mice a nicer way

after a problem with mice in the shed and no matter what i do they get in. im am catching 3 or four a week and this has been going on at least 18months so even i am getting bored with killing them and lady imp is sick of them going in the bin..so i have seen a new trap in wilkinsons that i am going to buy this week where they have to walk up a ramp for the bait but cant get back up the ramp so now i will have a load of live mice when i open the shed door..living near the canal my plan is to release them say a mile down the canal in the farmers field is this far enough or will they be able too find the same run must be going soft

 

I would have thought that was far enough inter, just hope they don`t have SAT NAV. But, then again, that could work in your favour. :D

 

is sat nav that bad.. :D :D ill give it a whirl and see how it goes this week.. if i think for one min im catching the same lot they wont be laughin for long..the proper traps are just on hold ..i got 14 dead mice in bags in bin glad i just put it out for the binmen.lady imp wont put the rubbish out anymore wont go in shed sees a bit of movement in grass and she off like a shot..so any bloke wants a bit of peace in garden get yourself a mouse :D

 

I`ve already got a mouse, unfortunately it`s attached to my computer. :D

 

hi inter i just wrote a big essay, but the stupid computer froze grrrr anyway just want to say, your getting soft. haha. and for letting the mice go, Ahhhh...

 

sat nav could take them the long way home :D :D

 

not too soft forgot to tell you yd i will be chopping the ears off and ripping teeth out just to make sure i dont get the same ones back :D :D
must stress only a joke..before another post gets reported for having a bit of fun

 

Hehe inter, Hope you put some cheese in the box for there long journey..

 

shall do but they will have to suck it may find it hard with no teeth... on a serious note :D :D
i will see how it goes the problem is i live so close to the open fields and canal, i am never going to stop the mice and lady im is doin my head in she wont go anywhere near the bin so might be better off catching them alive.going to get new trap tmoz would you like some pics if i could pm you a mouse i would

 

Inter i know cats are supposed to keep mice away, but i have a dog, and she's as good as any cat,

 

Ste sorry to hear about your unwanted shed guests, not nice to see their little currant droppings all over the place. :(

I tried those ramp traps a few years ago and they worked really well but I always chickened out when it came to releasing the little monsters inside....don't know why I just have a problem about wild mice and rats!

Silly really when domesticated ones don't bother me at all.

What seems to be the best bait for your mice?

Chocolate always worked well for us although I'm pretty sure our problem mice were all female as they couldn't resist the chocolate bait at all! :D Hel.xxx.

 

cheers helen, peanut butter is all i have used think it was maken who gave me that and boy was her right..never fails that stuff

 

About a month ago we had mice up in our loft. One night they were particularly bad scabbling about so at 6.30 hubbie took the cat up the loft ladder. She potted about in the general area after prowling around the loft first (having never been up there before) but then got bored. Whilst she wasn't looking a mouse scurried past chased by hubbie wielding a stick and missing on each whack. Hubbie got bored and came back to bed but the cat decided to stay up there for a little while longer, then meowed 'cos she couldn't get down the ladder. Mice still happy in the loft but not scampering about. The next day they must have come out 'cos the cat got both of them from under the shed. No noises since.

 

celia , the problem i have is not catching them its that im catching too many they just keep on coming and lady imp wont let me put them in the bin anymore. been to wilkinsons and they have sold out till friday but have ordered two new traps for when they come in so shall keep you posted on the results. bloke at work said if i freeze them he will have them for his snake who the hell would put dead mice in the freezer..he must be a dirty swine

 

get your hands on a ferret lol mate that will do the trick had the ******s in my tackle shed last year a right pain to get rid of another tip before you put the live ones back mark them with nail varnish that way you know if its the same ones you get back. :D :D
please dont give the mice to any captive bred snake its not a very good idea as the mice carry alsorts and this will lead to the snakes death.....