Mice in the house

Yes, Decon will work, but dead will decay..no matter what you use..unless you dessicate them first. :bleh: My mom used to use decon all the time, until they'd die in the walls of the house where you couldn't get them out. :puke:


I wouldn't use decon, not with your own mouse/rat colonies. And if they get out and some neighbor's cat or dog or ? got it, the poisoned mouse could cause all sorts of problems. Steel wool wadded up and stuffed tight into the holes where they come into the house will stop 'em too.

When we had 'em, I just kept traps under the sink and in the pantry. It helped that I had cats inside and barn cats outside too.

Good luck!

Id say the construction is driving them to you and the fact that you have mice and rats is keeping them there.


Glue strips work great ... It also seems that mice will "call" other mice to help them when they are stuck ... so you generally get a few at a time.

D-Con poses alot of risk if you have children or pets. Not to mentions when a small colony dies in the walls ... it literally stinks for weeks.

I keep mouse traps set at all times ... kinda hard on the fingers when one of your rats get loose and you do a quick reach for it and find the mouse trap (happened yesterday). Also I tend to forget that they are set until my dog hunts down the new "smell."

I like live traps the best. It is a big metal box with 1 or 2 teeter-totters for doors. Again the mice seem to call for help so you can trap 3-4 at a time (it says it can hold up to 20). Get some dry ice going and set the whole trap into the bucket (with the sublimating dry ice), then discard the contents.

The worst thing about raising rodents is that you are creating ideal conditions for "wild" rodents to thrive.

Bryan

Thanks for the replies everybody...We found a hole in our fouondation under our deck yesterday...We patched it up and for the first time in 1 week there were no mice in the traps this morning...I hope that did it!!

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Originally Posted by JLC

Wow. I'm all for getting rid of wild mice that infest my home. But I don't think torturing them to death is the way to do it. :mad:

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sure it is nessasary. that way all the other mice know what they have coming. you have to make examples LOL

just kidding i think that might be a little on this side of animal cruelty.
matt

Animal cruelty? Its nature some have to die for others to live. I can't stand wild mice maybe thats why i say that.

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Originally Posted by SnakesvsRodents

Animal cruelty? Its nature some have to die for others to live. I can't stand wild mice maybe thats why i say that.

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No one said killing wild mice in your house was cruel. What is cruel is the method in which you bragged about doing it.

:oops: I dint brag about it i just explained how i did it. Its more of a reaction when i see them its just that they creap me out thats all.:oops: