Might have mice in the house - what to do?

[ben280489 10]

I think there is a very good chance that we have got mice in our house.

 

We cannot find many signs like loads of droppings / sightings / sounds etc... But I have found what COULD be some droppings.

 

The main give away is our cat....

 

In the past 2 days she has walked into the bedroom with a mouse, dead in her mouth. And then this morning I came into living room, had a look around and saw a big dead mouse in the corner of the room which she must have killed in the night.

 

I quickly brought it to her attention and she grabbed it and ran outside.

 

 

Now, if we do have a problem its a recent one and i want to put a stop to it before it gets out of hand.

 

We live close to some woods, and the house is pretty big so I cant literally block every possible entrance into the house, it would be impossible.

 

The cat is doing what she can, but I want to do more.

 

Anyone got any advise / tips?

[tamaracross 10]

get some traps n put them out

[barleycorn 10]

You sure it's not a ghost?

 

jb

[gritter1960 10]

hide all your cheese

[craigmason 10]

get a cat if you have a problem with mice

[barleycorn 10]

get a cat if you have a problem with mice

 

... The main give away is our cat ...

 

He has a cat.

 

jb

 

ETA: ... and a ghost. On the evidence presented I'm positive it cannot be anything else.

[Number Six 10]

I reckon the cat is getting them from outside. I had mice in a horrible cheap flat I rented once - you see droppings if they are in the house.

 

If you want rid of them you have to kill them I think - you can't catch them an re-release them legally as they are classed as vermin AFAIK.

 

Mouse traps still work.

[sarah1 10]

Are you sure its not your cat bringing them into the house ??

They tend to do things like that you know..

[summa 10]

Do what I did run out of the house screaming like a little girl! and phone pest control!Joking aside I was really nervous over it and it did take a few weeks for the problem to be solved, if you don't want to pay a company to come in best thing to do is lay some traps and poisen, it's the same as they do and A LOT cheaper.

Good Luck

[Olive 10]

Your problem might actually be the cat bringing the mice in rather than catching what are already in the house. We had a run on finding mice, dead (in various forms of mutilation)and alive in the house, usually a cat wasn't far away.

 

We got a couple of traps and set them up in the house, but we haven't caught any that way yet, so I think the ones we were finding were being brought in.

 

Get some traps anyway - we used the ones that come in a perspex box so the cats can't get at them.

[ben280489 10]

The possibility of the cat bringing them in has crossed my mind.

 

Shes a big hunter. Birds, mice, anything she can.

 

She doesnt just kill them either, she eats them, whole

 

But yes it is a possibility shes bringing them in.

 

I guess I will have to keep an eye on the situation, look out for droppings / more evidence and see what happens.

 

The reason im trying to deal with it is my gf. I work night shifts and its the most annoying thing in the world getting a call at midnight of her screaming like a baby because the cat has a dead mouse.

 

Anyone know if those electronic repellent things work?

[Blade73 10]

The possibility of the cat bringing them in has crossed my mind.

 

Shes a big hunter. Birds, mice, anything she can.

 

She doesnt just kill them either, she eats them, whole

 

But yes it is a possibility shes bringing them in.

 

I guess I will have to keep an eye on the situation, look out for droppings / more evidence and see what happens.

 

The reason im trying to deal with it is my gf. I work night shifts and its the most annoying thing in the world getting a call at midnight of her screaming like a baby because the cat has a dead mouse.

 

Anyone know if those electronic repellent things work?

 

For your lass or the mice?