how to get rid of mice

[The Yeti]

Ok I desperately need your help people as you all know we’ve had a bit of rain in Sydney recently, that combined with my neighbor finally mowing his lawn has caused me to become over run with mice, not inside the house, but in the cavities and up in the roof, last night the little pr/cks were constructing something in the cavity just behind my bead head

This problem has been increasing for the last week or so, I have done the usual like throwing those little blue baits around which normally give me 1 night of a blue bait round robin, mouse soccer tournament before all is quiet, but this time we seem to have a world cup and I’m going insane, so much so, last night I ratted through the garage found the demtel ultrasonic rodent deterrent and ran an extension lead up in the roof to above my bead room and left that on all night, still no better.

I need your help what have you guys used that has worked and worked well, I’m not against hurting these little - - - - rs I want them to pay for me not getting any sleep for the last few nights

[crusher]

Get a wicked mousing cat. And a dog that eats em too.

When we first bought our house there were lots of mice. We pulled apart the shed which had been converted into a stable and there were litterally hundreds of mice running around. The next day me and dad went back up there to finish the job and there were mice halves and heads everywhere. Cats do work. We havent had any mice problems ever since. And that was like January 2001.

Just set heaps of traps as well. Sometimes they can dodge them but theyre pretty dumb. Put them just at the entrance where they come out from behind a cupboard or a hole or something and theyll walk right onto them and get done.

Good luck getting rid of them mate.

[MoreHPformyXR6]

Originally Posted by The Yeti

Ok I desperately need your help people as you all know we’ve had a bit of rain in Sydney recently, that combined with my neighbor finally mowing his lawn has caused me to become over run with mice, not inside the house, but in the cavities and up in the roof, last night the little pr/cks were constructing something in the cavity just behind my bead head

This problem has been increasing for the last week or so, I have done the usual like throwing those little blue baits around which normally give me 1 night of a blue bait round robin, mouse soccer tournament before all is quiet, but this time we seem to have a world cup and I’m going insane, so much so, last night I ratted through the garage found the demtel ultrasonic rodent deterrent and ran an extension lead up in the roof to above my bead room and left that on all night, still no better.

I need your help what have you guys used that has worked and worked well, I’m not against hurting these little - - - - rs I want them to pay for me not getting any sleep for the last few nights

Get yourself a cat or two problem solved.
:monkes:

[jcxr]

Dont laugh, one night i came home pi55ed, and coudnt stand the birds in the roof making a ruckess any more, so i threw the cat into the roof [ through the manhole] for a couple of days, problem solved.

[Dazza XLT]

Best stuff I've used... Tomcat II rat and mouse blocks. They contain a heavier concentration of active than most others and do the job well around these parts.
Blocks are the easiest method, just crack the manhole and chuck them in! No need to stuff around with Pellets or Grain. We sell them here in two sizes- 800gm ($24.20) or 1.8kg ($52.25)
http://www.webcot.com.au/Products/tomcatlist.html

Another good one is Talon Rat and Mouse Blocks. 1kg Bucket ($33.00) or 2.4kg Pail ($68.00)
http://www.syngenta.com.au/Start.asp...oductID=993130
Both of these products only requires one feed to kill the rodent.

Cheers

Darran

[X000BOSS]

12 gauge and a lot of fun

[rodderz]

Bromokill isnt bad either, green blocks that do rats as well. Most supermarkets sell it

Just make sure no pets get them

[DoreSlamR]

We've currently got a bit of a mouse problem...got out the toaster this morning, just about to drop the bread in when i spotted a bloody mouse looking up at me! little bastard

We have 4 cats and still have mouse issues, i think it must be that time of year.

[Powdered Toast Man]

So whats toasted mouse taste like?

[rodderz]

They will come inside when it's either too wet or too dry for them, they are after water & food

I guess a quick fix might be one of those pest removalists, not sure what they charge but

[Casper]

Originally Posted by Darran

We sell them here in two sizes- 800gm ($24.20) or 1.8kg ($52.25)

Another good one is Talon Rat and Mouse Blocks. 1kg Bucket ($33.00) or 2.4kg Pail ($68.00)

2.4KG!!! :O You must have some big mice out your way :

[Dazza XLT]

Originally Posted by Casper

2.4KG!!! :O You must have some big mice out your way :

: Good on ya!
It comes as a bucket full of small blocks, which are about 50mm long each.
:

[Kryton]

id go for the pest controller.
you dont want to lay a heap of bait out only to have rotting mouse carcuss letting off tasty smells all through the house.
you kill a mouse, you have to remove the body, that means finding the body.

[thefargo]

I've used the blocks, but sometimes the rodents carry them away. I now wire the blocks to a piece of wood, so they can't carry the block away, and possibly drop it where a dog can get it. I think they were rats as the blocks are reasonably large. Dead rodents in the wall cavities can be a problem. I've had to repaint a room to cover up the smell. I tried lowering our pet chihuahua on a harness, but there was a cross beam in the way. Before I get flamed for mistreating the killer chihuahua, let me say she loves that sort of thing, wagged tail the whole time, now when I say "where's the mouse?" she runs to the manhole.(roof access chamber for the politically correct)

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by davway

id go for the pest controller.
you dont want to lay a heap of bait out only to have rotting mouse carcuss letting off tasty smells all through the house.
you kill a mouse, you have to remove the body, that means finding the body.

Yeah agreed.

Baits are simple, but they will crawl into the tightest of spots to cark it, then you will have to deal with seeking out the boddies or allowing the heat and flies to decompose them gradually.

Buy a heap of traps and some cheap cheese. set em up all around the joint. set em b4 bed, check in the morning, then set em in morning and check after work.

will probably take a week or 2, but then you will get them all. oh and try to find all they entry and exit points and block them up.

[AC]

Simple Question, Simple Answer...


Become a cat lover :Up_to_som

[AC]

Originally Posted by Casper

2.4KG!!! :O You must have some big mice out your way :

Must be what the air force has been dropping out of thier C130's the last week or so...

[braddo]

mate i put a photo of the wife in the cupboards and whammo no mice scarred the crap outta them, now im not the only frightened thing in the house of a morning!!!

[XRCISM]

Yeah - there is a bit of a mouse plague at the moment!!
We've tried the different baits but if anything I think it turned them into super mutant mice ...... always sounded like they were building cities and skyscrapers in the roof!!

In the end it was the good old mouse traps that did the job. Took a while but we eventually got them all - parents and the kiddies (they ventured out looking for food when mum and dad didn't come home!).

Sorry to those who think it sounds cruel but when you find mice ***** everywhere in your kitchen you start to just not want to eat at home!! It's horrible!!
Oh - and did I mention that they started to not even give a crap if we were IN the kitchen?!! Just ran around in front of us like they owned the frigin place.

[rodderz]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

Yeah agreed.

Baits are simple, but they will crawl into the tightest of spots to cark it, then you will have to deal with seeking out the boddies or allowing the heat and flies to decompose them gradually.

Buy a heap of traps and some cheap cheese. set em up all around the joint. set em b4 bed, check in the morning, then set em in morning and check after work.

will probably take a week or 2, but then you will get them all. oh and try to find all they entry and exit points and block them up.

Baits actually kill them then dry out the carcass, so there is no smell or flies etc to gather over it

[Kenster]

get yourslef a snake :P

[atec77]

Originally Posted by The Yeti

Ok I desperately need your help people as you all know we’ve had a bit of rain in Sydney recently, that combined with my neighbor finally mowing his lawn has caused me to become over run with mice, not inside the house, but in the cavities and up in the roof, last night the little pr/cks were constructing something in the cavity just behind my bead head

This problem has been increasing for the last week or so, I have done the usual like throwing those little blue baits around which normally give me 1 night of a blue bait round robin, mouse soccer tournament before all is quiet, but this time we seem to have a world cup and I’m going insane, so much so, last night I ratted through the garage found the demtel ultrasonic rodent deterrent and ran an extension lead up in the roof to above my bead room and left that on all night, still no better.

I need your help what have you guys used that has worked and worked well, I’m not against hurting these little - - - - rs I want them to pay for me not getting any sleep for the last few nights

Bromakill wheat pellits in the red and white can , its full of diaxin so whatch were you put it , very effective and they hardly smell atll , put water outside the house a few metres away and they normally leave and search for it , keep cats and dogs away.

[atec77]

Originally Posted by 2ndOwner

Simple Question, Simple Answer...


Become a cat lover :Up_to_som

Oh look ready packaged wolfhound food

[fiery]

If you use traps (obviously a little harder when its in the roof I guess) don't put cheese as the cheese gets yucky in the heat.
Use Peanut butter, it doesn't seem to be affected by the heat and the mice actually are quite attracted to it

Hate mice..

Considered getting another cat for when we had a mouse issue (which hopefully doesn't occur again), but then it would be a case of the mouse eats our food, the cat eats the mouse and then the dog eats the cat..

But then who deals with the rest of the mice :evil_laug

[kyro_02]

don't use mouse poison or traps, that's humane. when you can use a flame thrower !

[[Tonko]]

go to the petshop and ask for some snake crap, ive heard that works
or get yourself a pet python...

[MITCHAY]

If you had a cat that will do the trick quick smart. Believe me I had pet mice and they often got taken out if the garage door was left open and when I first had them I left the cage on the back doorstep. Bye bye mice! Even a domesticated, well-fed cat has a taste for mice.

Other than that light them up with a can of deo and lighter. Common household items in most homes :

[DOC]

Traps are good, i file the locking arm down until i get it trigger happy at the smell of the little bludgers.

Another good idea that did work in SA during the mouse plauge a while back was this,

a bucket half filled with water or similar , probabaly a bigger plastic trash can half filled with water.

then on the shelf above the secured a old wie bottle with the end leaning over the shelf and above the the bucket.

they then slammed the empty bottle full of good smelling yummy food for the micekins, but also geased up the end of the bottle on the outside.

so along comes mr mouse, smells a meal to hard to resist, climbs out on the bottle to get to the end where the food is ( even stick some out for them to see ) hit the slippery stuff tying to get the feed and plonk into the bucket for a swim.

this method keeps catching them all night without re loading the trap and works.

as others have said we have a cat and no mice problems.

[XRchic]

I HATE MICE!!! We had a horrible mouse plague in a house we were renting. We had them for months, running across the carpet, in the kids beds, and one night I was nearly asleep on the bed (which backed up to the window ledge) and a mouse must have been climbing the curtain behind the bed... and fell off... landed square on my face!!!! Now, I am not a squeamish individual, for those who dont know me. But that made me friggin scream! I pounded it on the bedside table with my bare fist and then had to clean it up...

My son used to chase them with his cricket bat and got a few that way on the tiles, but ended up breaking his bat.

We got mousetraps, but not the cheap wooden ones. We got some grey plastic space age looking things and MAN they CREAM a mouse! Would squash its guts out. So we learned not to set up the traps anywhere near food areas during the day, otherwise the mouse guts would be everywhere... YUK.

The traps were good but didnt get rid of them so we ended up getting a pest controller. Was the best thing we did, they were gone within a day. And the pest controller said that there were rats in the roof as well... he said that where there are mice, there are usually rats too but you just dont see them as they are too big to get inside most of the time. He said he had also been busy catching snakes as they are where the meat is (ie mice)....

We got a cat soon after, and while others in the street had mice plagues, we had none. Our cat, Evan, was a stray in his previous life, so he had probably lived on mice and rodents of various kinds for the first two years of his life. And he was SERIOUSLY good at catching them too... We have had Evan now for about 5 years and we have never had another mouse sighting inside or out.

Evan rocks!

[Hawk]