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donmacn



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bob neville wrote:


Yes, I use one of these.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pest-Stop-Multica...mouse+trap

Works fine but you do have to take it a mile or more away to release them.
Don’t get the plastic traps if going this route, they will chew their way out !

Bob


Thanks Bob, they look alright.

A mile for release...!! I'd thought I could just hop over the fence and release them in the forest behind the house. The wee blighters must have good homing instincts.
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Laurie



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3/4 mile absolute minimum or the other side of a stream.
I tested it by marking the mice I caught (with Typex) and releasing them at different distances. 
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mate of mine sets up camp in the hayloft with his night vision goggles and snipers them with his air rifle Laughing

neen playing too much call of duty Very Happy
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Rosco



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I've used the same ones as Bob and very good for a humane catch, but you need to check them frequently, as mice can become cannibal's when they get hungry 2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone
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Doc P



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Bought the Big Cheese variety (3). I'm excited now.

I'd love to shoot them but they're in the kitchen Twisted Evil . Shot a few rats in the garden with home made night vision these past few years. Never worried about the mice till now.
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rustandoil



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I just remembered, the Big cheese traps come pre-baited Laughing
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Intercept



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After many years of using traps in the house loft I've given up because about a year ago I bought the predecessor of the product linked below, and since then the previously abundant trap has remained empty despite being baited with the previously irresistible blend of peanut butter and nutella. And I've not heard or seen evidence of mice in the loft.

https://www.primrose.co.uk/pestbye-advance...Path=24_25

I was very skeptical before purchase, but the money-back-if-it-doesn't-work guarantee made me take the chance. It worked, so I've since bought another for an outbuilding.
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Screwfix sell an excellent poison, once ingested the rodents will escape to the outside of your property looking for water and as such will not die in their nests. For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at..

http://www.youtube.com/user/conwy1
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dorsetsmith



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Laurie wrote:
Chocolate not cheese for bait. (Unless your mice are all named Jerry)


peanut butter work well too
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foxyred



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I know they are expensive but I like the electric mouse trap's ! Frying tonight !!!!
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custom90



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Trip trap live, release them well away from home. Peanut butter does indeed work well. Wouldn’t recommend live trapping rats though! Too much risk there!

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Doc P



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dorsetsmith wrote:
Laurie wrote:
Chocolate not cheese for bait. (Unless your mice are all named Jerry)


peanut butter work well too


Partial success but bait gone on other 2 traps (not set sensitive enough). Rebaited with peanut butter 👍


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Romadog



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Not cheap but has many advantages

http://www.thwhite.co.uk/whites-world/humane-non-toxic-traps/
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Doc P



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I like it - especially the 'Kapow' bit Wink
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If only they did one for rabbits.
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