Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Pest control
Hello, has anyone used D&A Pest control successfully? We paid the council to get rid of mice in our house about 2 months ago. It worked, but last night we saw a new mouse. We have tried to seal up our house - it's now about 20% wire wool - but this is the 3rd time we've had them in 8 years and I hate it.
So now I'm looking for someone who will come in and make sure we've got everything sealed and will stop them getting in.
Or do we just need a cat?
Thank you, Julie
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Permalink Reply by ElleCarumba on
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You will never be entirely able to stop them getting in. They can squeeze through incredibly small gaps, climb very well and jump from great heights. There will always be somewhere for them to get in, especially in a Victorian terrace.
All you can do is make it unpleasant and difficult enough for them that they don't settle there and move in. The odd visitor can never be completely stopped. Sorry! Keep your food in jars, don't leave crumbs out for them to snack on....they'll find somewhere better to live.
We had a plague of them a couple of months ago- its a rented flat and sealing up all the holes is not considered essential by our landlord. So we did what we could ourselves and became very strict about clearing up all food debris, keeping everything in jars and baited a variety of traps - snap traps, poison traps etc and left them where we saw them most often. We moved things around in the kitchen so they did not have areas to run and hide behind (like behind the microwave and behind some boxes) and therefore if they enter the room, they are automatically exposed which they don't like and I think this made a quite a big difference. From seeing four in an evening, we're down to seeing one in the last two months. And no droppings.
The war on mice is no time for sentimentality so don't bother with the humane traps. The snap traps kill them outright and we kept the poison in poison traps which only mice can access to protect any other animals. Lido on Green Lanes or Homebase have a large variety to try. I thought about trying the glue traps because we knew what their normal route was but neither sold them and the other traps seem to have done the trick so far. I know we will have another round of the mice war again sooner or later but we seem to have the upper hand at the moment. Have to see how long it lasts.
You could try and persuade your neighbours in the building or terrace to take action as well. Its not possible to get rid of them on your own. They need to seal up their houses, get poison down and be cleaner too ideally.
A cat can help. Depends on the cat really. Some are not that inclined to go mouse hunting even in their own house, others go out and bring some extra ones back to show to you!
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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The Haringey Pest Control man told me the best poison is "Sorexa" which he says you can buy from the chemist. I wondered about leaving it down all the time, but he said the mice would then get in the habit of thinking of my house as a source of food.
I've fought a battle against mice on and off for years, and I don't think you can entirely stop them getting in from house to house, through the roofs and under the floors. I don't like cats enough to own one, unfortunately - my sister's cats regularly bring mice in and "lose" them, not to mention the number of baby birds, ducklings etc they massacre.
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