Author Topic: Mouse Poison  (Read 3438 times)

Floyd

  • Joined Dec 2010
Mouse Poison
« on: November 08, 2013, 02:51:03 pm »
Having been away from the Croft for a month. I have come back and the house is over run with Mice. 

Had 6 in the drawer which was used for the dish towels, but that had got closed when a friend checked the house over and they were dead..  I can hear them in the roof space and will never be able to seal all the holes due to the stone construction of the building.

I am considering using poison for the first time.  there are no issues wih pets. However if they take it back to the nest and die, would it not cause a problem withing rotting and the associated smell.

Any brand recommendations would be helpful.



Bodger

  • Joined Jul 2009
Re: Mouse Poison
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2013, 04:11:30 pm »
Jaguar.

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Qui? Moi?
Re: Mouse Poison
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2013, 05:43:11 pm »
Yes, they would crawl off and die in the walls probably. Smell is horrible but usually only lasts a couple of weeks - how about a cat? or find all the places they can get from the walls into the actual house and block them up?
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

Bodger

  • Joined Jul 2009
Re: Mouse Poison
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2013, 08:20:37 pm »
When it comes to cat p*** and a dead mouse, its a close run thing. :innocent:

stufe35

  • Joined Jan 2013
Re: Mouse Poison
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2013, 08:29:43 pm »
Floyd,  traps are cheap & effective, bait them with raisins. One on the trap and a few in front of it to give them the taste and draw them in.  Then you can dispose of the bodies.

nicandem

  • Joined Aug 2011
  • Berkeley, Glos
Re: Mouse Poison
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2013, 08:48:45 pm »
traps but use rolo's as bait or peanut butter

stufe35

  • Joined Jan 2013
Re: Mouse Poison
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2013, 08:56:51 pm »
You give rolos to a mouse. Are you mad !  Not your last one I presume ?

On a serious not yes chocolate works,  as do boiled sweets.  Raisins are just something you usually have in the cupboard and work well.

Cheers stu

Bodger

  • Joined Jul 2009
Re: Mouse Poison
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2013, 09:10:48 pm »
Peanut butter :excited:

 

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