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[eggalp]

a few weeks ago i saw a mouse run into the chicken run - i didnt see where it came from but it looked as though it eventually ran off into nextdoor's garden. Then last night i saw one of the chickens run over to the wall of the house and start to scratch around near a hole in the pointing between the bricks - this hole is about the size of a 50p. I watched for a bit and when the chicken walked off a mouse came out of the hole it went for a run around then went back into the hole. Hubby says to fill the hole but i dont want to trap it in there incase it finds a way into the house! So im off today to get some mouse traps to leave next to the hole (obviously will make sure the chickens can't get near the mousetraps!) Do mice have babies at this time of the year, will there be more in the hole? and whats the best thing to use on a mouse trap?

 

thanks for any advice!

 

alison

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I've got mice too . I bought a couple of mousetraps from a garden centre and put a tiny piece of Kitkat in them (they like chocolate apparently ). Right enough, I caught 2 mice.

 

Saw another one last week so put the traps out again. Little varmints have somehow worked out how to remove the snack without springing the trap .

[Space Chick]

Peanut butter work a treat as they can't sneak it off, but can't resist the taste.

 

We get mice coming in as they come from the woods behind our house, so I constantly have set traps in my house.

 

I have a rule, "you poo in my cupboards, you die"

[Ain't Nobody Here]

You've reminded me, I used peanut butter on the kitkat last time .

 

I'll nip out to the garage and peanut butter the trap right now .

[K-F-C]

You've reminded me, I used peanut butter on the kitkat last time .

 

I'll nip out to the garage and peanut butter the trap right now .

 

Can't you get Peanut Butter KitKat Chunkeys nowadays?! Perfect for tempting the mousies!

[ChrisEllis]

You've reminded me, I used peanut butter on the kitkat last time .

 

I'll nip out to the garage and peanut butter the trap right now .

 

Can't you get Peanut Butter KitKat Chunkeys nowadays?! Perfect for tempting the mousies!

 

lol its like a 2 in one >< i hope i cope, i live very rural essex and live surrounded by woods. i have my cats thoough they can get them aslong as they dont try and eat the chickens?

[Lewis]

We used to have a mouse that lived with Babs, but the other day my brother was putting the guinea pig back in her hutch, and there was a mouse sitting in the food bowl that carried on eating then just looked at him

[greenfreek]

You've reminded me, I used peanut butter on the kitkat last time .

 

I'll nip out to the garage and peanut butter the trap right now .

 

Can't you get Peanut Butter KitKat Chunkeys nowadays?! Perfect for tempting the mousies!

 

 

What a waste of a delicious peanut butter kitkat chunky.....

[4Clucks-minusOne]

Don't do what I did when I first moved into my house. I caught a mouse using an humane mousetrap. Over the weeks I fiinished up catching 7 or 8 until one day I noticed when I let one out at the front gate it ran up the path and disappeared into an airbrick on the side of the house. I think I'd caught the same one several times!!!!!!

 

It just loved the chocolate bait.

 

After that I took them down the road in the car and let them out in the wood.

 

I now have one that comes and eats anything the girls have thrown out onto the skirt but as we are in a wood it would be pointless trying to catch it.

[Eland]

Do mice have babies at this time of the year, will there be more in the hole? ...

alison

 

Did anyone see that series "Rat Pack" on BBC? These two guys go around ridding homes of all sorts of infestations, including rats and mice. Some quite gruesome stories...

 

Anyhow, I remember them saying rats work alone but mice always work as a group. They caught one mouse in a trap but still insisted on putting down poison to get rid of the rest of the clan

 

The whole thought of mice and rats gives me the creeps! And watching that programme didn't help...

[HENthusiastic]

they do caramel chunky kit kats too now

[the Lurker]

We used to have a mouse that lived with Babs, but the other day my brother was putting the guinea pig back in her hutch, and there was a mouse sitting in the food bowl that carried on eating then just looked at him

 

hahaha that is amazing!

 

we have a robin who has become so accustomed to us that he will happily take crumbs from the outside table when someone is sitting at it

 

they do caramel chunky kit kats too now

 

i was so excited when i saw those, but then i had 1 today and it was very disappointing, it wasn't actual caramel, but a "caramel flavoured creamy layer"

 

 

 

we live near a farm and so have a constant supply of small rodents

 

luckily we also have 3 cats, 2 of which are quite happy to bring us (and the chickens) an occasional furry present! the most recent thing found in the garden was a baby rat. which, although i know is a good thing for the cats to be catching, did make me a bit sad as it was very cute

 

it is however very funny to watch our cat Tilly sit next to mouse holes in the garden for hours on end, occasionally lunging forward to stick her front leg in up to the shoulder

[ChrisEllis]

We used to have a mouse that lived with Babs, but the other day my brother was putting the guinea pig back in her hutch, and there was a mouse sitting in the food bowl that carried on eating then just looked at him

 

hahaha that is amazing!

 

we have a robin who has become so accustomed to us that he will happily take crumbs from the outside table when someone is sitting at it

 

they do caramel chunky kit kats too now

 

i was so excited when i saw those, but then i had 1 today and it was very disappointing, it wasn't actual caramel, but a "caramel flavoured creamy layer"

 

 

 

we live near a farm and so have a constant supply of small rodents

 

luckily we also have 3 cats, 2 of which are quite happy to bring us (and the chickens) an occasional furry present! the most recent thing found in the garden was a baby rat. which, although i know is a good thing for the cats to be catching, did make me a bit sad as it was very cute

 

it is however very funny to watch our cat Tilly sit next to mouse holes in the garden for hours on end, occasionally lunging forward to stick her front leg in up to the shoulder

 

Thats quite a disappointment about the kitkat

 

And its gd to know someones cat can chase mice!!! My cat jus sits there and watches them and occasionally she will bring it in...but its usually alive, then she has a play with it and it runs off not happy!!

[jomaxsmith]

My is an efficient mouser (and frogger, and baby magpi-er ) and has caught many mice both inside and outside of the run!

 

Since the wheat field at the end of my garden was cut we've had mice move into the shed and garden. I'm fairly happy to see them as I heard it said that if you have mice you won't have rats. Not sure how true that it though!

 

I've got a bait box out permanently against rats and it has fairly fresh bait in it, but the other day I saw the mouse climb out of it, go to a lap round the patio and them climb back in. I don't know if he was using it as a shortcut or whether he's setting up home in there

 

Jo

[the Lurker]

 

Thats quite a disappointment about the kitkat

 

And its gd to know someones cat can chase mice!!! My cat jus sits there and watches them and occasionally she will bring it in...but its usually alive, then she has a play with it and it runs off not happy!!

 

 

oh yes, ours do that too! we have had more than a few "house guests" that the cats have welcomed in. sometimes it has taken a few days to finally hunt the little beggars down to evict them! a few have never been seen again, which is slightly disturbing....

[ChrisEllis]

 

Thats quite a disappointment about the kitkat

 

And its gd to know someones cat can chase mice!!! My cat jus sits there and watches them and occasionally she will bring it in...but its usually alive, then she has a play with it and it runs off not happy!!

 

 

oh yes, ours do that too! we have had more than a few "house guests" that the cats have welcomed in. sometimes it has taken a few days to finally hunt the little beggars down to evict them! a few have never been seen again, which is slightly disturbing....

 

It cant be as disturbing as one day your cat brings in the mouse, not to be found again until that night u see it crawl on your leg in your bed!!!, shot out of bed and saw it scurry out underneath the door, we saw it every now and again. Funny stories