PoppyDog Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 DF spotted a mouse in the house last night! It came in under the sliding door from the garage! Yuck! Anyway Poppy is VERY interested in it but it went behind the TV unit. No idea where it is now... We're both big babies and don't want to have to deal with dead/trapped mice but know we might have to! My main concern is that lots of people have told me today that poison is most effective... BUT I know that it can really harm Poppy so I'm wondering if there is a dog friendly rat poison??? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemymutts Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 only other alternatives are the grey snap traps (more humane than the metal ones & glue traps) or the blue/yellow square box type traps which catch the mice live & you'll have to dispose of it :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoppyDog Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 only other alternatives are the grey snap traps (more humane than the metal ones & glue traps) or the blue/yellow square box type traps which catch the mice live & you'll have to dispose of it :S Oh yuck! Really?! So there is no such thing as pet friendly bait? Do pest control people deal with this sort of issue?! Will I be paying a fortune for that?! Man we both said last night we wished our Dad's live close so they could deal with it for us! Haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbreedlover Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Just get the small grey traps from Bunnings, bait it with peanut butter and dispose of the mice afterwards. Much better than mucking around with baits as such Back home we had a big problem with rats. Yeah I know not mice. At the time I had puppies in the whelping box but we had such a problem that I got a bait from our conservation people in town which didnt have a secondary kill aspect to it. It was blocks of bait which had a hole drilled in them so they couldnt take the bait away. That is where alot of the problem arises with baiting. When the bait is taking affect the rodent will also be seeking out a water supply as they will be very thirsty. I do prefer a direct kill and then dispose of them. we have just had a big mouse problem in the garage. They even got under the seat of our motorbike.We got in extra traps and hubby rebaited them as soon as possible after a victim got caught.No mice in the house but we will set traps if need be. It is just something you have to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJean Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 (edited) DF spotted a mouse in the house last night! It came in under the sliding door from the garage! Yuck! Anyway Poppy is VERY interested in it but it went behind the TV unit. No idea where it is now... We're both big babies and don't want to have to deal with dead/trapped mice but know we might have to! My main concern is that lots of people have told me today that poison is most effective... BUT I know that it can really harm Poppy so I'm wondering if there is a dog friendly rat poison??? TIA There's areas of Australia with mice plague atm and for all anyone knows, your house could be on the fringe of one. I'd kill the little bugger now, before you get overrun by them. Better to deal with one dead mouse, than one thousand live ones. http://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/218816-bloody-mice/page__p__5259659__hl__%2Bmice+%2Bplague+%2B__fromsearch__1#entry5259659 Edited June 4, 2011 by lilli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgrubber Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Hate to mention, but it's rare to have only one mouse.. . . where you've got one, you've probably got many. I keep traps set. I use the old fashion snap traps -- not the Chinese made ones, which I find impossible to set properly -- Victor traps made in the US are much easier to use. Peanut butter or Nutella for bait. Traps aren't kind, but the kill is almost instant, unlike poisons, where the poisoning process may take a week or more. (They do this deliberately. Rats are smart. If they see another rat eat something and keel over, the other rats avoid eating the stuff. So they make poisons that act so slowly that the rats can't associate the poison with the death). I catch one almost every night. My dogs are happy to dispose of the dead ones. Yum yum. Mouse with peanut butter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaar Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I love the grey plastic ones, your hand doesn't have to go anywhere near the mouse, you just squeeze the back and it opens up. They're cheap too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Grey little plastic traps (with no wire) are terrific! A TINY smear of peanut butter on them .. place them behind fridge/under sideboards,in the garage etc at night ... and dispose of dead mice in the bin. Those blunt nosed grey traps with no wire are safe for kids' fingers/dog noses, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavik Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I'm another that says the grey plastic traps with peanut butter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Oh, and get draft stoppers or something to close the gaps under the door! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda K Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 we have a pet friendly bait - it's called a cat!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mita Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 we have a pet friendly bait - it's called a cat!!! Me, too. Our puss is small, sweet, with no aggression, best friend to the little dogs. BUT when it became clear there was a mouse in the downstairs storeroom, I just popped her in the door. Instant transformation. She turned into a small mouse-seeking missile. Like lightning, she found the mouse instantly.... When the mouse was no more, she turned from super-heroine to being small, sweet, with no aggression etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I'm another that says the grey plastic traps with peanut butter Me too. I've caught nine since March. The dogs caught one :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rastus_froggy Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I either use a trap that they can get into alive then you drop the whole trap in water to drown them, the good thing about those ones is that you can catch more than one in a night. I also use the grey plastic ones in small places like next to the fridge or stove. Sometimes if it grosses me out too much a just pick the trap up in a plastic bag and throw the whole thing out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paplover Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Mice have a natural aversion to mint, and will generally avoid it. Plant it around the exterior of your house as a deterrent as well as potting some around your home. Peppermint oil: The smell is too strong for the little varments. They turn and run. Douse cotton balls with peppermint oil and place them around openings where you suspect mice are entering. Place trays of used kitty litter around the outside of the house where you think they could enter. The smell will send them back to their mouse houses. These are a few natural ways of getting mice out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbreedlover Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I'm another that says the grey plastic traps with peanut butter Me too. I've caught nine since March. The dogs caught one :rolleyes: We were catching 5 or 6 a day for about a week. Havent caught any for about 3 days now. The rat trap we had(wire one) would catch two at once every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumtoshelley Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 our chickens have been catching the ones outside just yesterday they got a mummy and babies lol so fun to watch them fight over the mice. Inside we have 4 cats,plus mice traps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dxenion Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 When we first moved into our house in Adelaide, we noticed a large number of mice and possibly a rat or two. We had horse paddocks behind us, a crop paddock over the road and 1/2 acre blocks either side so we weren't surprised. We couldn't use bait in case the dogs found and ate the dead or dying mouse. There was also the chance that traditional traps could trap a nose or paw so it ruled that out too. We found this sonic mouse repeller. There are a number of varieties on the market but we liked this one because by just adding more units, you can increase the area of protection. Basically it works by emitting a ultra high frequency noise that the mice can't stand (the human equivalent of constantly running fingernails down a blackboard). They can't handle the noise and bug out. It also acts as a repellent to stop more moving in. The first time we plugged it in, I thought it was faulty because I'd never seen so many mice. In fact, it was driving them out of the walls and roof. Once they'd all vacated, we never saw evidence of another one ever again. When we moved into our current rental, we noticed evidence of mice. We plugged the units in and within days - no more mice. A completely environmentally friendly, pet friendly (unless you have pet rodents) and mouse friendly (well sort of) way to get rid of and repel mice from the house, shed or whereever you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac'ella Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Mice have a natural aversion to mint, and will generally avoid it. Plant it around the exterior of your house as a deterrent as well as potting some around your home. Peppermint oil: The smell is too strong for the little varments. They turn and run. Douse cotton balls with peppermint oil and place them around openings where you suspect mice are entering. Place trays of used kitty litter around the outside of the house where you think they could enter. The smell will send them back to their mouse houses. These are a few natural ways of getting mice out Ive never heard that about mint till now,but we planted mint in the vege garden next to the bird aviaries and we've had no mice since Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ish Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 We got the infrared 'Rat Zapper Ultra' which kills mice too, from Derwent traders http://www.derwenttraders.com.au/index1.html Its been wonderful, I recommend it - safe and easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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