Oh no Mice

[Fudgey]

I habe just been to feed My Piggies amd a mouse has just ran past my foot in the shed.
What can I do?

Will they try to get in the cage.
Oh I don't like mice, they run too fast.

 

[michellemuffin]

they are a pain aren't they to get rid of mine in the boys shed last year I completly emptied everything it was hiding under the last run I took out but got a swift "out" with a broom every year i do this to make sure no mice are hiding a nd haev a good clean out with completly getting all cobwebs and disenfecting everywhere power washing the corrolux, etc and I keep humane traps in both sheds now, of he wont go you might need to lay a trap to catch him, dont htink they are as bad for diesease as rats but still can carry germs
good luck

 

[Fudgey]

Thanks
Was more worried about if they got in the cages to be honest. Would they harm the piggies apart from disease?

 

[michellemuffin]

dont think they would but its not to be allowed if possible becasue of diesease, :tickedoff: rats might as they are not so timid but mice tend to hide and run,

 

[piggybaker]

I was told that mice can spread nasty disease, i think skin conditions,
I clean my garage out once a month a complete clear out and sweep, food is in a big sealed container and the greens also are sealed up, but it doesn't matter that i like furry creatures i scream like a little girl when i see them.
My OH laughs his head off, G*t.

them

 

[Hannah_lg]

ive bever had any problems with mice with having a cat aswell

just the dead ones he live around the gardan after he kills them

 

[newpiggies]

I'm concerned about mice in the shed too - they tend to nest in the garden right next to the vegetable plot (wonder why ).

 

[Niki]

Thanks
Was more worried about if they got in the cages to be honest.   Would they harm the piggies apart from disease?

A mouse can squash it's bones to fit into a hole the size of a pencil  :o so i have no idea how to keep them out of hutches/cages (i'd love to know). They could inflict a nasty bite on a piggy which could lead to an abscess.

I had a problem with rats last summer, they couldn't get into the piggies hutches but they did eat the newspaper (from the outside)which i line their hutches with & chewed holes in their water bottles, probably out of frustration because all their food/hay is kept in the house.

 

[piggybaker]

you could put one of those mice deterrent things in, it gives out a high pitched whine that only rodents can here, but silly thing i don't know if it effects guineas.

They are suppose to be extremely good.