Another pointless thread

Are you sure it wasn't the same one? I'm afraid I use traps that kill the wee critters - I had a humane trap once and released the mouse - only to see the little so and so running back towards my house before I could get back myself. Now I use "Super Cat" traps - they have a very effective bait built in and kill the mouse instantly. They are reusable which is unusual for mouse traps and getting rid of the body is clean and easy.

I was expecting a fresh influx of mice with the cold, but the traps haven't caught any and I see no evidence of them.

Cruel and hard hearted, that's me.

I have to go dig my car out. They finally decided to plough our street, so it's up to the bottom of the door in snow. It was difficult enough to get into the space, so now I'm debating leaving it (so if something does drop on it tonight, it'll hit snow and not paint) or moving it. Having said that, there aren't many options for parking either

Bret

Happy Birthday Flossie and Happy & Healthy New Year to everybody from Spital Towers ( home of the Cyrils )

Tony & Jo

no no no, its a big one next year, so I'm either not having any more, or I'm going to start going backwards...

Do what Jo does and use Dyslexia as a means of staying young - 56 last year - sadly this year is a bummer ........................66 either way !!

Ssssssshhhhhhhhh !!

T

Happy birthday flossie. TOZZA there is another word for number blindness but I can't remember what it is. It's my age.

Mice will find their way back from miles away..... even across water They can get back in the house through very tiny gaps, sadly the only solution is to kill them Peanut butter is also good bait, but the best solution is probably the small plastic box trap with poison already in it. The mouse dies in the box within seconds.

I don't mind mice in the garden but not in the house they can do so much damage chewing through soft furnishings etc.

Why do people spend a fortune on fireworks and then light them all in broad daylight?

I see that the Land Rover Discovery 2.7 TDV6 SE auto, Year/plate: 2005/55
Price: £12,000

is in the Solid second-hand family cars guide on Yahoo today.

I hope all the contributors to this thread, have a very merry new year.

I will.

No - they all look the same (unless you're a mouse yourself!). This was a clever one - sussed the trap and filled it full of nesting materials without getting caught. That was with peanut butter as bait. Choc spread was toooo much for it - probably a 'her' - most females seem to have a strong yearning for it IME.

Location of the hidout wasn't an easily accessed void - fully built in kitchen with no floor penetrations. Mouse would have to have jumped up onto the waste pipe, climbed up the steep incline and crawled through the cavity via a very tight opening. Most likely one of Cookie's (the younger of our cats) hunting prizes that she got bored with.

Trap was empty this morning when we checked it.

Steve

We had a mouse in the loft this time last year. Living in a bungalow we are short of storage space and so we had stored some Xmas chocolates up in the loft. When we went to get them a mouse had chewed through the corner of a box of Maltesers, eaten the chocolate off the sweets but left the centers, very cunning. Edam and an old fashioned spring trap saw to it's demise

Really sorry to hear that. hope she is better soon. Just as well you'r out of A&E before tonights rush starts.

^^ hear hear on that and have a safe one y'all!

Already seen the idiot kids messing with bangers near a roundabout.... but there are far fewer fireworks than last year. It was a constant stream up to the school near us (big space, lots of convenient snowbanks to stick rockets in) last year and this year it's extremely quiet. Having said that, visibility is also awful right now for the big display. Might even have to leave the flat for once

Bret

Sorry to hear that Gareth - we`re all rooting for her up here on Wirral - get well soon little lady xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Tony & Jo

Hope she picks up soon Gareth