Dead horse in stable/ Rat in wall floor space

[Mr Mackay]

Where's the dead horse??

 

[organicguy]

When we have had mice in the house we have successfully poisoned them in adjacent out buildings.

 

[cb387]

Had a mouse die wedged between heating pipe and floor joist. That smelt a bit, floorboards up, found the bugger eventually.

Recently had a scratching sound above the bedroom. I thought it was mice again but turned out to be wasps moving about against the plasterboard.

If you have a cavity would a small camera help. Only needs small hole drilled for access.

 

[Kevm]

It’s the only way to be certain

 

[HolzKopf]

I think put some poison in, perhaps where there is a cavity or some other gap close to where the noises are. I agree that 4 or 5 days smell even if near a heating pipe is often simpler than digging. You'll soon know if the bait starts to diminish

 

[7610 super q]

 

[Pan mixer]

Mice seem to wear hobnail boots when they are in the house, they make a lot of noise.

Rats aren't so noisy in my opinion, they slide a lot more.

Poisoned mice smell for 1 week exactly or perhaps it takes that long for my nose to get used to it.

Unlikely to be rats, mice get in a hole that you can only just get a pencil in. They love the insulation on wires of course.

Don't ask me how I know all of this.

 

[solo]

Been a while since i heard that phrase. One for @neilo. Happy days.

 

[snarling bee]

Sticky pads work well in grainstores and lofts. I would only use them for 3 weeks then remove them and replace with traps. I've not had the pleasure of mice between floors or cavity walls luckily.

 

[Whitewalker]

Drill a hole above the noise and feed in poison.

 

[Oliveau]

Had a rat problem in a new house and it turned out that they had chewed through the plastic vents In the wall. Replaced with metal ones!

 

[Rod Dumbreck]

Bit of a spin off from the famous dead horse in stable thread.
we have some sort of vermin in the house floor and wall space that is active at night suspect it may be a rat. It is contained in that area at the moment but sounds like it’s trying to scrape/ chew it’s way out newish house 10 years old no access in at all at ground level been round the whole house many times. Been in attic no signs in there, how can the bugger access the cavity wall and how can I catch and kill the bloody thing ideally don’t want to put any poison down as don’t want him to die in the house!!

If there are overhanging trees, or wires at eves level then possibly squirrels.

 

[jamj]

We had mice in ceiling. I removed a sunken light and put a trap up with a string attached.
Replaced light with string hanging down a bit so that I could get trap out again.
Caught one and the other disappeared.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Wondered wether it was coming in and out somehow, surely mice wouldn’t survive without water either though would they

daughter used to be a pest controller, and I remember her talking about making sure there isn't a source of water for the rats

 

[Exfarmer]

If there are overhanging trees, or wires at eves level then possibly squirrels.

I was going to mention squirrels had them regularly when in the old farmhouse. got in through eves and chew everything in sight
Another thing can be dormice and they are as bad

 

[Agriimark]

So we still have no outcome to the deadhorse saga as for your problem im with the burn the house down and claim on insurance idea

 

[ollie989898]

Can I ask how the heck mice get into house lofts in the first place?? Climb vertical walls??

I use those plastic nipper traps from Amazon, the spring in them is evil. Bait with nutella. Bang.

 

[Chae1]

Don't poison them! Remember dad lifting carpets and floor boards when we were kids to get rid of smell of dead one.

If rats get started there hard to stop. We had them chew through pipe for dishwasher for water. Dad concreted up holes where they were getting in and they dug it out! Next time he mixed broken glass in with cement. That slowed them up.

 

[Paddington]

Heard of rats chewing through staddle stones under a henhouse, sort of jaws with paws.

 

[Mr Mackay]

Have you ever seen a mouse go under the bottom of a door?? they only need a couple of mm !!
I coincidentally have just caught my 5th mouse in a month with a Little Nipper in the old pantry !
He was after my sweet potatoes