Expert Pest Control Advice for UK Homes & Gardens.
There’s a particular kind of dread that comes with hearing a scratch in the skirting board at eleven o’clock at night, then remembering your toddler crawls along that exact stretch of carpet every morning before you’ve had coffee. Or your terrier, who considers anything smaller than a football to be a personal challenge. Mice don’t … Read more
Right, let’s get the awkward bit out of the way first, because it changes everything else in this article: glue traps for mice are no longer something you can legally pick up in the shops and slap down behind the fridge. If you’ve searched this term because your kitchen skirting board sounds like a tiny … Read more
There’s a particular sound every homeowner dreads: the scratch-scratch-scratch behind the skirting board at 2am. If you’ve heard it, you’re not alone — mice are one of Britain’s most persistent uninvited guests, slipping through gaps no wider than a pencil and setting up camp in lofts, kitchens and garden sheds alike. Reusable mouse traps are … Read more
There’s a particular kind of dread that comes with flicking on the garage light and hearing something scuttle behind the paint tins. If you’ve ended up here, you’ve probably already found the tell-tale signs — a shredded bag of bird seed, pepper-like droppings along the skirting of the shed, or a suspicious smell near the … Read more
Somewhere behind your skirting board, something is scratching. A multi-catch mouse trap is a reusable, poison-free device built to hold several live mice at once inside a single housing, rather than resetting after every catch. If you’ve only ever met the humble spring trap, this category will feel like a different sport entirely — less … Read more
There’s a particular kind of dread that comes with hearing a scratch behind the skirting board at 2am. An electric mouse trap is a battery-powered device that lures a mouse into an enclosed chamber and delivers a high-voltage shock to kill it instantly, then lets you empty the chamber without ever seeing or touching the … Read more
There’s a very specific kind of dread that comes with hearing a scratch behind the skirting board at 2am. You lie there, doing the maths on how many mice that scratching might represent, and by the time the kettle’s boiled in the morning you’ve decided: something needs to happen, but you’d rather not have blood … Read more
There’s a very specific kind of 3am dread that comes with hearing something scratch behind the skirting board. You lie there, doing the maths on how long it’s been since you last saw a stray crumb on the kitchen floor, and by morning you’ve made a decision: something has to be done. That decision usually … Read more
There’s a particular kind of dread that comes with hearing tiny claws scratching behind the skirting board at 2am. One second you’re half-asleep, the next you’re wide awake, mentally cataloguing every biscuit crumb you might have left out. If that sounds painfully familiar, you’re in the right place — because tracking down the best mouse … Read more
There’s a particular kind of dread that comes with hearing a scratch behind the skirting board at 11pm. You freeze, the telly goes quiet in your head, and a small voice says: please be the pipes. It usually isn’t. If you’ve landed here, chances are you’ve already had that moment, and now you’re doing the … Read more