Mice infestation in council flat....

[BCBlues]

I was called by a tenant once when I managed

Yes a good thorough cleaning and you'll soon forget, boil some water in them too,it will give you peace of mind.
And tip the settee up, shake it a bit with the dog around. They'll soon vacate and again you'll be able to relax a bit more.

 

[Proper Tidy]

I've had mice tony. Pest control is right that they can't permanently get rid of problem until points of entry sealed but you can reduce problem in meantime, put traps by points of entry and get spray that deters them to spray there too, should stop them being so brazen getting into main bits of home. Pest control should be able to put poison down into holes which will work in a few days and basically mummifies them so no smell. Once you stop hearing scratching there is another spray which nuetralises smell so new mice won't be attracted. Know it's grim at time but pots and pans can be washed, sofa will be fine once mice not everywhere. Not worth giving up a tenancy for or letting the situation put you back in a bad place. All the best mate.

 

[Proper Tidy]

As an aside, if you have mice that means you don't have, and won't get, rats, cos they don't coexist apparently. I had rats in a rented place once and it's even worse, they make tons of noise in the walls and do big shits everywhere and seeing a rat in your hall is a grim sight. Nothing against mice or rats I just don't want to be sharing food or ingesting their shit. So small mercies and that.

 

[hash tag]

I've managed, after moaning at people, ton get them to come out tomorrow. They're gonna fill in holes, make good and as they're doing that, the pest control dude will be here doing his thing. I'm also told there have been a number of complaints from all over the estate about rodents and the pest control company have put in to the council etc about works that need doing all over the estate to kill them off.

However.... I'm also buggered a bit because I can't really use my sofa since one ran out frk under it, same with the cupboard where all my pots n pans were. Fuck knows how I'm gonna replace that lot, I asked the HA and they said they expected all tenants to have household insurance. I get it's my fault I didn't but it's no help right now.

Every smallest crack will need filling to keep them out!
I was going to say, in that first photo is a considerable hole; whats the other side of that hole?
It is possible that the hole is a considerable fire/smoke risk if it leads to outside your flat.

 

[tonysingh]

Every smallest crack will need filling to keep them out!
I was going to say, in that first photo is a considerable hole; whats the other side of that hole?
It is possible that the hole is a considerable fire/smoke risk if it leads to outside your flat.

Cavity wall, then outside storage cupboard thingy.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Is it against the tenancy guidelines to do any work on the holes yourself? Just thinking that some expanding foam might fill up the gaps left by plumbers etc.
I had to fill two massive holes left in the hotpress and behind the bath.. by a very bad plumber. There was a gale blowing through the holes. It was so bad that the draw of air would suck the bath panel inwards under the bath and rattle the doors in the hotpress and bathroom. I* ended up filling any and all holes round pipework. It took 3 cans of expanding foam but fixed the problem.
Would filling the holes stop the mice getting into your place?

* It was mostly my dad actually
.. but I helped.

 

[geminisnake]

could be worth a shot if you've got an endless supply of snake shit.

Have you no sense of smell?? I have a californian king snake and his poo stinks badly enough, a python will be bigger so will smell worse!! I'd go with traps tbh

 

[geminisnake]

Yep, boil a bit of water in the pans, maybe salty, and good as new.

Definetly use salty water to sterilise the pots. They need to be sterilised before use again

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Fuck knows how I'm gonna replace that lot

If you've already chucked the pots and pans and will struggle to get new ones I'd be happy to help out.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Definetly use salty water to sterilise the pots. They need to be sterilised before use again

Yeah, if you've still got them tony give them a good boil and they'll be fine. I've had mice in a terraced house I live in - the little sods got everywhere, but we had to be obsessively clean to reduce the risk of catching mouse piss disease or whatever they might carry.

 

[tonysingh]

I just moved a bookcase as I could hear something behind it and this cunt was there. Hes still alive I think, but wtf do I do? The mhs dudes ain't here yet.

 

[maomao]

Get him a bit of cheese. He looks hungry

 

[tonysingh]

Get him a bit of cheese. He looks hungry

I am cheeseless. Nary even a slice of gouda to be had.

He is still alive, I put a broom near him and he moved slightly.

 

[maomao]

Kill it (brick), feed it (they prefer chocolate) or run away (we won't tell). Up to you.

 

[clicker]

Put a box over him until someone arrives?

 

[existentialist]

I am cheeseless. Nary even a slice of gouda to be had.

He is still alive, I put a broom near him and he moved slightly.

There's got to be something quite badly the matter with him if he's not moving under that kind of provocation. I'm inclined to second maomao's advice on this one. Killing is probably the best option, but I imagine from what you've said already that you'd be as queasy about hands-on mouse murdering as I would be.

 

[tonysingh]

Ffs.

Another one just bastard ran across my foot.

 

[spanglechick]

Oh, it’s clearly freaking you out. They will stop coming. You will win this battle because you’re bigger than them and they’re really stupid to boot.


It’s a war though.


What I really wanted to say was not to feed any of these meeces to your snakes, because there’s a chance they’ll have eaten poison from other flats or external pest control.

 

[klang]

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I just moved a bookcase as I could hear something behind it and this cunt was there. Hes still alive I think, but wtf do I do? The mhs dudes ain't here yet.

you could pass them their crack pipe they dropped just to the right of them?

 

[Gaia]

Hey, tonysingh, things have gone a bit quiet. Just checking to see that the little furry fuckers haven't overpowered you and eaten you alive… what's the council said…? Any news on when they're going to send someone out to fix those holes…?

 

[tonysingh]

Hey, tonysingh, things have gone a bit quiet. Just checking to see that the little furry fuckers haven't overpowered you and eaten you alive… what's the council said…? Any news on when they're going to send someone out to fix those holes…?

The holes are filled in, at least in the boiler cupboard. The utility room, that's a different story. They're saying that's a major job. The pest control dude put traps and bait down but so far, I can still hear mice in the walls. apparently there's going to be a major program of improvements to the estate, cause in part by the infestation which is estate wide but whether it happens is another thing.

When the workers were here doing the filling in, they had to move a wooden box thing by the topmof my outside storage cupboard. As soon as they took it off, it was like a tsunami of mouse shit tumbling down so obviously, that was their way into mine

 

[Epona]

Pretty much anywhere there is human habitation there are mice and rats nearby - obviously though there is a big difference between the occasional random mouse wandering in and infestation - sounds as if you are taking the right approach in dealing with your infestation.

Living in a block in east London we have similar problems - it's nothing to do with how nice or scuzzy somewhere is, it is just that blocks of flats provide excellent living arrangements for mice. Blocking off access points to your home is really important, also make sure not to leave food or scraps available - whatever the modern equivalent of tupperware is is your friend, take kitchen waste to the outside bins at the end of each day etc.

I have cats which is the final nail in any mouse's coffin, I wouldn't suggest getting a pet *just* for pest control, but if you are able to have a pet and want one, a cat is a decent option which has the useful side-effect of deterring rodents and unless it is a completely lazy-arse fucker, dispatching any that come in. My Radar is a lvl 100 mouser, we don't get many mice coming in but if one does have the misfortune to wander within the bounds of our flat, he grabs it and breaks its neck within a couple of seconds, he doesn't toy with them, he's really quick about it and it is probably a swifter end for the trespassing rodent than poison or traps.

 

[Gaia]

Pretty much anywhere there is human habitation there are mice and rats nearby - obviously though there is a big difference between the occasional random mouse wandering in and infestation - sounds as if you are taking the right approach in dealing with your infestation.

Living in a block in east London we have similar problems - it's nothing to do with how nice or scuzzy somewhere is, it is just that blocks of flats provide excellent living arrangements for mice. Blocking off access points to your home is really important, also make sure not to leave food or scraps available - whatever the modern equivalent of tupperware is is your friend, take kitchen waste to the outside bins at the end of each day etc.

I have cats which is the final nail in any mouse's coffin, I wouldn't suggest getting a pet *just* for pest control, but if you are able to have a pet and want one, a cat is a decent option which has the useful side-effect of deterring rodents and unless it is a completely lazy-arse fucker, dispatching any that come in. My Radar is a lvl 100 mouser, we don't get many mice coming in but if one does have the misfortune to wander within the bounds of our flat, he grabs it and breaks its neck within a couple of seconds, he doesn't toy with them, he's really quick about it and it is probably a swifter end for the trespassing rodent than poison or traps.

Thing is, a well fed mog isn't really going to be much of a deterrent. My sister's cats are useless (the boy catches everything BUT rodents, he has a particular penchant for spiders, which he loves to dismember with great relish whilst my sister and her OH are watching telly).

 

[Gaia]

Pretty much anywhere there is human habitation there are mice and rats nearby - obviously though there is a big difference between the occasional random mouse wandering in and infestation - sounds as if you are taking the right approach in dealing with your infestation.

Living in a block in east London we have similar problems - it's nothing to do with how nice or scuzzy somewhere is, it is just that blocks of flats provide excellent living arrangements for mice. Blocking off access points to your home is really important, also make sure not to leave food or scraps available - whatever the modern equivalent of tupperware is is your friend, take kitchen waste to the outside bins at the end of each day etc.

I have cats which is the final nail in any mouse's coffin, I wouldn't suggest getting a pet *just* for pest control, but if you are able to have a pet and want one, a cat is a decent option which has the useful side-effect of deterring rodents and unless it is a completely lazy-arse fucker, dispatching any that come in. My Radar is a lvl 100 mouser, we don't get many mice coming in but if one does have the misfortune to wander within the bounds of our flat, he grabs it and breaks its neck within a couple of seconds, he doesn't toy with them, he's really quick about it and it is probably a swifter end for the trespassing rodent than poison or traps.

Missed that bit - I'm guessing that's why he's called Radar, then…?

 

[Epona]

Thing is, a well fed mog isn't really going to be much of a deterrent. My sister's cats are useless (the boy catches everything BUT rodents, he has a particular penchant for spiders, which he loves to dismember with great relish whilst my sister and her OH are watching telly).

Cat predatory instinct is actually triggered primarily by seeing something moving fast, and that causes them to give chase, and that hunting activity triggers appetite - it doesn't necessarily work that cats will ignore prey if they are well fed, it is more likely that they will ignore food if they haven't had hunting (or simulated hunting) activity.

The mere presence of a cat, no matter how well fed, will deter rodents. They want to build a nest somewhere safe, not somewhere with a predator living in the same room.

And yeah eating spiders is a thing - cats are the natural predators of more than 2000 species of small creatures (from rodents to small insects, and they are one of the most predatory creatures on the planet) - when a pet cat is fussy about their food, that is something we did to them, it isn't their natural state. (And that isn't a judgement on anyone, I have had a cat with anorexia due to nausea after ear surgery, shit happens!)

EDIT: He is called Radar because he has massive ears like radar dishes It was more noticeable when he was a kitten, but he didn't grow out of his ears, they are still mahoosive

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Report them for breaching subcontracting terms

that will get the council over sharpish

 

[farmerbarleymow]

And yeah eating spiders is a thing - cats are the natural predators of more than 2000 species of small creatures (from rodents to small insects, and they are one of the most predatory creatures on the planet)

(((poor spiders)))

 

[tonysingh]

So i just found a dead mouse in the kitchen doorway. Obviously the bait and traps laid by the pest control are working. Confusingly now though, I feel some degree of guilt. Not enough guilt to stop getting the squeaky pricks out but you know. I'm told that the whole estate is meant to be having major works on it coz of all this. Won't be holding my breath like.

 

[Gaia]

So i just found a dead mouse in the kitchen doorway. Obviously the bait and traps laid by the pest control are working. Confusingly now though, I feel some degree of guilt. Not enough guilt to stop getting the squeaky pricks out but you know. I'm told that the whole estate is meant to be having major works on it coz of all this. Won't be holding my breath like.

Lemme guess - this is summat the council have been promising/threatening for about the last decade, right…? It really needs to pull its finger out its arse, because mice, although undeniably cute*, can carry the leptospirosis bacterium in their piss. Leptospirosis - Wikipedia

*okay, it's subjective

 

[ViolentPanda]

I was called by a tenant once when I managed and worked on a Council Estate - she told me she had caught a mouse on a glue trap and asked if I could help her get rid of it. I popped around- the dead mouse was on the glue trap, I was trying to remove the strip with the dead mouse on it , and accidently stepped on it - meaning the gluey strip and dead mouse was attached to my shoe for a while

Mousefoot Marty!