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| Thread ID: 58162 | 2005-05-23 06:58:00 | Mice !! | TonyF (246) | PC World Chat |
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| 357697 | 2005-05-23 06:58:00 | A kid from a catless family next door called over midafternoon, and said " Please can we borrow your cat ?" Now this is an odd request at any time, and I established that they had found a mouse in their house, and despite trying traps with cheese had got nowhere. I thought our cat might not like a strange house but took it over. Lots of struggle as I got to their door, and it rushed off. Have any of you had occasion to lend a cat ?? Cheers Tony |
TonyF (246) | ||
| 357698 | 2005-05-23 07:35:00 | Our dogs always need some target practise ;) Not really, but no we haven't ever borrowed a cat |
Edward (31) | ||
| 357699 | 2005-05-23 08:19:00 | and despite trying traps with cheese had got nowhere. Cheers Tony use the grey palstic trap "better mouse trap" brand is good. lace it with peanut butter, any brand. lay it in a room the mouse has been seen in. set it by the wall so the mouse will find it it it is running along the wall. this has worked for every one i know who has tryed it. if you follow the above you will have you mouse in 3 nights or i will give you a full refund on my advise :-) |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 357700 | 2005-05-23 09:04:00 | use the grey palstic trap "better mouse trap" brand is good. lace it with peanut butter, any brand. lay it in a room the mouse has been seen in. set it by the wall so the mouse will find it it it is running along the wall. :-) I endorse that. Excellent type of trap. Must be placed against the skirting board because mouses run around rooms, not through them. Alas cats cannot be lent. They cannot be owned. However a cat might be purrsuaded to visit another dwelling with the application of jellymeat and perserverance. I'd recommend it spending the night in the mouse-house to give it a decent crack. :D |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 357701 | 2005-05-23 09:07:00 | Postscript. The lady has just called. Teeny mouse caught in skirting board trap. Would I please come over and get rid of it .. (What is it about women and mice ? (g).) |
TonyF (246) | ||
| 357702 | 2005-05-23 09:58:00 | Well heres a trick my father used and has always worked on mice and rats. Get some streaky bacon, cook it until its done but NOT crispy. Jam it thoroughly on the mouse trap / rat trap. Make sure its on REAL good. Set the trap and leave. The bacon is chewy and the mice have trouble getting it off the trap, as they tug... SNAP. Cleaning ups the yucky bit. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 357703 | 2005-05-23 10:32:00 | I have greater success with my patented PipeCatcher® A 600 mm length of ~30mm rigid PVC pipe with one end blocked off. If it is offered open end to the mouse, or left lying against the skirting board, they willingly run up inside it. Then just pick it up, holding it upright open site uppermost, they cannot climb out. They can be disposed of by "launching" by swinging the the tube (~100m range possible) or shaken out into the toilet bowl for a swim then flushed when tired (allow the cat to watch please). A good strong mouse can survive 3 flushes before going submarine. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 357704 | 2005-05-23 11:00:00 | GF's solution would seem to require that you sit watching the pipe, to uplift it when the mouse has entered. Do this when Paul Holmes is on, and then swinging the pipe would be a most satisfying form of release.... I should add that the mouse lady I mentioned above, who could not bear to deal with it, is a nurse well used to operating theatres etc. As she said, she is OK with living patients .... |
TonyF (246) | ||
| 357705 | 2005-05-23 18:45:00 | The solution on how to catch a mouse was given on radio 2ZB Wellington back in the early 1940's. You need one green pea and a lump of wood. Place the pea outside the mousehole. Wait until the mouse comes out for a pea and then hit him with the lump of wood. Believe it or not , the announcer was sacked for broadcasting this. This is true. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 357706 | 2005-05-23 21:11:00 | When I was five I sold our cat for 10 cents (long time ago). I told my mother not to worry. It would come home when it was hungry. The ultimate renewable resource :) | Sam I Am (1679) | ||
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