The joys of living in the country

[PTID1862]

Mice...

 

It's that time of year I guess, they are looking for somewhere nice and snuggly to call home for the winter.

 

So far in the kitchen, one caught in a trap, the poison dish keeps being emptied, in fact this morning they had shoved the empty dish out into the floor so we could fill it up.

 

Up in the loft, we have caught one in a trap, the poison dish is being munched on daily, there is a body for me to go and remove now, and you can hear them running around dancing, its like Strictly come Rodent.

 

The plan,

 

more traps, more poison, and recordings of Bruce Forsyth

[PTID1862]

Update...

 

Just retrieved Ann Widdecombe Mouse, and John Sargent Mouse, both from the loft.....

 

And located a patch of chewed up stuff, big enough for the two of them to roll around in for years and not bump into each other... hmmm....

[Fan of Big Tone 𝕏 @mainstandpie]

Get a cat, you'll never see another mouse.

 

Before we had a cat we had mice in another house, I got a trap and put some cheese on it placing it carefully on the kitchen floor, I turned my back to go into the living room and "SNAP", I thought it had gone off by accident but blow me there was the mouse with it's tail caught trying to scrabble under the fridge with the trap still attached!

 

Actually this thread has reminded me to hoover out our campervan, they love setting up home in motorhomes and caravans in winter when they are not used, there will be crumbs, bits of crisps and all sorts of goodies to attract them. They can cause havoc with by chewing on wiring etc.

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Update...

 

Just retrieved Ann Widdecombe Mouse, and John Sargent Mouse, both from the loft.....

 

And located a patch of chewed up stuff, big enough for the two of them to roll around in for years and not bump into each other... hmmm....

LOL....

I hate the things, we have the rodent repellents which work great.

[GrannyPie]

We had them in the house a couple of years ago.Super caught a couple over a few days,then another 3 young ones.No trouble since(fingers crossed)

[Northants Pie]

Get a cat, you'll never see another mouse.

 

Before we had a cat we had mice in another house, I got a trap and put some cheese on it placing it carefully on the kitchen floor, I turned my back to go into the living room and "SNAP", I thought it had gone off by accident but blow me there was the mouse with it's tail caught trying to scrabble under the fridge with the trap still attached!

 

Actually this thread has reminded me to hoover out our campervan, they love setting up home in motorhomes and caravans in winter when they are not used, there will be crumbs, bits of crisps and all sorts of goodies to attract them. They can cause havoc with by chewing on wiring etc.

 

If you are going to get a cat then get a black female, you will be mouseless before you know it

[liampie]

i hate the things, my school used to have them and rats! mainly the old building which was being knocked down whilst i was there.

i have also heard cats are useful to have.

[PTID1862]

Unfortunately the Westie doesn't do c a t s (just in case he reads this), and as he seems to be higher on Mrs PTID's radar than I am...

 

anyhows, another one emptied out of the kitchen trap this morning, so now two traps under the cupboards... still to investigate the  loft to see if I have mice the size of ospreys nesting up there... seriously that's how big the mess is

[Fan of Big Tone 𝕏 @mainstandpie]

Unfortunately the Westie doesn't do c a t s (just in case he reads this), and as he seems to be higher on Mrs PTID's radar than I am...

 

anyhows, another one emptied out of the kitchen trap this morning, so now two traps under the cupboards... still to investigate the  loft to see if I have mice the size of ospreys nesting up there... seriously that's how big the mess is

 

 

Could be squirrels in the loft.

[PTID1862]

I am going up later armed with Torch and air-rifle, so if it is bigger than a mouse, watch out

[liampie]

you sound busy, lets not make a lot of noise.

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[PTID1862]

No more bodies found, but the bait is being eaten, faster than hungry hippo

[Northants Pie]

I am going up later armed with Torch and air-rifle, so if it is bigger than a mouse, watch out

 

When i was younger my Dad used to run a local men's team, the chairman of this team was a lovely but absolutely hilariously mental screwball, the clubhouse had signs of rats, so the chairman sat in the clubhouse all night waiting for them, when they duly arrived he blew them into the after life with his double barrel shotgun, along with half of one wall and the ladies toilet door, when we arrived to open up he was stood outside grinning like a chesire cat, he said I got them, they won't be coming back then proceeded to show us the ramifications of his exterminating skills, needless to say it provided a lot of amusement that day & since

[Fan of Big Tone 𝕏 @mainstandpie]

When i was younger my Dad used to run a local men's team, the chairman of this team was a lovely but absolutely hilariously mental screwball, the clubhouse had signs of rats, so the chairman sat in the clubhouse all night waiting for them, when they duly arrived he blew them into the after life with his double barrel shotgun, along with half of one wall and the ladies toilet door, when we arrived to open up he was stood outside grinning like a chesire cat, he said I got them, they won't be coming back then proceeded to show us the ramifications of his exterminating skills, needless to say it provided a lot of amusement that day & since

 

He didn't play the Colonel in Fawlty Towers did he?

 

"Vermin Fawlty, vermin!"

 

[xxx]

Mice I can tolerate, but rats - I dispose of very quickly. We've also had the odd squirrel, pheasant,hare and shrew in the kitchen. Not all of them in one piece, thanks to the trusty cat.

[GrannyPie]

How's the squatter problem going @PTID1862?

[PTID1862]

@GrannyPie, they appear to be eradicated in the Kitchen, some stuffing of brillo pads into orifices has helped, apparently they don't like chewing their way through them.

 

If only the loft was tiny, I could put them up there, but I feel there would be a nationwide, nay worldwide shortage if I tried to fill the loft with brillo pads. They are still up there, or at least something is....

 

the poison up there is still being digested, what I think I could really do with is @tonyhateley to pop round and sing to them

[PTID1862]

Spoke to soon another one bites the dust overnight... Mouse #9 exits PTID towers