Mouse in the house: how to deal with rodents
It would seem that what the trouble may be in the winter homeowners? Keep an eye on the garden, remove the snow so get ready for the next season of labor. But no, country ownership does not give relax for a minute and throw new problems. You are going to invite friends to the cottage for the winter holidays, there to meet the New Year? The fact that you are not disturbed swarms of rats and mice to spring you can not find dust instead of clothes and other things necessary to take care in advance.
At the stage of construction of the house
Forum users believe that the favorite place for wintering rodents are frame houses. However, it is not immune from this problem and stone dwellings: mice love nest in materials such as foam, which is often used as a heater. As practice shows, does not shrink from the gray beasts mineral wool and glass wool even that, in theory, should they irritate the skin and mucous membranes.
According to experts, the construction of still more preferable to use mineral wool, and all the work thermal insulation spend carefully, avoiding anywhere slots through which can penetrate tailed.
User FORUMHOUSE am-b rid of mice during the reconstruction of the house: all stripped floors, walls and ceiling, revealing the glass wool in numerous mouse moves and sockets. During subsequent installation between floors it rough and basic floors densely packed layer of expanded clay 10 cm.
Thus it was organized the so-called "Expanded clay Castle"Which has become a real obstacle to the rodents.
Then all the corners (ceiling, wall, floor) were chipped galvanized netting with small mesh. It is important not to miss a single interface. Only after all of these events have been insulated and finished walls and ceilings. As the host for the third year in a house no one mouse.
Member FORUMHOUSE tor28 also advises using rubble spilling it while filling strip foundation, and a fine metal mesh, which protect the house from the bottom and sides. If the house is already built, you can try to bury the mesh along the foundation - deeper than the mouse and rat holes. Usually it is 20-30 cm, sometimes - up to 80 cm. The grid can not dig in right next to the foundation, and away from home, away from the foundation to the grid waking layer of rubble, house wall a meter away from the foundation and sheathing grid. As an option - on the perimeter to make a narrow deep trench, which is filled with large rubble.
User portal GrandAmigo during the construction of the frame summerhouse acted differently: floor did not warmed only shield - Flooring on logs that were almost on the ground, on the single bricks. To rodents it out of the gap between the floor and the edge of the outer skin, it is sliced from a galvanized strip 10 cm wide, which nailed to the floor at the edges around the perimeter (except door opening) so that the band is rested against the outer trim. Then the band was closed on top insulation and lining on the inside. Result: sometimes peep from under the floor and a mouse rustling, but do not enter a house.
"Antiquated" methods
Gameday recall such ancient methods of struggle against rodents:
- Add insulation slag, tobacco dust, ash, dry burr, threads pine, mint, mugwort, etc .;
- under the floor to put the burned logs - repel mice smell;
- around the perimeter of the crawl scatter broken glass;
- along the walls, and the walls pour burning red pepper;
- catch a mouse and singe it: the rodents do not like the smell of burning hair;
- in an old aluminum pan put a tuft of sheep's wool, in the lid to make a hole, set fire to the hair and put in the basement: the smoke slowly and evenly be spread under the house.
To get rid of the mice in the area:
- scatter across the garden cotton balls impregnated with birch tar;
- pour murine mink water;
- on metal rods hang bottles of water and beer on the perimeter of the flower beds and plants, occasionally rearranging the bars: rodent scare noise;
- with the same purpose, to dig glass bottles wind, getting into them, create noise interference rodents;
- put in burrows rags soaked with ointment Vishnevsky;
- modern version: put in the petard, closed ground: the mouse can not stand the propellant gases.
About rodent control using non-chemical means read here.
Poison and sticky traps
Toxic compounds - one of the most effective ways to stop the invasion of rodents. However, unsafe. Apart from the fact that these substances can be dangerous for both people and pets, there is also a risk that a poisoned mouse or rat zapolzut under the floor, where they can not get. It is better to use glue trap: rodents approach the bait, and stick to the application on any surface, such as boards or board solution. Note, however, that large rats can break out of this trap, and get there immediately.
thunderstorm mice
Those who can not or does not risk to use poisons, help get rid of mice, rats and even moles, their natural enemies - domesticated stoats, weasels, hedgehogs and, of course, cats or even dogs. However, not every cat will be able or willing to do such work. More likely, that the mustachioed and Stripes stand you in good stead when he was taken from the street cat kitten. That it helped a neighbor cat snickers overcome brazen mice, and the owner did not even notice when the animal is hunting suit.
Vladimirs user does not believe in fairy tales of cats from a flock of these animals living nearby, there was no good. Some cats are sometimes brought in house mice, then, to play, they were released.
Member Lilith offers try not very pleasant way to those who do not want to mess with pets: bring filler cat litter and put in the corners. However, along with mice, slain by the terrible odor, you can escape from the house and you.
What to do if a cat shrink the "black work" and prefers to bask in the sun, thinking that "we are here and well fed?"
Mousetrap
In this case it is necessary to trust his ingenuity and make (or buy) a mousetrap. The advantages of this method of catching rodents are obvious: there is no threat to human health or pets, and you do not depend on your mood or your cat abilities. It remains only to pick up the device and the desired effective bait. With mice - easier: they eat almost anything and cracklings or a slice of fried bacon with rind they certainly seem tempting treat.
Difficult - rats. There are cases when these animals got into the room and the food is not chewed products, packaging and other equipment, inedible from a human point of view, things. Forum users say that rats are well, "peck" on the dry dog food and sunflower seeds.
Trap rodents can be made independently.
Option 1
ivan.kulibin offers mousetrap machine: a bucket half filled with water, put the tablet to a mouse could go through it. Next came the two boards crosswise. The length of one must be slightly greater diameter of the bucket, and the second - less. On one side of the short boards fasten the bait. Mouse climbing trapiku a bucket and walking up a short stick, falls into it, and then cross under its own weight comes back and trap is ready again. Thus it is possible for the night to catch mice 8-10.
In the manufacture of such a trap is important to choose the correct length of the short boards, so that she herself returned to the place, and rodent, falling into the water, unable to reach her.
option 2
kpc advises to use glass bottles of beer. Pour a little vegetable oil to get better - with the smell, crude, and leave it in areas where you have seen rodents. The bottles should be placed at an angle of not less than 30-40 degrees, securing a rope or wire to mouse could climb on them. After a week in each bottle you will have 5-7 pests.
option 3
serg-e presented another trap that can be made out of a plastic box of floppy disks. If there are a lot of boxes, can be made disposable trap. But they have one disadvantage: "beast" gets there and still alive, so you will have to personally decide his fate.
ultrasonic generator
Some gardeners say that elektrokotov type devices that operate on the basis of ultrasound, can be effective. However, the devices have a negative side: the results of their work not immediately obvious, the battery quickly sit down, and barely audible sound irritating effect on the people themselves, so include them better when home there is not anyone.
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