mouse in loft

[rockinrick]

i would like to thank redcheqhen for her help in combatting my problem with some home remedies ,thnx again susan you are a saint and i wish you all the best with your birds and racing ,   :) ;D ;D ;D

[Wiley]

 

No but I don't mind as I was quite open about it,

We lost most of our birds to salmonella last year, we had the birds post mortemed by DEFRA and as we have a small holding with other livestock including chickens so we had to get the all clear from DEFRA before we could eat or sell eggs, which we now have.

We also stay on the edge of the country so eradicating all the things that carry disease would be impossible

Our salmonella was brought in by a pigeon I bought from a guy, it was a carrier who showed no signs of any ailment. He has since lost all his stock because he did not want to involve DEFRA

Ailments are present in all creatures and when you vaccinate you put in parts of the ailment so they can build up antibodies. The ailment comes to the fore for a number of reasons. New strains...so quarantine, Stress, don't over vacinate.

We now have regular checks and glad to say we have the all clear

 

We always quarantine new birds, we have never lost a bird again we send a live bird and samples of droppings to DEFRA

 

Your always taking a chance when using any poison because if the the vermin pick it up on their feet they can spread it about, therefore a chance other creatures picking it up. Electronic repellents are great if you have a power source. Traps are good only if you can check them regular

 

Thanks for your concern but we now have good healthy birds, sadly we had to learn the hard way

 

sorry dovescot didnt know of your past experience, my question before was posted towards rick, but glad your going about things with the right procedures

[Guest]

Well turned out to be kissadeath for me, saying fings were sorted;  >

 

Beginning of week discovered maize under drinker stand which is blocked-off to birds; hadn't noticed it before and thought maybe there from last year, but awfy fresh looking; cleaned it away, a few grains back again next day which I thought I'd missed, cleaned again - this morning, back again, all maize, all with heart nibbled out.

 

Can't see any tracks anywhere in the deep litter, or in the dust on overhead rafters, so baffled???

 

I've also two ultrasonic deterrants. What's gone wrong??? Deaf mouse???

 

Put one of those 'run' traps under hope it does trick.

 

 

[pigeondan]

You'll never beat me I was around long before man and breed faster than than you can catch me

[Wiley]

i remember about 4 yrs ago going to a loft they guy would only clean out his loft once every two years his deep litter was well high, he had rats in his lofts nesting in the deep litter, you wouldnt have known they was there untill they came out! They guy was still winning but wouldnt want my loft to be rat infested like his was

[Guest]

 

sorry dovescot didnt know of your past experience, my question before was posted towards rick, but glad your going about things with the right procedures

 

Yes thought you were 'speaking' to Rick as couldn't recall a post from DoveScot. Think that is one of the benefits of using 'quote' button, helps others know exactly whose post you are picking up on.  

[Guest]

i remember about 4 yrs ago going to a loft they guy would only clean out his loft once every two years his deep litter was well high, he had rats in his lofts nesting in the deep litter, you wouldnt have known they was there untill they came out! They guy was still winning but wouldnt want my loft to be rat infested like his was

 

Was at a pigeon moot where one of the speakers described a visit to Armand Sheer's loft, Belgian vet and National winner; described seeing rats running around there too, yet obviously no probs with salmonella etc. ????

[Wiley]

 

Was at a pigeon moot where one of the speakers described a visit to Armand Sheer's loft, Belgian vet and National winner; described seeing rats running around there too, yet obviously no probs with salmonella etc. ????

 

i wouldnt know bruno but he was still winning well in the combine

[chickadee]

Have you tried using a small piece of chocolate on the trap? A bit of mars bar, choc bikky, etc.....this usually works!

 

Yes mice love chocolate or anything sweet.

[barlbylofts]

the mice normaly take food back to the nest for the young.so normaly they all die in the nest.but you do find one or two laying around never had any probs with the birds getting piosend.

[frank-123]

i dont like touching mice so i bought this trap all you do bit of choclate inside mice go get it and are killed with 240v up there jacksy it also works with batteries if you dont have electric in your loft there is a cheaper version on there website think it does the same job

 

as for the noise repellent they dont work

i have had two in my house and the mice still pay a vist

 

;Donly once though ;D since i bought my zapper

http://www.martleyelectronics.co.uk/rat_mouse_traps.htm#zapper

[Roland]

Yep use a=mars Bar in my Traps, set them regularly, weks nothing, then one or two ... as wnetr draws in always get a few.

Or one can dip a mars bar, or peanut butty sarnie in Anti Freeze, and slide  it up a 2" pipe, when nowt can get in etc. but mice... they love it to death.

[Roland]

Mind it's good that you have mice, because that means they are no rats... you usually have one or the other, but very sldom if ever both, and then not for long, as rats soon clean them up like.

[Guest]

the worst thing that you can do is to block up were they are getting in once u do this they only find another way in that you cant see bait should be left at all times the wee snapper traps are the best the ones way a bit of cheese on them nay mare mice after that ,think they have got immune to all the poison that i use either that or there are millions of them here as they can eat a full block of poison a night and thats from they plastic run through ones , have to invest in ye old ferreticus eatty upis again  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[harky]

the worst thing that you can do is to block up were they are getting in once u do this they only find another way in that you cant see bait should be left at all times the wee snapper traps are the best the ones way a bit of cheese on them nay mare mice after that ,think they have got immune to all the poison that i use either that or there are millions of them here as they can eat a full block of poison a night and thats from they plastic run through ones , have to invest in ye old ferreticus eatty upis again  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

save yourself money sammy just hang a photo of yerself in loft thatll frighten anything from mice to lions and maybe yerself ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

Yes mice love chocolate or anything sweet.

 

they would love you then  :B

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

save yourself money sammy just hang a photo of yerself in loft thatll frighten anything from mice to lions and maybe yerself ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

says the pin up of the year, you frighten ghosts at night harky

[harky]

 

says the pin up of the year, you frighten ghosts at night harky

 

whit you sayin quazie ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

whit you sayin quazie ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

you got all your crows , i mean doos basketed

[harky]

 

you got all your crows , i mean doos basketed

 

i the whole 20 ma da takes them as am in to late fay work :) :)

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

i the whole 20 ma da takes them as am in to late fay work :) :)

 

thats some risk , putting them all in  ;D

[harky]

 

thats some risk , putting them all in  ;D

 

thats what a said but ma das the gaffer ;D ;D ;D

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

thats what a said but ma das the gaffer ;D ;D ;D

 

AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT SUNNY JIM ;D

[Guest]

 

save yourself money sammy just hang a photo of yerself in loft thatll frighten anything from mice to lions and maybe yerself ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

Listen to the monkey spanker wit yi all about u better keep away fae that dookit the morra so as they will trap straight away , that how ya da gets them to fly aint it  puts you in the loft afore they get out to give them motivation then there to scared to land  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D and get aff wee tammy s back  ;D ;D ;D ;D

[REDCHEQHEN]

i would like to thank redcheqhen for her help in combatting my problem with some home remedies ,thnx again susan you are a saint and i wish you all the best with your birds and racing ,   :) ;D ;D ;D

 

Thanks Rick  :B :B :K)