About £30 for the cage and wheel and some hiding places. Couple of quid every month for bedding material. Maybe £5 a month on food. The occasional toy as well I guess. They'll be dead within 2 years though :(
how bad is the infestation? We had quite a few at uni but i managed to take care of them with a few traps. Just use peanut butter for bait, they go apeshit for peanut butter
so I'd be surprised if it was the same ones coming back. But yeah they were really effective, pretty much every time I set it up I found a mouse in it the next day
the little fuckers breed fast and very regularly. if you live in a city, it won't be your house that has an infestation, it will be your neighbourhood. they don't care much for human property boundaries. As such, you can kill as many as you like, but they'll keep coming.
poison is the only answer - they'll eat the poison, then go home and die. their friends will get the message.
or bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, I guess: one of the mice has a mutation that means that they don't die from the poison. This mouse survives to breed and pass on the trait. Within a few generations, all surviving mice are resistant.
I can only say that I've lived in three houses with mice, and poison has worked, pretty quickly, and in the only case where I lived there for a long period of time (2-3 years) sustainably, in all three cases.
Must've murdered about 15 of the fuckers. Got bored of breaking household items in the end and just got some traps, but the highlights were stopping one dead with a perfectly aimed throw of the Sky remote, and dropping the fridge on another.
not that dear, i'll give you a tenner for 3
LOL
easily my worst post
i don't know, how much do you want for them?
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4414491#r6987018
love you too
Not that expensive.
About £30 for the cage and wheel and some hiding places. Couple of quid every month for bedding material. Maybe £5 a month on food. The occasional toy as well I guess. They'll be dead within 2 years though :(
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4414491#r6987018
never used them sorry
how bad is the infestation? We had quite a few at uni but i managed to take care of them with a few traps. Just use peanut butter for bait, they go apeshit for peanut butter
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4414491#r6987018
There are at least two at the minute so hopefully they're not lovers
I guess going straight to the top is a bit excessive, should try a few traps first
yeah go with traps
I used these ones http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-2-x-REUSEABLE-HUMANE-LIVE-MOUSE-MICE-TRAP-TRAPS-CATCHER-AUTO-CATCH-/370613992303?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Garden_Plants_Weed_Pest_Control_CV&hash=item564a50bb6f
They worked really well, caught 3 or 4 of them with them. The last couple didn't fall for it though so had to use the traditional tom and jerry style
Were they actually effective though?
As much as I don't want to kill the little guys I feel like if I don't they're just gonna take the piss and keep coming back?
I was releasing them in some woods at the end of the next street over
so I'd be surprised if it was the same ones coming back. But yeah they were really effective, pretty much every time I set it up I found a mouse in it the next day
you've gotta take them like 5 miles away or they'll be back
When we had some in a old house we used little bits of Mars bar.
Apparently they love sweet things. They don't give a stuff about cheese.
What a huge disappointment :(
They could at least behave like their cartoon equivalents
how do they run?
Get an office cat.
Make sure it's a mouser: you want one with big paws.
get a cat
Or train your dog to catch mice. These are both long term solutions.
Not allowed pets and I kinda hate cats
You kind of hate cats?
Ah, unfortunately the punishment for this is... a RAIN OF MICE.
Put it this way, I'm yet to meet one that hasn't been an aloof prick
I'm sure there are great cats out there I just haven't encountered any yet.
YOU'RE an aloof prick!
This is why cats treat you in kind. ;-)
Bait and traps is the way to go.
Traps are more satisfying because you get a confirmed kill (or capture if you use the wussy types).
everyone in this thread is so wrong it's untrue
the little fuckers breed fast and very regularly. if you live in a city, it won't be your house that has an infestation, it will be your neighbourhood. they don't care much for human property boundaries. As such, you can kill as many as you like, but they'll keep coming.
poison is the only answer - they'll eat the poison, then go home and die. their friends will get the message.
That's true actually, terraced housing in London
It's not gonna be just us with them is it.
Time to get ruthless.
oh apart from the people who said get a cat
that is the best way, mine's second.
No, that's inhumane
just show them this thread
arguably less humane
Problem with poison is that the mice die under the floorboards and stink.
And they become resistant to it. Our mice used to eat through three tubs of poison every night.
how do they become resistant???
surely they die the first time??? unless they deliberately eat tiny bits and work up?
The same way that lots of things becomes resistant to poison,
or bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, I guess: one of the mice has a mutation that means that they don't die from the poison. This mouse survives to breed and pass on the trait. Within a few generations, all surviving mice are resistant.
I've heard people say both of these things a lot
I can only say that I've lived in three houses with mice, and poison has worked, pretty quickly, and in the only case where I lived there for a long period of time (2-3 years) sustainably, in all three cases.
Perhaps we just have supermice
a sobering thought
Yeah get a cat
But then if you want to get rid of the cat you have to get something bigger than cat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX07j9SDFcc
a bigger cat
or two cats
We used to have them.
Must've murdered about 15 of the fuckers. Got bored of breaking household items in the end and just got some traps, but the highlights were stopping one dead with a perfectly aimed throw of the Sky remote, and dropping the fridge on another.
Have you tried bolt cutters?
oh yeah this reminds me
BOLT CUTTERS DIDN'T WORK YOU TOTAL BUNCH OF SUPERIOR PRICKS