there's a moose loose about this hoose

[CB Saint]

I have a mouse in the house. The little git turned up bold as brass in the kitchen tonight. I need sure fire ways of getting rid of him asap. The wife is refusing to come downstairs until he has been killed / exiled.

 

P.s. Cats are definately not the answer.

[harvey]

I have a mouse in the house. The little git turned up bold as brass in the kitchen tonight. I need sure fire ways of getting rid of him asap. The wife is refusing to come downstairs until he has been killed / exiled.

 

P.s. Cats are definately not the answer.

 

Missleading title OP............I really thought that you had a moose loose about your hoose, [-X

[CB Saint]

Missleading title OP............I really thought that you had a moose loose about your hoose, [-X

 

a mouse louse about the house doesn't quite work;)

[Arizona]

I have two snakes, one of which is currently loose in my living room. They're pretty good mousers, although if your wife is afraid of mice, I doubt she would approve.

[buctootim]

[CB Saint]

 

It looks like a Honda advert

[LA77]

I have two snakes, one of which is currently loose in my living room. They're pretty good mousers, although if your wife is afraid of mice, I doubt she would approve.

 

Maybe his wife would approve of him unleashing the trouser snake!

[Arizona]

Maybe his wife would approve of him unleashing the trouser snake!

 

Does it eat small rodents?

[LA77]

Does it eat small rodents?

 

If it smells like a dead rat he might be in trouble

[Chez]

chocolate rather than cheese as bait.

[John Boy Saint]

Glace Cherrys or Peanut butter in either a humane trap (that you must empty over a mile away from home) or a back breaker that I suggest you put on paper for when the mouse explodes.

 

We had one in our kitchen. It turned up in the cupboard at 11pm slipped through my fingers at 11:15 and was eventually caught at 2:15am. When you have snaffled it find the holes and stuff them up. I cut old computer CD's to fit round holes where the pipes come through cupboard sides the little buggers can't gnaw through them.

 

Good luck

[hamster]

I concur with the OP. Our Moose is still loose aboot the hoose 18 months after making his first appearance.

 

Tried all forms of trap and deterent to no avail and now resigned to just hoovering up his little ****s when they appear. People have warned that they can chew through electrical cables and that is what i am now hoping for.

[John Boy Saint]

It looks like a Honda advert

 

Cripes!! That's exactly what it looks like under the bonnet of my Accord!!

[John Boy Saint]

I concur with the OP. Our Moose is still loose aboot the hoose 18 months after making his first appearance.

 

Tried all forms of trap and deterent to no avail and now resigned to just hoovering up his little ****s when they appear. People have warned that they can chew through electrical cables and that is what i am now hoping for.

 

Really? Make sure the fire part of your house insurance is up to date!

 

An old boss had his brake fluid pipes munched through by field mice!

[for_heaven's_Saint]

I have a mouse in the house. The little git turned up bold as brass in the kitchen tonight. I need sure fire ways of getting rid of him asap. The wife is refusing to come downstairs until he has been killed / exiled.

 

P.s. Cats are definately not the answer.

 

Make the most of having the downstairs to yourself!

[rallyboy]

trouble is you won't have just one, there will be a family.

It's you or them, reclaim your house by executing every last one!

Several traps, keep them primed after you have any success, after a week you might find that the body count slows down.

Every few years we get them here, it normally takes five or six kills before you can enjoy sleep without hearing little paws creeping around the loft, it's not for the faint-hearted, go do it to them before they do it to your stereo.

You may want to wear body armour and smear mud on your face to get into that Rambo role as well, I wear a tea towel tied around my head and hold the bodies aloft to warn off the others.

 

or you might have the only loner mouse in the area and he will skuttle away of his own accord....

[CB Saint]

Just back from B & Q. The array of traps available is amazing ranging for ingenious to downright evil. So bought one of each and am now conducting which? style comsumer test.

[Dog]

Why not get one of these?

 

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80968923/

[CB Saint]

Why not get one of these?

 

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80968923/

 

It's a close run thing between which one the wife is more terrified of. I fear that any suggestion of reptiles or arachnids will be met with a somewhat frosty reception.

[Gorgiesaint]

Don't bother with humane traps - very nice idea but complete waste of time. Simple spring loaded trap with a sliver of chocolate (as Chez recommended).

 

I should know, live in an old tenement flat in Edinburgh & I've been catching them on & off for a while. In the meantime, enjoy getting the tv to yourself!!

[70's Mike]

thought you were talking about the pratt from Talksport

[CB Saint]

Strike one.

 

The basic mousetrap was the answer. Bit traumatic when I discovered that the seemingly dead mouse burst into life and ran across the kitchen floor with the trap attached to its nose.

 

Hopefully thats it.

[anothersaintinsouthsea]

Had our first mouse visit a couple of months ago after living in our current place for the last 5 years. Bought a plug from B&Q that emits a sonic bleep that rodents detest. It seemed to do the trick, after a few days I turned it off to see what happened and within half an hour I could hear a mouse in the wall. Turned it back on, cue some frantic scurrying sounds and then nothing since. Well worth the money.