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Mouse trap (67 posts / 8,640 views)
Chuffy Chuffy
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Post #16 8 Sep 2020 17:12
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Just get some of THESE, I have found traps to be a bit hit and miss but this stuff gets them everytime
Baza1075
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Post #17 8 Sep 2020 21:51
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I bait and check regular. I had chickens until a year or so ago so still dealing with the leftovers. Rats are gone but still got the little feckers under the decking. Luckily my dog lets me know where they are nesting and brings me the odd one as well.
fishie fishie
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Post #18 9 Sep 2020 00:25
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Peanut butter or Jack Russell, but not in a trap 😀 as with carping change one thing at a time 😀 last house we had a mouse problem in garage so brought second hand metal lockers and sonic/electric mouse scarers never had a problem after that. So much so our neighbours complained to us of their mouse problem after ours cleared off 😂 we lent them some spare scarers as my Mrs bought a bulk load 👍🏻
bigappleslice bigappleslice
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Post #19 9 Sep 2020 07:30
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In reply to Post #16
second Rob here.
I had a few in the loft having a field day. this stuff sorted them out.
oldgeezer oldgeezer
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Mr Linky Poo
Mr Linky Poo Post #20 9 Sep 2020 12:08
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In reply to Post #16
yes !!!!!!!!!! 100%

IMHO NOTHING comes even close to the efficiency of those baited boxes after doing lots of research because of the people with wild imaginations
it turns out the Mice dont need to eat it ! they just need to LICK IT !! thats the reason each box will kill up to 50 mice so as there are 2 boxes in each pack potentially 100 mice would be killed
now the Know nothings with wild imaginations will say

but if my cat or dog eats one of the dead bodies (( they call it secondary poisoning )) it will kill it NOT TRUE ! it cannot happen IF IT COULD HAPPEN IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO PURCHASE IT AS ITS ILLEGAL NOW !!!

OOO but the dead mice will stink the place out ?
nope !!!!!!

they have very little moisture content and dry out into rock hard bodies that dont smell and in any case the bait is so fast acting they are within 1 metre of the box often they dont even get their heads out its that instant
ThrobsBlackHat
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Post #21 25 Sep 2020 17:30
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In reply to Post #1
Another vote for peanut butter
zebedee zebedee
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Post #22 27 Sep 2020 10:18
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Peanut butter will work but depending on where you live you need to be careful of rats.

I use peanut butter for setting up ratting around the field. Just be careful what you put down you could get other visitors you really didn't want
Aldi Aldi
Posts: 25
Post #23 27 Sep 2020 10:57
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In reply to Post #1
I find peanut butter and Nutella equally effective, little buggers love it
Chuffy Chuffy
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Post #24 27 Sep 2020 12:22
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In reply to Post #23
I've had traps down in my garage with peanut butter and never caught one, since putting the poison boxes down I started getting the little buggers
Mistabite
Posts: 1,245
Post #25 27 Sep 2020 13:40
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In reply to Post #20
I got these and never looked back, just find the odd mouse a few feet away sometimes but usually in the box.

Usually about the time if year they are looking to nest somewhere, no evidence of mice living there now and nothing munched on for years now.

Poor old mickey
johnnyfubar johnnyfubar
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Post #26 27 Sep 2020 16:25
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In reply to Post #1
Hi Greg

We get plagued by them down here, best deterrent if you don't want to kill them is malt vinegar.
If you couldn't care less blitz some berrocca with breadcrumb or a hard cheese and spread that about

Best

Jon
phil090781
Posts: 2,335
Post #27 28 Sep 2020 16:07
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In reply to Post #1
oh that's disappointing - I was expecting a thread about 80's board games.
Clobersauraus Clobersauraus
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Post #28 15 Nov 2020 09:50
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In reply to Post #20
I have the mouse traps as recommended by Gerry in my shed. More as a precaution than a mouse problem... do they need replacing every so often, even if the green poison is still there....i.e. does the poison beco me spent after a period of time, or do they last indefinitely (as long as there is sufficient green stuff).
oldgeezer oldgeezer
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Mr Linky Poo
Mr Linky Poo Post #29 15 Nov 2020 11:45
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In reply to Post #28
As they are not that expensive I buy new ones every couple of years but the mice dont need to eat it just lick it and its pretty instant thats why each box will treat up to 50 mice I dont throw the old ones away I put em in other places as a precaution my loft caravan greenhouse etc

And I bet you have not had any problems with mice since you have had them ???
wandle1 wandle1
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Post #30 15 Nov 2020 13:38
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Next door neighbour,new to the area...and an angler got all his carp and course gear damaged recently,he didnt get an issue where he lived before...he left unopened bait and chicken feed around.in his big shed...so there you go ..


Us next door ,no problems in 35 years with rats ,mice or rabbits ,this is because i have a feral ,part tame farm cat ..who loves bringing them home....

he earns his keep that black cat..
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