Blooming mice.....

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So, about 11pm, glass of rum in hand and Mrs S down in the basement setting the washing machine timer, all the power went off.
Bugger, we had just had a new cooker fitted and assumed there was a problem with it or the wiring, but after a few minutes of switching stuff on and off and isolating circuits, I discovered the fault was on the electric hook up cable leading out to the van. I had only put it on that morning to give the batteries a boost.
I disconnected the cable and the fault cleared. Looked in the van and none of the circuit breakers had operated, so, it must be the cable. I pulled the cable out of the vans socket and noticed this.........
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It was raining so the mouse must have had a good nibble at it while the cable was outside and not connected, otherwise there would have been a fried mouse under the van.....
 
Nothing in the van, the cable was coiled up about 20 feet away at the side of the house. I’ll keep my eye out for them anyway. 👀
 
Might be some thing bigger than a mouse and they usually arn't alone I'd get a few traps 🐀🐀🐀
 
I don’t think traps would be the answer, we live on the outskirts of a small village surrounded by forest and farmland and with the current restrictions on outdoor activity, wildlife is flourishing more than ever. Luckily, the cable was well away from the van and not connected up, but near a pile of wood, so I would hope the mice ( or whatever they were) would prefer to stay within their woodpile. I’ll just drop a few bits of cable around it to give them something to nibble on........;)
 
Chris Packham doesn’t say anything, about the damage his cute little furry friends do on his TV program.
 
snapster said:
So, about 11pm, glass of rum in hand and Mrs S down in the basement setting the washing machine timer, all the power went off.
Bugger, we had just had a new cooker fitted and assumed there was a problem with it or the wiring, but after a few minutes of switching stuff on and off and isolating circuits, I discovered the fault was on the electric hook up cable leading out to the van. I had only put it on that morning to give the batteries a boost.
I disconnected the cable and the fault cleared. Looked in the van and none of the circuit breakers had operated, so, it must be the cable. I pulled the cable out of the vans socket and noticed this.........
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It was raining so the mouse must have had a good nibble at it while the cable was outside and not connected, otherwise there would have been a fried mouse under the van.....
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Get a good cat. (y)
 
13 and counting caught this week, most in loft and a few in under stairs cupboard.
Mainly young ones now, must have caught all the adults. Using peanut butter as bait, actually had 2 in one trap last night, that’s a first for me.
I reckon they are coming in the air bricks and wandering around under the floorboards. I reckon I will fit small gauge stainless mesh over all the air bricks in the spring.
 
Agree with witzend - more likely to be something bigger. The r**s that got into our house chewed their way through our (plastic) central heating pipes in dozens of places, took us several days to find and fix them all after cutting several holes in our oak floor...
 
Interesting, as I have just eradicate mice from my van, after they got into the engine compartment, then the van its self, while parked up outside my place in the New Forest.
They were unaffected by rodent poisoning but finally succumbed to a chocolate loaded tradition mouse trap!
Hate to imagine what damage has been caused but so far the control cable to the Truma heater had to be replaced and rubberized insulation and fittings in the engine area have been eaten! Frightening!
 
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