Mice.

Bez, you need to buy one like the one that I descibed so that you can check if it is still working. I bought mine on line but if you want I can have a look at mine for the name of the maker.

It stated that the mice would not go immediately but mine packed and left very soon, leaving their droppings and fluffy bedding in the cupboard under the kitchen sink.

We have a plug in and it seems to have had no effect at all - this one I bought in France but friends with one they bought in UK does seem to have had an effect. Will look into the Screwfix trap too. I will look for a plug in one while I am here in UK too.

dahlia; just noted your reference to rats in the compost bin; this is my latest problem [not realising that I should have put mesh under the bin..but too late now]. Have you solved the problem or is it ongoing? The rat I did see was the size of a squirrel . Having discovered postfix I might concrete round the outside of the bins.

My cat brings mice in to play with but on the whole she normally finds them within 24 hours and has a free hot takeaway.

I had a mouse problem a few months ago and being too squeamish to touch a mouse trap, I bought one of those things that one plugs in and it did the trick. It would have been quite expensive but I bought it in a sale. It apparently covers the entire house and I have not seen a mouse since.

I test the noise level button occasionally and the noise would drive me crazy so if that is what the mice hear all of the time, I am not surprised that they have gone elswhere.

Hi there best way to get rid of mice and how to track them and where they came from. i used traps from screwfix. They caught all five mice in one go problem solved. Used crunchy tesco value peanut butter this is best for the smell. Mice loved it so did i. Also sprinkle baby powder around and they will leave paw prints for you to see where they came from and it smells nice. This all worked for me. Tried old fashioned traps did no work. Mice must be clever. Could not outwit the all in one traps. To protect the wiring in my home bought riddex plug ins.

It's getting chilly at night so, as usual, a mouse <single? not pregnant? hopes desperately!> is coming in. Have got the mouse traps out and will charge with peanut butter tonight. Quite often it's a wood mouse I catch, which is sort of a shame, but this is my house, not theirs.

Just dozing off over my book last night, when I saw one run across the bedroom floor! Chased it around the bedroom for a bit, then into the study, flung a trap in and stuck towels under the gap at the bottom of the door. No mouse in trap this morning so OH is in there trying to get it. Kept awake most of the night by its friends dancing in the attic and the cupboard behind my head...
I know I am pathetic, but I do hate them....

Just an up-date: since my last message, no more mice! So here's hoping! Only downside - rats in the compost - can't win!

If you catch one in a humane trap you have to let them out a long, long way away or they will make their way back in again - been there and done that!!! I work in an ironmongers and we have sold loads of traps this year. Good luck.

Just read right through this thread, as we now have mice in the house. DH came down in the middle of night to find a mouse running over the worktop and leaping into the toaster, where he obviously found the tray of crumbs. He was quickly put out, and we now have absolutely no food lying around e.g. fruit bowl (mouse loved the plums!), toaster. Bought humane traps last week, and, having primed them with chocolate, so far have caught three mice. Box advised taking them at least a quarter of a mile away, so DH gets in the car each morning to take them to a nearby graveyard. Building work going on to extension to side of existing house, and now weather colder mice obviously getting in to enjoy benefits of excellent insulation, but apart from the first little beast, none now go farther than the cupboard under the sink, where the trap is located.
Years ago, in another house, our four cats brought fieldmice in through the cat flap at least once every night, they were rarely eaten but just played with and then forgotten. I'd often come down in the morning to find a mouse sitting shell-shocked in the middle of the floor - and they didn't half bite when we went to release them into safety! Sadly no cats now, but we are seriously considering getting one before the winter sets in.
Son scornful, advised "doing the job properly" and killing mice outright, but at the moment we don't feel like doing this.

When I lived in London, we always understood, and believed "You're never more than 2 metres from a rat". Wherever you are!

Probably down to a metre now!

Electronic mice and rat traps work really well and are very humane as the mice or rat is killed instantly.
We exterminated over 20 mice last winter and have had 5 dead in the trap so far this year.
By the time it gets to Christmas/New Year the problem seems to disappear - I assume all the rodents have either died or found a home elsewhere by then.

We get the occasional mouse up in the loft...because its a newish house and built of cardboard (well thats what I call it "my cardboard house" anyway we did have mice/mouse, so set 2 traps (not the old fashioned ones the new plastic ones...theya re easier to set and don't make you jump as much!!! (we also have 2 cats but obviously too well fed)!!! so a couple of weeks ago..we could hear this clitter clatter up in the loft,,I wondered what on earth it could be and darent go up.as I imagined whatever it was falling down on me as I opened the hatch cover.so my dad came over..the racket was a tiny field mouse trapped in the trap by its leg!! it was a lively little thing and even though it had been struggling a while till my dad came over he/she wasn't for sitting there quietly! we took it outside across the road where the grass was..and let it go....(although about 5 days after there was a dead mouse near my doorstep)

We have a mouse problem in the boiler house - now that the weather is getting colder they're coming in to warm up. I always have four traps set and regularly catch one a night. In desperation I bought a Sonic Repeller -- but the next night I caught three So, the moral of this story is - anyone thinking of getting a plug in Repeller - don't bother

Terriers are good too.

Bump this thread for Bangles

Bumped it up so's Grossi can find out about mice and the getting rid of......

My son got bitten by a rat a few weeks ago he has inregral garage and leaned in half asleep to put his garage light on when ZAP a rat bit his hand!!!
he had to go to A & E. My friend who has a small farm said its because the weather had changed they are hungry and come in from the fields and are desperate for food its never happened before so they are getting bolder

squeak squeak... definitely back with the furry friends now aren't we.

Bubble and squeak?

or a mousse made of mouse and moose meat

Grannylin, you can't have him - he's mine! Do you mean a mouse mousse? [groan emoticon]

Gracesmum :
the thread would only have gone SURREAL
if crimson announced she had found a FISH caught in one of her traps....

Don't find any of them attractive in any way.After Masterchef tonight, Michel Roux is my secret fancy. Bet he could make even a mouse taste good!

- sorry, I was still at Halloween