Mice In Garden Shed.

[derekpara]

There are a few mouse droppings in my garden shed and I've located what I'm sure is the small entry gap.
I don't want to use poison or a trap and wondered if plugging the gap with wire wool will do the trick. What do you think ?

Cheers. D

[Atheist]

I think you'd be wasting your time. Mice can get through a needle's eye and I bet your shed is full of tiny entrance points - maybe round the edge of the door, maybe tiny cracks somewhere. Maybe resign yourself to living in the natural world. Perhaps they are plotting to get rid of you so you don't keep invading their shed.

[sherrardk]

You can buy humane traps, I’ve got one (I paid extra for a transparent one so we can see the mouse if we catch it - haven’t heard it since the trap arrived so haven’t set the trap yet).

[237SJ]

When I had a mouse chew through the base of the garden shed I filled the hole with wood filler. You need to make sure there is nothing in the shed that mice can eat though (bird feed etc) or they will come back.

[Atheist]

sherrard; what would you do with the mouse if you caught it in your humane trap?

[sherrardk]

I’d take it to a suitable open space and let it go.

[bobbinwales]

Would need to be a good few mile's away then. there a bit like homing pigeons

[Atheist]

sherrard; are you a vegetarian?

[Peter Pedant]

atheist he right
They can get frooa pencil sized hole
because they can deform their ribs to the right shape.
Bendy / pliable they are - not dislocation

[sherrardk]

Nope, not veggie but I’m not killing a mouse.

[237SJ]

I thought the question was about how to fill a gap to stop mice getting in.

[Peter Pedant]

vermin
they dribble urine around
something to do with smelling each other

[-SharonA-]

Trouble is, you block one hole only for them to make another hole!! Wire wool is good, hope you got plenty!

[barry1010]

Are you sure you won't be trapping them inside the shed?

[AuntPG]

Mice are classed as vermin for a reason. (Disney has a lot to answer to).

Mice spread diseases such as hantavirus, salmonella, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCMV) through their waste, even if you are careful not to touch them. Mouse faeces and urine can dry and turn to dust, spreading viruses through the air we breathe. Every time to go into your shed you will be inhaling this stuff. One mouse can soon become 10/20/30.

You can buy Mouse repellant spray that you can spray in your shed and over your garden tools. Fill all holes into the shed with an expanding foam filler.

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If all that fails then kill the little baskets :-)

[davebro]

A friend was keeping horse feed in an old fridge laid on its back. Mice had got in through the bottom & made intricate tunnels through the insulating material to get to the feed. Devious little devils!

[derekpara]

Thanks to you all. Plenty to think about now.

Barry1010 ' Are you sure you won't be trapping them inside the shed ?'

Hadn't thought of that, but casualties are inevitable in every war !