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| Sheila |
Hi,
Came downstairs the other night to watch TV, just after midnight, too hot to
sleep, and after about 10 minutes, the birds started to go crazy, flapping,
flying in their cage, I though it was just a bit of a night fright, went
over, lifted their cover ( I know, its just a thing we always have done),
and there on the bottom of their cage was a fieldmouse. I don't know who was
the scardest, me or the birds, anyway, by the time I had decided to unclip
the cage, and move the top half to a table, to isolate the mouse, the damn
thing had started to climb the cage, and ended up on the roof, by this time
I was beginning to panic a little, but then the little thing just vanished,
between the bars. That night, they slept in my bedroom! Now, I have put a
humane trap down in the living room, nothing been caught today
(unsurprisingly) but I will take them upstairs again tonight. I don't want
to make a habit of this, as we live in a rural place, and we do have
fieldmice outside (now inside ! ) I have had mice previously, and humanely
trapped them, until I decided to...shhhhh kill them..... I cant go back to
that method as it was too distressing. The only solution I can think of is
to still keep the humane trap, and somehow put their cover under the cage to
prevent Mr Mouse from entering (except by teeth), but do you think it will
be too hot for the birds. It is a cotton tablecloth we use, in a very large
cage, 2 birds kept. Poppin and Pippin said please solve the problem, the
noise from our snoring is becoming unbearable!
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| Toucanldy |
>From: "Sheila" sheilaformby@hotmail.com
>Hi,
>
>Came downstairs the other night to watch TV, just after midnight, too hot to
>sleep, and after about 10 minutes, the birds started to go crazy, flapping,
>flying in their cage, I though it was just a bit of a night fright, went
>over, lifted their cover ( I know, its just a thing we always have done),
>and there on the bottom of their cage was a fieldmouse.
A couple of things to try. Remove food at night. Cover cage with PetScreen.
http://www.phifer.com/petscreen.htm
Regards
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| Wendy Darling |
Hmmm, you could remove the food, true, but what about the all the seeds
fallen to the bottom of the cage, which I assume would be just as tasty?
Unless those are gone too, I assume mouse will go for that too.
Wendy
"Toucanldy" <toucanldy@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> >From: "Sheila" sheilaformby@hotmail.com
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >Came downstairs the other night to watch TV, just after midnight, too hot
to
> >sleep, and after about 10 minutes, the birds started to go crazy,
flapping,
> >flying in their cage, I though it was just a bit of a night fright, went
> >over, lifted their cover ( I know, its just a thing we always have done),
> >and there on the bottom of their cage was a fieldmouse.
>
> A couple of things to try. Remove food at night. Cover cage with
PetScreen.
> http://www.phifer.com/petscreen.htm
>
> Regards
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| Louis Boyd |
I'm a bit surprised no one has suggested removing the mice.
Repair the holes in the house where the mice get in, then set mouse
traps. This isn't rocket science. I found a squirrel in my CAG's cage
a few years ago. It had chewed through the dryer's plastic exhaust
hose. The next day the dryer had a metal hose. End of problem.
--
Lou Boyd
Wendy Darling wrote:
> Hmmm, you could remove the food, true, but what about the all the seeds
> fallen to the bottom of the cage, which I assume would be just as tasty?
> Unless those are gone too, I assume mouse will go for that too.
>
> Wendy
>
> "Toucanldy" <toucanldy@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20030816200442.21900.00000108@mb-m17.aol.com...
>
>>>From: "Sheila" sheilaformby@hotmail.com
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Came downstairs the other night to watch TV, just after midnight, too hot
>
> to
>
>>>sleep, and after about 10 minutes, the birds started to go crazy,
>
> flapping,
>
>>>flying in their cage, I though it was just a bit of a night fright, went
>>>over, lifted their cover ( I know, its just a thing we always have done),
>>>and there on the bottom of their cage was a fieldmouse.
>>
>>A couple of things to try. Remove food at night. Cover cage with
>
> PetScreen.
>
>>http://www.phifer.com/petscreen.htm
>>
>>Regards
>
>
>
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| Sheila |
"Louis Boyd" <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> wrote in message
news:bho20j$lqg$1@oasis.ccit.arizona.edu...
> I'm a bit surprised no one has suggested removing the mice.
> Repair the holes in the house where the mice get in, then set mouse
> traps. This isn't rocket science. I found a squirrel in my CAG's cage
> a few years ago. It had chewed through the dryer's plastic exhaust
> hose. The next day the dryer had a metal hose. End of problem.
> --
> Lou Boyd
>
> Wendy Darling wrote:
> > Hmmm, you could remove the food, true, but what about the all the seeds
> > fallen to the bottom of the cage, which I assume would be just as tasty?
> > Unless those are gone too, I assume mouse will go for that too.
> >
> > Wendy
> >
> > "Toucanldy" <toucanldy@aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:20030816200442.21900.00000108@mb-m17.aol.com...
> >
> >>A couple of things to try. Remove food at night. Cover cage with
> >
> > PetScreen.
> >
> >>http://www.phifer.com/petscreen.htm
> >>
> >>Regards
Thanks for all ideas, we will remove all food, and keep bottom of cage
clear, will take a look at petscreen I would imagine making the house mouse
proof will be nigh on impossible, we are going to get all the air bricks
screened, as we think they are coming in there, we live in a semi, so unless
next door does the same, we might still have the same problem. I would never
have dreamed a mouse could get into a budgie cage.
Sheila.
> >
> >
> >
>
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| Louis Boyd |
Sheila wrote:
> Thanks for all ideas, we will remove all food, and keep bottom of cage
> clear, will take a look at petscreen I would imagine making the house mouse
> proof will be nigh on impossible, we are going to get all the air bricks
> screened, as we think they are coming in there, we live in a semi, so unless
> next door does the same, we might still have the same problem. I would never
> have dreamed a mouse could get into a budgie cage.
>
For a rodent proof hole plug use course stainless steel wool. You can
inject foam insulation into it if you want it air-tight too. Nothing
will chew through it but it's not difficult to remove if thats ever
required.
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| Morgans |
"Sheila" <sheilaformby@hotmail.com> wrote I would never
> have dreamed a mouse could get into a budgie cage.
>
> Sheila.
A mouse can easily squeeze through a 3/8" crack.
--
Jim in NC--
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| Toucanldy |
>From: "Sheila" sheilaformby@hotmail.com
>Thanks for all ideas, we will remove all food, and keep bottom of cage
>clear, will take a look at petscreen
I was thinking that you could make a removable cage out of the petscreen, that
you could place over your other cage at night. You would need a frame to hold
it in place.
Regards
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| Sheila |
"Morgans" <doitonyhegroup@evryone.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Sheila" <sheilaformby@hotmail.com> wrote I would never
> > have dreamed a mouse could get into a budgie cage.
> >
> > Sheila.
>
> A mouse can easily squeeze through a 3/8" crack.
> --
> Jim in NC--
> EEEEEEEEEEEEEE...........looking for a chair to stand on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
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| Sheila |
>
> I was thinking that you could make a removable cage out of the petscreen,
that
> you could place over your other cage at night. You would need a frame to
hold
> it in place.
>
> Regards
yes, thats a good idea, like putting a cover over a cake! looking back, it
was quite funny, I'm sure Poppin would have had a go, she was definately
threatening towards it, you know the noise in the throat that warns you not
to do what you are doing!
S
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| oldmolly |
"Sheila" <sheilaformby@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Came downstairs the other night to watch TV, just after midnight, too hot
to
> sleep, and after about 10 minutes, the birds started to go crazy,
flapping,
> flying in their cage, I though it was just a bit of a night fright, went
> over, lifted their cover ( I know, its just a thing we always have done),
> and there on the bottom of their cage was a fieldmouse. I don't know who
was
> the scardest, me or the birds, anyway, by the time I had decided to unclip
> the cage, and move the top half to a table, to isolate the mouse, the damn
> thing had started to climb the cage, and ended up on the roof, by this
time
> I was beginning to panic a little, but then the little thing just
vanished,
> between the bars. That night, they slept in my bedroom! Now, I have put
a
> humane trap down in the living room, nothing been caught today
> (unsurprisingly) but I will take them upstairs again tonight. I don't want
> to make a habit of this, as we live in a rural place, and we do have
> fieldmice outside (now inside ! ) I have had mice previously, and
humanely
> trapped them, until I decided to...shhhhh kill them..... I cant go back
to
> that method as it was too distressing. The only solution I can think of
is
> to still keep the humane trap, and somehow put their cover under the cage
to
> prevent Mr Mouse from entering (except by teeth), but do you think it will
> be too hot for the birds. It is a cotton tablecloth we use, in a very
large
> cage, 2 birds kept. Poppin and Pippin said please solve the problem, the
> noise from our snoring is becoming unbearable!
>
>
Mice are vermin, they pee as they walk and contaminate any food, perches
etc that they walk on and can cause illness or disease and death in your
birds. Don't be squeamish, put down breakneck traps and get rid of them. If
you use humane traps and throw the mice out, they will only come indoors
again.
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| oldmolly |
"Louis Boyd" <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> wrote in message
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> Sheila wrote:
>
> > Thanks for all ideas, we will remove all food, and keep bottom of cage
> > clear, will take a look at petscreen I would imagine making the house
mouse
> > proof will be nigh on impossible, we are going to get all the air bricks
> > screened, as we think they are coming in there, we live in a semi, so
unless
> > next door does the same, we might still have the same problem. I would
never
> > have dreamed a mouse could get into a budgie cage.
> >
>
> For a rodent proof hole plug use course stainless steel wool. You can
> inject foam insulation into it if you want it air-tight too. Nothing
> will chew through it but it's not difficult to remove if thats ever
> required.
>
You mustn't block airbricks with foam or steel wool. They are there to
allow air to flow under the floor joists.
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| Janet Levy |
oldmolly wrote:
> Mice are vermin, they pee as they walk and contaminate any food, perches
> etc that they walk on and can cause illness or disease and death in your
> birds. Don't be squeamish, put down breakneck traps and get rid of them. If
> you use humane traps and throw the mice out, they will only come indoors
> again.
>
I don't know - I call mice animals. I don't get mice now,
probably due to the four cats ;-), but all the mice I've
had in my pre-cat life were caught in humane traps and moved
into the countryside. I think it's those cute little beady
eyes that remind me of the hamsters we owned as kids.
Janet Levy
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| Alison |
-"oldmolly" <oldmolly@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>> >
> Mice are vermin, they pee as they walk
so do men LOL
.. and contaminate any food, perches
> etc that they walk on and can cause illness or disease and death in
your
> birds. Don't be squeamish, put down breakneck traps and get rid of
them. If
> you use humane traps and throw the mice out, they will only come
indoors
> again.
Sheila ,
If you catch the mouse in a humane trap then make sure you release it
a long way from the house or it will come back .
Alison
>
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| geopelia |
"Alison" <alison@XallofusX.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> -"oldmolly" <oldmolly@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >> >
> > Mice are vermin, they pee as they walk
>
> so do men LOL
>
> . and contaminate any food, perches
> > etc that they walk on and can cause illness or disease and death in
> your
> > birds. Don't be squeamish, put down breakneck traps and get rid of
> them. If
> > you use humane traps and throw the mice out, they will only come
> indoors
> > again.
>
> Sheila ,
> If you catch the mouse in a humane trap then make sure you release it
> a long way from the house or it will come back .
> Alison
>
>
> >
> >
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| geopelia |
"Alison" <alison@XallofusX.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
>
> -"oldmolly" <oldmolly@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:bhqhn8$22b77$1@ID-165698.news.uni-berlin.de...
> >
> >> >
> > Mice are vermin, they pee as they walk
>
> so do men LOL
>
> . and contaminate any food, perches
> > etc that they walk on and can cause illness or disease and death in
> your
> > birds. Don't be squeamish, put down breakneck traps and get rid of
> them. If
> > you use humane traps and throw the mice out, they will only come
> indoors
> > again.
>
> Sheila ,
> If you catch the mouse in a humane trap then make sure you release it
> a long way from the house or it will come back .
> Alison
>
>
> >
> >
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I've seen a diamond dove fight a mouse. The dove won, the mouse tried to
squeeze out through the wire and the dove continued to bash it with its
wings. Pretty good, for a little bird smaller than a sparrow!
Geopelia
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| Janet Levy |
geopelia wrote:
> I've seen a diamond dove fight a mouse. The dove won, the mouse tried to
> squeeze out through the wire and the dove continued to bash it with its
> wings. Pretty good, for a little bird smaller than a sparrow!
> Geopelia
>
>
Cool story. I have a male silver diamond dove named Silverado.
He lives in the flight room with my English budgies, tiel and
grass parakeets. He is a feisty one. He leaves the budgies alone,
but he is always courting my grass parakeets. They are mystified
by his attentions. He's a cute guy.
Janet Levy
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| geopelia |
"Janet Levy" <gamin@corecomm.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> geopelia wrote:
>
>
> > I've seen a diamond dove fight a mouse. The dove won, the mouse tried to
> > squeeze out through the wire and the dove continued to bash it with its
> > wings. Pretty good, for a little bird smaller than a sparrow!
> > Geopelia
> >
> >
>
> Cool story. I have a male silver diamond dove named Silverado.
> He lives in the flight room with my English budgies, tiel and
> grass parakeets. He is a feisty one. He leaves the budgies alone,
> but he is always courting my grass parakeets. They are mystified
> by his attentions. He's a cute guy.
>
> Janet Levy
>
> The budgies could harm him, is there plenty of space for him to avoid
them? The cockatiel and grass parakeets are usually safe with doves. If you
get him a mate it would be wise to separate him from the budgies, they could
harm a bird on its nest.
A cock dove will try to mate with anything that stands still long enough.
I've seen a free-range ringneck dove courting a small hedgehog!
Geopelia
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| Toucanldy |
>From: "Sheila" sheilaformby@hotmail.com
>Hi,
>
>Came downstairs the other night to watch TV, just after midnight, too hot to
>sleep, and after about 10 minutes, the birds started to go crazy, flapping,
>flying in their cage, I though it was just a bit of a night fright, went
>over, lifted their cover ( I know, its just a thing we always have done),
>and there on the bottom of their cage was a fieldmouse.
A couple of things to try. Remove food at night. Cover cage with PetScreen.
http://www.phifer.com/petscreen.htm
Regards
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| Wendy Darling |
Hmmm, you could remove the food, true, but what about the all the seeds
fallen to the bottom of the cage, which I assume would be just as tasty?
Unless those are gone too, I assume mouse will go for that too.
Wendy
"Toucanldy" <toucanldy@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20030816200442.21900.00000108@mb-m17.aol.com...
>
> >From: "Sheila" sheilaformby@hotmail.com
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >Came downstairs the other night to watch TV, just after midnight, too hot
to
> >sleep, and after about 10 minutes, the birds started to go crazy,
flapping,
> >flying in their cage, I though it was just a bit of a night fright, went
> >over, lifted their cover ( I know, its just a thing we always have done),
> >and there on the bottom of their cage was a fieldmouse.
>
> A couple of things to try. Remove food at night. Cover cage with
PetScreen.
> http://www.phifer.com/petscreen.htm
>
> Regards
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| Louis Boyd |
I'm a bit surprised no one has suggested removing the mice.
Repair the holes in the house where the mice get in, then set mouse
traps. This isn't rocket science. I found a squirrel in my CAG's cage
a few years ago. It had chewed through the dryer's plastic exhaust
hose. The next day the dryer had a metal hose. End of problem.
--
Lou Boyd
Wendy Darling wrote:
> Hmmm, you could remove the food, true, but what about the all the seeds
> fallen to the bottom of the cage, which I assume would be just as tasty?
> Unless those are gone too, I assume mouse will go for that too.
>
> Wendy
>
> "Toucanldy" <toucanldy@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20030816200442.21900.00000108@mb-m17.aol.com...
>
>>>From: "Sheila" sheilaformby@hotmail.com
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Came downstairs the other night to watch TV, just after midnight, too hot
>
> to
>
>>>sleep, and after about 10 minutes, the birds started to go crazy,
>
> flapping,
>
>>>flying in their cage, I though it was just a bit of a night fright, went
>>>over, lifted their cover ( I know, its just a thing we always have done),
>>>and there on the bottom of their cage was a fieldmouse.
>>
>>A couple of things to try. Remove food at night. Cover cage with
>
> PetScreen.
>
>>http://www.phifer.com/petscreen.htm
>>
>>Regards
>
>
>
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| Sheila |
"Louis Boyd" <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> wrote in message
news:bho20j$lqg$1@oasis.ccit.arizona.edu...
> I'm a bit surprised no one has suggested removing the mice.
> Repair the holes in the house where the mice get in, then set mouse
> traps. This isn't rocket science. I found a squirrel in my CAG's cage
> a few years ago. It had chewed through the dryer's plastic exhaust
> hose. The next day the dryer had a metal hose. End of problem.
> --
> Lou Boyd
>
> Wendy Darling wrote:
> > Hmmm, you could remove the food, true, but what about the all the seeds
> > fallen to the bottom of the cage, which I assume would be just as tasty?
> > Unless those are gone too, I assume mouse will go for that too.
> >
> > Wendy
> >
> > "Toucanldy" <toucanldy@aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:20030816200442.21900.00000108@mb-m17.aol.com...
> >
> >>A couple of things to try. Remove food at night. Cover cage with
> >
> > PetScreen.
> >
> >>http://www.phifer.com/petscreen.htm
> >>
> >>Regards
Thanks for all ideas, we will remove all food, and keep bottom of cage
clear, will take a look at petscreen I would imagine making the house mouse
proof will be nigh on impossible, we are going to get all the air bricks
screened, as we think they are coming in there, we live in a semi, so unless
next door does the same, we might still have the same problem. I would never
have dreamed a mouse could get into a budgie cage.
Sheila.
> >
> >
> >
>
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| Louis Boyd |
Sheila wrote:
> Thanks for all ideas, we will remove all food, and keep bottom of cage
> clear, will take a look at petscreen I would imagine making the house mouse
> proof will be nigh on impossible, we are going to get all the air bricks
> screened, as we think they are coming in there, we live in a semi, so unless
> next door does the same, we might still have the same problem. I would never
> have dreamed a mouse could get into a budgie cage.
>
For a rodent proof hole plug use course stainless steel wool. You can
inject foam insulation into it if you want it air-tight too. Nothing
will chew through it but it's not difficult to remove if thats ever
required.
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| Morgans |
"Sheila" <sheilaformby@hotmail.com> wrote I would never
> have dreamed a mouse could get into a budgie cage.
>
> Sheila.
A mouse can easily squeeze through a 3/8" crack.
--
Jim in NC--
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| Toucanldy |
>From: "Sheila" sheilaformby@hotmail.com
>Thanks for all ideas, we will remove all food, and keep bottom of cage
>clear, will take a look at petscreen
I was thinking that you could make a removable cage out of the petscreen, that
you could place over your other cage at night. You would need a frame to hold
it in place.
Regards
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| Sheila |
"Morgans" <doitonyhegroup@evryone.net> wrote in message
news:vjve114310ni08@corp.supernews.com...
>
> "Sheila" <sheilaformby@hotmail.com> wrote I would never
> > have dreamed a mouse could get into a budgie cage.
> >
> > Sheila.
>
> A mouse can easily squeeze through a 3/8" crack.
> --
> Jim in NC--
> EEEEEEEEEEEEEE...........looking for a chair to stand on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
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| Sheila |
>
> I was thinking that you could make a removable cage out of the petscreen,
that
> you could place over your other cage at night. You would need a frame to
hold
> it in place.
>
> Regards
yes, thats a good idea, like putting a cover over a cake! looking back, it
was quite funny, I'm sure Poppin would have had a go, she was definately
threatening towards it, you know the noise in the throat that warns you not
to do what you are doing!
S
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| oldmolly |
"Sheila" <sheilaformby@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:CRv%a.3758$w02.26763383@news-text.cableinet.net...
> Hi,
>
> Came downstairs the other night to watch TV, just after midnight, too hot
to
> sleep, and after about 10 minutes, the birds started to go crazy,
flapping,
> flying in their cage, I though it was just a bit of a night fright, went
> over, lifted their cover ( I know, its just a thing we always have done),
> and there on the bottom of their cage was a fieldmouse. I don't know who
was
> the scardest, me or the birds, anyway, by the time I had decided to unclip
> the cage, and move the top half to a table, to isolate the mouse, the damn
> thing had started to climb the cage, and ended up on the roof, by this
time
> I was beginning to panic a little, but then the little thing just
vanished,
> between the bars. That night, they slept in my bedroom! Now, I have put
a
> humane trap down in the living room, nothing been caught today
> (unsurprisingly) but I will take them upstairs again tonight. I don't want
> to make a habit of this, as we live in a rural place, and we do have
> fieldmice outside (now inside ! ) I have had mice previously, and
humanely
> trapped them, until I decided to...shhhhh kill them..... I cant go back
to
> that method as it was too distressing. The only solution I can think of
is
> to still keep the humane trap, and somehow put their cover under the cage
to
> prevent Mr Mouse from entering (except by teeth), but do you think it will
> be too hot for the birds. It is a cotton tablecloth we use, in a very
large
> cage, 2 birds kept. Poppin and Pippin said please solve the problem, the
> noise from our snoring is becoming unbearable!
>
>
Mice are vermin, they pee as they walk and contaminate any food, perches
etc that they walk on and can cause illness or disease and death in your
birds. Don't be squeamish, put down breakneck traps and get rid of them. If
you use humane traps and throw the mice out, they will only come indoors
again.
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| oldmolly |
"Louis Boyd" <boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu> wrote in message
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> Sheila wrote:
>
> > Thanks for all ideas, we will remove all food, and keep bottom of cage
> > clear, will take a look at petscreen I would imagine making the house
mouse
> > proof will be nigh on impossible, we are going to get all the air bricks
> > screened, as we think they are coming in there, we live in a semi, so
unless
> > next door does the same, we might still have the same problem. I would
never
> > have dreamed a mouse could get into a budgie cage.
> >
>
> For a rodent proof hole plug use course stainless steel wool. You can
> inject foam insulation into it if you want it air-tight too. Nothing
> will chew through it but it's not difficult to remove if thats ever
> required.
>
You mustn't block airbricks with foam or steel wool. They are there to
allow air to flow under the floor joists.
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| Alison |
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>
>> >
> Mice are vermin, they pee as they walk
so do men LOL
.. and contaminate any food, perches
> etc that they walk on and can cause illness or disease and death in
your
> birds. Don't be squeamish, put down breakneck traps and get rid of
them. If
> you use humane traps and throw the mice out, they will only come
indoors
> again.
Sheila ,
If you catch the mouse in a humane trap then make sure you release it
a long way from the house or it will come back .
Alison
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| geopelia |
"Alison" <alison@XallofusX.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> -"oldmolly" <oldmolly@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >> >
> > Mice are vermin, they pee as they walk
>
> so do men LOL
>
> . and contaminate any food, perches
> > etc that they walk on and can cause illness or disease and death in
> your
> > birds. Don't be squeamish, put down breakneck traps and get rid of
> them. If
> > you use humane traps and throw the mice out, they will only come
> indoors
> > again.
>
> Sheila ,
> If you catch the mouse in a humane trap then make sure you release it
> a long way from the house or it will come back .
> Alison
>
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| Janet Levy |
geopelia wrote:
> I've seen a diamond dove fight a mouse. The dove won, the mouse tried to
> squeeze out through the wire and the dove continued to bash it with its
> wings. Pretty good, for a little bird smaller than a sparrow!
> Geopelia
>
>
Cool story. I have a male silver diamond dove named Silverado.
He lives in the flight room with my English budgies, tiel and
grass parakeets. He is a feisty one. He leaves the budgies alone,
but he is always courting my grass parakeets. They are mystified
by his attentions. He's a cute guy.
Janet Levy
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| geopelia |
"Janet Levy" <gamin@corecomm.net> wrote in message
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>
> geopelia wrote:
>
>
> > I've seen a diamond dove fight a mouse. The dove won, the mouse tried to
> > squeeze out through the wire and the dove continued to bash it with its
> > wings. Pretty good, for a little bird smaller than a sparrow!
> > Geopelia
> >
> >
>
> Cool story. I have a male silver diamond dove named Silverado.
> He lives in the flight room with my English budgies, tiel and
> grass parakeets. He is a feisty one. He leaves the budgies alone,
> but he is always courting my grass parakeets. They are mystified
> by his attentions. He's a cute guy.
>
> Janet Levy
>
> The budgies could harm him, is there plenty of space for him to avoid
them? The cockatiel and grass parakeets are usually safe with doves. If you
get him a mate it would be wise to separate him from the budgies, they could
harm a bird on its nest.
A cock dove will try to mate with anything that stands still long enough.
I've seen a free-range ringneck dove courting a small hedgehog!
Geopelia
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