what is it?

[kev01293]

hi all

i put some mice poison down recently at the back of my loft which was put inside a plastic container about the size of a shoe box which was hidden under bricks  when i checked it 2 days later i found that something had completely covered the poison inside the container with small bits of straw,twigs,and what looks like mud? :-/  so i then cleared the container out and put in fresh poison only to find that whatever it was had done exactly the same thing by the next morning?  any ideas anybody as to what i might be dealing with and the best way to deal with it :-/          kev

 

 

 

 

 

[OLDYELLOW]

mice most likely making a nest

[blaz]

i have know about rats covering poison but not mice

[blaz]

set a mouse trap in box

[Guest ljb107]

its probably a rat, better still put a rat trap not a mouse trap.  If its a rat and it gets caught by the mouse trap it will walk away with it.

[Traolach]

I found a store of grain that a rat had been gathering from my shed for the winter, maybe a rat or mouse saw this as a good starting point for one. Rats often take full pellets of poison and store them.

[gangster]

go 2c pound landand buy those glue pads put them on something solid and when they step on it bang got them.

[Guest ljb107]

best to get that tac-tic glue off ebay put it on a board weight it down with bricks and they stick to it and die.

[Guest Freebird]

It's a mouse covering up it's booty so no one else will find it. It will die somewhere out of sight. Just remove the twigs and another will come along. Better with a live trap then you know how many you've killed. Live trap is more humane as it only takes less than a minute to drown it where as your standard trap can sometimes take hours depending where it gets cought. Try googling "the trap man" if you want one.

[kev01293]

                

              thanks everyone for the advice, i will set a trap (both kinds) and see what happens?   kev                              

[Guest smudger1964]

if you do us rat traps make shure you peg them down thay will be off with them it happend me  8)  drill a hole at the back of the trap to tie or peg down  then you will not lose the trap or the rat ;)

[little sam]

THIS IS A GOOD TRAP, THE MICE (WHO WALK OR SCUTTLE NEXT TO THE WALLS WONDER IN AND THE DOOR CLOSES BEHIND THEM, YOU CAN CATCH A NUMBER OF THEM, THEN AS SOMONE SUGESTED BY DROWINING YOU JUST DROP IT INOT A BUCKET WHERE IT WILL FILL WITH WATER AND DROWN THEM

 

http://www.ppcsupplies.co.uk/STV019

[kev01293]

ive just been down to check the traps and found a mouse in one of them so hopefully its only the mice that i have to worry about -is it true that mice and rats wont live together?      kev :-/

[weecunny]

they will eat it when the frost comes mate they just storing it the now  lol

 

[weecunny]

and no it not true  sats and mice will feed in same area

[kev01293]

the mouse got caught in the rat trap by its leg and was still alive when i found it,i was hoping that mice were the problem but after finding bits of gnawed wood i spose its time to set more rat traps along the back of the loft  my loft is only slightly off the ground and i cant see right under it so am worried that rats are under the loft floor?    kev

[just ask me]

antifrezze mixed on some grain just make sure any birds cant get it nottin lives when they eat this

[kev01293]

thanx just ask (or jam) i will give the anti freeze a try    kev