You can get rid of mice using a mousetrap, sticky trap, homemade device, ultrasonic repellents or chemicals. Each method has been tested by time and user reviews and is distinguished by certain features. Let's look at the most popular and effective methods of rodent control using specific examples.
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Physical methods
There are many types of mousetraps, traps and traps for mice. The difference lies in the mechanism of action and the principle of catching rodents. Compact devices are easily installed in mouse habitats, where they often pass in search of food. The most popular types of physical mouse traps are those presented below.
Classic mousetraps
The advantage of classic mousetraps is the possibility of repeated use immediately after the caught animal is removed. To do this, install a new bait and cock the return spring. You don’t have to do anything else; replacement of parts and consumables is not provided here.
Trap
This refers to a metal cage with a raised door. The bait lies in the far corner and presses the thread that holds the locking mechanism. The principle of operation of the device is that the animal enters the cage, heading towards the bait, releases the thread, thereby closing the door, the mouse remains inside.
Another type of mouse trap is a small box with an entrance that only works in one direction. Having caught the aroma of bait, the rodent gets inside, but is no longer able to get out.
Electrical accessories
An electric mouse trap can be powered by AA batteries or from an outlet. The device is built on the principle of placing bait inside an energized zone. The mouse sees a tasty morsel and moves towards it, stepping on the wires and receiving an electric shock, the value of which is sufficient to cause its death.
Electric traps are quite popular and differ in size and the presence of additional options, for example, it can be a chamber for storing corpses, sound or light indicators of capture.
Important! The devices operate on electricity. When the batteries are disconnected or low, they turn off.
Glue trap
An equally effective way to control rodents. Presented in the form of a regular plate treated with a sticky non-toxic composition. The mice become glued to the base, unable to free themselves.
Important! When using such devices, you need to be prepared to peel the caught mouse off the base while it is still alive. As an alternative, many people throw away the stickers along with the caught animal.
Flower pot
If you have a flower pot at home (made of plastic or clay - any will do), which also has a hole in the bottom, use this method.
Just keep in mind that the plastic pot will need to be weighed down with a small weight.
You will also need: a toothpick or a regular match, a piece of plywood, thread, a paper clip and, of course, bait.
So, turn the pot upside down on a piece of plywood. Take the thread and pull it through the hole at the bottom.
Tie a toothpick to a thread on the outside of the pot, and attach bait on the inside (a paper clip will come in handy here). Try to attach the mouse bait as close to the bottom as possible.
When everything is ready, rest the top edge of the pot on a toothpick that is tied to a thread and wait: as soon as the curious animal decides to climb for the treat, the toothpick will work like a trigger and the mouse will cover the pot.
Homemade traps
Do-it-yourself mousetraps are simple, uncomplicated devices that are no different in effectiveness from store-bought ones. And some may even surpass them in terms of the number of “catch”.
Important! When designing a homemade trap using a container (cans, bottles), use sunflower oil. By pouring it inside, you will make the animal’s paws become oily, which will not allow it to escape, moving along the inner walls of the vessel.
One and a half trap
Only a bottle with a standard narrow neck is suitable for this. The 5-liter is not suitable due to the wide neck. The procedure is as follows:
- Tie a strong thread or rope to the neck.
- The other end is to the top of the table leg.
- Place bait inside.
- Place the bottle horizontally, so that at least 2/3 of the bottle hangs from the table.
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The meaning of the trap is that the mouse, having penetrated the bottle, will run to the bait. Once in the back (hanging part), the container will tilt, it will tilt and fly down. The cord will not allow the bottle to fall - this way the trap will be suspended in the air, and the rodent will not be able to get out due to the narrow hole.
Trap from a jar, bucket
The principle is that the upper part of the container is sealed with paper, in which an incision is made crosswise. The bait is placed inside. To increase the effectiveness of the method, build a bridge for the mouse, making it easier for it to get up to the paper false cover. In this case, it is enough to lean against an ordinary ruler or a branch brought from the garden.
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The point of the trap is that, sensing the smell of bait in the bucket, the mouse falls on the paper lid and falls through the cuts made. She won't be able to get out because her paws are stained with oil.
Salt trap
Pour water into a bucket and make a strong salty brine in it. You can hide the liquid by adding sawdust. Their quantity should be such as to completely cover the surface after swelling. Place fragrant bait in the central part. Next, you can organize a bridge from a wooden ruler, or you can leave it without it. The principle of operation of the trap is that a rodent, driven by the desire to eat the bait, steps onto sawdust or a bridge and falls into the salt concentrate. He will no longer be able to get out of it.
Glue trap
In this case, you will need special mouse glue. The consistency is spread on cardboard or something else, and the bait is placed in the center. A mouse caught in glue cannot free itself and dies from dehydration.
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Important! The disadvantage of this method is that the trap is considered disposable. It has to be thrown away along with the dead mouse.
Wooden house
Assembling a wooden house is one of the most labor-intensive ways to catch mice using improvised means. The principle of the device is that a box is assembled that looks like a birdhouse, but with entrances not in the front, but on the sides.
It should consist of two parts: the bait is suspended in the upper one, and the lower one is used as a place for imprisoning mice. To prevent escape as a result of a chewed board, line the inner walls of this area with tin. Between the top and bottom, a bridge is made of two planks with springs holding them in a horizontal position. Under the weight of the rodent, they bend - the animal falls into the lower part. The released board-bridge rises to its original position and is ready to receive the next visitor.
How to make a mousetrap from a plastic bottle
To assemble a trap, you first need an idea. Finding it will not be difficult on the Internet. You also need materials and tools. You must not forget about the bait, otherwise the rodent will not approach the mousetrap.
Model selection
The bottle is only a container where the caught mouse will stay. However, it needs to be modernized so that the animal does not escape from there.
A mouse can even crawl through the neck of a bottle.
Of the many types of mousetraps, the following types are often used:
- The petal trap is considered the simplest. This can be done in a couple of minutes by cutting the back of the bottle into petals. The downside is unreliability. The mouse is able to escape from the mousetrap.
- The falling trap is considered effective. The rodent will not get out of it. However, after catching one mouse, such a mousetrap will have to be recharged.
- The rocking chair is the most effective, but difficult to manufacture mousetrap. The design has worked flawlessly for many years.
Among other options, you can also pay attention to a mousetrap with oil or an electric model, where the rodent instantly dies from an electric shock when hit.
Advice! Mice are quite cunning and resourceful animals. Don't underestimate their skills at getting out of traps.
Tools and materials
The first material you will need is plastic containers. The volume will depend on what kind of mousetrap design is intended to be made. The most commonly used bottles are 1.5 and 2 liters. You may also need tape and wire. You definitely need bait.
The tools are simple: scissors, marker, stationery knife.
High-tech repellents
An ultrasonic or electromagnetic repellent is a device that generates high-frequency sound waves that repel rodents. Repellers are installed in premises occupied by pests, connected to the electrical network and left for 15-20 days.
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The peculiarity of the device is that the rodents do not die, but are moved to another place, since they cannot tolerate prolonged ultrasonic exposure.
- Ultrasonic repellers show excellent results. The operating principle is based on ultrasound radiation, which negatively affects the nervous system of rodents.
- Electromagnetic emitters, generators of alien radiation - it is possible that such devices cope with insects, but they do not help against rodents.
- Combined devices are devices designed to protect premises from pests of various origins. They can operate in the mode of emitting ultrasound or electromagnetic waves. Although they belong to the universal type, they have weak results. Therefore, if you have set yourself the task of driving mice out of your home, purchase only a separate model of an ultrasonic repeller.
Pay attention to a number of factors that can improve or, conversely, reduce the effectiveness of its use. They are as follows:
- Thick walls can reflect the signal into the room, thereby increasing propagation within a single room. The disadvantage is the small coverage area, limited by the size of the room.
- The maximum effect is achieved when repellers are located in open spaces and rooms. In busy passages, rodents will move behind the obstacle, and ultrasound will be scattered between things. Thus, the result will be weak.
- The best place to place the repellent is in the center of the room. The device should emit waves throughout the room, and not in the direction of one point.
- Do not leave food within the reach of mice. If there is an abundance of food, no repeller will help get rid of rodents.
What damage can mice cause?
Even one mouse can cause significant harm, and if several of them sneak into your home, this is an emergency. In addition to the fact that mice cause harm, many housewives are also afraid of them, causing panic in the house or apartment when they accidentally appear. Often these people have high blood pressure due to nervous stress, which can lead to heart attacks.
As a result of the vital activity of mice, you can count on the following consequences:
- Infection with dangerous diseases is possible, since rodents are carriers of dangerous microorganisms.
- The possibility of a fire in a house or apartment as a result of a short circuit due to damage to the insulation of the electrical wiring.
- Damage to food and household property.
- The presence of an unpleasant odor in the home from the results of their vital activity.
Chemicals
Chemicals used to control mice in the home guarantee 100% rodent mortality. The range of products is varied and is divided into several groups:
- Preparations of herbal and synthetic origin with maximum effectiveness of the latter.
- Release form: granular, powdered tablets, liquid, gel, cream. A separate category are aerosol-type substances intended for surface treatment. In this case, the rodent comes into contact with the resulting coating, particles of poison fall on the fur, from where it gets inside the animal (after licking, which we call washing).
- Method of exposure, divided into drugs with immediate and chronic action. In the first, the substance poisons the mouse immediately after entering the body, in the second, it kills within 2-3 days. The point of prolonged exposure is to ensure that animal corpses do not accumulate near the feeder with poisoned bait. In this case, others will avoid her.
- According to penetrating abilities. Here drugs are classified into 3 groups. Fumigants are substances that enter the body through the lungs, intestinal substances are those that must be eaten, and contact substances are those that act through the skin.
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Important! Poisoning mice with chemicals is an effective remedy, but it has one significant drawback: after the rodent has eaten the poison, it crawls away and dies there, in its burrow, under the baseboard, inside the gypsum board partition. In general, where it is quite problematic to get it from.
Get a cat
Another time-tested way to catch mice at home is to get a cat. This method has many advantages:
- Cats, like mice, are very smart animals. And they change their hunting tactics depending on the behavior of mice
- Cats can track mice for a long time
- They smell the appearance of rodents, that is, they are the best watchmen
- Can get an animal from any hiding place
- Nice family members or neighbors
It would be better, of course, if it were a fighting rat-catcher cat.
However, this method also has its drawbacks. Cats are living beings, and by having them even in a garage or store, the owner takes responsibility for them. It is neither ethical nor humane to abandon an animal to its fate when moving. Unfortunately, dozens of volunteers take these orphaned animals in the fall from dacha villages, where they are kept for the summer to catch rodents.
The mice will leave on their own as soon as they smell the cat in the house.
The cat requires care, including veterinary control. Since mice are carriers of fleas, lice and ticks, when hunting, the cat will inevitably receive uninvited guests. Then the insects can settle in the apartment or basement and attack people. Flea bites are very painful. At the same time, through a flea bite, a flea transmits various viruses and infections, as well as worm eggs. In order to avoid such troubles, the cat’s fur should be regularly treated to remove insects, and a flea collar should be put on it.
If mice have settled in the apartment, the mustachioed pet will quickly catch them.
In addition, the animal must be vaccinated. When hunting, a cat bites mice, which means that various diseases are also transmitted through blood. Otherwise, the mouse hunter can cause serious harm by becoming a carrier of diseases such as plague, cholera and others.
A beautiful, well-groomed and vaccinated cat will become the best guard against rodents and a good, reliable friend.
Traditional methods
Folk methods involve a wide range of devices and methods for destroying or removing mouse brood. While we have already looked at homemade traps, we have not yet studied means that can drive away harmful neighbors.
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Peppermint
Peppermint is often used to control mice. This is an accessible, cheap and effective remedy. The aroma of the plant is pleasant to human charm, but intolerable to rodents. The herb can be used in one of 3 ways:
- Place grass in the corners of the room, plant a plant in the local area.
- Brew a strong decoction and spray the areas where mice were spotted.
- Soak rolled cotton balls or disks in the broth and place them in the corners of the room.
Cleanliness is the enemy of the rodent
By keeping the house clean and following the recommendations, you can create conditions that become unbearable for mice to live in and they quickly retreat back home.
- Periodic general cleaning will help to avoid the accumulation of garbage, leftover food in corners, table drawers and other inaccessible places, and therefore rodents will not have the opportunity to profit from anything.
- Products are stored in tightly sealed jars or metal containers with a heavy lid.
- Household and kitchen waste is collected in buckets with lids and removed from the apartment in a timely manner.
- Install grilles on ventilation ducts, seal holes in the floor and baseboards.
A simple mousetrap from a bottle in a few minutes
For your first experience, just try to make a simple trap. It will take a maximum of 5 minutes. Using a knife, cut off the bottom of a bottle with a capacity of 1-1.5 liters. On the side walls from the cut side, draw triangular teeth with a marker. The length is determined individually, which depends on the diameter of the bottle. The teeth are cut out with scissors and bent inside a plastic container. The sharp ends should almost close together, forming a small hole.
The bottom of the plastic container is cut with teeth
A simple mousetrap made from a plastic bottle, assembled with your own hands, works according to the classic trap method. The bait is placed inside the container. The rodent follows its scent and penetrates the bottle. The teeth concave inwards give him the opportunity to do this, but they will not release him in the opposite direction.
Important! The bottle cap must always be closed.
Electric mousetrap from a bottle
The proposed trap option is complex and can be dangerous for domestic animals. The essence of the design is to destroy the rodent with a discharge of electric current.
The materials you need are a piece of galvanized profile used for lathing when installing drywall. The workpiece is cut to a length of 30 cm. The cut neck of a plastic bottle is glued to the outside with a hot gun.
Electrical circuit elements are located inside the profile
For the electrical circuit you will need a 9-volt Krona battery, a Chinese current converter, a small switch from any household appliance and a piece of stranded copper wire. The elements are mounted inside the profile. The wire is connected in series into one circuit, but not yet closed.
The ends of the wire are brought to the contacts of the trap
Unscrew the plug from the neck glued to the profile. Pieces of steel wire are inserted through the drilled holes. These will be contacts. In the initial state they are open. The plug is screwed back on. One of the contacts is made in the shape of a hook. Bait is strung on it, for example, a lard skin or a piece of smoked sausage. Wires of the electrical circuit are connected to the contacts and profile.
To get to the bait, the mouse climbs onto the stand. When a rodent tries to pull the bait, the contacts inside the plug close. Current from the battery is supplied to the converter. Since the mouse simultaneously becomes a voltage conductor between the profile and the contacts, it receives a fatal discharge.
