Rimfire Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Hi Guys, I need some advice regarding mouse control. I have a barn where feed is stored with hay and straw and it is full of mice which have damaged all sorts of things. I have tried humane traps, spring traps poison and sticky paper pads and they have evaded them all. I have had some success with my border collie and jack russell but it was beneath the cat to do such a lowly thing. Last night was the last straw. I had to surgically remove the jack russel from the sticky paper pads and one from the nose of the border collie. They are now causing more damage than the mice. Any suggestions will be most welcome. Regards Rimfire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead-eye-dick Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 PYTHON - (Snake sort, not monty sort) i would have said several spring or fenn type traps set on the 'runs' used by the mice. jam sandwich always seems like good bait. You will also need to find and distroy the nests Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Use chocolate as a bait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Normally, traps will clear them out, but as a last resort use poison. You will have to be careful with your animals, but you shouldn,t have to leave it down for too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 I thought the sticky pads were deadly, but if not i have always used spring traps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermin Dropper Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 I'd use spring traps, Can you get multi catch live traps for mice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Never had a problem as big as yours but spring traps baited with slightly melted cheese so it has a stronger flavour was absolutely deadly. Some mice traps work better than others, I had a few french ones which I brought back once on holiday because they had a different design and they were obviously much more powerful, this left lots of blood on the traps but they still worked night after night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfire Posted January 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Hi Guys, Thanks for your help. I have been away for a few days and just arrived home to find out we have a couple of cats arriving on Saturday thanks to my wife. One is supposed to be a proffessional mouse catcher (I suppose it has an NVQ). Either way they will be something for the dogs to play with. Thanks again Regards Rimfire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfire Posted February 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Hi Guys, The cats arrived and all hell let loose. The Jack Russel has made it its mission to rid the world of cats. It attacked the smaller of the two cats but wasn't aware of the larger tom cat sat behind the chair. As it was scrapping with the cat the tom took it out from behind, big time. The tom is twice the size of the JR, hopefully it will live upto expectations and catch all the mice. Regards Rimfire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooktrout Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Try this, we used to catch loads of fieldmice as kids using a large lemonade bottle with crushed peanuts in the bottom,. The bottle is laid on a slight slant with access, ie a ramp, to the top. They get in ok but slide back when trying to get out. { check regularly} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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