• Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      17 days ago

      Don’t listen to this person. Don’t use posion because it’s bad for other wildlife. Get the old reliable snap traps and break those fucker’s necks.

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        17 days ago

        I will admit I did try this at one point, they didn’t work and I didn’t have the heart to keep doing it. I haven’t done poison yet for the same reason.

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        17 days ago

        fun story. I had a mouse problem and got those traps. fucker was too quick for his own good though.

        One night I hear the SNAP and go to investigate. when I find it all I see is an empty trap… no…wait…not empty.

        that fucker lost his front two arms in the trap and had ripped them clean off.

        little son of a bitch wasn’t so fast anymore after that, the next trap got him.

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        17 days ago

        Been doing all these things. They chew through sealed packages, bin is always empty, so I am stumped as to what they are eating here. We live in a city, so it’s not like we’re the only option, but our landlord won’t seal the holes in the house up so I’ve been assuming we’re just the most accessible warm location on the block. Thank you for your advice.

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      17 days ago

      You need to take them a fair distance away. The recommendations I’ve seen are to take them at least 3 kilometers (~2 miles) away.

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          17 days ago

          Hopefully it helps! Killing them is not an option for me or my partner, so we did a fair bit of research. We found a lovely little wooded stream to drop the mice off at, and we made sure to sprinkle some good mouse food around the area before we let them out (since their survival rate will be quite low without some kind of help).

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            17 days ago

            My partners are very against it and I was too, but I had been reaching a wall and disabilities were making things even harder to the point where I felt like I needed to do something. I had been avoiding poison because there is a falcon that loves our rewilded yard and I don’t want to poison him.

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              17 days ago

              I totally feel you. Hopefully this works for you. Barring that, I hope you and your partners are able to reach an accomodation on this. You sound really frustrated and defeated here, so hopefully they can help you, or work with you on a different solution.