mice problems?

Question

I live in a clean shared house and we've recently been having mice in the bedroms etc. Got the pest control out but not working yet! any ideas??

Answer 1

Ok...rodent do have a back bone but have the ability to elongate their body to squeeze through small holes.
Chemical control is very effective but it is always good to partner this with physical control such as proofing. Sealing up gaps under doors, holes in walls etc.
Setting sticky boards is great but the down side is if u put them in ur cupboards your personal items may fall on them.
I would get some tamper resistant bait boxes and place a rodenticide in them...Rentokil have some great products such as Bromakil Rat Blocks. Mice are greedy so place a few around your house in areas such as behind the fridge, stove, behind the couch. In winter rodents will come inside to nest so if u are in a cold area they have found access and this area needs to be sealed or the problem may continue. It does take a few days for the rodenticide to work and may even take up to 10days.. Rodenticide is an anti-coagulent and thins the blood. Look for active ingredients such as Bromadiolone or Brodifacoum.
Make your baits the only food source for the rodents and make sure u leave no food out at night and have all containers sealed...especially dog food....it has vitamin k in it which is an antidote for rodenticide
Good luck

Answer 2

We are in Florida and critters (neither bugs or rodents) ever die here. But here is what we use.

In the pest control departments of Lowes or Home Depot they carry an ELECTRONIC PEST CONTROL. It looks somewhat like a night light. You plug them into outlets around the house.
We have had them for years and years. They put off an electrical current or charge through your house wiring that drives the mice and roaches or ants away.

Occasionally we see a bug or two, but in general we have no pests any more. This eliminates spraying in the house.

Good Luck.

Answer 3

A very good friend of mine lived at the edge of the woods. She had 3 dogs and several outside cats, but still had problems with mice. An older lady told her to get a big pot and fill it 1/3 of the way up with water before she went to bed at night and put it in the middle of the kitchen floor. She said that mice would be attracted to the water, be able to climb in but couldn't get out and would drown. She tried it and it worked for her....

Answer 4

Adopt a hungry cat? LOL Just kidding.

I understand your frustration, in the same situation myself. If you live where it's cold right now, they are just trying to get into warm spaces, so it's not really a matter of cleanliness. As cruel as they sound, try the sticky sheets (not sure if that's what they're called, but ask in the home and garden dept of your local store, they'll know what you're talking about). I tried everything else under the sun, then I tried these. They work! Happy hunting!

Answer 5

They are coming in somewhere....we used steel wool to stuff all small openings where they could come in. Ex: under the kitchen and bathroom sinks where the pipes come in, under the stove in the kitchen. Mice don't care how clean your home is - just that it's warm and they can get in. If you resort to traps there are ones that don't kill the mice - small rectangular boxes that they crawl in but can't get out of. Good Luck! Oh, mice like peanut butter better than cheese!

Answer 6

Because mice dont have any backbones they can squeeze through the slightest hole, underneath skirting boards. T hey can even get in from under floor boards, maybe from your next door neighbours.. The blue poison stuff can take up to 3 weeks for them to die and if your very lucky ( or not ) you may find the dead body , but usually they die where they are nesting. You should check warm places like the airing cupboard. When we had them once we found it best to use the ordinary traps, I know its not very humane but at least they die quick unlike the poison

Answer 7

plenty of traps with choclate on or chesse u could aslo get a divce from alocal d.i.y place u plug it in and the mice had the sound u do nt hear anything it works or get a dog or cat that would really help and lopk for where they are getting in and block it

Answer 8

A very old remedy is put peppermint oil on cotton wool around the bed to keep them away. Purchase one of those devices that give out high pitched noise that you can't hear, works on rats, squirrels etc.

Answer 9

I lived in a student house for a whlie and we had the little critters. We caught them in a humane trap using cheese and chocolate... caught 5 of them. Then you have to let them go free at least 1 mile from your house. We were very clean, all girls! Dunno how it happened. Pick up all dropped food evry crumb becuase it's all food to the littleones, never eat food in the bedroom.

Answer 10

If you just got them then they came from next dooor somewhere. Go get a cat it works then put the cat outside never see a mouse again.