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o/t : found a mouse in my loft!
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from Nick contains these words: no more were caught in the loft but i've left traps under the cage still and also in the loft which will remain for a while i think! I'd put something over them, like a dish with one side jacked-up enough for a mouse to get in: if there's any light in there and birds can get in you might have a sparrow in your trap when they start nest-building. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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o/t : found a mouse in my loft!
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from Nick contains these words: no more were caught in the loft but i've left traps under the cage still and also in the loft which will remain for a while i think! I'd put something over them, like a dish with one side jacked-up enough for a mouse to get in: if there's any light in there and birds can get in you might have a sparrow in your trap when they start nest-building. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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found a mouse in my loft!
"Nick" wrote in message ... My loft is fairly spacious and boarded out but surrounded with loads of bin liners with clothes and other non essential thing in. i put a box up there 2 weeks ago which had some polysterene packaging in and i noticed yesterday that there were some mouse droppings and a small hole made in the box. (it was a cdwriter that i'd packaged up that i planned to sell on ebay so it was all sealed up ready for despatch if i sold it). When we moved into our house we had mice in the loft, kitchen, under the floorboards, garage & garden & we had to get the council mouse man in. He got rid of the mice in the house with poison & our two cats removed the ones in the garage & garden (which is a much more environmentally friendly method) & we haven't had any since. How the previous owners lived like that I don't know! I'd suggest getting a sachet or two of mouse poison & putting them in your loft just in case there are more. |
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found a mouse in my loft!
"Nick" wrote in message ... My loft is fairly spacious and boarded out but surrounded with loads of bin liners with clothes and other non essential thing in. i put a box up there 2 weeks ago which had some polysterene packaging in and i noticed yesterday that there were some mouse droppings and a small hole made in the box. (it was a cdwriter that i'd packaged up that i planned to sell on ebay so it was all sealed up ready for despatch if i sold it). When we moved into our house we had mice in the loft, kitchen, under the floorboards, garage & garden & we had to get the council mouse man in. He got rid of the mice in the house with poison & our two cats removed the ones in the garage & garden (which is a much more environmentally friendly method) & we haven't had any since. How the previous owners lived like that I don't know! I'd suggest getting a sachet or two of mouse poison & putting them in your loft just in case there are more. |
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found a mouse in my loft!
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from "Jayne" contains these words: When we moved into our house we had mice in the loft, kitchen, under the floorboards, garage & garden & we had to get the council mouse man in. He got rid of the mice in the house with poison & our two cats removed the ones in the garage & garden (which is a much more environmentally friendly method) & we haven't had any since. How the previous owners lived like that I don't know! I'd suggest getting a sachet or two of mouse poison & putting them in your loft just in case there are more. Mice eat a little and then move somewhere else and eat a little, unlike rats, which will take a meal in one place. You need to dot several containers of bait about the place, and the best place to put them is against a vertical surface, as mice tend to travel along the bottom of walls etc. (Always set mousetraps facing the wall too.) -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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found a mouse in my loft!
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:58:56 +0000 (UTC), Jayne wrote:
I'd suggest getting a sachet or two of mouse poison & putting them in your loft just in case there are more. Trouble with poison is that a) it's not a particulary pleasant death b) they'll die somewhere inaccessable to all but flys and smells... -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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found a mouse in my loft!
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from "Dave Liquorice" contains these words: On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:58:56 +0000 (UTC), Jayne wrote: I'd suggest getting a sachet or two of mouse poison & putting them in your loft just in case there are more. Trouble with poison is that a) it's not a particulary pleasant death b) they'll die somewhere inaccessable to all but flys and smells... Warfarin-based poisons are not particularly unpleasant. The victims just get weaker and weaker and lapse into a coma. The Warfarin tends to prevent the blood clotting, and the passage of food down the gut abrades the villi (a design feature to allow nutrients to be absorbed through the walls of the blood vessels) and the animal loses blood internally, and weakens and dies. There is no pain involved. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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found a mouse in my loft!
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 01:35:54 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote: The message om from "Dave Liquorice" contains these words: On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:58:56 +0000 (UTC), Jayne wrote: I'd suggest getting a sachet or two of mouse poison & putting them in your loft just in case there are more. Trouble with poison is that a) it's not a particulary pleasant death b) they'll die somewhere inaccessable to all but flys and smells... Warfarin-based poisons are not particularly unpleasant. The victims just get weaker and weaker and lapse into a coma. The Warfarin tends to prevent the blood clotting, and the passage of food down the gut abrades the villi (a design feature to allow nutrients to be absorbed through the walls of the blood vessels) and the animal loses blood internally, and weakens and dies. There is no pain involved. Only a right arsehole could describe an horrendous death by warfarin as "not particularly unpleasant" See how smug you would be if you were forced to ingest it! Prat. To the original poster, use a live trap which is very effective and release outside. |
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found a mouse in my loft!
"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message ... Warfarin-based poisons are not particularly unpleasant. The victims just get weaker and weaker and lapse into a coma. The Warfarin tends to prevent the blood clotting, and the passage of food down the gut abrades the villi (a design feature to allow nutrients to be absorbed through the walls of the blood vessels) and the animal loses blood internally, and weakens and dies. There is no pain involved. How do you know? Mary -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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found a mouse in my loft!
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 10:10:32 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote: "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message ... Warfarin-based poisons are not particularly unpleasant. The victims just get weaker and weaker and lapse into a coma. The Warfarin tends to prevent the blood clotting, and the passage of food down the gut abrades the villi (a design feature to allow nutrients to be absorbed through the walls of the blood vessels) and the animal loses blood internally, and weakens and dies. There is no pain involved. How do you know? because it's used in humans as an anti clotting agent. -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
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found a mouse in my loft!
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 10:10:32 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote: "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message ... Warfarin-based poisons are not particularly unpleasant. The victims just get weaker and weaker and lapse into a coma. The Warfarin tends to prevent the blood clotting, and the passage of food down the gut abrades the villi (a design feature to allow nutrients to be absorbed through the walls of the blood vessels) and the animal loses blood internally, and weakens and dies. There is no pain involved. How do you know? because it's used in humans as an anti clotting agent. -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
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found a mouse in my loft!
"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message ... The message from "Jayne" contains these words: When we moved into our house we had mice in the loft, kitchen, under the floorboards, garage & garden & we had to get the council mouse man in. He got rid of the mice in the house with poison & our two cats removed the ones in the garage & garden (which is a much more environmentally friendly method) & we haven't had any since. How the previous owners lived like that I don't know! I'd suggest getting a sachet or two of mouse poison & putting them in your loft just in case there are more. Mice eat a little and then move somewhere else and eat a little, unlike rats, which will take a meal in one place. You need to dot several containers of bait about the place, and the best place to put them is against a vertical surface, as mice tend to travel along the bottom of walls etc. (Always set mousetraps facing the wall too.) Why trap them? It does not cost much to feed them well and they do one hell of a lot less damage than cats. Franz |
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found a mouse in my loft!
"Jayne" wrote in message ... "Nick" wrote in message ... My loft is fairly spacious and boarded out but surrounded with loads of bin liners with clothes and other non essential thing in. i put a box up there 2 weeks ago which had some polysterene packaging in and i noticed yesterday that there were some mouse droppings and a small hole made in the box. (it was a cdwriter that i'd packaged up that i planned to sell on ebay so it was all sealed up ready for despatch if i sold it). When we moved into our house we had mice in the loft, kitchen, under the floorboards, garage & garden & we had to get the council mouse man in. He got rid of the mice in the house with poison & our two cats removed the ones in the garage & garden (which is a much more environmentally friendly method) & we haven't had any since. How the previous owners lived like that I don't know! I'd suggest getting a sachet or two of mouse poison & putting them in your loft just in case there are more. The one we shook out of the back of one of the easy chairs did not take long to get used to come and eat his daily ration of cheese on the tiles in front of the fireplace. Franz |
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found a mouse in my loft!
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 11:14:03 +0100, martin wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 10:10:32 -0000, "Mary Fisher" wrote: "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message .. . Warfarin-based poisons are not particularly unpleasant. The victims just get weaker and weaker and lapse into a coma. The Warfarin tends to prevent the blood clotting, and the passage of food down the gut abrades the villi (a design feature to allow nutrients to be absorbed through the walls of the blood vessels) and the animal loses blood internally, and weakens and dies. There is no pain involved. How do you know? because it's used in humans as an anti clotting agent. The village idiot mentality is astounding! |
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found a mouse in my loft!
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 12:32:53 +0000, Jack Hammer
wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 11:14:03 +0100, martin wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 10:10:32 -0000, "Mary Fisher" wrote: "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message . .. Warfarin-based poisons are not particularly unpleasant. The victims just get weaker and weaker and lapse into a coma. The Warfarin tends to prevent the blood clotting, and the passage of food down the gut abrades the villi (a design feature to allow nutrients to be absorbed through the walls of the blood vessels) and the animal loses blood internally, and weakens and dies. There is no pain involved. How do you know? because it's used in humans as an anti clotting agent. The village idiot mentality is astounding! eh? -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
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