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!
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Bertram10022 Dec 2020 16:09I prepared a whole buffet for last night: hazelnuts in a snap trap, bread in another, chocolate in a live trap, and granola bars in yet another live trap. It didn’t help at all. At least the mice weren’t around last night. Definitely no signs of them anywhere.
Apparently, the floor installer made so much noise that it probably became uncomfortable for the mice.
Now I have sealed all the gaps leading into the room with steel wool, hoping the mice will retreat outside due to the lack of food. What comes in must go out. 😀
There was quite a lot of noise and vibration in the house again today. Let’s see what we hear tonight.
I don’t know whether to find it entertaining or a bit creepy that you all seem to have had so much success catching mice one after another. 😀
Apparently, the floor installer made so much noise that it probably became uncomfortable for the mice.
Now I have sealed all the gaps leading into the room with steel wool, hoping the mice will retreat outside due to the lack of food. What comes in must go out. 😀
There was quite a lot of noise and vibration in the house again today. Let’s see what we hear tonight.
I don’t know whether to find it entertaining or a bit creepy that you all seem to have had so much success catching mice one after another. 😀
Winniefred22 Dec 2020 18:45Reading this makes me appreciate our two cats and the Jack Russell again^^. Otherwise, those creatures are usually good for nothing, but this time they might actually be useful 😎.
Winniefred schrieb:
Happy to have our two cats againGreat! Which is better—live mice or mice in two parts...? :pWinniefred22 Dec 2020 18:50tomtom79 schrieb:
Great, which is better: live mice or mice in two parts...? :p No, our tomcat hasn’t brought any inside for a long time. When he was young, I always took the prey away from him; he’s an extremely skilled hunter. Birds, reptiles, rats, mice—he catches them all. But he stopped bringing his catch inside and now eats it outdoors. I know this because I regularly see it myself, and the neighbors have mentioned it too. Good animal. The other cat doesn’t hunt, while the dog theoretically hunts and digs for mice but, as far as I know, has never actually caught anything.
Winniefred schrieb:
a skilled hunter. Birds, reptiles, rats, mice, it catches everything. Hello Winniefred,
reading this really annoys me.
Sometimes a rare European green lizard, occasionally a kingfisher. That beloved little fur-nosed one.
Steven
Winniefred22 Dec 2020 18:56Steven schrieb:
Hello Winniefred
When I read this, it really annoys me. A rare emerald lizard here and there, a kingfisher sometimes. That dear little snout.
StevenWell, honestly, it doesn’t look to see what kind it catches. I’ve never seen it catch anything rare. We live in the city, and I’ve never seen a kingfisher at all.