Mice catcher

[Monkey]

Any recommendations for a pest control company? My cats have caught two mice in five days so I think we have a problem. Looking for someone who doesn’t use nasty chemicals… Thank you.

[sqw103]

Try Roger Critter Solutions if you have a serious problem. He guarantees to keep them out for a year. He is expensive though, more than £200 (last year).

[Sue]

You can get humane mouse traps, which you can bait with something like peanut butter (which I have read mice like).

The mouse gets in but can't get out.

Then you release it somewhere not near the house, having identified and blocked up any holes where it could have got in.

Just remember to check the traps. My brother once  forgot, and found a mummified mouse in one 😭

I sadly doubt that any professional mouse catchers are going to use humane methods. I really hope I'm wrong.

If you use traditional spring traps, you have to dispose of the bodies 🐀

Also - the only times I have had mice is when they found a source of food in the house. Once it was food left out over Christmas when the fridge was full. They ate all the inside of a cheese and left the red plastic (?) outside of it.

It looked just the same, but there was no cheese left in it 🤣

Once it was bird food which wasn't in a completely closed container.

Also - mice can come inside  to get warm. They may go away once the weather is not so cold.

If your problem isn't too great, and you block up any holes, your cats may get all the mice already in the house and you won't get any more?

Edited February 28 by Sue

[radiantrooms]

Hi there

 

I can recommend Stuart at clearzone pest control. 07946498481, [email protected], www.clear-zone.co.uk

 

I’ve recommended them to quite a few customers around East Dulwich and always been thanked for recommending him.

 

just let him know that Jack from BNI forwarded his details and he’ll get onto to helping you quickly

[Azalea]

If you live in a semi or terraced house, then they can also come in that way.  Not sure how that can be stopped.  Keep all food unable to be attractive to mice in mouseproof containers. I had very few mice when I had cats.  One was chased up the stairs by my cat and the mouse disappeared under the skirting board by flattening itself.  The cat sat there for ages, waiting for it to reappear.  That is the only mouse I ever saw there.   Also, if someone is doing building work nearby, that can cause mice to appear in your place.