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Has anyone found a good way to repel mice? I have them in my feed room, even though I’m careful not to give them access to any Feed. Before anyone suggests a cat, I’m on a busy road and also own a terrier who would happily kill a cat (I know, if only she was as efficient with mice!) I can’t put poison down as there is a pair of buzzards near me that visit often and I’m worried about harming them.

The other thing is I can’t do dead bodies :( I could use a humaine trap but I’m not really keen on that either and where do I put them? There’s houses both sides of me who I’m sure wouldn’t want any unwelcome visitors either.
 
meleeka said:
Has anyone found a good way to repel mice? I have them in my feed room, even though I’m careful not to give them access to any Feed. Before anyone suggests a cat, I’m on a busy road and also own a terrier who would happily kill a cat (I know, if only she was as efficient with mice!) I can’t put poison down as there is a pair of buzzards near me that visit often and I’m worried about harming them.

The other thing is I can’t do dead bodies :( I could use a humaine trap but I’m not really keen on that either and where do I put them? There’s houses both sides of me who I’m sure wouldn’t want any unwelcome visitors either.
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There is no answer from the answers you have already given!
 
The sonic repellers do work - but in a house. Not sure how effective it would be in a feed room! Perhaps just make sure everything is sealed in robust plastic boxes. You won't stop the mice but you will at least protect your feed and any other property.
 
Shay said:
The sonic repellers do work - but in a house. Not sure how effective it would be in a feed room! Perhaps just make sure everything is sealed in robust plastic boxes. You won't stop the mice but you will at least protect your feed and any other property.
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I wondered about those. Might be worth a try. There is a plug socket right above the old freezer which is where my feed is. They run under it to escape from the dog.
 
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We stayed in a holiday cottage that had a sonic repeller. Didn't know what it was, and unplugged it half way through the week to use the socket. Went in the kitchen the next day to find mouse poo all over the side, and a draw full of chewed up silver foil! Realised what we'd unplugged, plugged it back in and all disappeared again! So 1) yes they do work, and 2) don't hire a cheap holiday house in the arse end of nowhere!
 
We've had to put the mousetraps out this week as they have been chewing through headcollars etc :( even with three fat farm cats there's dead mice all the time!

No idea what to suggest apart from that just know you are not alone!
 
Peppermint tea bags, I have them in my feed bins and feed box outside my stable and I haven't seen any mice around my feed, but we have a lots of them on the yard. I buy a box when I get feed delivered and throw them on top of the feed once in the bins seems to keep them away. I also have them in my Rug/ tack Box to stop them in there as well.
 
mums the groom said:
Peppermint tea bags, I have them in my feed bins and feed box outside my stable and I haven't seen any mice around my feed, but we have a lots of them on the yard. I buy a box when I get feed delivered and throw them on top of the feed once in the bins seems to keep them away. I also have them in my Rug/ tack Box to stop them in there as well.
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Great idea! We got to the stage of keeping feed in tough rubber bins inside an old chest freezer and they still chewed their way in! Luckily we now have an efficient yard cat but the tea bags sound a good back up solution.

You haven't lived until you try to remove mice from a bin of chaff and the harder you try to catch them the deeper they bury themselves in it.. and then have the audacity to bite you if you do catch them!
 
have you thought of bringing in a trained rat dog, some pest control companies use ratters to clear the yard of mice & rats (usually a terrier of some sort)
 
mums the groom said:
have you thought of bringing in a trained rat dog, some pest control companies use ratters to clear the yard of mice & rats (usually a terrier of some sort)
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My terrier is very good usually. She lives for it but she’s a bit stuck when they hide under the freezer. She’s actually better with rats as they move more slowly I think but has eaten a few mice. That would be my preferred method if she was there all the time. it’s instant and she eats them pretty much whole. If the freezer wasn’t so heavy I could lift it, but it’s very big and old so no chance.

I have ordered some plug in repellers and will try eucalyptus oil and peppermint tea bags as suggested. Fingers crossed something works.
 
Had more luck with snap traps than humane traps when it came to rats. Not nice, but after I kept finding the blighters drowned corpses in the water bucket in the stable, I got desensitised to it pretty quickly. And admittedly there was a bit of fun to be had chasing the other liveries with the dead body on the end of a shovel, as revenge for them being too wussy to empty and reset the traps and leaving me to do it!
 
we seem to have more mice than usual this year - maybe it's a sign of bad winter weather coming our way :( Hadn't heard of the minty teabags thing - will definitely try this as I hate the idea of killing them.
 
Rodents don't seem to like neat Jeyes fluid either
The farmer who delivered some straw to the stables just said, watch out for frosts there is still wheat on the straw, the mice will be in with any frost
One positive point is the old saying, the mice move out when the rats move in
 
Wish we just had mice. Over run with rats this year. Chewing everything and removing all bedding from the stables, no idea why. They have made a hole straight through the kicking boards and are dragging it through. Putting three wheelbarrow full loads back in each week. I am trying to persuade my husband we need a terrier, the cat and labradors are useless.
 
Domirati said:
Wish we just had mice. Over run with rats this year. Chewing everything and removing all bedding from the stables, no idea why. They have made a hole straight through the kicking boards and are dragging it through. Putting three wheelbarrow full loads back in each week. I am trying to persuade my husband we need a terrier, the cat and labradors are useless.
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Not necessarily a good idea. My kick boards have been chewed all along the bottom, like inverted skirting boards! If my terrier smells them and I’m not watching her she’ll jist eat her way to where she thinks they are (by which time they’ve scarpered anyway.)
 
We moved to the country a month ago and have faced a battle with rodents ever since! They are in the attic and I think their are one or two in the utility room. Got a pest control company out but as soon as one lot have been exterminated another lot move in!

Going to give the sonic repeller thingie a go as I can't keep paying out £120 a pop for the pest control guy.

Also, saw a rat in one of the stables which my Jack Russell happily dealt with!
 
The answer is to get over yourself and put down mouse traps. The old fashioned 'little nipper' ones are very good. Put them where your terrier can't get his nose in, (a closed feed room is ideal), and check regularly. Chunky peanut butter is your weapon of choice.

Dead bodies aren't that icky, and mice aren't going extinct any time soon.
 
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