Mouse in a kitchen drawer

[UrbaneFox]

I heard some scrabbling in a kitchen drawer and when I opened it a mouse ran out.

Apparently they hate, amongst other things, cloves, peppermint, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, tea bags, and vinegar, so I'm going to tip some of that down the back of the drawer, and bag my stuff up a bit more securely.

I had a serious rice spillage last week, so maybe that triggered it.

I'm going to try spices before I go for the the full Rentokil option.

Have any of you had success with cloves etc?

 

[two sheds]

I had success with:



before going full-on LittleNipper with big fuck-off spike

 

[Pickman's model]

I heard some scrabbling in a kitchen drawer and when I opened it a mouse ran out.

Apparently they hate, amongst other things, cloves, peppermint, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, tea bags, and vinegar, so I'm going to tip some of that down the back of the drawer, and bag my stuff up a bit more securely.

I had a serious rice spillage last week, so maybe that triggered it.

I'm going to try spices before I go for the the full Rentokil option.

Have any of you had success with cloves etc?

I find it tricky to get the fuckers to stay still while I spike them with the cloves

 

[SpookyFrank]

Balance a bog roll tube on the edge of your kitchen counter, and place a bin underneath it. Put a delicious mouse snack in the tube. Leave the kitchen and wait for the sound of a mouse falling into a bin. Take your mouse and release him somewhere far from your home.

 

[two sheds]

Ooooh 30 years ago I had similar success with a milk bottle propped up at an angle against a pile of books with a piece of cheese in the bottom. Next morning there was a confused looking mouse in the milk bottle

That was a field mouse though, urban mice might be more streetwise.

 

[petee]

That was a field mouse though, urban mice might be more streetwise.

there are mice posting here?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I find it tricky to get the fuckers to stay still while I spike them with the cloves

If you're going to murder the poor mouse, the decent thing is then to eat it so it hasn't died in vein.

 

[DotCommunist]

at least its not a rat in your kitchen, dunno what you'd do about that.

 

[two sheds]

at least its not a rat in your kitchen, dunno what you'd do about that.

I know about this - you cut off their water supply. Mice get water from the food they eat, rats need water.

 

[Pickman's model]

at least its not a rat in your kitchen, dunno what you'd do about that.

Think you'd need a bigger clove

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I know about this - you cut off their water supply. Mice get water from the food they eat, rats need water.

Isn't that a bit daft - gambling whether you or the rat will die of thirst first?

I reckon the rat would survive longer.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A mouse defending it's territory.

 

[spring-peeper]

I heard some scrabbling in a kitchen drawer and when I opened it a mouse ran out.

Apparently they hate, amongst other things, cloves, peppermint, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, tea bags, and vinegar, so I'm going to tip some of that down the back of the drawer, and bag my stuff up a bit more securely.

I had a serious rice spillage last week, so maybe that triggered it.

I'm going to try spices before I go for the the full Rentokil option.

Have any of you had success with cloves etc?

Get a cat or dog!!!

All kidding aside, you have to find out how they get in, then block it!!!
They can fit through the smallest of holes.

Last thing you need is route for all their buddies to come in and check out your house!!!

 

[danski]

That was a field mouse though, urban mice might be more streetwise.

This is a drawermouse. Sorry

 

[Epona]

This is a drawermouse. Sorry

OMG. Need a groan reaction. Seriously.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Quick kill, sorted.

 

[SpookyFrank]

A mouse defending it's territory.

Squeaky Todd, perhaps.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

I put off some mices last year by clearing up all the crumbs ( ) and then stuffing peppermint soaked tissue all round the area including the area that I think they got in

 

[Elpenor]

I find it tricky to get the fuckers to stay still while I spike them with the cloves

A little mouse with cloves on?

Well I declare!

 

[two sheds]

Isn't that a bit daft - gambling whether you or the rat will die of thirst first?

I reckon the rat would survive longer.

Last one didn't

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

https://youtube.com/c/ShawnWoodsprimitive-archer

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Take your mouse and release him somewhere far from your home.

How to be cruel to a mouse whilst simultaneously being under the illusion that you’re not being cruel to a mouse.

 

[two sheds]

pah gives them international travel experience

 

[rubbershoes]

There's probably more than one mouse.

So a campaign of extermination is called for.

 

[kalidarkone]

There's probably more than one mouse.

So a campaign of extermination is called for.

Yeah if you see one mouse then you have 10. Or soon will as they breed very fast.

I found having a cat or a rat trap that kills by electric shock were the best methods and I've had mice on and off for 20 + years.

 

[cupid_stunt]

If you see one, there's probably a lot more.

When I spotted one in my mother's house a few years back, I got two of those big cheese traps and killed a dozen over the next 10 days, not had a problem since.

 

[rubbershoes]

Yeah if you see one mouse then you have 10. Or soon will as they breed very fast.

I found having a cat or a rat trap that kills by electric shock were the best methods and I've had mice on and off for 20 + years.

My cat brings them in

 

[MickiQ]

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Quick kill, sorted.

I've got 6 of these (5 deployed plus a backup) along with a couple of tubes of bait. I killed 4 of the little fuckers in Jan and 2 in Feb but none in Mar so far, I think now it's warmer they're not venturing in the garage or either shed (none have ever managed to get in the house) or they're all dead which I doubt. Last year I got at least 30 of them. Normally it kills them outright but I have had to finish off a couple with the hammer.

 

[tim]

Yeah if you see one mouse then you have 10. Or soon will as they breed very fast.

I found having a cat or a rat trap that kills by electric shock were the best methods and I've had mice on and off for 20 + years.

I would have thought that electrocuting cats would be counter productive.

 

[rubbershoes]

but I have had to finish off a couple with the hammer.

It's essential to tenderise them before cooking