[Bionic]

I haven't seen the mice, just their droppings so put a mouse trap in with peanut butter.  They ignored it.
I bought some poison pellets. They ignored them
I bought some poison that looks like blue grain. They ignored it.
Any suggestions?
Sally

[tizaala]

Shot gun,

[SteveHants]

They wont eventually, takes em time to get used to the traps etc. Plus, at this time of year thete is plenty of food about. We seem to get most of ours coming in post-harvest, when they seem to be everywhere for a month or so and then vanish, hopefully cos we've wiped most of em out....

[Fleecewife]

There was a mouse sitting on our dining room table the other day, presumably waiting for his supper      The mad scrabbles by the dogs to get him seem to have scared him away 
Your little pets will take the poison one day, or explore a trap......but there will be plenty more to follow.

[kaz]

Try a Mars bar on the mouse trap. It works everytime. We had them in the airing cupboard at one time and it worked a treat. Keep restocking the trap  even if you catch something , until such time as you don't. In the old houses they manage to find their way about everywhere.
Perhaps you should invest in a cat.

[Bionic]

Thanks Kaz, I have a cat and she is usually a good mouser but is reluctant to roam the house because of our dog.  Of course she can't get in the airing cupboard now because of the poison I have put down.
 
I will try the mars bar trick if I can keep my hands off of it myself. I LOVE mars bars. 
Sally

[deepinthewoods]

i had a mouse problem earlier this year, i only thought it was one or two, i ended catching nine of the little buggers. i used chocolate as bait for the traps.

[jaykay]

Cheeeeeese  (or chocolate)

shot gun

makes a right mess of the sheets 

[in the hills]

Sounds like the start of a children's poem to me.


My neighbour is veggie and kills nowt. He lives alongside the mice or maybe they live alongside him. They keep him company and he tells my children tales of their busy lives and adventures.


He says if you get rid of them they are only replaced by others.


They made a nest and had babes under his pillow ..... did have to relocate that apparently.




Just a different perspective for you, Bionic.       

[Bionic]

I have enough problems with the dog trying to get into the bed. I draw the line at mice 
Sally

[Sylvia]

It's not the mice but the diseases they bring with them that makes us kill them. If not for that they could move in and be welcome

[in the hills]

Agree, don't have them living here. 


Mind, my neighbour is 78 and as fit as a fiddle.  Not done him any harm yet    Perhaps all those organic veggies help him to fight off the bugs.

[plumseverywhere]

I had one run over the keyboard AS I TYPED!! This was 2 days ago, I was so shocked that I just sat here staring as the thing then launched itself off the desk, across the floor and into the boiler cupboard.
Not sure if Snowball has caught it yet, she bought a pigeon in yesterday so maybe not 

[deepinthewoods]

i hope you ate the pigeon!

[plumseverywhere]

   yes with a jar of Uncle Bens Sweet and Sour.