jenene283 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Member ID: 2,071 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 910 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 6,880 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 21/02/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 26, 2017 Birthday: 28/03/1961 Share Posted August 6, 2008 After reading about the rat problems a few members have had, I thought I would buy some mouse bait just in case. (there was absolutely no evidence of them). There is a new bait out which is a solid block about half an inch wide and a few inches long that you can place out in all sorts of weather. I placed 3 of them in an empty aviary I have spare as that is the only place I have that my dogs cant access them. Not expecting them to bave been touched at all, I was shocked to find 2 of them had dissappeared completely and the other one had been nibbled at. (That was over a period of only 48 hours! ) Imagine how many mice there must be running around my aviary of a night spreading disease Ugh! Makes me sick ! I have put another 3 baits out today - surely there cant be too many more left! Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted August 6, 2008 We would all be in shock if we video'ed our aviaries during the night Link to comment
jenene283 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Member ID: 2,071 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 910 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 6,880 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 21/02/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 26, 2017 Birthday: 28/03/1961 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 I'm just so glad I am nowhere near them at night time. I have a phobia when it comes to mice and frogs. Link to comment
melbournebudgies 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Member ID: 4,233 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 329 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,498 Content Per Day: 0.78 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 28,540 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/04/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 2, 2010 Birthday: 17/12/1982 Share Posted August 6, 2008 I had seen no mice either until I was out today and noticed a little hole in the floor which I dug out and found a nest of baby mice. Needless to say there are eight less baby mice that will be growing to adulthood in my aviary Link to comment
Neat 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Member ID: 3,275 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 321 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,171 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,845 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 27/03/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 25, 2010 Birthday: 22/05/1980 Share Posted August 6, 2008 It's crazy isn't it ... Out of sight BUT NOT OUT OF MIND Link to comment
Boris' Slave 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Member ID: 2,138 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 164 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,481 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,140 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/03/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 12, 2011 Birthday: 10/02/1973 Share Posted August 6, 2008 I found 3 mice (different nights) hiding under my house birds cages on the verandah when I get home from work. Found another good use for a bird cage other than containing birds. 3 less mice around - I could smell them! ewww! I put some bait around my aviaries as one morning my mother found an adult mouse and a baby floating in the birds' water and the birds looked petrified! Thought I'd gotten them all around there. Needless to say the water bowl is now sitting on top of a 3 foot post. Link to comment
maesie 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Member ID: 3,838 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 120 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,386 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,580 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/11/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 27, 2013 Birthday: 20/04/1979 Share Posted August 6, 2008 What a surprise. You can usually smell them, especially when they pee everywhere. I hope you kill the last of them Jenene! Link to comment
jenene283 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Member ID: 2,071 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 910 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 6,880 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 21/02/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 26, 2017 Birthday: 28/03/1961 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 I havent smelt them at all! It scares me that 2 of the blocks actually disappeared - not just chewed away gradually- its like the mice (or rats) picked the blocks up and carried them away! Link to comment
melbournebudgies 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Member ID: 4,233 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 329 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,498 Content Per Day: 0.78 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 28,540 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/04/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 2, 2010 Birthday: 17/12/1982 Share Posted August 6, 2008 If they are rats they may well have carried them away, my pet ones used to hoard food if they were given treats. Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2008 good luck in getting rid of your visitors Link to comment
jenene283 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Member ID: 2,071 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 910 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 6,880 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 21/02/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 26, 2017 Birthday: 28/03/1961 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 If they are rats they may well have carried them away, my pet ones used to hoard food if they were given treats. Well that totally freaks me out! The only good thing about this is that they should now be dead! Sorry melbournebudgies if I have offended you but I cannot stand them! Link to comment
jenene283 0 Posted August 8, 2008 Member ID: 2,071 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 910 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 6,880 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 21/02/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 26, 2017 Birthday: 28/03/1961 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 (edited) More evidence of the little buggers! The baits have been chewed at and there was a dead mouse in the Major Mitchells aviary - I had to scoop it up with a dustpan and brush, glad no one was watching! Can you imagine someone with a phobia of mice trying not to look and trying to sweep it onto the dustpan? There cant be too many more left surely?? Edited August 8, 2008 by jenene283 Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted August 8, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted August 8, 2008 There cant be too many more left surely?? Where there's one there is many Link to comment
jenene283 0 Posted August 8, 2008 Member ID: 2,071 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 910 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 6,880 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 21/02/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 26, 2017 Birthday: 28/03/1961 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 There cant be too many more left surely?? Where there's one there is many :sad: Link to comment
Neat 0 Posted August 8, 2008 Member ID: 3,275 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 321 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,171 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,845 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 27/03/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 25, 2010 Birthday: 22/05/1980 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Jenene, make sure that you cleaned the bottom of that avairy too , as birds can easly peck and eat the mice / rat poo Link to comment
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