Mouse control

The only way is proper traps that kill the mouse. Just like Little Nipper. Any of the other  Poncy methods don't work.

Although we live in the countryside, we haven't had mice for years.

When we did in the past we always used the humane traps with 100% success. Drove a couple of miles down the road and released them back to nature.

Job done!

Cheers

Bugs

Caught our second one in two nights last night.........another trip down to the farmers field.

The chocolate brazil seems to do well as bait.

I had some mice in my caravan lastwinter so I went and got some stuf called Frshcab at the Kaysvill campingworld it loocks like teabags its a potanicle baced repellent that repels them so no more dedmice to find and cleanup J&I

I find that a mallet works well, messy but effective. 

I had them when I went over to storage to prepare the caravan for winter. Opened the locker and there looking at me were two little mice, so I emptied out the gear while they were scurrying to hide, the Aquaroll sponge handle is no more, the carrier bag of plumbing bits is shredded and my kneeling pad is a lot smaller.

I could have whacked them with my levelling wood pieces but no, I couldn't do that and they only wanted to settle in for winter and in trying to catch them they showed me the way in as they scurried out.

My floor is badly cut to the shape of the van at the very front with loads of room (for mice) to enter from below, so the sealant gun has had heavy use but whether that will deter them for the next easy target in storage I don't know.

Wonder if they were looking at me from a distance, having been evicted and now homeless. Have looked since and its still uninhabited.

The remains of their bedding that was amongst the wood blocks

Caught number 3 last night. Another walk up to the farmer's field this morning. The little chap scurried off like a good 'un when released.

What on earth must go through their minds during all this?

Mouse number 4 caugh last night.

This one clearly occupied himself by eating the chocolate brazil while waiting for his release.

No more mice last night.......we have set a target of 7 nights before we consider ourselves mouse-free.

One night gone.....

I'm sorry guys BUT ....There is only one good mouse when it gets in the wrong place and that's a dead mouse! Having spent nearly 30 yrs in Pest Control I know what these little beggars can do. The damage they can cause relative to their size is extraordinary. My caravan is permanently baited even in summer with the back up of snap traps( if you are not going to your van for some time, ensure you traps are on plastic sheeting for obvious reasons. They are rodents and will gnaw on anything to sharpen their teeth including wiring, wood, plastic, pipe work- you think about it for a moment! As for releasing them onto someone else's property, it's a no no. I know it's with the best intentions but it's illegal. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, it's illegal to remove a creature from its habitat and place it somewhere else where it has no food, no water and no harbourage. In other words, it's to prevent cruelty to the animal. As a Professional pest controller I often had to dispatch squirrels that were trapped in live catch cages.  If a mouse, squirrel or anything else gets into the wrong place a swift death is far kinder and don't forget that all land is owned by someone in this country and for one, I wouldn't want mice being released onto my property thank you very much. So, modern baits put them to sleep from which they don't wake up and snap traps are swift and very efficient . Use them!