Mice !

[steve_m]

Found a little hole at the end of my garage . .  too small for a rat to get through but just big enough for a mouse to squeeze through.  Have plugged the hole up but I think I ought to get a little rodent trap.

What is the most effective way of catching and killing mice in a garage without using something which is going to attract them in the first place, like mice food.

I also want it to be as painless as possible so needs to kill quite quickly.

[chris7273]

a cat ?  

but I reckon it could be a slow and painful death...

[Fat Albert]

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

I had one in the kitchen - two sprung traps - used chocolate spread and within two days the little fella was caught

luckily we heard the trap go and it nipped him by the tail and I released him down the bottom of the garden in full health

must admit if I had of purchased the traps I would have got some of the ones where they crawl in then a gate drops - then you can release them

[JeffC]

from my experience we use "the little nipper" and white choccy they cant resist it ,but  my old fella always used bacon  

[Rory's Dad]

...and then block up the hole with some wire wool to stop it happening again.

Rory's Dad

[tex]

with 4 cats now mice population is decimated.

[Carl]

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must admit if I had of purchased the traps I would have got some of the ones where they crawl in then a gate drops - then you can release them

I did this (wife wanted the sprung traps), however we must have had the James Bond of mice.

Was able to get the choclate out of the trap without getting trapped. Even satyed up one night to catch him at it. By the time I got there he was sat on the top of the trap eyeballing me.

After a week the "sleeping potion" came out.

[dombanks]

zappy and molly do the job for us although whatever zappy braught in latnight didnt want to die very easy as the was a large blood smear and a stomach the size of a walnut on the floor thismorning!

please dont use rat poison as it can lead to secondary poisining in other animals.

[Mark Stanton]

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then you can release them

and they find there way back        

Poison by hole and they'll take it back to nest and nor more mice          

I have some ultrasonic wotsits plugged in and they seem to keep all such stuff at bay      

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

then you can release them

and they find there way back        

Poison by hole and they'll take it back to nest and nor more mice          

I have some ultrasonic wotsits plugged in and they seem to keep all such stuff at bay      

think we got lucky - released it and have not had a problem since

[Nic Ayre]

Cats are effective, although Jenson & Button bring in far more than would make the effort themselves.  They were chasing one around the conservatory the other night and then lost sight of it, when I came out it was sat underneath Jenson and he hadn't seen it.  Lost count of how many times I have pulled the freezer out!!

Mouse traps are much cheaper!!

[lomate]

mate had them in loft was told to use peanut butter which

worked a treat  

[pistonbroke]

   

[Stuart]

If you use the humane traps (SWMBO insists), recommend you take them for a car ride before you release them, otherwise they will just come straight back