Hi everyone
A couple of years ago, we heard some scratching in the loft at night. Never heard this previously in 6 years in the house. Investigating, found a small rodent nest amongst some halloween stuff which inadvertently had some chocolate left amongst it. There's no other food up in the loft.
Put down a few traps and caught some mice straight within a few hours. Over the next couple of nights, caught about 10 or 12 mice and then it went quiet, no scratching and no more mice caught.
After 2-3 weeks of no more mice, I put the traps away and called it job done.
Then a few months back, I heard a some scratching at night again, so reset the traps. That night, caught one mouse and then again, all went quiet.
As before, left the traps for a couple of weeks to make sure there weren't any other mice lurking and then, just as I was about to pack up the traps again, caught another mouse.
I left the traps up longer after catching that one and now I'm in a cycle of catching a mouse every 1-2 months.
There's no food in the loft to my knowledge and since the small infestation a couple of years ago, it's only been solitary mice being caught.
I've got no idea exactly how they're getting into the loft and not likely to find out either, like any loft, there's fibreglass insulation everywhere and it's open at the eaves. They could be getting in anywhere.
Why are they coming into my loft and s there anything else I can do to deter them doing so? I bought one of those plug-in ultrasonic deterrents and put that up there, but doesn't seem to keep them away.
Anything else I can do, or just leave the traps up there and chuck a mouse in the bin every couple of months?
Cheers
Burt
A couple of years ago, we heard some scratching in the loft at night. Never heard this previously in 6 years in the house. Investigating, found a small rodent nest amongst some halloween stuff which inadvertently had some chocolate left amongst it. There's no other food up in the loft.
Put down a few traps and caught some mice straight within a few hours. Over the next couple of nights, caught about 10 or 12 mice and then it went quiet, no scratching and no more mice caught.
After 2-3 weeks of no more mice, I put the traps away and called it job done.
Then a few months back, I heard a some scratching at night again, so reset the traps. That night, caught one mouse and then again, all went quiet.
As before, left the traps for a couple of weeks to make sure there weren't any other mice lurking and then, just as I was about to pack up the traps again, caught another mouse.
I left the traps up longer after catching that one and now I'm in a cycle of catching a mouse every 1-2 months.
There's no food in the loft to my knowledge and since the small infestation a couple of years ago, it's only been solitary mice being caught.
I've got no idea exactly how they're getting into the loft and not likely to find out either, like any loft, there's fibreglass insulation everywhere and it's open at the eaves. They could be getting in anywhere.
Why are they coming into my loft and s there anything else I can do to deter them doing so? I bought one of those plug-in ultrasonic deterrents and put that up there, but doesn't seem to keep them away.
Anything else I can do, or just leave the traps up there and chuck a mouse in the bin every couple of months?
Cheers
Burt
