We have mice problem at our house. I have gone around the house and patch up all the gaps i can see but we are still getting them. I have no problem catching them with my traps but obviously i want to stop them from coming in the house. Have anyone here got a recommendation to which pro to call? I live in the West of Melbourne. Thanks in advance.
Mice Problem, Seeking Pro Help
yamahamoto on 08/12/2016 - 09:39
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Absolutely, we live inner city Melboure and the only time we have had mice is when we were between cats. Even our old sick kitty was enough to scare them off. As soon as she was gone we had one that was running around. We now have two new kitties and the mouse has vanished.
"Working for the sqeak-end" pest control
Unfortunately, you just have to kill the ones around the house that keep coming in. You can't do anything to keep them out if they want to get in.
Hi.
Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately, bait and trap might be the only way from the outside. We had some mice come into our garage but that has stopped after we planted some fruit trees outside in the garden. Somehow, these garden mice seem to enjoy the fruits and nuts that fall on the ground and eat those usually at night.
You can prevent them from coming in if you are vigilant. Never allow a door or window to be open without some fly screen barrier. Also they tend to creep in from Air-con piping behind the wall or water piping which are expose to the outside.
If all else fails, then a call in an exterminator to help.
Good luck
Fox urine around the house, or snake ect. They won't go near a predators lair.
We clean our house daily, never leave rubbish bin uncleaned overnight and also always covered our food and keep them in the fridge. They got in initially for a box of instant noddles we left in the storage. We have removed that and i have been catching them (caught the 11th this morning) with various of traps in the storage room. I have also gone through the to patch any gaps that i could see. We dont want to get a cat. i was hoping someone on the forum has good review on a pest controller for me to call them.
You could also tty the peanut butter stick over a bucket trap.
i have no problem catching them. dont want to catch them anymore. i dont want to spend money on pest controller but i i think have no choice
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Buy some keyboards and sell them as combos on Gumtree.
Call a regarded letting agent in the area and ask which company they would use for rodent problems. A letting agent would only keep using a genuine pest controller.
regarded letting agent
Is there such a thing in this day and age
I had my old rental agent ring me today out of the blue (we haven't rented for 3 years) saying he thinks I over paid my rent in 2012 and they want to pay back $1700.
They didn't have to ring and I would have been none the wiser.
So I guess that kind of answers your question :)
Name & Fame them.
Surprised this was not picked up via an independent auditor?
Rental Agents operate a trust account which is subject to strict auditing.Interesting to note that you feel one good deed redeems the whole industry.
My point was/is not all of them are shifty. I've had good experiences with a few (and some terrible ones as well)
Make sure bottom of all external doors has draught extruders fitted; not forgetting door between garage and house. They can squeeze through very small space. If you feed birds outside this also attracts mice.
We used "Northern Pest Control" - we're in the North West of Melbourne. They were effective. Depending on how far west you are they may service your area.
I suspect pest-controllers would all be pretty much the same - they would all use the same commercial baits (for mice anyway) which are stronger versions of what you can get in the supermarket. They put them in the house, in the roof and under the house. Mice were cleared out quite promptly.
Hi Xy, did you experience future rodent issues?
Be very cautious about putting bait out where pets might accidently eat them.
Unfortunately it is not just you having a mouse problem.
If you have removed all food sources, then I'd be looking at your neighbors as the problem.
Is there unkept gardens and long grass.
Are your neighbors renters?Mice can fit though gaps and holes just slightly bigger than its skull. once he is fat from eating he wont be able to leave the same way though.
Dont wory about sealing up your house… you are only keeping fat fed mice inside now! LOLAs a farm owner we have only bought Bromakil - as that is what the produce stores recommends works from other farmers. None of the other stuff sold in Bunnings is stocked at the produce stores.
Keep you gardens clear and don't let your grass grow long enough to seed, then you are on the right path to removing the environment for them to live in or want to travel through - and feed them Bromakil.
Be safe with mice/rat bait.
A professional pest controller will deploy lockable bait stations (to prevent pets and possums from eating it) at areas of observed or likely activity, with something stronger than what is available in the supermarkets (eg Rodenthor). The poisons will cause the rodents to become thirsty and look for water and hopefully die outside.
No matter how well you think you've sealed the gaps, they can get in really tiny gaps approx 6mm, again a professional pest controller should assess these for you, and may be able to deploy a solution like gutterguard.
The 200lb gorillas of the pest control industry are Flick and Rentokil, they're also on the expensive side but big enough to back their own work in case something goes wrong. Ask about warranties on the pest service as it varies for different pests.
As suggested above, install weather strips to all external doors. You also need to block the weep holes if you have a brick veneer house. Bunnings has them. https://www.bunnings.com.au/weepa-protector-weep-hole-screen…
Unfortunately, even though you don't want to, trapping them yourself is going to be the most cost effective method available. I reckon you should set a trap in the roof void for a few nights, just to see if they are up there as well.
As a guide, if you can fit the tip of your pinky finger into a hole or gap, a mouse can get through easily.If you use bait put it in the middle of a length (about 30-40 cms) of PVC pipe (50 mm for mice, 90mm for rats) . That will stop your pets eating it.
Lockable rodent stations are cheap enough. No need to use pvc which any pet/child could easily shake out.
Get a cat.