[RUSTYME]

Hope it was a wood pigeon and not a town one . The ones in towns carry more diseases than rats .  Bon apatite !

[plumseverywhere]

   cat ate most of it, rest in bin 

[NormandyMary]

I had two of the little blighters waiting for me at the foot of the stairs this morning..dead of course. A little pressie from Fred. Bless him!
I know for a fact that I have at least one in the kitchen but as soon as I get rid of it another will be brought in to take it's place by our little boy. He is such a good mouser but 9 times out of 10, he brings them in alive and once in a while they escape and take refuge under the units before he can do the deed. Perhaps if we kept the tell on at night for him, he'd stay in and watch it instead.

[kaz]

Sally
Have you caught any yet?

[Bionic]

No    and it/they have a choice of meals including a bit of mars bar on the mouse trap.
I must have very canny mice
Sally

[jaykay]

My mum regards Dad's fox trap as a complicated way to feed chicken to foxes 

I've always been of the view that mousetraps may be another complicated way to feed chocolate and cheese to mice  Personaliy I use Longworth traps and then take the wee beasties a long way from home and release them.

[Sylvia]

A wide-mouthed bottle propped up so that it's half on it's side with chocolate or peanuts in it catches quite a few.

[Bionic]

Thanks Sylvia, I will look out for a wide mouthed bottle
Sally

[feldar]

Are you sure they're not old droppings? mouse droppings dry out and can stay there foe ages long after mousy has gone. hoover them up and check for fresh droppings, also check your loft they may gone upwards

[Bionic]

Feldar,
Unfortunately they are not old droppings.  I hoover the cupboard out every day to see if there are fresh droppings 

[feldar]

Didn't mean to say you wouldn't hoover your airing cupboard ! it's just i dont tend to hoover mine!!
Oh well  keep trying the chocolate it works every time fior me

[SallyintNorth]

This never fails for me.

Nipper trap - the old-fashioned snap-shut-with-a-bang-would-take-your-finger-off type.
Peanut butter smeared around the post and the wood below the post, so mousey has to lick at it to get it off.
Trap set on a mouse run (which will always be along a wall or similar), or in a dark corner / corridor where the mouse goes - this is the bit you are most likely to be getting wrong if you are not catching any.

It might take a day or three before I get the first, but then I'll keep getting them until they're gone.

[Lesley Silvester]

My cats used to eat what they caught but leave the pancreas outide the door.  One day when my sister in law (who is petrified of mice) was staying, we had been out for a drink the night before.  She was somewhat the worse for wear the next morning so was wandering round in nightie and bare feet looking for paracetamol.  She stopped onto a pancreas and it squelched up between her toes.  I said it was only a bit of a mouse. By the time we had stopped her running round the house screaming, we all had headaches.   

[Hermit]

My mum has a plug in sonic thingy. It cost about twenty seven quid and justs plugs in to any socket. She was plagued by field mice in winter but since buying this gadget has not had a mouse or even a spider or fly in the house. It does not affect dogs or cats but you obviously cant have rodent pets in the house.It is not one of those cheap plug in ones but one that has readouts, lights and stuff, she also has one in the garage so she gets no nasty surprises in there either. She bought it from a company called Stowers or something like that , I can check if anyone is interested.

[Bionic]

Hermit,
I have never heard of such a thing but would definitely be interested if you can get further details
thanks
Sally