On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:20:19 +0000, David wrote:

We are looking after a friend's house and it has a mouse infestation.

At the moment we are trying poison - empty house so no problem with kids
or pets.

However, after the short term fix (if it works) a longer term solution
is called for.

The mice seem to be entering through the kitchen cupboard under the
sink, probably through access holes cut for the plumbing.

We have no idea if the nest is under the run of cupboards, under the
floor (anywhere in the house), or outside. Initial research indicates
that if you can get a pencil through a hole then a mouse can get through
- this means that air bricks could be allowing access.

Sealing up obvious access holes under the sink with foam may be a short
term solution (I presume they can eat their way through foam given
time).
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We seem to be down to one mouse now - or perhaps more than one wandering
mouse.

However we are into Day 12 and the last little bugger(s) refuse to die.

The Lil Acorn camera has proved its worth - now switched to 10 second
videos and getting some footage which would be cute if they weren't vermin.

We have delayed having the house cleaned, but the mouse problem seems to
be confined to the under sink cupboard now so it seems safe (subject to
further camera monitoring) to get the ground floor deep cleaned.

I've poured two sachets of bait down the back of the cupboard, through the
holes the mice are using, blocked up as much of the under sink access as
I can with wire wool, and left some bait in the cupboards. Camera is
monitoring.

I don't think we will know if the problem has been eradicated because the
remaining mouse or mice is/are eating small amounts of bait each night,
far less than one sachet, so the under floor stash may well keep it/them
occupied for a good few days.

Makes the mind boggle about the number of mice originally because two
sachets of bait a night were being hoovered up and the bait trays (lids
from containers) were being moved around the floor of the cupboard.

All we can do is monitor for another week or so to see if any mice re-
appear.

Glad it is not our house!


Cheers


Dave R


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