Mice

[aoxomoxoa]

We used to use the humane mousetrap approach, but apparently unless you release the little buggers some significant distance away they just come back (probably with a few mates). Now we use the traditional mousetrap.

 

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

No more dead rodents yet, surley there couldn't be just one.

Might be worth getting a pest control person in. My friend knew exactly where to look and where to put the traps as well as the type of poison to use. He even mixed nutella with some of the standard poison. It appears that there was only one mouse due to the amount of droppings and the fact the mouse was caught within 24 hours with no more mice caught by the peanut butter trap after 1 week. All the gaps have been closed off now as well. It was just a single field mouse (I hope).

 

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

We used to use the humane mousetrap approach, but apparently unless you release the little buggers some significant distance away they just come back (probably with a few mates). Now we use the traditional mousetrap.

Makes sense really - They know the route in and out of the house so unless you kill them they will come back.

 

[JRCT]

You need to kill em or they breed, and they breed pretty fast. One or two becomes twenty in a matter of weeks.

I read an article once on mice breeding. If you have 2 mice (1 male, 1 female of course) left to their own devices, in 2 years you will have 2 million.