WoodyPopper Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 There are mice in my shed. They're eating my dog's food. I've killed four so far. Does anyone know if there will just be a constant stream of mice as long as there's food to tempt them? Or, am I just working through a family group? If so, any idea how many I'm likely to have to kill before I've finished? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricko Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 When I have had them in the log shed I have just kept putting down traps until I no longer catch any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 11 was my total before it stopped. They came into the shed and nibbled anything that was plastic/paper. I used to put a piece of chocolate on the traps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris t Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 in the farm grain store I had a bad infestation. Used bait, which they ate and wouldn't die. Spring traps are OK, but once spring max 1 mouse caught. I actually used a live mice catcher in the end. Caught about 6 - 7 in one sitting. Then put the trap in a bucket of water for a minute or so. Reset and carry on... Caught loads and loads doing this method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 I caught 6/7 I think till it stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 (edited) in the farm grain store I had a bad infestation. Used bait, which they ate and wouldn't die. Spring traps are OK, but once spring max 1 mouse caught. I actually used a live mice catcher in the end. Caught about 6 - 7 in one sitting. Then put the trap in a bucket of water for a minute or so. Reset and carry on... Caught loads and loads doing this method. Don't know an alternative, but thats not nice. They're called humane traps, ironic people have to kill humanely trapped animals cruely. Edited February 11, 2012 by kyska Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kev- Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 As a few have already said you will have to just keep setting the traps untill they stop going off, saw one rat run under the shed last year. Finished up getting 3 adults and half a dozen young ones and a couple of field mice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 We get them in our garage. There's no food in there, but I suppose it's warm and there's plenty of places to hide. Discovered them last winter and got a couple of spring traps, which caught 6 last winter. Nothing through Spring/Summer, but I got one again the other day. If your shed is a good habitat for them, you might find they just keep coming back, so it's just about controlling numbers really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris t Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Don't know an alternative, but thats not nice. They're called humane traps, ironic people have to kill humanely trapped animals cruely. let them eat the bait and die slowly from bleeding to death internally.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratman2 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Here you go ***WARNING*** Contains swearing but it's funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Harry Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 We get loads on the farm. I use bait and traps. I suggest moving the feed or put it in a mouse proof container like a dustbin. If you have a big bucket or tub you could try putting some food in the bottom and a ladder up the outside with a lid on top so they can get in but can't jump out. Then you can finish them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejay Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Don't know an alternative, but thats not nice. They're called humane traps, ironic people have to kill humanely trapped animals cruely. I agree , Humane . This is so they can be caught and set free elsewhere , and not drowned in a bucket of water . I actually made a big trap with a spring loaded door to let them in but they couldnt get out ,I caught about 30-40 over a period of a few months but each time the box got about 6-7 in I set them free in the cornfield , far away from the house I might add . Daz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodyPopper Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Well, that's twice this evening that the bait (dates) has gone and the trap hasn't been sprung. Obviously a cunning and/or light-pawed mouse. When I do get him, I'll bet he's a fat one. I hate having to kill them but I guess I can't let them get out of hand. I'll buy a plastic barrel or something for the dog food tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Use Nutella. They can't pkuck it off. Works really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Mice will nearly always run along very close to the walls. Place cardboard strips along the wall in short lenghts 12"-18"pour cheap golden syrup or even cheaper glucose syrup over the card board and leave. The mice will get stuck to the board and very quickly die of hyperthermia, in the morning throw and or burn the board/boards with mice on and replace until you no longer need the boards. Simple cheap and effective, you can keep on catching all night without having to reset traps. Good hunting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Well, that's twice this evening that the bait (dates) has gone and the trap hasn't been sprung. Obviously a cunning and/or light-pawed mouse. When I do get him, I'll bet he's a fat one. I hate having to kill them but I guess I can't let them get out of hand. I'll buy a plastic barrel or something for the dog food tomorrow. On my last campaign I found the first few kills were easy but the mice got progressively smaller and therefor not heavy enough to spring the traps. I shortened the release pins and had them set like a hair trigger. The hardest thing was slipping them under the units without tripping them. The anticipation of the things springing prematurely did my head in. Even though my digits were not in the way of the bar the things springing gave me such a fright on one occasion that I head butted the kitchen unit. I found stock cubes were an awesome bait along with peanut butter and old stinking stilton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Take away the food source and you will find that the problem will probably dissapear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Take away the food source and you will find that the problem will probably dissapear Or they start chewing cables. Thats what worries me the most. There's no food in the loft but I can still hear them running about of a night on occasions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharf Rat Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 I have a demijohn with peanut butter in the bottom, sat on its side with an old hoover pipe leading up to the mouth and held there with tape. They can get in, but they can't get out. Mrs Wharf Rat releases them on her way to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratman2 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 I agree , Humane . This is so they can be caught and set free elsewhere , and not drowned in a bucket of water . I actually made a big trap with a spring loaded door to let them in but they couldnt get out ,I caught about 30-40 over a period of a few months but each time the box got about 6-7 in I set them free in the cornfield , far away from the house I might add . Daz Always thought it was illegal to relocate vermin :hmm: Just stamp on them, job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedwards1966 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 in the farm grain store I had a bad infestation. Used bait, which they ate and wouldn't die. Spring traps are OK, but once spring max 1 mouse caught. I actually used a live mice catcher in the end. Caught about 6 - 7 in one sitting. Then put the trap in a bucket of water for a minute or so. Reset and carry on... Caught loads and loads doing this method. That's not a very nice thing to do (try it yourself and see how it feels), some time ago a bloke got prosecuted by the RSPCA for doing that to a squirrel. Poison is very nasty too as mentioned, they may be pests but that doesn't mean the should suffer. Spring traps are quite cheap, for what they cost why not just buy a few then you can still catch several at a time without the suffering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikky Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 we had a rat at work,,,one night it ate its way through 5 lots of those trays of blue pellets...found it 3 days later mikky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejay Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Always thought it was illegal to relocate vermin :hmm: Just stamp on them, job done. Yeah .........your probably right , but even stamping on them although a bit extreme , is a bit more humane than drowning . I was advised to not feed the captured mice and let them eat each other , then let the survivor free and as it has a taste for other mice, will seemingly go out on a canable rampage . Not sure how true this is so dont quote me on it as I have never tempted it . Daz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 (edited) let them eat the bait and die slowly from bleeding to death internally.... As others have said, its wrong, cruel and most likely illegal to trap and drown animals, makes no odds if its a mouse or a dog, we live in a 'animal friendly' society. Even stamping on them is better, quick, humane (free from pain) death, as are anticoagulants. And Bakerboy, you'll also fall foul of the law using sticky boards without proving without doubt that no other means are effective... Jeez...we talk about clean kills on our quarry, don't go further than 30 yards with air...80 yards with .22, yet we speak of drowning trapped animals, sticking animals to boards until they die from dehydration, stress or predation...shame on you. Edited February 11, 2012 by kyska Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Yeah .........your probably right , but even stamping on them although a bit extreme , is a bit more humane than drowning . I was advised to not feed the captured mice and let them eat each other , then let the survivor free and as it has a taste for other mice, will seemingly go out on a canable rampage . Not sure how true this is so dont quote me on it as I have never tempted it . Daz I slap my forehead, drowning is humane, but to allow animals to get to the point they eat dead trapped animals.....how ironic. Do people know the correlation between animal cruelty and psycopathy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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