getting rid of mice
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Every summer here the snakes become more active and people panic, killing or removing green racers, kings, gophers and rattlesnakes. Then the mice move in and they wonder why. You want a mice free home?- Get a Boa Constrictor. If you take a torch at night and have a look about in the dark house you can spot various cracks and openings in the plumbing, electrical lines etc. that mice use. If you can see light going through , so can the mice! Get some steel wool and pack the holes using a long darning needle or similar tool.
chocolate makes a good mousebait
try using an empty plastic bucket and 2 bits of wood as a humane trap
one long bit of wood to make a ramp up to the rim of the bucket, and on the end of it balanced a shorter piece of wood with bait at the far end, near the centre of the bucket
mouse runs up ramp and onto balancing bit
mouse and balancing bit fall into bucket
sides of bucket are too smooth to let the mouse climb up
what you do with the bucket and mouse is then up to you.
Tant
try using an empty plastic bucket and 2 bits of wood as a humane trap
one long bit of wood to make a ramp up to the rim of the bucket, and on the end of it balanced a shorter piece of wood with bait at the far end, near the centre of the bucket
mouse runs up ramp and onto balancing bit
mouse and balancing bit fall into bucket
sides of bucket are too smooth to let the mouse climb up
what you do with the bucket and mouse is then up to you.
Tant
Tantalus,
Would the mouse not then use the piece of wood to climb out?
Your method could easily be modified to pivot and drop the mouse into the bucket and then reset itself ready for more!
ATB
Ogri the trog
Would the mouse not then use the piece of wood to climb out?
Your method could easily be modified to pivot and drop the mouse into the bucket and then reset itself ready for more!
ATB
Ogri the trog
no the mouse shouldnt be able to use it to climb out as long as the balancing piece is short enough to lie flat in the bottom of the bucket once it falls
it really does work , trust me
Tant
it really does work , trust me
Tant
Tantalus,
"balancing piece is short enough to lie flat in the bottom of the bucket"
OK, now I understand,
Cheers for that
ATB
Ogri the trog
PS we don't have a problem with them, our cats take care of that, but I was just wondering.
"balancing piece is short enough to lie flat in the bottom of the bucket"
OK, now I understand,
Cheers for that
ATB
Ogri the trog
PS we don't have a problem with them, our cats take care of that, but I was just wondering.
I've got one really cheeky beggar here, he climed on top of my radios the other night and just sat there. Totally unafraid, sniffing and looking at me disdainfully.
Till I moved of course...
Till I moved of course...
VIRULENT SALAMANDER
Forager
.... .. After all the experience these mouses get with traps & things, I think it was them that trained them commando sheep.Lol.
I've only had to get rid of them once and sausage meat(cooked) worked, in a snap trap.No more "viva le revolution".___________________________________________________________Goose said:
LOL
