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They keep returning and I am losing it :( if you have other ideas I am open to them
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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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HABITICA
Off-topic but wow, great recommendation. Setting it up right away!
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Shame it requires an account. Doubt they don’t do some heavy data tracking like every other similar app
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.
Thank you for the advice (and the use of a reasonable measurement), I will take them to the next town and find out
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).
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.
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.
What about in places rats are invasive?
Do not relocate them, it is sadly less humane. There are already other animals living in these areas who are barely surviving as-is, and introducing new ones potentially has the effect of killing both natives and those introduced, through competition for resources and damage to established habitat. Many will succumb to disease or environmental hazards they are not acclimated to, dying a slow wretched death.
Adopt a shelter cat and buy quick-kill snap traps if they are causing damage or contaminating living spaces. If they are someplace where they don’t cause major damage, you could consider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ContraPest to depopulate them over a long period.
