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Mouse in the the House
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There is a freaking mouse (or meeces) in my kitchen this very minute. We've got had them for months and we'd finally thought we'd got rid of them until last night when I thought there was something in the kitchen which turned out to be a mouse attempting to eat a beer can. It was so loud I thought it was a rat!
Anyway, I don't know what to do. We keep the house clean but there is always going to be a bin and some teeny weeny bits of food. The pest control people have been time and time again and I'm at the end of my tether. The pest control guy said that the most they could do was leave chemical traps (which have led to nothing because people in my building (all the flats are connected) leave shit all over the place. We've bunged up all the holes etc and I don't know what to do.
I want to go into the kitchen for an ice-cream and although I'm not standing on the table screaming and shouting I don't like how quick and darty they are and don't want to go in there.
I've just spent ten minutes standing in the doorway with a coat hanger shouting "FUCK OFF YOU FUCKING RODENTS!"
Anyway, I don't know what to do. We keep the house clean but there is always going to be a bin and some teeny weeny bits of food. The pest control people have been time and time again and I'm at the end of my tether. The pest control guy said that the most they could do was leave chemical traps (which have led to nothing because people in my building (all the flats are connected) leave shit all over the place. We've bunged up all the holes etc and I don't know what to do.
I want to go into the kitchen for an ice-cream and although I'm not standing on the table screaming and shouting I don't like how quick and darty they are and don't want to go in there.
I've just spent ten minutes standing in the doorway with a coat hanger shouting "FUCK OFF YOU FUCKING RODENTS!"
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The kitty will no dount relish in the oppertunity, and is often the most easy/cost effective way of getting rid of the little blighters.
That's a very good idea. I'd imagine it's all the rubbish that your neighbours are leaving lying about that's atrracting them in the first place, then making their way to yours for those biscuits you bought for that good film on telly saturday night
Plus, if you get a cat, you can make endless Slocombesque comments about your pussy !
See here: http://www.cuttingedgeconsumerproducts.co.uk/4_in_1_Pest.php
http://www.petfoodstore.co.uk/acatalog/Pest_Control.html
I got mine for £20 from a hardware shop though...
Good luck!
The high pitched noise things only work for a little while then they become accustomed to it.
And as for humane traps...to be honest. I'd rather they were dead, no offence to the little mices but I am sick of them coming back.
I bought a snapper trap today but it's a really complicated one and I managed to snap my finger in it...and it bled. So at least I know should I work out how to use it it should work.
They somehow manage to avoid all the traps all over the place.....fucking clever blighters...grr
try a different ferret, ooo borrow my ferret she'd love it. And she can fit into those pesky holes!!
If you're not worried about it being humane and stuff, you could get poison for them.
Buy the old fashioned spring traps, buy a lot and dont bother re-using them, they are only about a quid a pop.
Boy I dunno how u stay in that place with them in your kitchen, ur proper brave because if that were me I would be out.
Anyways good luck.
we have mice EVERYWHERE. we saw one and then within a couple weeks we seem to have millions. they are even running about in our bedrooms - ewwwww!!! I cant even sleep properly cos i have visions of them crawling on me in my sleep.
we told our landlord and he said he was gonna bring traps around but hasnt yet (that was only a few days ago though but these mice are driving me mad). we rang pest control from the local council but they charge £65 per visit (so if they are not gone after the first visit, you gotta pay another £65 if you want them to come back and try again). I have looked in Asda, Tesco, Poundland, Costcutter, and 2 little household shops in our area and not one place had mouse traps or poison or anything. I am allergic to cats and we are not allowed one in the flat anyway. what can we do???