It got cold outside, and with the cold came a terrible problem. Crowds of mice rushed into houses and apartments. They penetrate homes by all means. These small, gray and cute rodents create a lot of trouble: they damage equipment and furniture, chew wiring, leave droppings in food, and carry various dangerous infections. And a specific smell appears in the rooms, which permeates clothes and bed linen. And the loud rustling in the evenings and at night drives you crazy! What to do, how to get rid of mice in a house or apartment? We have collected for you the most effective methods of fighting mice and rats.
Modern remedies for mice and rats
Folk remedies for mice in a private home
How to get rid of the smell of mice in a private home
But first, let's look at the reasons that brought uninvited guests into your home.
Firstly, mice run into the warmth.
Rodents move from cold rooms to apartments - this is natural. They can settle above a suspended ceiling, in walls, under drywall, or under a bathtub.
Secondly, mice need something to eat and they will try to eat your food.
Food left on the table or in cupboards attracts mice like a magnet. The height of the furniture does not matter for rodents: they can climb onto a refrigerator or into a cabinet located at least one and a half heights from the floor. They climb down walls easily. So remove leftover food, brush away bread crumbs on the table, sweep the floor thoroughly, and take out the trash. Also, be sure to seal holes in the baseboards and install grilles in the ventilation ducts.
You definitely need to get rid of mice. Remember that they reproduce quickly. For example, one pair of rodents can produce 60 individuals per year. Let's look at several ways to get rid of rodents.
Modern remedies for mice and rats
Ultrasonic rat and mouse repellent
Ultrasound devices are often advertised on TV. They claim that this device is absolutely harmless to people and pets. Its effect is that the device makes a sound that is unpleasant to mice and they voluntarily leave the home.
Ultrasonic mouse repeller Skat-43
The ultrasonic repeller works very simply.
It makes sounds that are completely safe for people and their pets, and rodents instantly run away from the house as far as possible. Your hearing simply does not perceive ultrasonic waves, and mice feel uncomfortable and in danger, so they quickly leave the area where insidious sounds are heard. Buy now
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Chemicals for mice and rats
"Bactorodendicide."
This medicine contains cereals contaminated with bacteria. When mice eat the poison, they get typhus and die. The drug is believed to be harmless to humans. But there is a possibility that pets will decide to taste the “product”. Should be used with caution.
"Rat Death"
This is also poison. The bait is placed at a distance of 2 - 15 meters in places where there are usually mice. You need to be as careful as possible with this drug: the sachets should not be opened or touched with your hands without protection. When the mice disappear, collect the bait and burn it.
Buy the drug "Rat Death"
Professionals will help
Professionals treat premises with pesticides. I must say, this is a dangerous way to get rid of rodents. It is possible to get poisoned if you violate the rules of staying indoors.
On a note
- Mice are repelled by the smell of humans. Therefore, the bait should not come into contact with the skin of your hands even at the time of preparation.
- Infections from mice are not only transmitted through saliva, bites or fleas. Some of them can be acquired through tactile contact with a rodent.
- After treatment, check the health of your pets: they could easily catch the infection from rodents.
- In order to get rid of pests as quickly as possible, use 2-3 control methods together at once.
- To prevent rodents from appearing again, carry out regular treatment for preventive purposes.
Folk remedies for mice in a private home
Bottle
You can catch mice using a regular bottle.
Take a bottle (glass, plastic), lubricate it inside with sunflower oil, put the bait and place the bottle at a slight angle. Leave the neck open. Leave it overnight. In the morning you can count the mice. Believe me, there will be quite a few of them there!
Yummy
Mix 200 g of sugar, 300 g of flour, 500 g of gypsum and place on saucers in the house. The mice will eat the “sweets” forever! However, if you have cats and dogs in the house, you shouldn't take any chances with treats.
An effective remedy for mice in a private home - a mousetrap
Effective method! Place pieces of lard, sausage, white bread or cat food as bait (they love it very much and steal it straight from the packs left somewhere in the corner). By the way, keep in mind that mice don’t really like cheese - checked! The rodent will smell the fragrant smell of the bait and will certainly go inside the mousetrap, and the mechanism behind it will work safely.
Glue
You can buy glue for mice. Apply a thick layer of glue to the cardboard. A rodent, having decided to taste the product that you previously placed in the center of the cardboard, will get stuck in the thick glue and will not be able to get out.
Buy adhesive repellent for rodents and insects “ALT”
Get a cat
A cheap way to get rid of mice is to get a cat. A completely safe option. Unless a mouse comes into your house, poisoned by your neighbors.
Bleach, bay leaf, vinegar, herbs
- Pour bleach into the mouse passages. Mice cannot stand this smell - rest assured: they will leave immediately!
- Spread mint around the house and mice will avoid your home.
- A bay leaf or cotton wool soaked in vinegar placed in cabinets will also block the path of rodents.
- You can also add elderberry, dried chamomile, black root, tansy, and wormwood. Mice cannot stand these smells either.
- You can rub the baseboard with red pepper. It’s cruel, but all methods are good in the fight against rodents.
Ash
Rodents don't like ash. Sprinkle it in areas where mice walk. They won't want to walk on it and will leave your home.
Vinegar-based rodent control products
To treat the room against rodents in the autumn, you can place saucers with vinegar essence. During this period of time, pests are actively looking for a warm place to winter. The pungent smell of acid will repel them and prevent them from establishing themselves in your home.
Not only home premises are treated with acid. See how to treat a greenhouse with vinegar and hydrogen peroxide. And find out in what cases it is effective.
Another product can be made using flour and vinegar. A regular dining room will do.
Preparation: Add vinegar to the flour little by little until you get a mass of thick consistency from which you can form balls.
Usage: Make several circles from the resulting mixture. Distribute them throughout the room, paying special attention to those places where rodents are most found. Carry out all procedures with gloves. Otherwise, the human smell will deter rodents from the bait.
Result: Pests will disappear in 3-7 days. It is best to repeat the procedure, replacing the balls with fresh ones. In this case, the result will be permanent and the rodents will no longer return.
Vinegar balls are placed in a pre-prepared trap
How to get rid of the smell of a dead mouse
You don't need to have super sense of smell to understand that a mouse has died somewhere. When her corpse decomposes, there is an unbearable smell in the apartment, from which there is no escape. You can find the source of the stench and remove it from the apartment, but what if the mouse has gone into another world somewhere in a hard-to-reach place, for example, in the underground or under the ceiling, where you can’t reach? Then it will be difficult to get rid of the smell, but still possible. And they will help you in this matter...
Vinegar
Wet a rag with vinegar and treat different surfaces of furniture and the floor. The acid in the vinegar will destroy rodent evidence. And it will at least partially drown out the unpleasant smell in the apartment.
Potassium permangantsovka
Based on the principle of treating with vinegar, you can do the same with a solution of potassium permanganate. It does an even better job of removing traces of rodents, the smell that accompanies them, and the various bacteria they spread.
Hydrogen peroxide
Do a general cleaning using chlorine-containing solutions and products, and then treat all surfaces, including rugs, carpets, with hydrogen peroxide.
Chlorine
Along with mice, you also acquire all sorts of pathogens that cause dangerous diseases. Clean thoroughly using disinfectants such as bleach.
Or do this. Wet a cloth with vinegar essence and leave it in the room for 8-10 hours, after which ventilate the room.
Coffee
Coffee grounds are a good odor absorber. Place the coffee grounds in different places in the boxes.
Air ionizers
They purify the air in your home not only from animal dander, pollen, mold and dust, but also from many unpleasant odors. It will also help in your case when there is an unbearable smell of a dead mouse in the house.
Buy Super Plus Turbo air purifier-ionizer
Biological method
There are remedies for the smell of cat urine. These are different sprays. They can also be used in the fight against unwanted odors.
Incense
Light Indian masala incense as needed.
Fire
Removes foreign odors from fire. There is no need to start a fire, just light a torch and walk around the room with it so that the smell of burning wood drowns out all other odors.
Tea tree oil
A wonderful remedy for combating unpleasant odors is a mixture of water and tea tree oil. Dissolve a couple of drops of tea oil in water. And then rinse the rag in this water and wash the mole.
Citrus
Place plates of sliced citrus peels in your rooms. The zest will absorb odors and release essential oil, which will give your home a special aroma.
Pomanders
Stick a few cloves (seasoning) into the orange pulp. Hang or place pomanders in your rooms. The scent will last for a couple of weeks. And then replace with new ones.
Furry hunter
Cats and male cats originally served as domestic hunters. They were excellent at catching and repelling mice. Nowadays, the hunting instinct of many cats has not only become dulled, but disappeared. This is due to the fact that owners prefer to buy not simple, outbred animals, but cats of noble blood. Not only do they not repel rodents, but they themselves are afraid of them.
For a private home, it is best to take a simple yard cat. He will catch mice with pleasure and excitement and protect the territory entrusted to him from the invasion of rodents.
What repels rats from chemical poisons
Chemical poisons are easy to use and effective
Depending on the main active poison, chemical poisons can act on different organs and systems of the rat: nerves, lungs, digestion, circulatory system. Most poisons act within 2-3 days: during this time, the poisoned rodent manages to lead other rats to a new feeder.
To die, a rat needs to eat a certain amount of poison in a short period of time. If she eats less than necessary, there is a high probability that the body will adapt, and in the future the poison will no longer act.
The most effective means of removing pests include the following:
- “Rat Death No. 1”: comes in the form of a soft mass in individual briquettes, which is capable of destroying almost any rodent. It begins to act after 2-3 days: the rat develops internal bleeding and suffocation, and it dies after 7-10 days. The mixture is completely ready, has a pleasant, attractive aroma: you need to transfer the bag into a bowl and leave it near the entrance to the hole. You cannot touch the poison with your bare hands. The average cost is 50-60 rubles.
- Ratpon: a more expensive imported product, available in granules, packaged in 40 gram bags. The active substance has a painless effect on the body, prevents blood from clotting, which causes internal bleeding. Thanks to edible additives, the rat actively absorbs the granules. Death occurs within 4 days. The average cost is 220-230 rubles.
The only downside of Ratpon is the price
- Help: produced in the form of edible granules, which just need to be scattered in the right place. The product consists of poison, which has a cumulative effect, and food additives that cause appetite - the more the rat eats, the more it wants, and the faster the poison accumulates in the liver, poisoning the entire body. The average price is 30 rubles.
- “Krysin”: available in the form of briquettes (ready to use) and gel (must be mixed with edible bait, for example, oil). This is an extremely toxic product that is highly effective: most of the colony dies within the first 3-4 days. When using “Rat”, you need to remove water from the treated area: if the rodent drinks soon after eating the poison, its effect will decrease. The average cost is 50-60 rubles.
- "Tricotta": can be used in places with high humidity. Available in the form of briquettes - 16 pieces of 10 grams. After entering the body, 3-6 days later the rat feels suffocated, runs out of the hole and dies on the street. This allows you to not be afraid that the body will not be found and it will begin to decompose. The average price is 80 rubles.
