Mouse mass murder - Recommendations?

[Ace]

Originally Posted by darockwilder

Cal-Rid, 403-233-0646

They will inspect the place to find the access points and plant poison as well. Their trucks are unmarked and they have some sort of 6 month 'guarantee'. It'll cost a couple hundred bucks but worth it if they eliminate the problem.

I hate mice. They worked for me anyway.

That's really good that they use unmarked trucks, you don't want to tip off the mice! Those other guys are too focused on advertising to worry about properly executing the surprise attack.

[RT14]

My Mom bought some devices that keep mice away through a high pitched frequency or something. She lives on a farm so had a bad mouse problem but since installing a few of these throughout her house, she hasn't seen a single mouse. Not sure the name though.

[speede5]

Originally Posted by nik-

Yeah, I'm way past caring about pretty or humane.

I love this, had to quote it cause I know exactly how you feel. I live on a farm and we have had a few spells of mice getting past the defence. We need a cat, when we had one we never had a problem. Damn coyotes get them from time to time though, food chain!

Anyway, I use snap traps with peanut butter, they work great. Wife won't reuse them, I do but you have to handle the mice, gloves! You can also get a nice reuseable trap like this , I like them because you can reuse them. I usually throw it in a bucket of water and drown the little buggers to empty it. It gets messy and gross though.

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Clarkey

I don't like poison, they could die and rot in your wall, plus it's not as satisfying--no visible results. Buy some wooden traps at the dollar store and keep setting them until they're wiped out. Also scan the perimeter for holes, they can get in a hole the size of your index finger.

If you're using poison, you're not only poisoning the mice but any predator that eats them, and up the food chain.

I live in the country and while mice are all around me, none are in my house. The reason? I don't have holes in my house!!!

Frankly, you're taking the wrong tack entirely in bothering to kill the mice. You'll never win that battle as the supply of mice is inexhaustable. Not sure why you're even bothering with that.

Fix your freaking holes and your problem is solved.

That's what you should be calling in an expert to fix.

My two cents.

Or get a mean cat like Polly . . . .



Cowperson

[socktape]

Fix the holes and use this.... set it and forget it.

http://www.woodtoyfun.com/zzzmousetrap.html

[Huntingwhale]

Originally Posted by RT14

My Mom bought some devices that keep mice away through a high pitched frequency or something. She lives on a farm so had a bad mouse problem but since installing a few of these throughout her house, she hasn't seen a single mouse. Not sure the name though.

My parents have the same thing. They had a huge mouse issue for a while. I used to see then run across the carpet when I would watch tv at their place. First thing to do is cover up all the food you have in your storage unit. Buy some plastic containers and put EVERYTHING in them. That alone will protect your food from contamination. Poison and traps everywhere. But my dad also got one of those high pitched frequency noise emitors that plugs into the wall. To us it only sounds like a slight clicking noise. But l guess to mice it is enough to drive them away. I haven't seen a mouse at their place in over a year once they got those plug ins. Might be a good idea to research and see if it would work for you.

[Shawnski]

Originally Posted by KevanGuy

... in my experience, the only traps that really worked were dollar store glue traps. Maybe not pretty but effective.

I have a Victor electric mouse trap and it has caught every mouse that finds its way into my place. Highly recommended. I think they were $40-50 (can't remember) but well worth it.

http://www.homedepot.ca/product/elec...se-trap/924161

[northcrunk]

Glue traps work the best if you don't care if you kill them. Just place them where they run all the time and they won't be able to get off, just fold it over and step on it after.

[wooohooo]

My friend had a bad mouse problem so he borrowed another friends cat. Worked wonders. That cat killed like 6 mice or so.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by wooohooo

My friend had a bad mouse problem so he borrowed another friends cat. Worked wonders. That cat killed like 6 mice or so.

My friend did the same thing. Often, just the presence of a cat is enough to keep them away.

Don't forget, they aren't just attracted to food, but also heat. When summer is coming to an end, try to seal them out from the outside before the weather cools.

[darockwilder]

Originally Posted by Ace

That's really good that they use unmarked trucks, you don't want to tip off the mice! Those other guys are too focused on advertising to worry about properly executing the surprise attack.

I liked the unmarked trucks because you don't have to advertise to all your neighbours that you have some sort of pest problem.I'd rather not have Dale Gribble pull up in his 'Bug-ebago'.

[Barnes]

We had a on again off again mouse problem and I always used the old school wooden traps with peanut butter.

Finally found the hole they were using by ripping down all the insulation and poly in the basement and sticking my hand in every corner and crevice with my iPhone recording video and pulling it out and watching. Finally found a hammer strike that went through the ply wood that is under my front porch. It was behind all the heat ducts that were going upstairs. Unloaded a whole can of spray foam insulation on that hole.

Man do they make a mess.

[Titan]

Last winter we had a problem. They got into the baking stuff in the storage room and then started a nest. I cleaned out the storage room and fixed any holes that I could find and set traps where I thought they were coming in. They were also under the kitchen sink. After a bit and about 15 dead mice it stopped. We got one again under the sink a bit ago, set the trap and got it first night and have not had any more since. The wooden traps with peanut butter are the way to go.

[YYC in LAX]

Vamanos Pest if you're in the ABQ.

[MrCallahan]

I second the peanut butter mouse trap, mice f'in love peanut butter. I've had awesome success with the 5-gallon bucket mouse trap (or whatever bucket you can find). Check out this video for what I'm talking about (long video, skip to the end):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSk79YcuIRQ

I made a couple of these, and it eliminated the mouse problem I had. Also, looks for nests as well, look under/behind the fridge or stove, maybe under the dishwasher as well. They'll nest in any area they can set up shop.

[TheGrimm]

We had mice at our old house, they were pretty easy to get rid of once I found the entrance. Just plain old snap traps (the black plastic ones are best) and some PB. I remember how I found out we had mice... I was in the kitchen and opened one of the cupboards to see one standing on the second shelf, just staring at me with it's wee beady eyes.

Man do they cause havoc.

[TheGrimm]

Also, a +1 in the cat department... I remember watching a mouse run across our living room floor, and my dog simply watched it from his perch on the couch, he followed it it the whole time but didn't move.. haha lazy dogs.

[LGA]

Set up an old abandoned oil drum, lure them in with coconut milk whatever they are eating in your house. Eventually you'll trap all the mice in the drum. Now what should you do with it? Throw it in the ocean Glenmore Reservoir? Burn it? No, you just leave it. Eventually they'll get hungry, and [insert chewing noises] they'll begin to eat each other. Soon, you'll be left with just two mice. Instead of killing them, set them free, for now they have been trained to eat other mice instead of your household goods.

[TheGrimm]

Originally Posted by LGA

Set up an old abandoned oil drum, lure them in with coconut milk whatever they are eating in your house. Eventually you'll trap all the mice in the drum. Now what should you do with it? Throw it in the ocean Glenmore Reservoir? Burn it? No, you just leave it. Eventually they'll get hungry, and [insert chewing noises] they'll begin to eat each other. Soon, you'll be left with just two mice. Instead of killing them, set them free, for now they have been trained to eat other mice instead of your household goods.

Why two? It's already obvious there can only be one!

[flylock shox]

Originally Posted by TheGrimm

Why two? It's already obvious there can only be one!

Shh... You'll spoil the ending.