Drakanthus wrote in message ...
My mouse traps are catching mice nearly every day under the garden
shed. I
keep disposing of the corpses and re-baiting the traps with cheese. But
it
occurred to me today - why? Are mice really a problem (outside)? I've
heard
they can carry disease and eat certain garden veg such as beetroot -
but do
they actually do any other damage or harm outside? What diseases are
they
supposed to carry and how would they be transmitted to humans? Since
buying
the traps a few months ago I must have killed at least 50 mice. It's
getting
a bit tedious disposing of the corpses each day and I'm wondering if
I'm
actually achieving anything anyway. Advice welcome.
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I would only worry about those that get into the house. Our sheds
usually have a population of mice, but the cats keep the numbers down,
and just this last few weeks they've started to bring weasels back,
we've found three on the lawn in the last two weeks.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk