I can only find rat poison..will they eat it?
2006-06-23 03:27:22 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Get a cat or use mouse traps. Poison is the cruelest as they have a slow and painful death from dehydration.
2006-06-23 03:34:25 · answer #1 · answered by buzybee 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Breakneck mouse and rat traps are more humane than poison. Poison is a slow death, and the sick mice get eaten by owls and other predators. The poison enters the food chain and carries on killing.
Buy traps, bait them with chocolate or gravy on a piece of bread and leave them against the walls and skirting.
If you use the live box traps you have to release the mice about a mile from your house or they come back. Mice can also freeze or starve to death in them so check them every morning.
2006-06-23 10:29:32 · answer #2 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are seriously looking for a humane way to rid your house of mice, the only option is live traps. These catch the mice inside a box-like structure so you can release them elsewhere, preferably somewhere far from any houses. People usually have mixed results with these. You could also just get regular spring mouse traps. They usually kill the animal instantly, by breaking their spinal cord. Just be sure to check them often.
You also need to understand how the other methods work in order to pick the right one. Rat poison doesn't cause dehydration, but instead it causes internal bleeding, until the animal eventually dies. MAKE SURE TO KEEP THIS AWAY FROM PETS OR LIVESTOCK-- THEY WILL AFFECT THEM THE SAME WAY. and treatment is expensive. Glue traps work by trapping the animal and waiting for them to starve to death or dehydrate. Can also be harmful for pets. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me.
2006-06-23 04:03:15 · answer #3 · answered by Terra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure how many you have but we live on a farm and they find their way in sometimes. What works well for us is
#1 we have a cat who is a great mouser!
#2 we put glue traps around where we know they frequent, so we catch them without poison.
#3 we stuff up their entries with steel wool & seal over it with plywood or spray foam insulations.
We have gone 1 full year now without any noticable signs of mice.
We choose not to use decon (poisons) bacause we dont want them smelling up the place. But, if you decide to use it, they will carry it back and feed it to their little family but be prepared for at least a week or two of very smelly living. ;o)
Goodluck, I know its annoying!
2006-06-23 03:36:47 · answer #4 · answered by CheetosRock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my sister in law is soooooooooooo against animal cruelty she preaches constantly about animal cruelty she doesnt eat meat or wear leather or suede she boycotts all animal teted products so when her home was over run by mice she got 8 live traps went on holiday and came back to 7 starved to death mice! now if i was a mouse and had the choice id rather a quick snap of the neck than starving to death in a box no bigger than myself, if you choose the live boxes remember to check yhem regularly and if you do catch a mouse make sure you take it at least 3 miles from your home before letting it go or it will find its way back to you!
2006-06-23 09:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by Leah C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get the council or environmental health department in, or you can use humane traps from a hardware/diy store or you can do what Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall in that river cottage programme did . He got a couple of white witches in. They lit candles and and asked the mice to leave....and it worked !!!
2006-06-23 04:12:33 · answer #6 · answered by UFO^pilot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call the pied piper?!
The rat poison I used worked for the mice. They ate it, but went elsewhere to expire.
2006-06-23 03:31:09 · answer #7 · answered by beariesweet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no humane way to kill mice, think about it regardless of what you do you are likely to cause them pain, and as they cannot tell you how they feel how are you to know........ the gentler you are the more likely they are to return......Just buy a mouse trap and do it the same as evryone else.
2006-06-23 03:34:30 · answer #8 · answered by Mintjulip 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have field mice in my house at the moment we live near trees
i get the spring mouse traps these work try and find out where to they are coming in and but these traps there they like jam, cheese and chocolate but i eat all the chocolate
it does work
those box traps dont work
2006-06-23 05:07:15 · answer #9 · answered by anne m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all send them a letter stating they have won an all expenses payed holiday to Jamaica but they need to be in London to claim there trip.
Now, when they leave for London with all there bags packed dreaming of the holiday there going to have... Change the locks
Problem solved
2006-06-23 03:43:06 · answer #10 · answered by loki_mcbedlam 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋