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Getting rid of Mice
Hi,
We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him out of the house. We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? Rajinder |
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"Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt" wrote in message ... Hi, We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him out of the house. We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? Rajinder Cat ? Regards Jeff |
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Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt wrote:
Hi, We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him out of the house. We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? Rajinder Meeow! -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 10:52:40 GMT, "Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt"
wrote: | Hi, | | We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him | out of the house. | | We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? You will have a family at least, even if you can only sees one. Poison is IMO the only way :-( There are numerous baits, some just have a tray and bait, but if you have children or pets around the enclosed box ones supplied/made by B&Q or Rentokil are better. Go round the house and block up ***all*** holes which a mouse can get through. That is anything you can push a *pencil* through. They will gnaw through filler, and wood, so put steel wool, or steel wool pan scrubbers in the hole and cover it with filler. Starve them out, put all food in mouse proof boxes, remember the pencil rule. -- Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk The London suicide bombers killed innocent commuters. Animal rights terrorists and activists kill innocent patients. |
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On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 10:56:49 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote: | Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt wrote: | Hi, | | We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get | him out of the house. | | We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? | | Rajinder | | Meeow! Does not always work, some cats have been known to ?adopt? a family of mice. -- Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk The London suicide bombers killed innocent commuters. Animal rights terrorists and activists kill innocent patients. |
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"Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt" wrote in message ... Hi, We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him out of the house. We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? Rajinder You can get a humane trap available from pet shops. It is a square shaped tube with a trap door. Put half a peanut in the opening to get its attention and a few more at the back so it doesn't starve. Check every morning until you have caught it. If you place it where you know the mouse will be it should only take one night. Release it at least 10 miles from home. |
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Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt wrote:
We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him out of the house. We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? Waste of time, expensive, may irritate you. Buy a "humane trap", which has flaps that close when the mouse enters a tube to take the bait. Examine the trap frequently for trapped mice, they will starve/dehydrate inside a day. Release the mouse a good distance from your house! |
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Chris Bacon wrote:
Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt wrote: We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him out of the house. We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? Waste of time, expensive, may irritate you. Buy a "humane trap", http://www.robharvey.com/pest-control/rodent-traps.htm etc., etc. Multi-traps are good - this is expesive, but lasts years. |
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If you want to get rid of the mouse for good your are going to have to
kill it. No point pussy footing around (excuse the pun). You rarely get a solitary mouse, there'll be more if they haven't arrived already. Get plenty of lethal bait and exterminate the lot, follow the advice others have given in covering as may holes as possible etc. |
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Jeff wrote:
"Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt" wrote... We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him out of the house. We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? Cat ? He said he didn't want to kill the mouse, let alone have the creature slow-tortured to death. I shouldn't think he wants an animal that might scratch up his furnishings, spray **** all over his house, crap all over his or the neighbours gardens, and kill all the local wildlife to boot, as well as being an on-going expense. |
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On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 12:15:52 +0100, "Pinot Grigio" Someone@somewhere
wrote: | | "Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt" wrote in message | ... | Hi, | | We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him | out of the house. | | We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? | | Rajinder | | | You can get a humane trap available from pet shops. It is a square shaped | tube with a trap door. | Put half a peanut in the opening to get its attention and a few more at the | back so it doesn't starve. | Check every morning until you have caught it. If you place it where you | know the mouse will be it should only take one night. There is never one mouse, there is always a family, so continue whatever method you chose for a month or so. Mice run round the walls, so place traps/bait close to a wall. | Release it at least 10 miles from home. Not near other houses which your house mouse will invade. That way the local predators will kill it, but *your* hands will be clean :-( -- Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk The London suicide bombers killed innocent commuters. Animal rights terrorists and activists kill innocent patients. |
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"Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt" writes: Hi, We have got a mouse Mice are not normally solitary animals. in our house and we want to know best way to get him out of the house. Make sure there's nothing for them to eat inside the house. That won't stop them comming in for warmth, but they might find someone else's house with warmth and food a more desirable property. We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? Humane trap, and release outside. -- Andrew Gabriel |
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Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt wrote:
We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him out of the house. If you see one there is probably a whole "family" of them We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? Ultrasound is a bit of '6 and half a dozen', seems to work for some not for others a LOT of money is to be made for those manufacturing Ultrasound devices, but I do not feel they work.. A killing trap is more humane in the long run, remember if you release the mouse within 200 yards (or so) of your house it will just come back [1] if you release it miles away then you are condeming it to a long lingering death (if a predator doesn't eat it) as it is not adapted/suited to living wild. The problem with poison is that poison takes a while to work, plenty time for the mouse to crawl into some innacesable place and die and subsequently smell. Once mice are in the walls it is almost impossible to get rid of them totally all you can do is stop them coming into the human part, seal all holes (remember they can get through what many consider impossible holes) put all food in mouse proof boxes clear up any spills immediately . Obviously it matters if you live on the 12th floor of a tower block as opposed to a farmhouse Mind you I lived 30 years in Edinburgh [3]where 90% of the buildings have mice[2] (lots of stone walls ) and now live in the countryside where mice are endemic about all you can do is not invite/let them into the human part. Rats are a TOTALY different matter. [1] Or to a neighbours which if you live in a terrace is almost the same as having them yourself [2] Can't remember where I got this figure from it may well be apoccyphal (bit like 6ft from a rat in London) and it does not mean the mice are running about the floors merely that they are in the walls. [3] So all this is IMHO. For a more proffesional opinion try googling for "pest control" -- This post contains no hidden meanings, no implications and certainly no hidden agendas so it should be taken at face value. The wrong words may be used this is due to my limitations with the English language . |
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On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:29:07 +0100, Dave Fawthrop wrote:
| We have got a mouse in our house You won't have one, well you might ATM but it'll be joined by another and then a family. At this time of year they are probably coming in to find the warmth. We get them every year about this time, 5 so far this autumn. | We do not want to kill him. Good for you, I'm happy for them to be outside but not in the house. | Ultrasound system any good? Well the ones we have don't seem to make any difference. They can certainly hear it as they visibly jump when you turn it on but it doesn't seem overly worry them. It has various settings and it's set to "quiet", if set to "loud" it drives you out... | Put half a peanut in the opening to get its attention and a few | more at the back so it doesn't starve. We find that Nuttella is good, doesn't go rancid like peanut butter. No need for anything at the entrance mice like holes and will go in anyway. There is never one mouse, there is always a family, so continue whatever method you chose for a month or so. Agreed, we have a trap down all year "just in case" but normally it only ever gets anything around this time of year. We are very rural and surrounded by ideal mouse habitat. The fields and banks are riddled with mouse/vole sized holes... Mice run round the walls, so place traps/bait close to a wall. Yep. | Release it at least 10 miles from home. Not near other houses which your house mouse will invade. If it is a house mouse. House mice are grey, field mice brown. But what ever it will go looking for the warmth again. We have the advantage of some forested fell tops only about 4 miles away that are a good couple of miles from any habitation. But certainly releasing in the back garden is useless, the mouse will probably be back in before you are! That way the local predators will kill it, but *your* hands will be clean :-( Why :-( ? I'd much rather let the mouse takes it chances with the local predators and help support them than simply kill it and bung in the compost bin. -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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Chris Bacon wrote: Jeff wrote: "Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt" wrote... Cat ? He said he didn't want to kill the mouse, let alone have the creature slow-tortured to death. I shouldn't think he wants an animal that might scratch up his furnishings, spray **** all over his house, crap all over his or the neighbours gardens, and kill all the local wildlife to boot, as well as being an on-going expense. Bit of an exaggeration ! My cat is 18 and hardly moves more than to go outside in the sun or come in and eat. Let alone scratch, **** on or kill anything ! Why doesn't he rescue an old cat, for that 'not too long on-going' expense  Paul. |
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Chris Bacon wrote:
Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt wrote: We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him out of the house. We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? Waste of time, expensive, may irritate you. Buy a "humane trap", which has flaps that close when the mouse enters a tube to take the bait. Examine the trap frequently for trapped mice, they will starve/dehydrate inside a day. Release the mouse a good distance from your house! Humane traps are a great idea. Plus, you can train cats to some extent to chase mice, if they were not taught by the mother, just using similar techniques. |
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Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt wrote:
Hi, We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him out of the house. We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? Rajinder How do you know its a 'HIM'? -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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"Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt" wrote
in message ... Hi, We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him out of the house. We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? humane mousetraps, screwfix - work beautifully |
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"Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt" wrote in message ... Hi, We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him out of the house. I was standing in the shed yesterday when a 6" rat rushed out and looked at me. I dropped the toolbox I was holding on it and it is no longer a problem. We do not want to kill him. Forget the toolbox solution then. Ultrasound system any good? Rajinder |
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Owain wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote: He said he didn't want to kill the mouse, let alone have the creature slow-tortured to death. I shouldn't think he wants an animal that might scratch up his furnishings, spray **** all over his house, crap all over his or the neighbours gardens, and kill all the local wildlife to boot, as well as being an on-going expense. Get a snake then. A big enough one will eat the mouse and the cat. ROFL. Visons of that Russian dish of a very small bird inside a partridge inside a guinea fowl inside a chicken inside..... you get the idea. Anywar, u.f+d.misc, I guess. |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
[ bait] We find that Nuttella is good, doesn't go rancid like peanut butter. Good for Squirrels, too. someone wrote about releasing mice elsewhe That way the local predators will kill it, but *your* hands will be clean :-( Why :-( ? I'd much rather let the mouse takes it chances with the local predators and help support them than simply kill it and bung in the compost bin. You could feed the dead mouse to the dog... I agree that letting 'em go won't often kill them as long as there's a reasonable alternative habitat. |
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Rob Morley wrote:
In article invalid says... Poison is IMO the only way :-( Except they can then wander off and die in inconvenient places ... I have a squirrel make off in a fenn trap once, I thought the tenant had displosed of the trap - I was wrong. I found it. |
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Ian Stirling wrote:
Humane traps are a great idea. Plus, you can train cats to some extent to chase mice Shouldn't think they're quick enough, they need to pounce on and hold/disable their prey, they don't often chase it. |
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On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:29:07 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
wrote: There is never one mouse, there is always a family, so continue whatever method you chose for a month or so. You might have one if you have a mad cat who lets them go once they're in the house. -- Promotional codes, discounts, money off http://www.promotionalcode.co.uk/ http://www.moneyoffvouchers.co.uk |
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On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:07:20 +0100, Chris Bacon wrote:
You could feed the dead mouse to the dog... No I can't, don't have a dog... -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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In message , Owain
writes dennis@home wrote: I was standing in the shed yesterday when a 6" rat rushed out and looked at me. I dropped the toolbox I was holding on it and it is no longer a problem. Doesn't that make a bit of a mess of the bottom of the toolbox? Ffs - what do you think a scraper's for ? -- geoff |
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In article .com,
wrote: Bit of an exaggeration ! My cat is 18 and hardly moves more than to go outside in the sun or come in and eat. Let alone scratch, **** on or kill anything ! That's true enough. My four eat and sleep. Then they sleep some more, before hauling themselves of their beds to eat a little more. Then th effort is all too much and they have to sleep some more. :-) -- AJL |
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In article ,
"Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)" writes: In article .com, wrote: Bit of an exaggeration ! My cat is 18 and hardly moves more than to go outside in the sun or come in and eat. Let alone scratch, **** on or kill anything ! That's true enough. My four eat and sleep. Then they sleep some more, before hauling themselves of their beds to eat a little more. Then th effort is all too much and they have to sleep some more. :-) They're predators. If you feed 'em, they sure as hell aren't going to waste any energy finding food for themselves. Breathe, eat, excrete, sleep, and make babies, and that's about it. See also any documentary on lions. -- SAm. |
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Thanks for your advices.
Rajinder "raden" wrote in message news  In message , Owain writes dennis@home wrote: I was standing in the shed yesterday when a 6" rat rushed out and looked at me. I dropped the toolbox I was holding on it and it is no longer a problem. Doesn't that make a bit of a mess of the bottom of the toolbox? Ffs - what do you think a scraper's for ? -- geoff |
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In message , Owain
writes raden wrote: Doesn't that make a bit of a mess of the bottom of the toolbox? Ffs - what do you think a scraper's for ? Cutting plastic pipe when I can't find the hacksaw. Then you should just be able to soak the rat off -- geoff |
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mogga wrote:
On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:29:07 +0100, Dave Fawthrop wrote: There is never one mouse, there is always a family, so continue whatever method you chose for a month or so. You might have one if you have a mad cat who lets them go once they're in the house. ha. Ours does that. Brings them inside, plays with them for a while & then gets bored & wanders off... Stupid damn thing. I put down the rentokil things against the walls. That seems to see them off. Of course short rations for the cat means she eats them rather than plays as well. H |
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mogga wrote:
On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:29:07 +0100, Dave Fawthrop wrote: There is never one mouse, there is always a family, so continue whatever method you chose for a month or so. You might have one if you have a mad cat who lets them go once they're in the house. ha. Ours does that. Brings them inside, plays with them for a while & then gets bored & wanders off... Stupid damn thing. I put down the rentokil things against the walls. That seems to see them off. Of course short rations for the cat means she eats them rather than plays as well. H |
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On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 14:10:00 +0100, Owain
wrote: Get a snake then. A big enough one will eat the mouse and the cat. Not much use on alligators though. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051005/...t/gator_python |
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Ultra sound in my experience will reduce the problem of rodents if not
completely eliminate it. Rats, bats or mice seem to be repelled to a degree. You can buy these units from about 20UKP on the high street. In article , Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt writes Hi, We have got a mouse in our house and we want to know best way to get him out of the house. We do not want to kill him. Ultrasound system any good? Rajinder -- |
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