Mice / Other rodents behind barge boards

[nickliv]

We've got rodenty noises (Chewing mostly) coming from behind the barge boards on my timber extension. I'm planning to close up all the rest of the remaining gaps tomorrow (yes, I've seen the weather forecast)

Now, the thing I'm wondering is this.

Would it be more humane to direct a load of smoke from a plumbers smoke bomb into the space before I seal it all up, then follow up with a good dose of poison, just in case, rather than simply walling them in with the poison (I want 'em away, or dead. Walled up and still alive isn't how I want to leave this)

I'm thinking a hose onto an empty paint tin, containing the smoke bombs, and give it a good 10 minutes of smoke before I block up the holes with cement.

 

[Perrari]

I would put poison down now & leave the closing of the gaps until a later date when they have gone. If you close them in they will only chew/dig their way out. I have no idea how effective a smoke bomb will be. But you are not going to get rid of mice or rats by tomorrow morning.

 

[Opal]

Some years back, before we moved house, I had a shed I built in the rear garden, I smashed loads of glass and spread it about beneath the shed.
My neighbours also had sheds which had rats nesting in them, I didn't have any, had them come in the garden, shot hundreds over the years, never seen rats go near broken glass, their paws are their digging tools.

 

[spandit]

With any luck they'll take the poison back to the nest and feed it to the family thus eradicating the problem. I'd be inclined to leave some traps out too if possible

 

[Expat]

You don't want them dead behind the boards either..... you'll only have to open it all
back up again when when the stink starts to pervade......

 

[mountainm]

Know anyone with a ferret?

 

[Elen Sentier]

Know anyone with a ferret?

Good idea . Friend with terrier(s) for round the garden. Our cats deal with them as dare come in the house - rats, I mean, not ferrets or terriers!

 

[British Red]

Get some poison down now. Rats breed fast. With luck they will crawl off elsewhere to die. If you find any bodies, burn or bury. Traps may catch one or two, but not enough or fast enough. Gassing is a job best left to professionals. Set a few traps by all means - but rats take time to get used to traps and will avoid them to start with. Second generation anticoagulant (Slaymore or the like rather than Warfarin as some rats are now immune) woeks best. Put it in a bait box to save ingestion by non target species (you can make them or buy them). Take the bargeboards off if necessary.

You really don't want rodents in your wiring. Get shot - fast.

 

[kiltedpict]

Nick- Craig (CRB) has ferrets, or at least access to them- he brought them to a meet and we got a rabbit for the pot.

Good luck, I'm fed up with the mice in my garage!!!

KP

 

[nickliv]

Our terrier is a bit of a scavenger, if he eats a carcass after its been poisoned........

Should I take him into the vet for prophylactic vitamin K?

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[Bushwhacker]

You could try a petrol strimmer with a hose attached to the exhaust and a generous amount of 2 stroke oil in the mix. Stick the hose down the hole and rev up. Have your terrier on standby.

 

[British Red]

Our terrier is a bit of a scavenger, if he eats a carcass after its been poisoned........

Should I take him into the vet for prophylactic vitamin K?

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Nope, single dose isn't fatal - has to be repeatedly ingested. I would get the vet to check him over if he easts a carcass but certainly not prophylactically

 

[British Red]

You could try a petrol strimmer with a hose attached to the exhaust and a generous amount of 2 stroke oil in the mix. Stick the hose down the hole and rev up. Have your terrier on standby.

Chainsaws work too - but I'm not sure I would run carbon monoxide into my own house! Outside in a rat run sure

 

[Bushwhacker]

Chainsaws work too - but I'm not sure I would run carbon monoxide into my own house! Outside in a rat run sure

Just open a few windows, it'll be fine!

 

[oldtimer]

You don't want them dead behind the boards either..... you'll only have to open it all
back up again when when the stink starts to pervade......

Yep that's what we did. The smell lasted ages.

 

[hiraeth]

I had to strip part of the roof to get out two dead rats, the smell was a bit of a problem !!!.

 

[rik_uk3]

If you put traps down, use peanut butter as bait, rats really love the stuff.

 

[Bushwhacker]

If you put traps down, use peanut butter as bait, rats really love the stuff.

It's not just that. A solid lump of bait is quite easy to remove. If they have something sticky to play with, they're far more likely to set the trigger off.

 

[stuey]

For rats I always use a Fenn mk4 and blue bounty bar squished on the treadle. Never, ever fails! Was recommended to me a professional pest controller friend.

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