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preventing mice damage

• Message 1. 

  Posted by clarsimm1 (U14408912) on Saturday, 3rd April 2010

  I found a solution by chance . A fat ball had fallen off the bird table and I noticed a mouse tucking in.
  I decided to put one out for them regularly sometimes fastened it down so they didnt drag it into the shrubs whilst we photo'ed them. Previously we had much damage from mice digging down and eating spring bulbs during the winter. Not had any problems since, they must be too stuffed with fat ball.
  Would like to attach photos but dont have the knowhow.
  Brian Clark
  St Annes

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  Posted by ArtemisH (U14261033) on Saturday, 3rd April 2010

  This is the advice I was given when I wanted help:
  
  POSTING PHOTOS WITH PHOTOBUCKET
  
  This assumes that you have your digital photos already stored on your computer. NB: Photobucket is regularly 'improved' which generally means that the way to use it changes slightly so these instructions may become out of date quite quickly. They should give the general gist of it though… Any further questions please post below and usually someone will be able to help.
  
  1. Go to
  
  www.photobucket.com
  
  and sign up. Don't forget where it asks for your sign in name this will be the screen displayed name. You may not wish to use your real name - most people use their board name. You will then be asked the usual 'personal' questions.
  
  Warning: When allowing people access to your photobucket don't forget that it is open to anyone in the world who wants to look. Be careful to only post those pictures you are comfortable about anyone seeing.
  
  2. When you have signed in you will be greeted with a box saying
  
  UPLOAD TO USERNAME - with some empty boxes below.
  
  You can UPLOAD from your PC, Video, WEB URL or Mobile phone but for this we will assume you are uploading from your PC which is the default option.
  
  Click the BROWSE button.
  
  3. This should open a window onto your computer where you will need to go to the directory on your computer where the file containing your picture is located.
  
  Click on the file name you wish to download
  
  Then in the window box click OPEN
  
  The window to your computer will close and the filename will now appear above the box.
  
  If you want to add a title to the image click on the box.
  
  To UPLOAD more images go to the next box and repeat the process and so on. ADD MORE IMAGES if necessary.
  
  4. Click UPLOAD button
  
  5. Your pictures should now be displayed below.
  
  If you want to just share one or two images click on fourth option below the image labelled
  
  IMG CODE (click on the words)
  
  This box will go blue and a yellow box will appear saying copied.
  
  6. Return to the Beeb board and paste the link into your message. Repeat for your next image.
  
  7. In order to see if it has worked click on PREVIEW and test the link by clicking on it. If it is OK post message.
  
  If you want viewers to see all your pictures then you can either
  
  1. Go to the top of your screen and copy http link from your web browser - the box where it says
  
  s???.photobucket.com etc.
  
  and then paste that into your Beeb board message. This will take the viewer to your Photobucket home page where they can choose how to view the pictures
  
  OR
  
  2. You can click on VIEW AS A SLIDESHOW (a small line in blue to the right of your page) this will present your pictures as a slideshow. Copy the http: etc. link as above and paste that into your Beeb board message. This will take the viewer straight into your slideshow.
  
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  These are the basic instructions. You can create sub-albums to store your different pictures and you can make things private and there are no doubt various other frilly functions that I have managed to live without so far.
  
  
  
  

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  Posted by j grace (U14410468) on Monday, 5th April 2010

  We had a lot of mice living in our garage where we stored the bird food. We use "friendly" live mouse traps and peanuts as bait. The mice enters the trap (they love peanuts) and we then transport them by car to a wood nearby with a handful of peanuts to keep them going. You must check the traps each day and transport them a minimum distance of 3 miles, or they come back!

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  Posted by JakiB (U4322875) on Monday, 5th April 2010

  Can I just give out a warning about fat balls, don't let your dog eat them, they have a tendancy to block everything up and cause real pain, even death in extreme cases.
  
  Sorry, I know it's not about mice but I just thought I'd drop it in.

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  Posted by dogfive (U14205109) on Friday, 9th April 2010

  Strictly speaking, since mice are classified as vermin, I believe it is illegal to release them back into the wild?
  
  We made our garden wildlife-friendly many years ago and consequently have plenty of woodmice - but we have never noticed any mouse damage to our plants, fruit or veg. We feed the birds at least every third day or so and the mice feed on seeds dropped from the feeders. But most of the time they rummage around in the leaf litter, wood pile etc. We know this as we have a wildlife camera (my 60th birthday present) which has provided us with hard evidence of what goes on when we're not looking!
  
  Our birdfood is stored in a small mouse proof conservatory/greenhouse attached to the house. Apparently, mice can squeeze through any hole larger than the diameter of a plastic biro pen – so that is a quick way to check if a building is mouse-proof.
  
  It is a small suburban garden, but we also have squirrel dreys, and last year we had a weasel family (who probably preyed on the mice). As well as feeding the birds, we put nuts in a squirrel feeding box - so we don't seem to suffer any damage from them either.
  
  In short, it seems that providing habitats to encourage natural food supplies (leaf-litter etc) and by some supplemental feeding, our wildlife doesn't cause much bother in fruit and veg plot.
  

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  Posted by newOakwood (U14003744) on Friday, 9th April 2010

  I remember years ago my father soaking peas in parafin before sowing them. Presumably the smell confuses the mice and they don't find the peas. I tried it myself last year having lost all my first peas of the year to mice and it was successful. It didn't seem to harm the peas or make them taste bad.

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