A mouse in the house

You chased mice out the door?! Don't they just bolt for the nearest corner they can wriggle into?

So yeah regular reminder to check the traps you set, always fun finding fly eggs when cleaning and a mummified mouse.

In other news, why don’t mice see a corpse and think “nah fuck that, not staying here”?

I've rediscovered some mouse traps, two electronic, two big cheese snappers and a big metal box one.
Anyone want one / all of them?
Having a clear out of my lean to before it gets demolished, and mice don't seem to be bothering us now.
E10 for collection

Yes, please, to stop me listening to rustles in the night time.
I'm not far away. PM'd

Has anyone used bucket traps?

Not been a good week for the mice around our house. One was found drowned in the drip bucket under our outside tap and another had been left in the middle of our path by one of the local cats, partially eviscerated. They do seem to be enjoying my new compost heap though. Always surprise one or two when I take out the leftovers.

Sitting down to a spot of lunch, only to see a fuck off big rat at the cat food bowl. It clocked us, then sauntered out the back door.

I'm obviously typing this while sitting on the table, in case it comes back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHwvVPT202Y

I came back from a ride on Sunday to find the rest of the household in a state of high excitement. A juvenile rat has been spotted, and the elder daughter found it in the bath. Her mum despatched it with a broom handle and the corpse was left for me to dispose of.

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A broom handle?
Brutal.

Jesus that is savage

She snapped the broom with the first blow, so finished it off with the handle.

Brutal.

I'm surprised there's not so much mess. But then, I guess the broom could still be used a little bit. And it wasn't a mop.

I once had to bludgeon a half poisoned rat to death in my kitchen, and the only suitable heavy object I could find was a pair of bolt croppers. That was a grim one.

Seen them used on working ranches to catch high double figure mice per night. Not the one you linked, which seems good, but a rolling pin one with a wider section in the middle.

Ah yeah the coke can smeared with peanut butter on a coat hanger?

I watched a couple of ^^ videos from that guy.

had to bludgeon a half poisoned rat to death in my kitchen, and the only suitable heavy object I could find was a pair of bolt croppers

could've just used your fist 👊

I suspect fisting a rat would kill it, yes, but it sounds terribly unhygienic

Sat watching TV last night and heard the awfully distinct sound of scratching in the loft (which is also where our bedrooms are)…

Could here some noise in a wall at the back of the house too.

Took a look in the loft voids today and after much poking around I could see a bag of blue stuff (which I then remembered seeing unopened years ago when we moved in) had been open and mostly eaten.

I’m now massively regretting not moving the poison but at the time I didn’t think to do it.

So, potential dead rat on the horizon. How can I avoid the inevitable stink. Is it worth trying to catch it before it dies? And if so does anyone have a recommended trap.

🐀

Also I stuck my cat in the loft void (after clearing up the blue stuff) and fuck me the cat is useless. Just sat in the dark looking at me..

We've seen a mouse a couple of times (about once a month) but absolutely no other sign of them.

Put some traps under the cabinets in the kitchen and forgot about them until the other day when there was a load of squeaking coming from there.

Turned out a mouse had been caught by the leg. I took it outside thinking I'd have to whack it with a shovel to put it out of its misery. Turns out it was a lot more mobile than I thought and legged it as I chased it with a spade.

As it turned out though the local fox succeeded where I failed and snacked on the lame mouse later in the evening.

It’s a gruesome business.

If you catch one in a trap and it’s still alive, drop it into a bucket of water, it’s all over in a couple of seconds.

I'd rather smack it with a shovel to be honest 🤷

release them in the local park or cemetery

..so you'd carry a squeaking, injured mouse to the local park so the local fox can eat it? 🙃