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Caught it, in one of these that had been untouched for a while and it must have gone past umpteen times;



Took it for a wee road trip and dropped it off ~3 miles away in a hopefully good and suitable habitat it won't find its way back here from.

It's been a week of two ultrasonic thingamys being plugged in either side of the wall in question and no sign or mousey since. Looks like they may have done the job.

nuttinnew wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:30 pm Caught it, in one of these that had been untouched for a while and it must have gone past umpteen times;



Took it for a wee road trip and dropped it off ~3 miles away in a hopefully good and suitable habitat it won't find its way back here from.

Did the same a few weeks ago. Only one. No idea how it got in - Nothing obvious. Only thing i can thing is that its come in an open door when we've been letting the dogs out. Been nothing since. Still have the traps out but nothing in them.

scotta wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:18 am

nuttinnew wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:30 pm Caught it, in one of these that had been untouched for a while and it must have gone past umpteen times;
Took it for a wee road trip and dropped it off ~3 miles away in a hopefully good and suitable habitat it won't find its way back here from.

Did the same a few weeks ago. Only one. No idea how it got in - Nothing obvious. Only thing i can thing is that its come in an open door when we've been letting the dogs out. Been nothing since. Still have the traps out but nothing in them.

That's what I think here, open door opportunist. Having caught that one without really trying, I reloaded the trap and put it in a slightly different place (so I wouldn't keep accidentally bumping it and setting it off ) and have caught another one. It seems quite content in there atm, having some r&r and spending the time preening. Cheeky, far too relaxed fvcker

Just sat down for a bit of solitude and a munch and a little - correction, it wasn't that little - f'cker has just ambled out from one door and wandered his way over to another, no rush, no worries. There haven't been any signs of one about the place, I'd left the trap out on the off chance, and the weather's good so it should have been out where it belongs Oh well, trap emptied and I'll see if I can tempt it with some Madagascan 73% dark chocolate.

Ugh that sucks. We’ve not heard a peep since putting the ultrasonic deterrents in place, they seem to have done the job so could be worth trying.

Yes, I'll have to give them a go.

I had a couple of seeded rolls (no, not like that), if they'd been poppy seeds I might have been tempted to leave a few.

Gavster wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2024 7:41 pm Ugh that sucks. We’ve not heard a peep since putting the ultrasonic deterrents in place, they seem to have done the job so could be worth trying.

Yeah a few months on, our ultrasonic doofers seem to have largely done the job too. I did see one brazenly eating seeds in the garden next to my office last week, but nothing audible in the house for weeks now.

We get foxes and cats in the garden so ok, mouse, I can see the lack of appeal. I still haven't seen or heard any signs of it since (or before), maybe it's a travelling mouse that had just paused for a rest

nuttinnew wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 11:52 am We get foxes and cats in the garden so ok, mouse, I can see the lack of appeal. I still haven't seen or heard any signs of it since (or before), maybe it's a travelling mouse that had just paused for a rest

Fievel…… ?



Dave!

Erm…… image no worky, just shows up as a lot of text to me

Oh fuck it I give up

Dave!

V8Granite wrote: Thu Jun 06, 2024 7:51 am Oh fuck it I give up

Dave!

Is this it/him/her? I have no idea who this is.

That’s Fievel, he was lost when travelling with his family and then travelled around where shenanigans happened.

It’s a kids movie, he was a mouse explorer.

Dave!

Ah, I'll start looking for small luggage.

This fecker
brings in mice or birds a couple of times a month.. 11pm last night, hear the muffled meow and intercept her as she was coming up to the 3rd floor with an alive mouse in her mouth! She dropped it, I chased, trapped it but shoes on 2nd floor, shouted for a bowl and cat to be sin-binned. Mouse got its breath back and legged it down to the playroom in the basement; cue me pulling sofas etc away from the wall and eventually asking for the cat back.. she found it, I picked her up and put the bowl on top of the mouse. Took it out past the sheds and hopefully it’ll run to my neighbours house next time!

V8Granite wrote: Thu Jun 06, 2024 10:32 am That’s Fievel, he was lost when travelling with his family and then travelled around where shenanigans happened.

It’s a kids movie, he was a mouse explorer.

Dave!

was the film called Fievel goes west?

Because whenever I play table tennis, if the score is five all, my brain always adds "goes west". I'm not sure I ever even saw the film - I think it was just an advert on tv that always played.

Rich B wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2024 12:07 pm

V8Granite wrote: Thu Jun 06, 2024 10:32 am That’s Fievel, he was lost when travelling with his family and then travelled around where shenanigans happened.

It’s a kids movie, he was a mouse explorer.

Dave!

was the film called Fievel goes west?

Because whenever I play table tennis, if the score is five all, my brain always adds "goes west". I'm not sure I ever even saw the film - I think it was just an advert on tv that always played.

That was the sequel, the original was called An American Tale.

Fievel Mousekowitz.

Dave!