Pesky Varmints

[JIMCCS]

This has probably been brought up here before but is there a humane way of getting rid of the rakes of mice that I have running about in the loft, or am I stuck with the gits?

[Wildfisher]

Moose traps, it's the only way.

[Inchlaggan]

Mouse killers not humane traps, Baited with peanut butter or melted chocolate.
Stop up any obvious access holes with wire wool.

[Inchlaggan]

One layer neem oil which is good for the skin anyway(protective barrier) then SHOO for me, i find it better then deet.

Your skin is being attacked by meeces?
What sort of hovel do you live in?

[hopper]

The first year in the house where we now live had a huge infestation of mice, we got bags of poison from my father in law who used to put them about the farm, that got rid of the mice. That summer was hot and what happened next was a shock, the mice and may be their big brothers had crawled off and died, we then had to put up with hundreds of blue bottles who had fed on the carcases crawling out the loft door and the air vents, never used poison again always go for quick snap traps and if you stay on top of them when the mice start coming in after harvest you will only get the odd one or two

[Noddy]

Best bait for mouse traps is Nutella.

Jim

[hopper]

The traps we use have their own little pot of hormones to attract them, saves having to bait them