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Mouse in the shed

suffolk_blondesuffolk_blonde Posts: 52
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How do, been on holiday for a couple of weeks and come back to the shed, Only to find a mouse has taken up residence with out a thought of paying board and lodging  - I've no intention of killing the wee blighter but not terribly keen on more moving in. He had most likely been interested in the bird seed outside the shed. Any advice on how to deter and encourage him/her to move next door?
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    You need to make somewhere else more attractive for him ..... a purpose built rodent Des Res .... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Jules41Jules41 Posts: 178
    Not found one yet! Mine have been in residence in holes in the lawn for the last 7 years and leave little piles of empty sunflower seeds shells by the shed door. I've just accepted them really along with the squirrel, hedgehogs and all the other little creatures. Nature always seems to find its own balance if we let it 🐀🐁
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    Find and block the hole he came in through (sounds easy but may not be) then use one of those cheap 'humane' mouse traps and free him/them outside.  Wilko do one for £6.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I have to put the bird seed in a galvanised dustbin.They chewed through a thick polythene tub.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I have 'one' [ ;)] who frequents the ivy on the back fence, and gains access to the bird feeders there, but I did have one who got stuck in the shed. I found his little dried husk of a corpse in the following spring, along with the bits of chewed landscape fabirc he'dhad for his nest. I was aware he had got into the shed, but he clearly couldn't find a way back out  :(  
    They can do a lot of damage and eat their way through bird food and fleece and everything else in between. I don't find them an issue at all if they stay outside, but heaven help them if they come in the house...
    Sorry David - that wasn't much help , but think Bob has the solution, as long as you can block up the hole[s] which is tricky, as they can get through really tiny spaces.  :/
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    My parents in law have had several mice in their house over the summer, worse than having them in the shed. We used several humane mouse traps and released them in fields a mile or so away. You can get into a debate about the ethics of leaving them be, or "doing something about them". For me, the humane mouse trap is the best thing, as l certainly wouldn't want to kill them.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    With clogs on?
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    Well I declare!
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Where, there...........?
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    .... on the stair!

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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