plagued by mice

[chesters1]

They need some of the stronger stuff sold to farmers from agricultural dealerships or country stores. That stuff neosorexa or something like that it is called, i used it and it stops rats. other than that a cat, one like mine that kills everything it that scurries.

 

Bob

i think it was that very stuff ,mice are harder to poison than rats as they dont eat so much at a time

Edited September 5, 2006 by chesters1

[Tog]

Those metal mouse traps sold in SCATS and 'country shops' take their heads off.

Bait with peanut butter and tie the trap to something or the other critters will try to dispose of the bodies.

[shadowplay]

What you need is some carbide, put it in a piece of food when the mouse eats it it explodes lol ( iwfes uncle used to do it with crows ) i know its messy but they dont come back

 

Bob

[chesters1]

i was thinking of saving a mink and giving the mice a surprise

[Puzzled]

They're a right b**tard to get rid of.

If it's a tackle shop with the problem, then the chances are they are there will keep coming back because of the food. That's all the pesky things do - they eat and make little mice, making a hell of a mess in the process. I know from painful experience how persistent mice are at getting at fish baits, they probably work better at luring mice than they do fish!

So, the solution is obvious - remove the food source. Not so easy in a tackle shop, I appreciate, but you have to take away their only incentive to be there. Invest in mice-proof containers to store the products in overnight, 'cos that's when the little blighters are at it. Airtight metal containers are the only surefire method. Expensive yes, but it will save a fortune in the long run and hopefully keep the owner in business.

Plug-in sonic electronic deterrents will also help - they don't like these and, coupled with no food to get at, will force them to go elsewhere. And a cat (or two) on the premises would also work wonders as a final fail-safe.

I wish him the best of luck.

[BoozleBear]

has he thought about a gangplank leading to a oneway door in a chest freezer ,he can then sell them on for animal food

 

get that fella who wants to livebait with a mouse round, he'll take the lot!

[kempo]

They're a right b**tard to get rid of.

If it's a tackle shop with the problem, then the chances are they are there will keep coming back because of the food. That's all the pesky things do - they eat and make little mice, making a hell of a mess in the process. I know from painful experience how persistent mice are at getting at fish baits, they probably work better at luring mice than they do fish!

So, the solution is obvious - remove the food source. Not so easy in a tackle shop, I appreciate, but you have to take away their only incentive to be there. Invest in mice-proof containers to store the products in overnight, 'cos that's when the little blighters are at it. Airtight metal containers are the only surefire method. Expensive yes, but it will save a fortune in the long run and hopefully keep the owner in business.

Plug-in sonic electronic deterrents will also help - they don't like these and, coupled with no food to get at, will force them to go elsewhere. And a cat (or two) on the premises would also work wonders as a final fail-safe.

I wish him the best of luck.

 

 

some good ideas here for him to try thanks guys,

 

and yes they are a nightmare as he has shelves full of pellets and ground bait and the mice population is booming.

each week he has to take all the bags of bait and clean them all off and bleach the shelves its a nightmare, he also has the old stile racking on all his walls with the holes in for bits and bobs and the boards are 2 inches off the wall and a haven for the mice.

ill pass on these ideas I'm sure he will be great-full.

 

thanks again.

[Chris Goddard]

As Chesters1 points out he is using the same stuff...... I still have LOADS of the stuff out after a week and NO reappearance!!! For a fiver what has he to lose?! Either that or start using black bins to store his bait!! They are also a fiver in Wikinsons!! But bet he needs MORE bins than poison!

 

Good luck!!

[Dick Dastardly]

If he can get me a replacement tip for my MAP 14' Hollow tip I will let him borrow "Bat Cat"! Bat cat is my 6 year old mog.She is to mice what Peter Sutcliffe was to women! Every day and night without fail she brings in an assortment of mice,birds,goldfish,slow worms etc! more carnage than a George Romero Zombie film!

 

Budgie Burgess,Pussy for hire!

[wunnus]

Baiting is the only real answer for a shop.

Cats will be fascinated by the baits as much at the mice, especially the fishy and meaty ones.

We use up turned ice cream tubs to put the bait in, just cut a whole for the entrance. The problem at this time of year will be that the mice will start to hoard the bait, but it does get them. If you suspect that they are building up the immunity then change the bait type. Start on warfarin and then move to the more deadly, but wash hands etc and no kids near it.

 

Look for where they get in and seal up.

 

Look for big tubs of bait, try the local garden centres and any places that supply horse stuff.

 

Good Luck