Real time mouse crisis

[stuee147]

What would you do?

put the oven on and cut a hole in the side to get the mouse then pop it in the oven gas mark 6 for half hour throw in a few spuds and theres dinner sorted lol

 

[classic33]

Get @slowmotion on the case!

He can't catch them though!
Is it possible to remove the shelf, without damaging it?

 

[NormanD]

Why use half measures? Just call in the US Military to nuke the kitchen.

For that to work, he'll have to be wearing a friendly uniform

 

[stephec]

Stick another trap down to tempt it out and finish it off properly.

 

[stuee147]

when i wanted to get a mouse out from behind the desk i just pulled the wire that went into the laptop im guessing yours must be wireless lol

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 3013875, member: 9609"]we had a problem with mice in our last house, I used humane traps to catch them (i'm soft like that) and released them in the field at the back of the house (200+ yards away) we wondered if they were coming back so we marked them with a touch of paint on the backs of the neck - sure enough they were returning and we were catching the same mice over and over. So we then started saving them up and dropped them off when we were down on the beach (30 mile away) we don't think they ever returned, however as I am sure the paint would have worn off on such a mammoth return journey we will never know.[/QUOTE]
Is releasing them into the wild humane, and is it legal?

 

[Goonerobes]

Buy a cat.

I've got 2 which is why I get mice in the house. The little brats bring them in at night & play with them until they escape & hide under the settee or washing machine & then I see them running across the room the next day!!

Seriously though, I do then use a humane trap with some oats in to catch them & release them back over the field. (until the cat brings them back in!)

 

[gbb]

I considered the spring type mouse traps humane...more humane (and hygenic) than poison. We had an infestation last year, we caught and killed 8 of them, they were getting in through an airbrick on the kitchen wall, which has since had mouse proof grilles fitted.
Every one of them hadnt even time to blink..all were stone dead, some with the bait still in their mouths.
It sounds unfortunate one of yours wasnt killed outright..nothings foolproof I guess.

Its a conundrum, I dont like killing things, but mice dont belong in a house.

 

[stuee147]

i remember years ago now on river cottage hugh fernly watsit had a problem with mice and he marked the ones he caught with lipstick on there backs and he found that a day or so after release he caught the same ones. so he got some wood whiches to visit and they asked the mice to leave and go and live in the potting shed. and old hugh said he never found mice in the house again

 

[theclaud]

mice dont belong in a house.

Would that be the House Mouse, Mus musculus domesticus, by any chance? The one that lives almost exclusively in proximity to humans or their dwellings?

 

[theclaud]

he got some wood whiches to visit

Some wood whats?

 

[stephec]

Some wood whats?

Whatever they are I bet they're organic.

 

[ufkacbln]

when i wanted to get a mouse out from behind the desk i just pulled the wire that went into the laptop im guessing yours must be wireless lol

The other option that works with wireless mice as well.......

Go into Windows -> Settings -> Mouse -> Properties

Then you can alter it's speed making it easier to catch!

 

[vernon]

It's too big - the stricken mouse could never commit suicide with that. It can't reach the trigger with the muzzle in its mouth.

 

[stuee147]

Some wood whats?

lol sorry my dyslexia showing there i meant a women wizard, or someone that years ago would of been burnt at the stake or drowned in the nearest river lol