Searched and found hints that foam sealant might work against mice.
My fear was that they might like to gnaw on foam sealant...
Moved a pantry cabinet from the kitchen, and underneath it (raised), there was a ton of mouse droppings... how fun is it to have that under the pantry in the kitchen... damn... I'm going to seal every seam with foam if it works...
My fear was that they might like to gnaw on foam sealant...
Moved a pantry cabinet from the kitchen, and underneath it (raised), there was a ton of mouse droppings... how fun is it to have that under the pantry in the kitchen... damn... I'm going to seal every seam with foam if it works...
Don't think the foam will stop the mice for very long.
Take silicone instead, it probably works better.
They eat their way through plastic and even concrete (not the reinforcement bars though 
) so they get through foam sealant in a flash. The best countermeasure is a cat.
Clear around the house, remove non-sealed compost, cut down tall grass, remove bushes against the house, etc.
) so they get through foam sealant in a flash. The best countermeasure is a cat.Clear around the house, remove non-sealed compost, cut down tall grass, remove bushes against the house, etc.
I KNOW it doesn't work against mice, have tried myself and can hear the mice nibbling... Buy a Silverline mouse repeller blushing and you'll get rid of the mice...
blushing and you'll get rid of the mice...Use sheet metal / metal pieces or alternatively fine mesh. The only thing that really keeps mice away. Most other materials they can gnaw through.
damn, finding crap everywhere... getting so pissed off... gotta seal stuff up and buy electronic beepers...
a little skeptical about those that send pulses along the power cable to the fuses... if they really do that - won't it cause interference in the computer and other things? hrrmm....
a little skeptical about those that send pulses along the power cable to the fuses... if they really do that - won't it cause interference in the computer and other things? hrrmm....
To my knowledge, there is no concrete evidence that the piptut devices really work. We usually say that ours is a combined mouse and bear repellent. It doesn't work great against mice but is really good at keeping bears away. At least we haven't seen any on our island.
Cat - yes, it works if the cat learns to catch them. Even the most accustomed indoor cat usually catches mice but by no means think that the mice care about the cat smell. Once they've established themselves, they ignore the scent of the cat.
Make sure mice can't access anything to eat. That at least gives them one less reason to visit your home. Then you have to try to find out where they might be getting in. It's a bit tricky considering it only takes a hole six mm in diameter for a mouse to squeeze in.
Reduce the population with snap traps. Good old-fashioned wooden snap traps are great. They're so cheap you can set as many as you like, and they're effective. Bait with nut cream, and it'll start snapping as soon as you turn your back.
There are snap traps with built-in bait. I've tested these and the mice like the smell. If you find regular snap traps unpleasant, I can recommend these.
Cat - yes, it works if the cat learns to catch them. Even the most accustomed indoor cat usually catches mice but by no means think that the mice care about the cat smell. Once they've established themselves, they ignore the scent of the cat.
Make sure mice can't access anything to eat. That at least gives them one less reason to visit your home. Then you have to try to find out where they might be getting in. It's a bit tricky considering it only takes a hole six mm in diameter for a mouse to squeeze in.
Reduce the population with snap traps. Good old-fashioned wooden snap traps are great. They're so cheap you can set as many as you like, and they're effective. Bait with nut cream, and it'll start snapping as soon as you turn your back.
There are snap traps with built-in bait. I've tested these and the mice like the smell. If you find regular snap traps unpleasant, I can recommend these.
I also vote for traps, have tried sealing with most things, always with poor results. Started with soap wool but those little rascals made it into excellent nesting material, then I got the tip to seal with plaster and steel wool... Worked for a while but they gnawed through that too. And the cats aren't much help... Now we use traps when the autumn invasion comes. Load them with blood pudding and eradicate all new arrivals in a couple of days, then it's pretty much calm until next autumn. I use Giljotti traps, they really work great! Effective and easy to set up and clean. Seems to be a mouse year this year as there were a few more than usual.
I unscrewed the upper cabinets in the kitchen... they were last screwed together with the fan so I stuck my arm in and loosened nuts etc...
Then I saw there was a mousetrap there, don't know what would have been worse; if I had touched a dead mouse or gotten a shocking pinching blow from the trap... Luckily, it had snapped shut without any mouse... but there was plenty of poop...
ArGh... yeah, I'm definitely going to seal everything up here, planning to put hole-netting at every opening around the house...
Darn mice... I probably have most of the traps in the attic, and I've caught those that were running up there... I like the flip trap you put on the bucket, just need a bait that doesn't fall down at the same time... maybe I could put a rubber band around the bait and the flip trap though..
The guillotine trap seems good, has caught a mouse with it, but I threw the whole thing away anyway, I'm not quite ready to be that manly yet..
Then I saw there was a mousetrap there, don't know what would have been worse; if I had touched a dead mouse or gotten a shocking pinching blow from the trap... Luckily, it had snapped shut without any mouse... but there was plenty of poop...
ArGh... yeah, I'm definitely going to seal everything up here, planning to put hole-netting at every opening around the house...
Darn mice... I probably have most of the traps in the attic, and I've caught those that were running up there... I like the flip trap you put on the bucket, just need a bait that doesn't fall down at the same time... maybe I could put a rubber band around the bait and the flip trap though..
The guillotine trap seems good, has caught a mouse with it, but I threw the whole thing away anyway, I'm not quite ready to be that manly yet..
I sealed with Byggmax insulating foam, in the hallway and under the sink at the cottage, two years ago and since then not a single mouse dropping has been seen there. I filled it quite generously, so a lot oozed out. Luckily, I had been foresighted and laid out protective paper. They might eventually come back in, but so far they haven't been seen. And hopefully, the hallway might be finished next summer and then there won't be a single little gap to crawl through.
// Per
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Traps have the advantage that you can clean up the victims in an orderly manner. With poison or glass in foam sealant or similar, there is a risk that they die inside walls and floors and lie there and stink.