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Something has eaten the plastic lid of my slug pellets
JaneD8
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I have just gone to my garden shed and found that the lid of my slug pellet container has been eaten by something with very small teeth - most probably a mouse. It has made a complete circle all the way round and then a bigger hole to get in. This has happened in the last few weeks since I last used the pellets. There is no sign of droppings or indeed a dead mouse. Has anyone else had this?
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I've had mice seemingly living on a diet of carrier bags and washing up tablets - they seem to be quite hardy! Perhaps if you've no droppings once it got into the container it decided it wasn't all that keen and moved on?
Thank you Clarington, how strange, but at least I am not alone!
I found a dead rat in my garden a few days ago. When I went into my garage yesterday, I found that it had gnawed at the bottom of the wooden door to gain entry and then proceeded to chew it's way into a plastic container of rat poison before devouring the lot, including all of the small plastic packets within!
Quite a spectacular own goal really!
Bob - did it gladden your heart? ...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The mice under the kitchen sink chewed into an unopened packet of mouse poison, and then died in a spectacularly smelly fashion.
Thank you very much for all your comments, much appreciated.
Just gone out and found the new lid that I put on yesterday has been eaten in exactly the same way!!! The pellets are the wildlife-friendly ones so presumably not doing the mouse any harm but this is taking the proverbial! Husband is talking about motion-sensor cameras…I am now going to keep my pellets elsewhere!
Good idea Jane! Metal containers like biscuit/sweet tins should be rodent-proof too, but I wouldn't put it past a determined one..
FG: I wouldn't put it exactly that way but rats are a menace in my garden - stables are only metres away and I think they are the main 'holding tank'. It's either stop feeding the birds or continue to poison the rats, so any 'Darwin awards' they win themselves are a definite bonus! I do worry about catching Lyme disease from their ticks, too.
Thank you all for your contributions to this, lesson learnt!
I sometimes use the wildlife friendly slug pellets, but these days they disappear overnight - far faster than the slugs could get them. I had put it down to mice (we have lots in the garden, although thankfully very few in the house now) - this makes me think i was right. Do mice like ferric phosphate ??