mice - sorry a bit long winded!

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Hi all,

 

Right I know this sounds really strange, but if your having problems with

mice, one sure fire way to get rid of them is with the help of Gerbils.

 

I used to keep pet gerbils ( I rescued them from a nearby school who didn't

want them anymore) and with frequent handling they become very tame. Anyway

when they became tame my gerbils were allowed to roam around the house

freely (when there was someone at home to gerbil-sit) and when they became

tired they would go back to their cage, which was placed in one area of my

bedroom.

 

I eventually left home taking the gerbils with me and shortly afterwards my

parents complained that the house was now teaming with the local mouse

population. They tried everything ( vegan friendly of course - I wouldn't

let them try anything else) to rid their house but nothing worked.

 

So one weekend I came home bringing the gerbils with me, and of course they

knew the layout of the house so I let them out to play. Well naturally

gerbils are very territorial animals and they go mad if they think another

gerbil is in their territory, and they are even worse when it comes to mice.

My gerbils picked up the scent of the mice straight away and went straight

for their nests - I only know this because we could hear the fighting and

back leg strumming from my gerbils.

 

Gerbils will fight to the death, but because they are bigger then mice, the

mice just gave up and left, we could hear them being chased out from under

the floorboards, the whole thing lasted about 20 minutes.

Now obviously I was worried about my gerbils dying, getting injured or

picking up a disease but my guys came out without a scratch on them and as

far as we know no mice died in their little adventure.

 

That was 2 years ago and no mice have ever come back - so the gerbils

seemed to have worked.

 

I just thought I 'd mention it

 

Take care

 

Sonia