy traps. But we did get them in the end.

If you use the humane traps you have to take them a km (I think) otherwise they just come back."

not if you have homing mice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Our cats are ruthless, efficient, rodent assassins

The stuffed owl has failed, can I hire your cats! "

Contracts for mouse 'hits' come at a steep price. Usually bag is Dreamies to share. This being a special seek and destroy mission though. The price goes up to a bag each.

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By *gnitemybodyWoman
over a year ago

Onestepoutofthedoor


"Old school mouse traps, load with chocolate.

Bosh! Mickey is fooked "

Poor Mickey

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My dogs keep all other animals from nearing the property, never mind entering the house. I highly recommend rescuing a dog. Would solve this problem pretty quickly.

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By *eliz Nelson OP   Man
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop


"Our cats are ruthless, efficient, rodent assassins

The stuffed owl has failed, can I hire your cats!

Contracts for mouse 'hits' come at a steep price. Usually bag is Dreamies to share. This being a special seek and destroy mission though. The price goes up to a bag each. "

You are getting 'F..k all' without testimonials of your cats prowess

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Old school mouse traps, load with chocolate.

Bosh! Mickey is fooked

Poor Mickey "

Circle of life

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By *eliz Nelson OP   Man
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop


"My dogs keep all other animals from nearing the property, never mind entering the house. I highly recommend rescuing a dog. Would solve this problem pretty quickly. "

A bit more clarity please!!! Are you suggesting take my chances at local cat and dog shelter or re: 'rescue a dog' wander down the North East coast looking for a dog struggling in the North Sea! That could take weeks

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By *eliz Nelson OP   Man
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop


"Old school mouse traps, load with chocolate.

Bosh! Mickey is fooked

Poor Mickey "

Mickey? Mickey? I prefer to call it little b...ard who is p..ing me off

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My dogs keep all other animals from nearing the property, never mind entering the house. I highly recommend rescuing a dog. Would solve this problem pretty quickly.

A bit more clarity please!!! Are you suggesting take my chances at local cat and dog shelter or re: 'rescue a dog' wander down the North East coast looking for a dog struggling in the North Sea! That could take weeks "

Well, the latter would be impressive, but I was thinking more about the former...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The traps fine work just gotta set them so they are really on the edge of going off, the wire only just touching the eye hole catch, can take a few careful attempts...

xx

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over a year ago

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By *eliz Nelson OP   Man
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop

Confused now...

After pestering (excuse the pun) me for 3 days, in kitchen whenever I entered, mouse seems to have vanished, various traps in kitchen with choc and peanut butter, but no trap has been set off...

Do mice just vanish or look for pastures new?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Confused now...

After pestering (excuse the pun) me for 3 days, in kitchen whenever I entered, mouse seems to have vanished, various traps in kitchen with choc and peanut butter, but no trap has been set off...

Do mice just vanish or look for pastures new?"

He's waiting till you're asleep. Mice don't like a fuss. Either that or he's under your bed waiting for the right moment to jump out and bum ya.

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By *eliz Nelson OP   Man
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop


"Confused now...

After pestering (excuse the pun) me for 3 days, in kitchen whenever I entered, mouse seems to have vanished, various traps in kitchen with choc and peanut butter, but no trap has been set off...

Do mice just vanish or look for pastures new?

He's waiting till you're asleep. Mice don't like a fuss. Either that or he's under your bed waiting for the right moment to jump out and bum ya. "

The second word is 'off!'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Confused now...

After pestering (excuse the pun) me for 3 days, in kitchen whenever I entered, mouse seems to have vanished, various traps in kitchen with choc and peanut butter, but no trap has been set off...

Do mice just vanish or look for pastures new?

He's waiting till you're asleep. Mice don't like a fuss. Either that or he's under your bed waiting for the right moment to jump out and bum ya.

The second word is 'off!' "

That's what you tell Micky when he comes out to play

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ultrasonics works best. Get couple of emitters. Few quid each. You can't hear it and nor cats, dogs all good. Will keep them out large area. Move emitters about will drive them away from area

It does work this.

The kill traps are cruel and not nice, the catch and release ok but still very stressful for the thing plus you need to take quite a distance from home and or family or will come back.

Try ultrasonics it works

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By *eliz Nelson OP   Man
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop


"Confused now...

After pestering (excuse the pun) me for 3 days, in kitchen whenever I entered, mouse seems to have vanished, various traps in kitchen with choc and peanut butter, but no trap has been set off...

Do mice just vanish or look for pastures new?

He's waiting till you're asleep. Mice don't like a fuss. Either that or he's under your bed waiting for the right moment to jump out and bum ya.

The second word is 'off!'

That's what you tell Micky when he comes out to play "

As long as this mouse does not shove a tube up my bum and start some feltching routine

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have you caught said mouse....sorry not read through thread to check

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By *eliz Nelson OP   Man
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop


"Have you caught said mouse....sorry not read through thread to check "

No Jo! Have not caught the mouse, it was in kitchen whenever I went in for about two days, set numerous traps, none of them triggered and have only seen mouse once in last 30 or so hours, no food has been touched, chocolate and peanut butter!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

they can get in through the tiniest little hole - we had one in between the inner and outer wall - could hear it running from one end to the other - was in the winter and it buggered of in the daytime - so we found a very small hole in the brickwork where some of the mortar was missing and we bunged it up with a couple of pebbles - never got back in

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By *eliz Nelson OP   Man
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop


"they can get in through the tiniest little hole - we had one in between the inner and outer wall - could hear it running from one end to the other - was in the winter and it buggered of in the daytime - so we found a very small hole in the brickwork where some of the mortar was missing and we bunged it up with a couple of pebbles - never got back in "

Yes! I think I have heard it scurrying around cavity wall, last time I heard it was in bathroom cavity wall, so may have emigrated to neighbours....(damn! Just saw the little critter!) On plus side, mouse poison has been interfered with....the amount of chocolate and peanut butter on offer, more chance of getting a meet on site than catching damned mouse

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Have you caught said mouse....sorry not read through thread to check

No Jo! Have not caught the mouse, it was in kitchen whenever I went in for about two days, set numerous traps, none of them triggered and have only seen mouse once in last 30 or so hours, no food has been touched, chocolate and peanut butter!"

Ones not sure where you located, but if its a country setting then it will maybe be a non house mouse like you find in cities. They don't as I've experienced... eat things like chocolate or peanut butter. Try a carrot or better still a potato.

Leave a potato out on floor and if gets nibbed u got mice.

If you concerned they on work surfaces or where they come from. Dust all surfaces with flour and floors edges when you go to bed..in the morning can man hunt them down. It might seem funny but it does work. They leave tracks...follow tracks

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By *eliz Nelson OP   Man
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop

I am right on the edge of the city, so very old housing, then countryside, it seems to have gone for the 'shop sold' mouse bait tonight, but I disturbed it! Will see how it goes overnight, it heads behind the kitchen units which I am not, obviously prepared to remove

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By *ildbillkidMan
over a year ago

where the road goes on forever

They say stuff steel wool in their holes,......guess you'll have to find someone to hold their legs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I am right on the edge of the city, so very old housing, then countryside, it seems to have gone for the 'shop sold' mouse bait tonight, but I disturbed it! Will see how it goes overnight, it heads behind the kitchen units which I am not, obviously prepared to remove "

When you say 'shop sold' so poison from a shop? I don't honestly approve.they don't have a good ending. Very painful to them. It isn't a nice way for an amimal to be put down, as much as you see it as an inconvenience or whatever to you. I don't like having mice either but I would only ever use ultrasonics to drive them away or safe catch and release traps. At the end of the day man has fucked the environment, mice etc are so high because is no predators is same with lot of nature. They just trying to survive is all.

I take it you do know that it will pass away obviously inside a wall and decay and perhaps smell.

I honestly don't get why you would be killing them over humane treatments. They have as much right to be here as you. Why man has to kill everything I don't know. Its like all these spider killers. Why anyone would need to kill a harmless spider.

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