Mouse control

I can't agree with killing them, they are only trying to survive, after all.

I've set the humane trap and have used a chocolate brazil as bait.

Trouble is, I have to keep looking behind the dishwasher to check it, as I cannot bear the thought of it being trapped in there for too long 

I  live  not  too  far  from  the  river  flowing thro 

Crewe  and  with  the  liklihood  of  The  larger  vermin 

I'm  afraid I  have  a  couple  of  "Little  Nippers"  down

in  the workshop  { Shed}  as  well  as  a  pair  of  the 

bigger  ones.The  bait  I  favour  is  a  piece  of 

softened  cheddar  with  a  half  peanut  or  a  piece 

of  chocolate  stuck  in  it.

I use one of these plug in gadgets after I found mouse droppings in the kitchen. That was two years ago and no mice since so I feel it was worth the cost. It has a red light which flashes intermittently. I also have five little nipper traps in the loft and so far none caught up there. The local moggy patrols around our caravan so I am pleased to see it.

I'm going to have another look at those plug in gadgets........if I can find somewhere to plug it in that hasn't already got a gadget plugged in. 

Something else I have also changed, I no longer put waste food in the compost bin as it was attracting rats. Waste food now goes in the recycle wheelie bin which is emptied weekly so the rats will have to go down to the tip, not my back garden.

I wouldn't mind having a massive gin trap for the human rats who might come sniffing round my property, if only......

I  assume  that   you  are not  in  the  Crewe  Waste 

Collection  area,  Nuggy.  Our  food  waste  has  to 

go  into  the  Black  non-recycleable  bin.  the  only 

stuff  going  into  my  small  compost  bin  is  hedge

clippings,  spud  &  carrot  scrapings  &  similar stuff.

I  use  one  of  the  curly  screw  anchors  beloved

of  certain  animal  owners  to    help  me  do  a  monthly

"Turn  Over"  &  it  seems  to  help  it  rotting,  but  there

are  no  signs  of  four  footed  intruders  so  far  any  way

Well, a little mouse was caught in the humane trap last night......cute litle fella 

Anyway, he's now free in the farmer's field down the road.

Mrs H is convinced that he will find his way back somehow. We found one a couple of weeks ago in a bucket and released him in another field......she thinks this was the same one.

I have tried to tell her that there is more than one mouse in the world and he'd need a GPS tracker to find his way back, but........

Why  did  you  not  have  his/her/it's  address  tattooed

on  the  tail,  Ian  ?

Then  everybody  could  recognise  him/her/it  and

return  it  to  its  own  spot  !!

Brian  A B M

A dab of nail varnish on his rump and tail should identify it next time.  But I am with the vermin brigade - I was waiting for a window to be repaired (builder assured me he hadn't forgotten) but had to insist on an immediate repair when I discovered rats had climbed the Wysteria and made their home in my box room - chewing the telephone cable in the process - UGH. 

Aspectek Mouse Trap Instantly Quick Response 6 PACK  (from Amazon in my case)

are extremely efficient and easy to release the corpse - I generally bait with chocolate.  

Got the caravan out of hibernation one spring and found a mouse nest in the front locker.

Rodent had even lined it with chewed up, nylon broom bristles