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| martinfiattech Member Since: 13 Nov 2013 Location: leicester Posts: 422  
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This might be a bit over the top but when I used to work on farm equipment our workshop was plagued by rats and mice we did everything suggested here to get rid of them with varying degrees of success, even brought the cat in she had a great time chasing them around.
In the end we used metal cage traps and sheets of steel wired to the mains 240 v supply, it did cut down on the numbers but never cured the problem, you did have to be careful what you touched in the morning, as the kit was wired to the mains as well..... Excuse the spelling I`am better with spanners and wires. |
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5th May 2014 12:04pm |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558
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ive had success with the battery electronic killer from screwfix, clean and no poison about , but its about 50 quid
use peanut butter on traps not something they can grab and run off like a bit of biscuit , make sure peanut butter is spread out a bit and stuck down on trap ,it makes them spend more time or more trips to trap and then more chase of trapping them and peanut butter has a strong smell they love change the butter every few days |
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5th May 2014 12:46pm |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6329 
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Great idea..... I like peanut butter too.
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5th May 2014 1:43pm |
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| Limey Member Since: 18 Oct 2013 Location: Northern Italy Posts: 193 
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Can you buy those glue traps there? I've used those things with great success previously, you put a bit of something tempting into the middle, they walk onto them and no way are they getting off that glue. Then you can use your axe (or whatever) once you find them. Supposedly there is a sedative in the glue to make them sleep/relaxed (!), but basically they only trap them, they don't kill them. So that part is down to the trapper...
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5th May 2014 2:37pm |
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| Smilesapart Member Since: 28 Sep 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 735 
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Oh I don't like the sound of the Glue traps. I think they sound inhumane. They need to be killed quickly
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5th May 2014 4:54pm |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971 
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Traps should really be attached to something, all our farm traps are tied to something heavy so the rats can't run off.
My parents (not where I work) have had a mouse trap disappear from a bathroom cupboard and then reappear in a bedroom on the other side of the house a few days later with a dead mouse in it. In the intervening days the dog was woofing madly at night so we reckon the mouse must have been dragging it under the floorboards. |
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5th May 2014 6:49pm |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6329
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I've had about 3traps disappear now
Glue sound like a plan along with the other traps / Poison. |
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5th May 2014 7:42pm |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6329
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Slugs......caught a mouse and about 4 slugs.....where they coming from? |
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9th May 2014 10:13pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8582
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Agree with you in the slugs/snails I keep seeing snail trails on the dining room carpet but never any slugs. I don't know if Bren brings them in with the wood for the fire or the cats bring them in on their fur but it is blooming annoying. I am half inclined to sprinkle salt on the carpet before I go to bed.
Barbara |
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10th May 2014 9:53am |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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Barbara we have the same problem, the cats seem attracted to them and keep bringing them in a presents. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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10th May 2014 10:02am |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558
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there will be a lot of slugs , snails about this year , been damp and not really heavy frosts
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10th May 2014 10:17am |
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| jimbob7 Member Since: 06 Jul 2013 Location: uk Posts: 2055 |
Go out at night (with a torch,you'll be at it every night anorl,lol)an kill the slugs with salt and beer traps,slugs carry amongst other nasties lungworm,definitely stop doggy or kitty from eating them. Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5.
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10th May 2014 10:48am |
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