Pests in the walls!!

[goughy]

Living a bit in the stick, I can put up with the odd field mouse that's finding it's way inside in this cooler weather. But I've heard one in the walls today, and I'm not sure what's the best way to get it out? Will a trap up there sucker it out?

Had some fun a few months ago ripping some ply wood up outside. Looked down and saw a mouse skipping along a few feet from me. Thought that was gutsy of it to get so close, until I saw the brown chasing it. Scared the living shit out of me!

[virge666]

Brown snakes are a great form of pest control, they get rid of cats and possums too.

Much like huntsmen spiders and cockroaches.

Huntsmen spiders don't kill you though . . . so I would go for rat traps.

[IanO]

Yup ... rat trap vs brown snake? Rat trap every time :lol:

[PeteyD]

RAt bait.

[IanO]

Although a good cat can do the job on both the mouse and the snake

[Jarro]

Get some rat bait Goughy.

We use the Talon stuff and it's fine.

[goughy]

Doesn't smell when you have a dead mouse in the walls?

[moree golfer]

I would go for traps and then you haven't got the stench. We had a mouse plague last year and our office stunk of rotting mice in the ceiling with no way of finding them.

[Jarro]

Doesn't smell when you have a dead mouse in the walls?

Yes it would no doubt.

Are you sure it's mice and not rats that you have in the roof ?


I would go for traps and then you haven't got the stench. We had a mouse plague last year and our office stunk of rotting mice in the ceiling with no way of finding them.

Good point.
We had rats in our roof and the baits were the best option for them.

[PeteyD]

They leave the building to die. Not sure why but it works. The only issue we had was one stuck in the between floors ceiling cavity which was smelly for a while.

[Jarro]

They leave the building to die because they're looking for water.

The poison makes them thirsty. So unless you've got water in your roof, they should leave.

well, most of them should anyway.

[PeteyD]

There you go, ask the pest master!

[CobraSS]

Where's the "Exterminator" when you need him?

[Eldrick]

Where's the "Exterminator" when you need him?

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[Chris32]

They leave the building to die because they're looking for water.

The poison makes them thirsty. So unless you've got water in your roof, they should leave.

well, most of them should anyway.

We put rat bait down in the garage and the bastard chewed through my heater hose in the car to get a nice drink of coolant!

[terrys]

On our farm its Cats 11 - Snakes 0, though one cat has been to the vet for an overnight stay and some adrenalin after 9 bites to the chin and neck. He still killed it though.

Cats work good for rats and mice as well. We have lots of both as they live in the 100s of bales of hay we have.

I use the bulk talon baits. Get some wire, put 6 or 7 baits on it, and tie it off. That way you have something to hold on to so you can throw them to the far reaches of the roof cavity or under the house if you don't want to go climbing in there.

As said above, most times they will leave looking for water, and if one does die in the cavities, they will stink for a day or so. In winter its not so bad though. Summer is not fun though!

[MegaWatty]

We put rat bait down in the garage and the bastard chewed through my heater hose in the car to get a nice drink of coolant!

Problem solvered.

[mike]

Get some rat bait Goughy.We use the Talon stuff and it's fine.


They leave the building to die because they're looking for water.

Years ago when I was renting I baited a rat (a white one. Must've been somebody's pet) and it died in the wall cavity. After a week of unspeakable stench I was damn near ready to rip the weather boards off to get at it. We went on a week holiday instead and came back to no more smell.
Phew.

[MegaWatty]

You make me laugh.