Hello urglers. I'm told you might know the answer to my question,
previously asked in a certain outmolishment.

I have meeces in the house, and I do not particularly want meeces in the
house. I mean, they're very entertaining and all that, especially when
they come out to play late at night, but it is not cold outside and I
feel they would be better off with more fresh air.

I do not want to kill said meeces, and I'm not sure I fancy coming down
in the morning to have to remove them from sticky wotnots on the
skirting board (always assuming I could get to the skirting board), so I
want to know whether those sonic thingummies work. You know the ones,
they're supposed to emit an excrutiatingly high pitched swissle, and the
meeces are supposed to pack their bags and move on to pastures new. Or
something.

So, what do you think? Do they work, or would I be wasting my money?
Have any of you got any other humane ideas for gently evicting meeces
from houses?

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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 Sena wrote:

>I have meeces in the house, and I do not particularly want meeces in the
>house. I mean, they're very entertaining and all that, especially when
>they come out to play late at night, but it is not cold outside and I
>feel they would be better off with more fresh air.
>
>I do not want to kill said meeces, and I'm not sure I fancy coming down
>in the morning to have to remove them from sticky wotnots on the
>skirting board (always assuming I could get to the skirting board), so I
>want to know whether those sonic thingummies work. You know the ones,
>they're supposed to emit an excrutiatingly high pitched swissle, and the
>meeces are supposed to pack their bags and move on to pastures new. Or
>something.
>
>So, what do you think? Do they work, or would I be wasting my money?
>Have any of you got any other humane ideas for gently evicting meeces
>from houses?
>

Yes, get a weasel. We've had a weasel in our house for several months
and we haven't a single meece in that time.

Of course, the downside is the dreadful smell that weasels emit. And the
squitty droppings.

Does anyone have a way of getting rid of weasels, humane or otherwise?

David

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"Sena" <me [at] privacy.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1f0cc3b741308f5998b6ff [at] news.individual.net...
> Hello urglers. I'm told you might know the answer to my question,
> previously asked in a certain outmolishment.
>
> I have meeces in the house, and I do not particularly want meeces in the
> house. I mean, they're very entertaining and all that, especially when
> they come out to play late at night, but it is not cold outside and I
> feel they would be better off with more fresh air.
>
> I do not want to kill said meeces, and I'm not sure I fancy coming down
> in the morning to have to remove them from sticky wotnots on the
> skirting board (always assuming I could get to the skirting board), so I
> want to know whether those sonic thingummies work. You know the ones,
> they're supposed to emit an excrutiatingly high pitched swissle, and the
> meeces are supposed to pack their bags and move on to pastures new. Or
> something.
>
> So, what do you think? Do they work, or would I be wasting my money?
> Have any of you got any other humane ideas for gently evicting meeces
> from houses?

Wikipedia has two sorts of meecetrap :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousetrap
The cage looks good.........you could collect them all up and take them
round to the MiL's :~))
Jenny

Jenny.squirrel [at] chello.nl said...
>
> "Sena" <me [at] privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1f0cc3b741308f5998b6ff [at] news.individual.net...
> > Hello urglers. I'm told you might know the answer to my question,
> > previously asked in a certain outmolishment.
> >
> > I have meeces in the house, and I do not particularly want meeces in the
> > house.
> >
>
> Wikipedia has two sorts of meecetrap :
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousetrap
> The cage looks good.........you could collect them all up and take them
> round to the MiL's :~))

Hello Jenny, I hadn't realised you were a gardner.

I like the idea of the cage - it looks big enough for the moose to turn
around in. I like your idea of what to do with the moose thereafter as
well, but there's a problem: I lack a suitable MiL. I could always
borrow one, I suppose, if anyone's got a spare...

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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:36:22 +0100, David Rance wrote:

>> I want to know whether those sonic thingummies work.
>>
>> So, what do you think? Do they work, or would I be wasting my money?

You're probably better of finding the snake that the oil came from and
using that to hunt the meece.

>> Have any of you got any other humane ideas for gently evicting meeces
>> from houses?

Make the place uncomfortable for mice. Clear up *all* food scraps, even
bread crumbs on the floor. Keep food in places the meeece can't reach or
sealed in sturdy containers. Go around the outside of you house blocking
up all holes (other than ventilation bricks or similar) bigger than 5/16"
or so dia.

We use the rentokil humane trap baited with Nuttella for catch the little
darlings each autumn. They are then transported 5 miles onto the fells,
they don't come back. We used to let them go at the bottom of the paddock
but after catching one mouse, with a torn ear, 5 times in a week revised
that policy...

The fact you have 'em inside at this time of year isn't a good sign.

> Yes, get a weasel. We've had a weasel in our house for several months
> and we haven't a single meece in that time.

We have Stoats, outside mind. Only the Shrews and Meece come a visiting
indoors.

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Sena wrote:
> Hello urglers. I'm told you might know the answer to my question,
> previously asked in a certain outmolishment.
>
> I have meeces in the house, and I do not particularly want meeces in
> the house. I mean, they're very entertaining and all that,
> especially when they come out to play late at night, but it is not
> cold outside and I feel they would be better off with more fresh air.
>
> I do not want to kill said meeces, and I'm not sure I fancy coming
> down in the morning to have to remove them from sticky wotnots on the
> skirting board (always assuming I could get to the skirting board),
> so I want to know whether those sonic thingummies work. You know the
> ones, they're supposed to emit an excrutiatingly high pitched
> swissle, and the meeces are supposed to pack their bags and move on
> to pastures new. Or something.
>
> So, what do you think? Do they work, or would I be wasting my money?
> Have any of you got any other humane ideas for gently evicting meeces
> from houses?

Either buy a humane trap or make your own, they are surprisingly easy.
Imagine two buckets, one inside the other, open end to open end, so that you
effectively have a sealed cylinder.
You can get your mice inside this cylinder thusly:
Bucket A requires two holes about an inch up from the bottom of the bucket
and facing each other (opposite sides of the bucket)
Fold a V from a piece of card about 2 inches high.
Place this in the bottom of the bucket with two holes in it, with the V
pointing towards the centre and the two arms touching the sides.
Insert food into this V, peanut butter, bacon rind etc.
Place the other bucket (B)resting on top of the card.

Mouse enters, moves the card, second bucket slides down sealing both exit
holes....I've drawn a diagram because I've gone through this a dozen times
before on usenet and a lot of people struggle to understand:

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=161dwu9

neverchecked [at] hotmail.com said...
> Mouse enters, moves the card, second bucket slides down sealing both exit
> holes....I've drawn a diagram because I've gone through this a dozen times
> before on usenet and a lot of people struggle to understand:
>
> http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=161dwu9
>
I'm glad you drew the diagram because I was indeed struggling to
understand - although He Who Sits Opposite caught on immediately. Don't
you just love a smartraes.

Why two holes rather than just the one?
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new5pam [at] howhill.com said...
> >> I want to know whether those sonic thingummies work.
> >>
> >> So, what do you think? Do they work, or would I be wasting my money?
>
> You're probably better of finding the snake that the oil came from and
> using that to hunt the meece.

Adders are quite good, or so I've heard.

> >> Have any of you got any other humane ideas for gently evicting meeces
> >> from houses?
>
> Make the place uncomfortable for mice. Clear up *all* food scraps, even
> bread crumbs on the floor. Keep food in places the meeece can't reach or
> sealed in sturdy containers.
>
You don't mean... you mean... no, surely not. You CAN'T mean - tidy
up?? Oh my ears and whiskers, whatever next? Thing is, if the house
were too uncomfortable for meeces it wouldn't be my house. I need a lie
down.

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snip>
> > Make the place uncomfortable for mice. Clear up *all* food scraps, even
> > bread crumbs on the floor. Keep food in places the meeece can't reach or
> > sealed in sturdy containers.
> >
> You don't mean... you mean... no, surely not. You CAN'T mean - tidy
> up?? Oh my ears and whiskers, whatever next? Thing is, if the house
> were too uncomfortable for meeces it wouldn't be my house. I need a lie
> down.

We had meeces in the bathroom not long ago, they found a large bar of
carbolic soap and ate most of it, I removed the soap and they went,
hmmmm, strange I know. no I dont use carbolic soap but one of our
daughters gave it to their Dad for Xmas and yes he did use it, a man of
the world is their Dad, my husband !!!

kate

Sena wrote:
> neverchecked [at] hotmail.com said...
>> Mouse enters, moves the card, second bucket slides down sealing both
>> exit holes....I've drawn a diagram because I've gone through this a
>> dozen times before on usenet and a lot of people struggle to
>> understand:
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=161dwu9
>>
> I'm glad you drew the diagram because I was indeed struggling to
> understand - although He Who Sits Opposite caught on immediately.
> Don't you just love a smartraes.
>
> Why two holes rather than just the one?

Because they rarely enter a deadend, rats are the same hence those traps
around factories which are basically just a piece of plastic drainpipe with
a slightly larger area inside for the bait....if it can see an exit it will
enter more readily.

"Sena" <arjfatcymoeddorguk [at] privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Jenny.squirrel [at] chello.nl said...
>>
>> "Sena" <me [at] privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.1f0cc3b741308f5998b6ff [at] news.individual.net...
>> > Hello urglers. I'm told you might know the answer to my question,
>> > previously asked in a certain outmolishment.
>> >
>> > I have meeces in the house, and I do not particularly want meeces in
>> > the
>> > house.
>> >
>>
>> Wikipedia has two sorts of meecetrap :
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousetrap
>> The cage looks good.........you could collect them all up and take them
>> round to the MiL's :~))
>
> Hello Jenny, I hadn't realised you were a gardner.

?? We'll have to stop meeting like this...........
>
> I like the idea of the cage - it looks big enough for the moose to turn
> around in. I like your idea of what to do with the moose thereafter as
> well, but there's a problem: I lack a suitable MiL. I could always
> borrow one, I suppose, if anyone's got a spare...

You can have mine ............
Jenny

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 JennyC wrote:
>
>> I have meeces in the house, and I do not particularly want meeces in the
>> house. I mean, they're very entertaining and all that, especially when
>> they come out to play late at night, but it is not cold outside and I
>> feel they would be better off with more fresh air.
>>
>> I do not want to kill said meeces, and I'm not sure I fancy coming down
>> in the morning to have to remove them from sticky wotnots on the
>> skirting board (always assuming I could get to the skirting board), so I
>> want to know whether those sonic thingummies work. You know the ones,
>> they're supposed to emit an excrutiatingly high pitched swissle, and the
>> meeces are supposed to pack their bags and move on to pastures new. Or
>> something.
>>
>> So, what do you think? Do they work, or would I be wasting my money?
>> Have any of you got any other humane ideas for gently evicting meeces
>> from houses?
>
>Wikipedia has two sorts of meecetrap :
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousetrap
>The cage looks good.........you could collect them all up and take them
>round to the MiL's :~))

We've got one of them (the second picture down). They are excellent. We
caught about twenty of them that way a couple of years ago and released
them into our barn where they kept the sheep warm.

David

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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 Kate Morgan wrote:
>
>We had meeces in the bathroom not long ago, they found a large bar of
>carbolic soap and ate most of it, I removed the soap and they went,
>hmmmm, strange I know. no I dont use carbolic soap but one of our
>daughters gave it to their Dad for Xmas and yes he did use it, a man of
>the world is their Dad, my husband !!!

Yes, ours ate a whole bar of Marseille soap the other year! They've even
eaten the labels off pots of jam!

David

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"Sena" <me [at] privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Hello urglers. I'm told you might know the answer to my question,
> previously asked in a certain outmolishment.
>
> I have meeces in the house, and I do not particularly want meeces in the
> house. I mean, they're very entertaining and all that, especially when
> they come out to play late at night, but it is not cold outside and I
> feel they would be better off with more fresh air.
>
> I do not want to kill said meeces, and I'm not sure I fancy coming down
> in the morning to have to remove them from sticky wotnots on the
> skirting board (always assuming I could get to the skirting board), so I
> want to know whether those sonic thingummies work. You know the ones,
> they're supposed to emit an excrutiatingly high pitched swissle, and the
> meeces are supposed to pack their bags and move on to pastures new. Or
> something.

I cannot understand why anyone would not want to kill vermin, if you catch
them and release them somewhere else, they will either die a very painful
death or invade someone elses house, do you really want to give someone else
that problem?

A nip trap kills them instantly.

Alan

>
> So, what do you think? Do they work, or would I be wasting my money?
> Have any of you got any other humane ideas for gently evicting meeces
> from houses?
>
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alan.holmes [at] virgin.net said...
> I cannot understand why anyone would not want to kill vermin, if you catch
> them and release them somewhere else, they will either die a very painful
> death or invade someone elses house, do you really want to give someone else
> that problem?
>
It makes no difference to me whether they're vermin or not. I don't
want to kill them. They're doing no harm to me and I see no reason to
do harm to them.
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In article <MPG.1f0e13ccb0aff29698b70f [at] news.individual.net>,
Sena <arjfatcymoeddorguk [at] privacy.net> writes:
|> alan.holmes [at] virgin.net said...
|> > I cannot understand why anyone would not want to kill vermin, if you catch
|> > them and release them somewhere else, they will either die a very painful
|> > death or invade someone elses house, do you really want to give someone else
|> > that problem?
|> >
|> It makes no difference to me whether they're vermin or not. I don't
|> want to kill them. They're doing no harm to me and I see no reason to
|> do harm to them.

Then you should clearly let them live where they are.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:10:40 GMT, Alan Holmes wrote:

> if you catch them and release them somewhere else, they will either die
> a very painful death

Why?

> or invade someone elses house, do you really want to give someone else
> that problem?

Our release point is over a mile from the nearest habitation and is a
suitable mouse habitat. I'd also rather give the local predators a chance
of a meal than just kill in cold blood.

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"Sena" <arjfatcymoeddorguk [at] privacy.net> wrote in message
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> alan.holmes [at] virgin.net said...
>> I cannot understand why anyone would not want to kill vermin, if you
>> catch
>> them and release them somewhere else, they will either die a very painful
>> death or invade someone elses house, do you really want to give someone
>> else
>> that problem?
>>
> It makes no difference to me whether they're vermin or not. I don't
> want to kill them. They're doing no harm to me and I see no reason to
> do harm to them.

I wonder, do you see flies in the same way, if they walk all over your food,
do you just accept them?

I think you are quite wrong about the mice not doing you any harm, I'm sure
they will pollute your food, in the same way as other things.

Alan

"Dave Liquorice" <new5pam [at] howhill.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:10:40 GMT, Alan Holmes wrote:
>
>> if you catch them and release them somewhere else, they will either die
>> a very painful death
>
> Why?

Because they will not have access to the sort of food they are used to, so
they will starve.

>> or invade someone elses house, do you really want to give someone else
>> that problem?

> Our release point is over a mile from the nearest habitation and is a
> suitable mouse habitat.

How do you know for certain that it is a suitable mouse habitat?

I'd also rather give the local predators a chance
> of a meal than just kill in cold blood.

So you are happy for them to be killed, possibly slowly and very painfully,
but too cowardly to do it yourself?

And, using a nip trap results in an instantanious death, whereas a cat will
torment it for hours.

Alan

"Dave Liquorice" <new5pam [at] howhill.com> wrote
> Our release point is over a mile from the nearest habitation and is a
> suitable mouse habitat. I'd also rather give the local predators a chance
> of a meal than just kill in cold blood.

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/pha0060l.jpg
Jenny :~))

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 Alan Holmes wrote:
>
>I cannot understand why anyone would not want to kill vermin, if you catch
>them and release them somewhere else, they will either die a very painful
>death or invade someone elses house, do you really want to give someone else
>that problem?

Not if you're out in the country.

David

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On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 Alan Holmes wrote:
>
>> It makes no difference to me whether they're vermin or not. I don't
>> want to kill them. They're doing no harm to me and I see no reason to
>> do harm to them.
>
>I wonder, do you see flies in the same way, if they walk all over your food,
>do you just accept them?
>
>I think you are quite wrong about the mice not doing you any harm, I'm sure
>they will pollute your food, in the same way as other things.

Of course they will if you're daft enough to leave the food out!

David

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On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:54:14 GMT, Alan Holmes wrote:

> Because they will not have access to the sort of food they are used to,
> so they will starve.

Erm, I'm talking about the field mice that come in for the warmth in the
autumn. Not namby pamby townee house mice.

> How do you know for certain that it is a suitable mouse habitat?

'cause it's pretty much the same as the habitat that surrounds our house.
The release place might actually be better as there is a pine plantation,
thus lots of cones with seeds... The rest is the same rough ungrazed
grass and moorland with drystone walls.

> So you are happy for them to be killed, possibly slowly and very
> painfully, but too cowardly to do it yourself?

Stoats, owls, merlin, kill pretty damn quick. Overfed domestic moggies
are the ones that play with their "kills" 'cause they are doing it for
fun not to survive.

> whereas a cat will torment it for hours.

Perzackerly, there are one or two cats around here but they aren't
overfed domestic moggies. They are farm cats that regulary take rabbits.
I have the photos if you don't belive me.

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On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:44:37 +0100, Sena wrote:

> It makes no difference to me whether they're vermin or not. I don't
> want to kill them. They're doing no harm to me and I see no reason to
> do harm to them.

I'd rather they didn't share my house. They nibble anything and
everything, including the insulation from wiring. They also permenantly
dribble urine and carry disease. They do have a right to life, just not
in my home. Hence out policy of live capture and transportation, we are
lucky in that we can release so far from any habitation, most people
can't.

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"David Rance" <david.rance [at] SPAMOFFrance.org.uk> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 Alan Holmes wrote:
>>
>>I think you are quite wrong about the mice not doing you any harm, I'm
>>sure
>>they will pollute your food, in the same way as other things.
>
> Of course they will if you're daft enough to leave the food out!
> David

We had one that bit thought the lid of a Tupperware box to get at the muesli
!
Jenny

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 JennyC wrote:
>
>>>I think you are quite wrong about the mice not doing you any harm, I'm
>>>sure
>>>they will pollute your food, in the same way as other things.
>>
>> Of course they will if you're daft enough to leave the food out!
>
>We had one that bit thought the lid of a Tupperware box to get at the muesli

Must have been desperate!

We had one that bit all round the cap of a bottle of vanilla essence. He
didn't get in, though! We also had one that bit through a large plastic
bottle full of linseed oil. I would have loved to have seen him soaked
in the oil! Made a mess on the floor. Still, the floor was only
concrete.

David

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neverchecked [at] hotmail.com said...
> Sena wrote:
> > neverchecked [at] hotmail.com said...
> >> Mouse enters, moves the card, second bucket slides down sealing both
> >> exit holes....I've drawn a diagram because I've gone through this a
> >> dozen times before on usenet and a lot of people struggle to
> >> understand:
> >>
> >> http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=161dwu9
> >>
> > I'm glad you drew the diagram because I was indeed struggling to
> > understand - although He Who Sits Opposite caught on immediately.
> > Don't you just love a smartraes.
> >
> > Why two holes rather than just the one?
>
> Because they rarely enter a deadend, rats are the same hence those traps
> around factories which are basically just a piece of plastic drainpipe with
> a slightly larger area inside for the bait....if it can see an exit it will
> enter more readily.
>
I see. Thanks.

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david.rance [at] SPAMOFFrance.org.uk said...
> >Wikipedia has two sorts of meecetrap :
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousetrap
> >The cage looks good.........you could collect them all up and take them
> >round to the MiL's :~))
>
> We've got one of them (the second picture down). They are excellent. We
> caught about twenty of them that way a couple of years ago and released
> them into our barn where they kept the sheep warm.
>
Thank you. Looks like a hunt in the attic or toolshed is in order for a
suitable mouse holder. There's got to be something amongst all the mess
here that'll come in useful for once.
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new5pam [at] howhill.com said...
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:44:37 +0100, Sena wrote:
>
> > It makes no difference to me whether they're vermin or not. I don't
> > want to kill them. They're doing no harm to me and I see no reason to
> > do harm to them.
>
> I'd rather they didn't share my house.

Exactly. There are boundaries, and AFAIC the mouse's proper home is
outside. If they want to live in the outbuildings they're more than
welcome, but I'd prefer it if they left my house to human inhabitants.

> They nibble anything and
> everything, including the insulation from wiring. They also permenantly
> dribble urine and carry disease. They do have a right to life, just not
> in my home. Hence out policy of live capture and transportation, we are
> lucky in that we can release so far from any habitation, most people
> can't.
>
Yep, I can agree with that. I can take them up the hill and release
them in the woods or something. I don't have any qualms about live
release to somewhere more suitable; I just don't particularly want them
in here with me. They're sweet to look at, but they're not ideal house
guests.

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Jenny.squirrel [at] chello.nl said...
>
> "Dave Liquorice" <new5pam [at] howhill.com> wrote
> > Our release point is over a mile from the nearest habitation and is a
> > suitable mouse habitat. I'd also rather give the local predators a chance
> > of a meal than just kill in cold blood.
>
> http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/pha0060l.jpg
> Jenny :~))
>
Brilliant!

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On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 The Invalid wrote:
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>Our cats keep the mice at bay. They eat them, leaving untidy little
>piles of guts around on the Patio.
>Having them wormed regularly is a small price to pay to be rid of the
>mice.

Our cats are no good at that. They catch them, play with them and then
let them loose again. In fact it's what causes the meece infestation in
the first place because the cats bring them in and then forget what
they've done with them.

David

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>david.rance [at] SPAMOFFrance.org.uk said...
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>> We've got one of them (the second picture down). They are excellent. We
>> caught about twenty of them that way a couple of years ago and released
>> them into our barn where they kept the sheep warm.
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>Thank you. Looks like a hunt in the attic or toolshed is in order for a
>suitable mouse holder. There's got to be something amongst all the mess
>here that'll come in useful for once.

Here's hubby's (un)patented mouse catcher:

find a large plastic bowl (an old salad bowl is very good), a small toy
car, a bit of wire, a bit of cheese, and (ideally) a sheet of glass.

Attach wire to bottom of car, with about 3 cm sticking out at the back.
Attach cheese to wire. Put car on sheet of glass. Prop bowl on top of
car (preferably in a fairly precarious position), with cheese on inside.

Mouse goes under bowl, munches cheese, dislodging car which shoots
outside, bowl drops, and presto ...

The setup takes a bit of practice to work out trajectories, etc. but
works superbly after that.


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