ᐅ Mice in the newly built house – flooring installer coming tomorrow
Created on: 20 Dec 2020 17:28
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Bertram100
Dear forum community,
I recently moved into my new build. Due to delivery delays of the flooring, the screed is still exposed for now. Unfortunately, the house was already occupied by mice before I moved in. They run freely over the screed and investigate the moving boxes nearby. Then they disappear back into the cable ducts, which are open by a few centimeters (inches). The plaster ends about 3-4 cm (1-1.5 inches) above the top edge of the screed, so you can see the vertical pipes. It’s a paradise for mice, but quite annoying for me.
So far, they haven’t fallen into any traps and are ignoring the poison. There aren’t many mice, but I’d prefer them out of the house.
Tomorrow, the floor installer is coming to lay parquet flooring (layered parquet in long click planks). Then it will be oiled and left to dry, and after that, the baseboards will be installed.
My question is: Should I put some mouse poison inside the cable ducts and close everything off with the baseboards, hoping the mice family will die? Or should I leave some spots open, hoping the mice will come out on their own and eventually get caught in a trap somewhere in the room?
I’m also considering getting a cat. Any good advice is welcome!
I recently moved into my new build. Due to delivery delays of the flooring, the screed is still exposed for now. Unfortunately, the house was already occupied by mice before I moved in. They run freely over the screed and investigate the moving boxes nearby. Then they disappear back into the cable ducts, which are open by a few centimeters (inches). The plaster ends about 3-4 cm (1-1.5 inches) above the top edge of the screed, so you can see the vertical pipes. It’s a paradise for mice, but quite annoying for me.
So far, they haven’t fallen into any traps and are ignoring the poison. There aren’t many mice, but I’d prefer them out of the house.
Tomorrow, the floor installer is coming to lay parquet flooring (layered parquet in long click planks). Then it will be oiled and left to dry, and after that, the baseboards will be installed.
My question is: Should I put some mouse poison inside the cable ducts and close everything off with the baseboards, hoping the mice family will die? Or should I leave some spots open, hoping the mice will come out on their own and eventually get caught in a trap somewhere in the room?
I’m also considering getting a cat. Any good advice is welcome!
Tolentino schrieb:
with a rat, Hello,I feed some hedgehogs with cat food. Every now and then, a rat shows up to join the feast. Since I have a wildlife camera in the hedgehog house, I can see this happening. I set up a live rat trap and put cat food inside. The next day, I remove the rat. Wow, those creatures are really aggressive.
Steven
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HilfeHilfe21 Dec 2020 06:44Order a live trap on Amazon. One summer, I caught 80 field mice...
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Bertram10021 Dec 2020 07:01I set up a live trap, but they aren’t going inside. 🙁 The trap is baited with Nutella.
It’s probably better not to place poison behind the baseboards and instead hope that they eventually come out and finally enter the trap?
It’s probably better not to place poison behind the baseboards and instead hope that they eventually come out and finally enter the trap?
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hampshire21 Dec 2020 07:09Bertram100 schrieb:
There are already 4 traps set up in the room (2 live traps and 2 traditional snap traps) baited with Nutella and dark chocolate. If the mice were to go for it, they would die. Chocolate is toxic to the animals, so live traps aren’t even necessary. Cheese appeals to mice and is not harmful.
Steven schrieb:
(why is it called a “Mausefalle” and not “Mäusefalle” in German?) A “Mausefalle” is a trap for a single mouse. The plural of “Falle” (trap) is “Fallen.” That’s why it’s “Mausefallen.” For example, “Autokorso” becomes “Autokorsos” in plural, not “Autoskorsos.”