Yes, rats, mice and especially ants only come in when you have too much to eat yourself.
What nonsense.
What nonsense.
mice droppings in kitchen cupboard
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Don't bother using cheese in traps, it's a fallacy. Use peanut butter, Nutella, (best place for that shoite), or even a tiny bit of honey though that may encourage other pests such as ants.
Don't put a big dollop on, just a very tiny amount is enough.
Don't put a big dollop on, just a very tiny amount is enough.
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Shaw shaw..
Cheese worked for me. Perhaps they only like mature cheddar. Very quickly too. Also left a trap around for a month or so and no more mice.
I had this problem last summer - pain the the bum!
I tried traps and bait they did eat some bait but disappeared with it, so where their corpse’ are I don’t know, but not eager to lift the floorboards! you need to go around the floor and skirting and find any hole you can get a pencil in (yes, seriously a pencil!), I used some aluminium gauze I had lying around held in place by foam. They will eat foam.
I still got them!
I ripped out all the units, on the one side of the kitchen, then stripped the skirting and there it was, where the floorboards meet the original unplastered wall there was a small gap not more than 7 or 8 mm just along the edge of the floorboard which had also splintered at that edge, the little blighters have managed to squeeze through, you could see the grease their coat leaves behind. gauze, plaster and foam applied and all has been good.
I then wondered how they were getting under the floorboards, the only logical way was via the old square holed air bricks which easily allow a pencil to pass through, so I gauzed those up too! If they are sill under there they they must be getting in via an underground means, which I am told is possible where old pipes and cable may have come in or even gaps in the mortar of the bricks used in the foundations and cracked driveway concrete which also has a hollow between the concrete and the ground under it.
They are almost as bad as ants, which we had the year before - borax is good for them!
I tried traps and bait they did eat some bait but disappeared with it, so where their corpse’ are I don’t know, but not eager to lift the floorboards! you need to go around the floor and skirting and find any hole you can get a pencil in (yes, seriously a pencil!), I used some aluminium gauze I had lying around held in place by foam. They will eat foam.
I still got them!
I ripped out all the units, on the one side of the kitchen, then stripped the skirting and there it was, where the floorboards meet the original unplastered wall there was a small gap not more than 7 or 8 mm just along the edge of the floorboard which had also splintered at that edge, the little blighters have managed to squeeze through, you could see the grease their coat leaves behind. gauze, plaster and foam applied and all has been good.
I then wondered how they were getting under the floorboards, the only logical way was via the old square holed air bricks which easily allow a pencil to pass through, so I gauzed those up too! If they are sill under there they they must be getting in via an underground means, which I am told is possible where old pipes and cable may have come in or even gaps in the mortar of the bricks used in the foundations and cracked driveway concrete which also has a hollow between the concrete and the ground under it.
They are almost as bad as ants, which we had the year before - borax is good for them!
I suspect rather small pieces are best to ensure they get on the trap. Worked for me anyway.
The little blighters can get the bait off the trap without setting the trap off.
I used to tie the bait onto the trap with thin strands of copper wire to ensure that they had to struggle with it, thereby setting the trap off.
It also saves you having to constantly re-bait the trap.
I used to tie the bait onto the trap with thin strands of copper wire to ensure that they had to struggle with it, thereby setting the trap off.
It also saves you having to constantly re-bait the trap.
I went to a job today where I found mouse dropping under her kitchen cupboards, I called the lady owner into the kitchen and told her about the droppings. She said 'thank you for letting me know'. After I finished, I noticed 2 mouse traps on the side.
Me thinks she was a bit embarrassed.
Andy
Me thinks she was a bit embarrassed.
Andy
In my expert opinion and taking into account all of the facts, I conclude: you may have mice
Hi Guys,
Thanks for all the advice. I really appreciate it. I can't explain how anxious I am feeling with all this going on under my nose...
This morning after much trepidation, I removed the kitchen plinth and it revealed one dead mouse in one of the traps. I have 3 traps in total and am using peanut butter as bait. It was a small mouse.
For the whole day I have been consoling myself by assuming that this was the only mouse that has ventured into property and I have now seen the back of it. To my horror, I noticed another mouse this evening. I am hoping it will be captured by the traps but will check in the morning.
How much longer will this go on for? How can I know that this is confined to this section of the house/kitchen? As well as the traps, can someone recommend a poison/sachets which I can use under the units and perhaps I should also place it outside the house to figure out where these entry points for these *******s are?
I'd appreciate any advice you can offer on this and thanks again.
Thanks for all the advice. I really appreciate it. I can't explain how anxious I am feeling with all this going on under my nose...
This morning after much trepidation, I removed the kitchen plinth and it revealed one dead mouse in one of the traps. I have 3 traps in total and am using peanut butter as bait. It was a small mouse.
For the whole day I have been consoling myself by assuming that this was the only mouse that has ventured into property and I have now seen the back of it. To my horror, I noticed another mouse this evening. I am hoping it will be captured by the traps but will check in the morning.
How much longer will this go on for? How can I know that this is confined to this section of the house/kitchen? As well as the traps, can someone recommend a poison/sachets which I can use under the units and perhaps I should also place it outside the house to figure out where these entry points for these *******s are?
I'd appreciate any advice you can offer on this and thanks again.
Block all access, keep replacing traps after they have been set off or caught a mouse, more poison along the edges of the wall.
Please note: Be very careful if you have young children or pets running around.
Do not put traps or poison outside, wildlife needs a chance to survive.
Andy
Please note: Be very careful if you have young children or pets running around.
Do not put traps or poison outside, wildlife needs a chance to survive.
Andy
I would keep the traps down until well after you are happy that there are no more mice.
There will be a lot more than just one, they are not solitary creatures.
Put your down down in a way that the mice have to approach them head on, i.e. box the trap in.
When I had mice, I built a mouse trap box. I made it from wood, it was about the size of a Kleenex box, it was divided into four and each compartment had a trap in it. Each compartment had a small mouse sized entrance so that the mice could only approach the trap from the front. I put a perspex top on it so that I could easily see if I had caught anything.
You have to look at your traps regularly because once you have caught one, the trap is no longer working and you have to reset it.
There will be a lot more than just one, they are not solitary creatures.
Put your down down in a way that the mice have to approach them head on, i.e. box the trap in.
When I had mice, I built a mouse trap box. I made it from wood, it was about the size of a Kleenex box, it was divided into four and each compartment had a trap in it. Each compartment had a small mouse sized entrance so that the mice could only approach the trap from the front. I put a perspex top on it so that I could easily see if I had caught anything.
You have to look at your traps regularly because once you have caught one, the trap is no longer working and you have to reset it.
