"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote ...
"Malcolm Ogilvie" wrote
Adam Funk wrote:

We've had a mouse living in our worm bin for a few weeks (I've seen it
dancing around on top of the heap when I tip stuff in).

The bin is the open-bottomed "dalek" type. I have one of those oblong
metal box mousetraps with two one-way gates one side & two spring
traps inside, arranged so that a "flag" is visible through the top
when a trap's been sprung. I originally put this down under a nearby
wall of the shed (the shed walls have ventilation gaps of 40 to 50
mm), assuming that the mouse would run that way; after a while, I
moved it under the wall closest to the worm bin.

I now wonder if the mouse is living more or less permanently inside
the bin --- is that possible?

I'm reluctant to put any kind of poison in the worm bin since I use
the output in the garden & (when I'm lucky) grow something edible.

I'm seriously considering setting the trap-box on the top of the
contents of the worm bin. Is that a smart or stupid idea?

Thanks.

What harm is the mouse doing?

My thoughts exactly. I do not want them inside my house, but outside is
fine.
Maybe the OP should think about getting a cat duck and run


The problem with that is if it's a good mouser like our ex-stray Tom he
might bring them in alive to show you and then sometimes loose them in the
house for you to chase round and find.
Maybe our cat thinks we enjoy turning the house upside down in the
evenings instead of going to bed. "Oh my staff are having such fun!"

My cat brings everything mouse/rat in deceased. He really good about
killing mice and small rats (but not the big ones) which we have to get
the terriers in for.
Once a terrier nearly got it's nose bitten off here by a rat when we had a
rat hunt. She didn't seem to mind. I was there with antiseptic but got
laughed at.
Well, they are some hard dogs. I have to make sure Boyfie, my cat, is in
the house before they get here.