"David Hansen" wrote in message
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On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:32:28 +0100 someone who may be "Mary Fisher"
wrote this:-

I've only seen one (two actually, babies in the same trap - it must be
unusual) which had been caught by the snout. All others have died of a
headache.

My experience is the other way round.

So how do you get rid of them?

In article ,
Andy Burns writes
On 24/07/2007 23:52, judith wrote:

I took up a bedroom floorboard. Put aluminium foil on the ceiling run
- hung a second piece of foil vertically with just a small gap between
it and the horizontal piece. Mains to the two pieces across the gap
and bob's your uncle.

So when the house catches fire from a pile of smouldering mice who'll
explain it to the insurance company?

The mice won't be telling ;-)

Agreed it is a less than perfect implementation, in my yoof I created a
similar arrangement in a plastic drainpipe with expanded metal grids
forming floor & ceiling and dangling strands to guarantee a contact with
any little visitors. Power was provided by a spare 350V TV transformer
which gave a bit of current limiting (it was thermally fused too). I like to
think that was a little safer. The mice didn't hang around long after it was
installed.
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On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:40:33 +0100, Mogga
wrote:

No I've gone more rural - I thinkI need to get one of those catflaps
with a camera which only allows the cat in if she's not holding
baggage.

http://www.quantumpicture.com/Flo_Co...lo_control.htm

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On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:57:09 +0100, Peter Parry
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:40:33 +0100, Mogga
wrote:

No I've gone more rural - I thinkI need to get one of those catflaps
with a camera which only allows the cat in if she's not holding
baggage.

http://www.quantumpicture.com/Flo_Co...lo_control.htm

Thats the one I was thinking of.
Mind you I might go with Brown and install a fully uniformed border
patrol instead. ;-/
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in 655274 20070724 224512 "Alan Holmes" wrote:
"Mogga" wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:57:50 +0100, Derek Geldard
wrote:



It is not humane to leave them stuck to the trap for hours/days.

But do their legs get pulled off if you try and remove them?

No, not at all, at all.

They pull them off themselves.

And unfortunately I am not joking.

In his greengrocers shop my uncle used to use some gook called Dak
which he spread on a piece of cardborad box and left on the floor in
rat runs.

Usually in the morning all was left was one or more sets of four feet
glued to the cardboard. 8-((

DG


Oh that's horrid. Much more horrid than finding half of one chewed up
on the floor.

Nothing horrid about the death of vermin, however they die.

What's your definition of vermin?

The worst species on the planet walks on 2 legs and wears clothes.

"Bob Martin" wrote in message
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What's your definition of vermin?

The worst species on the planet walks on 2 legs and wears clothes.

Hurrah!

Mary

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:11:02 -0700, wrote:

On 24 Jul, 11:06, judith wrote:
I have just seen in a pound shop some awesome mouse and rat traps.
They are effectively cardboard tunnels with very strong glue on the
internal "walk-way".

It says on the packaging - please dispose of any caught animals
humanely!!

Certainly:
Lump Hammer? Stanley knife? or just a size ten footstep on the
complete issue?

If you must kill your mice, at least dont torture them.

Catching them live and putting them outside costs nothing.

.....and achieves nothing


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"Matt" wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:11:02 -0700, wrote:

On 24 Jul, 11:06, judith wrote:
I have just seen in a pound shop some awesome mouse and rat traps.
They are effectively cardboard tunnels with very strong glue on the
internal "walk-way".

It says on the packaging - please dispose of any caught animals
humanely!!

Certainly:
Lump Hammer? Stanley knife? or just a size ten footstep on the
complete issue?

If you must kill your mice, at least dont torture them.

Catching them live and putting them outside costs nothing.

....and achieves nothing

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Give a Jack Russel a bit of sport...................the only good rat is a
dead'un !

Barry
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