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| Dark Jewel |
We have discovered mice in our house. I don't want the ferrets to get
bit by or try to kill theise mice, because I have no idea what the
mice are carrying. Any ideas how to get rid of them?
Dark Jewel with Pixi and Dixi
There is no such thing as a spoiled Ferret,
just varying degrees of neglect.
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| Dark Jewel |
forgot to add that my brother wants to use decon.
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:49:30 -0700, Dark Jewel
<DarkJewel_with_Pixi_and_Dixi@yahoo.com> wrote:
>We have discovered mice in our house. I don't want the ferrets to get
>bit by or try to kill theise mice, because I have no idea what the
>mice are carrying. Any ideas how to get rid of them?
>
>Dark Jewel with Pixi and Dixi
>There is no such thing as a spoiled Ferret,
>just varying degrees of neglect.
>http://members.cox.net/darkjewel/
>http://members.cox.net/wuzzlewonders/
Dark Jewel with Pixi and Dixi
There is no such thing as a spoiled Ferret,
just varying degrees of neglect.
http://members.cox.net/darkjewel/
http://members.cox.net/wuzzlewonders/
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| ZPL |
The Decon might be your best bet. But, keep a good lookout in cabinets and
such for dead or dying ones. May be best to place the bait in the attic (or
basement), the garage, and under the house.
You can try traps, but I found that you just can't keep up with the
population once it gets started.
"Dark Jewel" <DarkJewel_with_Pixi_and_Dixi@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> forgot to add that my brother wants to use decon.
>
> On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:49:30 -0700, Dark Jewel
> <DarkJewel_with_Pixi_and_Dixi@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >We have discovered mice in our house. I don't want the ferrets to get
> >bit by or try to kill theise mice, because I have no idea what the
> >mice are carrying. Any ideas how to get rid of them?
> >
> >Dark Jewel with Pixi and Dixi
> >There is no such thing as a spoiled Ferret,
> >just varying degrees of neglect.
> >http://members.cox.net/darkjewel/
> >http://members.cox.net/wuzzlewonders/
>
>
> Dark Jewel with Pixi and Dixi
> There is no such thing as a spoiled Ferret,
> just varying degrees of neglect.
> http://members.cox.net/darkjewel/
> http://members.cox.net/wuzzlewonders/
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| B. Smith |
"Dark Jewel" wrote:
>
> >We have discovered mice in our house. I don't want the ferrets to get
> >bit by or try to kill theise mice, because I have no idea what the
> >mice are carrying. Any ideas how to get rid of them?
> forgot to add that my brother wants to use decon.
I've had some problems with this. First off, do NOT use D-con or other
poison. If a ferret were to come across a poisoned mouse and eat it, the
ferret would be poisoned too. To begin with, see if you can find out where
they're getting in and fill those places in. Then make sure that life isn't
too easy on mice in your house. Put ALL accessible food items in plastic,
airtight boxes (including flour , sugar, and rice) or in the fridge. This
absolutely includes pet foods. Make sure that trash doesn't stay too long
in your can (I bought a half-sized trash can for this), mice aren't picky.
If you have a rice box for your ferrets, keep it covered tightly when not in
use or get rid of it. Also, if you are a pack rat (forgive the pun!),
either get rid of the paper stuff or store it in plastic boxes too (if you
couldn't tell, I own enough plastic storage boxes to build a condo out of!)
so that they don't have nesting material. I even found them getting into my
quilting fabrics(little buggers!). Clean, clean, clean, even if your place
is already clean.
That will make your house less desirable to mice, but you still need to do
more. Like it or not, you've got to trap the mice that are already in the
house before they breed and get out of control (I looked up their breeding
rate once, but after I fainted from the shock, I forgot how fast they breed-
it's fast though!). I've used snap traps, which are very effective, but a
snap trap can also seriously harm a ferret. I got a wonderful snap trap at
Lowe's that is made of plastic and won't take your fingers off when you set
it, and it's reusable, unlike the wooden ones that tend to warp. I've also
used glue traps (against my will), which I think are horrid and terribly
inhumane, but seemed to be somewhat effective. I've also gotten live traps
(catch and release). None of them were completely effective on their own,
but a combination of all three netted amazing results around here.
Another thing.... We travel frequently, and it helped to make sure that
there was absolutely no food or water available in our absence. More than
once, we've come home from a weekend trip to find dead or dazed mice laying
in random places. Also, peanut butter makes a very good bait! The biggest
challenge I've faced in the Battle of the Mice has been trying to keep them
out of the ferret food and water. Since the ferrets require a permanent
supply, that means the mice will have one too. The mice can fit between the
cage bars, which makes it nigh impossible. I caught several by removing the
ferrets, the water, and the food from the cage and replacing them with
baited snap traps. But that requires you to be a bit of a night owl since
the mice are most active at night. It also requires the ferrets to camp
out in their travel cage in the living room, which they didn't appreciate,
being free roam kinda gals.
I hope that something I've written will help you, I know how frustrating it
is to be invaded by mice. I live in a very rural area with farms and fields
all around me (nearest neighbors are barely in "yellin'" distance), so I
expect to find uninvited guests in my home occasionally. Heck, I found that
mice in the house aren't even so bad compared to flying squirrels! I didn't
even know there were flying squirrels out here until I had one in my living
room. Oh, and in case you ever need to know, the best method I found of
convincing one to leave consists of sweeping at it with a broom (preferably
in the general direction of an open door) while squealing like a schoolgirl.
You might be able to leave the squealing part out- I couldn't! ;-).
B. Smith and her frivolous foursome, in what my niece dubbed "the critter
house" :-)
Sunshine, Gator, Ipo, and Niho :-)
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| steve robinson |
"ZPL" <ZPL@cox.net> wrote in message news:_C%Hb.1817$zf.1782@okepread05...
> The Decon might be your best bet. But, keep a good lookout in cabinets
and
> such for dead or dying ones. May be best to place the bait in the attic
(or
> basement), the garage, and under the house.
>
> You can try traps, but I found that you just can't keep up with the
> population once it gets started.
>
> "Dark Jewel" <DarkJewel_with_Pixi_and_Dixi@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:b1u0vvkrmrjncfogg0c4t0hbn5rltolo0b@4ax.com...
> > forgot to add that my brother wants to use decon.
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:49:30 -0700, Dark Jewel
> > <DarkJewel_with_Pixi_and_Dixi@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > >We have discovered mice in our house. I don't want the ferrets to get
> > >bit by or try to kill theise mice, because I have no idea what the
> > >mice are carrying. Any ideas how to get rid of them?
> > >
> > >Dark Jewel with Pixi and Dixi
> > >There is no such thing as a spoiled Ferret,
> > >just varying degrees of neglect.
> > >http://members.cox.net/darkjewel/
> > >http://members.cox.net/wuzzlewonders/
> >
> >
> > Dark Jewel with Pixi and Dixi
> > There is no such thing as a spoiled Ferret,
> > just varying degrees of neglect.
> > http://members.cox.net/darkjewel/
> > http://members.cox.net/wuzzlewonders/our
> i don't think a mouse is going do much damage to your ferret unless of
cause its a hippopotamuses
give your fuzzies a treat let them kill them and eat them
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| oldmolly |
"steve robinson" <steve@nospamcolevalleyinteriors.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > i don't think a mouse is going do much damage to your ferret unless of
> cause its a hippopotamuses
>
> give your fuzzies a treat let them kill them and eat them
>
>
I think perhaps American ferrets are perhaps scared of mice, or lack any
instinct to kill them and certainly wouldn't kill them. In fact they are
unlike any ferrets I know of.
If I had mice in the house, you can be sure my ferrets would have a little
fun, some fresh meat, and hey presto, no more meeses.
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| Tom Jones |
Well, at least one of ours (Boris) ISN'T afraid of mice. Assuming, of
course, that hamsters are like mice. A while back, one of my wife's
hamsters escaped his cage without our notice. While the furkids were out
for playtime, we spotted Boris with the aformentioned hamster in his mouth,
running for the bedroom as if to place his newfound treasure in a hidyhole.
The hamster seemed ok when we recovered him, but died later that night. I
assume that he must have suffered some internal injuries from Boris' idea of
play, as there was no blood.
Gadget, Little Penny, Boris & Natasha.
db
"oldmolly" <oldmolly1@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> "steve robinson" <steve@nospamcolevalleyinteriors.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:Qb1Ib.1198$sK2.415@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >
> > > i don't think a mouse is going do much damage to your ferret unless
of
> > cause its a hippopotamuses
> >
> > give your fuzzies a treat let them kill them and eat them
> >
> >
> I think perhaps American ferrets are perhaps scared of mice, or lack any
> instinct to kill them and certainly wouldn't kill them. In fact they are
> unlike any ferrets I know of.
> If I had mice in the house, you can be sure my ferrets would have a
little
> fun, some fresh meat, and hey presto, no more meeses.
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| Melissa Smith |
> I think perhaps American ferrets are perhaps scared of mice, or lack any
> instinct to kill them and certainly wouldn't kill them. In fact they are
> unlike any ferrets I know of.
> If I had mice in the house, you can be sure my ferrets would have a
little
> fun, some fresh meat, and hey presto, no more meeses.
Ours would happily eat mice, but there's concerns here about particular
mouse-driven deseases from ticks in this area so they're not allowed near
any.
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| ZPL |
My ferrets did chase a few, but only caught the older slower ones. No
eating. Seemed like the ferrets were able to pick out likely successes, and
didn't bother with young healthy mice. I'd watch one or two line up in the
fireplace grate just waiting for Sherman to finish eating so they could pick
up the crumbs. They also learned the ferrets' schedule, and really only
came out during sleep time.
"oldmolly" <oldmolly1@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> "steve robinson" <steve@nospamcolevalleyinteriors.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:Qb1Ib.1198$sK2.415@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >
> > > i don't think a mouse is going do much damage to your ferret unless
of
> > cause its a hippopotamuses
> >
> > give your fuzzies a treat let them kill them and eat them
> >
> >
> I think perhaps American ferrets are perhaps scared of mice, or lack any
> instinct to kill them and certainly wouldn't kill them. In fact they are
> unlike any ferrets I know of.
> If I had mice in the house, you can be sure my ferrets would have a
little
> fun, some fresh meat, and hey presto, no more meeses.
>
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| Princebilly1 |
Are you kidding or do you know that old cowboy "Tex Piss"
You have the best mouse traps in the world with damn big fangs and a mouse
wont get chance to bite the bloody ferret
let them out and have fun
Steve
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| ZPL |
Nice to see you back! Did you get all moved in?
I have free roamers. The mouse population got out of hand last year.
Either the ferrets could not get to them, or they were not interested. The
ferrets did keep them out of most of the kitchen. The few that did go there
couldn't reach the dog bowls. But, I got tired of listening to mouse
parties on the walls.
"Princebilly1" <princebilly1@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Are you kidding or do you know that old cowboy "Tex Piss"
>
> You have the best mouse traps in the world with damn big fangs and a
mouse
> wont get chance to bite the bloody ferret
>
> let them out and have fun
>
> Steve
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| Princebilly1 |
Hiya ZP, yes i did get moved in. We are still in Yorkshire but about 50 miles
from where we were.
Much bigger house and better built.Suprisingley cheap the further you spread
out into the county compared with big cities. Just need fresh rabbitting land
now which is a priority.
We keep getting wronged off the locals for calling it a village as they say its
a town but it is so small.
Hows you and yours ?
regards
Steve
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| ZPL |
We are all doing well. Should be bringing another dog pup into the house
about the end of April or early May - a boerboel, probably male. I have the
BM, but she just doesn't do well in the heat at all. So before she gets too
much older, I wanted her to be able to teach the next dog about work.
How far are you commuting now? A different world as far as prices and
people? Are you unpacked?
If you were looking for rabbit areas around here, I would say you need to
get up early and meet the oldsters at the local coffee shop or cafe for
coffee (about 0500 or 0530). That's where you meet the old guys that can
tell you about rabbits, saddles, and politics. There's usually one place in
town where they meet before they start their day even on Saturday. I guess
you can't put up a card at the feed store that reads: "Poacher in need of
game".
"Princebilly1" <princebilly1@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Hiya ZP, yes i did get moved in. We are still in Yorkshire but about 50
miles
> from where we were.
>
> Much bigger house and better built.Suprisingley cheap the further you
spread
> out into the county compared with big cities. Just need fresh rabbitting
land
> now which is a priority.
>
> We keep getting wronged off the locals for calling it a village as they
say its
> a town but it is so small.
>
> Hows you and yours ?
>
> regards
>
> Steve
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| Princebilly1 |
"Poacher in need of
game".
PMSL
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| swamp |
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 13:19:29 -0600, "ZPL" <ZPL@cox.net> wrote:
>There's usually one place in
>town where they meet before they start their day even on Saturday. I guess
>you can't put up a card at the feed store that reads: "Poacher in need of
>game".
I don't know... Put a little spin on it and you might have something:
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