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Re: MOUSE
« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2012, 09:47 »
Um.   Badly set or cheaply made traps are indeed not good when they doom a mouse that is mortally wounded rather than snapped outright to a "...lingering death..."   Whereas poison of course mereley dooms every mouse that it reaches to, er, a lingering death!

Probably heartless of me but I am afraid I prefer good quality snap traps, properly set and frequently monitored, as at least I can dispose of the cadaver efficiently instead of setting up poisoned beasties to form nice fragrant virus-reservoir piles in those inaccessible beauty spots....

Oh, OK, I admit it then - in fact I am just too tight to repeatedly buy poison when I can still keep using the shoeboxfull of 'little nippers' inherited from my parents!
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« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2012, 11:58 »
Um.   Badly set or cheaply made traps are indeed not good when they doom a mouse that is mortally wounded rather than snapped outright to a "...lingering death..."   Whereas poison of course mereley dooms every mouse that it reaches to, er, a lingering death!

Probably heartless of me but I am afraid I prefer good quality snap traps, properly set and frequently monitored, as at least I can dispose of the cadaver efficiently instead of setting up poisoned beasties to form nice fragrant virus-reservoir piles in those inaccessible beauty spots....

Oh, OK, I admit it then - in fact I am just too tight to repeatedly buy poison when I can still keep using the shoeboxfull of 'little nippers' inherited from my parents!


Got to agree that poison is not a pleasant or fast death but it suits many as out of sight is out of mind !

Like you i will stick with the `Little Nippers' and mainly instant suffering free mousey deaths.

If people had to sit and watch the real time effect on  poisoned rodents from taking the bait until they finally die they would likely do the same .

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« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2012, 13:59 »
Agree that peanut butter or chocolate spread works well.
Try the small live traps that are available, find they work well, just let the mouse go some distance away, like some elses garden 3 or 4 doors away. :ohmy: :ohmy:

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« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2012, 19:46 »
Agree that peanut butter or chocolate spread works well.
Try the small live traps that are available, find they work well, just let the mouse go some distance away, like some elses garden 3 or 4 doors away. :ohmy: :ohmy:

Don't the little beggars find their way back again?

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« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2012, 20:50 »
checked them tonight again and still nothing. just opened shed looked and locked it up again. someone in work said they prefer the bait stale so try again tomorrow. the little nipper traps are the best i could find. very light trigger. it only has to breathe near it and its SNAP

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« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2012, 20:52 »
checked them tonight again and still nothing. just opened shed looked and locked it up again. someone in work said they prefer the bait stale so try again tomorrow. the little nipper traps are the best i could find. very light trigger. it only has to breathe near it and its SNAP

Don't keep looking as they are shy  ;)

and also mainly are active at night anyway if ours have been anyhting to go by
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« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2012, 20:58 »
one of my neighbours on the lotty throws the dead ones in the field for the red kites to eat
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« Reply #22 on: October 24, 2012, 08:34 »
checked them tonight again and still nothing. just opened shed looked and locked it up again. someone in work said they prefer the bait stale so try again tomorrow. the little nipper traps are the best i could find. very light trigger. it only has to breathe near it and its SNAP

Sometimes even the Nippers need a tweak such as taking the burr off the top of the setting rod with a bit of emery paper.

A few 'free offerings' of the same bait sprinkled near the trap often makes the meeces less cautious. ;)

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Re: MOUSE
« Reply #23 on: October 24, 2012, 10:46 »
I remember using poison when we had mice in the house, it got them in the end but the smell of decomposing mice in the bathroom was not pleasent!!!!

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« Reply #24 on: October 24, 2012, 17:38 »
Pumpkin Seeds! This mouse has expensive taste, try Almas Caviar and a bottle of Vintage Dom Pérignon.

Failing that get a cat!
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« Reply #25 on: October 25, 2012, 20:38 »
got the first mouse today. peanut butter. took the trap in the middle of the shed floor and not the traps i had hid against walls etc.he was really fat. shall i leave the traps down to see if there is any more or not?

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« Reply #26 on: October 25, 2012, 20:49 »
Oh yes, leave the traps down. Where there is one mouse there will be more.
Not surprised it was a fat one eating all your pumpkin seeds :lol:

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« Reply #27 on: October 25, 2012, 20:52 »
Yes, leave the traps down.

By the time you see one mouse, he probably has a few sisters/brothers & cousins knocking about.

If a female mouse gets in, it's amazing how quickly they take over.

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Re: MOUSE
« Reply #28 on: October 26, 2012, 16:13 »
Just a comment on the use of poisons. My daughters next door neighbour decided to put poison down when he had a problem with rats and mice under his rabbit hutch. He put the poison bait under his decking. Unfortunately,my daughters cat managed to get to the bait and ate some.I have never seen an animal die in such agony.It was only after 2 days that we realised how ill the cat was and took him to be put to sleep. I will only use live traps and remove the little beggars as far away as possible.

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Re: MOUSE
« Reply #29 on: October 26, 2012, 18:09 »
2 more mice tonight so re baited and see what tomorrow brings



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