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.
How to get rid of mice using folk remedies
To combat uninvited guests, you can also use folk remedies. This method repels rodents.
But with mass population they are often ineffective.
- Mint. Soak cotton pads in the extract of this herb. Place them in habitats. You can replace the extract with fresh herbs, but then you need to change it daily.
- Ash. Sprinkle the substance generously in the corners. As they run, ash particles will fall on the paws of the mice. When cleaning the fur, the rodent will lick it, which will cause inflammation of the oral cavity and digestive organs.
- Sagebrush. Dry the grass. Set it on fire and extinguish it slightly so that smoke comes out. Fumigate all the rooms so that the pungent odor spreads into all the cracks. Repeat the procedure for 3-5 days. Place fresh wormwood in the corners, replacing daily.
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.
Trap in action Source cdn.fishki.net
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.
Trap with false lid Source i5.otzovik.com
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.
Glue trap for rodents Source i5.otzovik.com
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.
What danger do mice pose to the farm?
Small pests can cause great and irreparable damage to a person’s home, supplies and health. Actively breeding and eating everything, they can bring a lot of problems and inconveniences.
What harm do mice cause?
- They eat food , and those that are not completely destroyed simply spoil. Wool, skin particles and rodent excrement found in food products can cause an outbreak of allergic reactions, intestinal infections, poisoning and exacerbation of various diseases.
- They carry fleas that carry infections dangerous to humans. They carry viruses and diseases that cause typhoid, plague, cholera and severe poisoning.
- They chew through wiring , which can cause a fire. In a house where mice live, there is a persistent, characteristic odor.
- They damage the walls by gnawing holes and passages in them, taking out insulation and insulating material. Damage textiles and clothing.
Mice and other rodents cause irreparable damage to the household
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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Ultrasonic rodent repeller Source carcam.ru
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.
Types of pest mice
Most often, garden plots, cottages, country houses and estates can be attacked by one or several species of small rodents. Each type of these pests has its own characteristics and preferences for food and conditions.
House mouse
This pest does not necessarily have to live in houses . It causes harm everywhere: in the garden, in the house, basements and cellars. The ordinary house mouse does not tolerate high humidity and drought, and is sensitive to low temperatures. In the summer, she most often “manages” the site, and with the arrival of cold weather she moves closer to the shelter.
The rodent's diet consists of seeds and insects , but in the house it will happily feast on bulk foods, fruits, vegetables, textiles, paper, furniture, insulation, plastic, insulation and even candles. The house mouse, having found a suitable place, begins to actively reproduce, which makes it very difficult to fight it.
In a year, one mouse can give birth to 10-12 litters, up to 12 pups in each
Vole mouse
There are many varieties of the vole mouse . This representative of the Khomyakov family is distinguished by its gluttony and habit of stockpiling. In dachas and garden plots you can usually find the common vole, which lives in wooded areas and forest-steppe.
The vole's diet is very varied; it will not have to go hungry in the garden. She will happily eat bulbs, succulent rhizomes, seeds, shoots, bark and tubers of any plants. Lives in numerous colonies, which destroy supplies left in the cellar .
Voles are quite popular in our latitudes.
Shrew
The appearance of this rodent is almost no different from an ordinary mouse , with one exception - the shrew's muzzle is more elongated, and its nose is transformed into some kind of proboscis. This representative of the shrew family is more similar in activity to a mole.
Despite the fact that the shrew is carnivorous and eats various larvae and harmful insects, it causes irreparable damage to the crop. In search of food, this small gray rodent is capable of digging up the entire garden and depriving plants of soil and nutrition, thereby ruining them.
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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Gel remedy against mice and rats Source vrediteli24.ru
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.
Why do mice appear in the house?
Mice poison the lives of the inhabitants of the house. When gray thieves first appear, it is necessary to take urgent measures to remove mice from the house before the number in the room increases. Long-tailed pests appear both in private homes and in multi-storey buildings.
The following factors increase the likelihood of a rodent infestation:
- Cluttered basements and old collapsed outbuildings are places where mice accumulate. The animals establish uninhabited territories and live there in large families.
- Rubbish heaps and uncollected landfills provide feeding grounds for rats and mice. When piles of garbage rise near residential buildings, rodents run to the warm, cozy walls of a residential building.
- Grocery stores are a tempting bait for gray animals. Cheeses, sausages and cereals attract mice to settle in secluded corners of retail premises. Rodents get into residential apartments if the premises are located on top or to the side of a shopping center.
- Pests can enter your home through transportation. For example, when receiving a set of new furniture. Mice hide in cardboard packaging and crawl out when assembling parts.
- Violation of sanitary standards leads to the appearance of mice. Scraps left on the table or garbage not taken out emit an odor that attracts rodents.
Interesting! Once in residential buildings, mice feed on any food that they come across on the way. Mice chew matches, soap, candles... along with food.
The main reasons for the appearance of mice in homes and how to get them out read more in the article here.
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.
A mint solution is effective in controlling rodents Source stroy-podskazka.ru
Coriander (cilantro) against mice Source autogear.ru
Yellow tansy flowers Source parazitdoma.ru
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.
Ultrasonic repellers
Ultrasonic rodent repellers It is possible to remove mice from the apartment with the help of modern repellent devices.
The action of repellers is based on the production of ultrasonic signals that mice do not like, causing them to run away from the sound source. Moreover, such an ultrasonic signal is completely inaudible to humans; it acts exclusively on small animals. The most popular device is the Electronic Cat, designed for an area of up to 200 square meters. m. For larger rooms, Grad or Pest Reject repellers will provide reliable protection against mice.
Deratization services
If you cannot remove rodents from the apartment on your own, then if you have enough finances, it is recommended to call a special service dedicated to exterminating mice in the apartment. By spraying toxic substances, pests are poisoned indoors. Sanitary and epidemiological services (SES) exist not only in Moscow, but also in all cities and towns of Russia.
Having studied the above methods of controlling rodents, any owner will know what to do if there is a mouse in the apartment, and what methods can be used to get rid of it. In order to prevent their appearance in the apartment, you should follow simple rules for maintaining cleanliness and order in the room, storing food in inaccessible places and timely sealing of all holes in the walls and floors.
