Arshole neighbors

[Page0044]

Well i have had problems with a neighbor about my birds and as i am renting he has complained to the real estate and now i have been told to cut back half of my hobby. The complaint was that they might attract mice, I have to cut back some of my finches and find this to be a hard decision. As the saying goes you can choose your friends but you carn't choose your arshole neighbor.

[Steven]

That sucks mate I hate neighbours that are like that. By the way if you not having mice problems at the moment don't worry about it. When they do come do something then.

[gomer]

Sorry to here that Greg.I hate how people think if you have birds you automaticly have a plague of mice aswell.A couple of hundred finches would make less noise then most parrots.

[Page0044]

They don't seem to have anything better to do then stick there nose in other peoples buisness, don't worry i have a pay back idea thaqt instead of putting the dog poo in the bin it might find its way into there letter box

[pete]

that sucks big time bud, bloody assholes..
its been a real good breeding season for the mice, its been on the radio, so theres bound to be more about, i keep baits in and around my cages all the time, been seeing heaps of dead ones around.

[Page0044]

I have only seen the odd one or two but have baits out to be sure

[framed]

I have seen one or two mice in my aviary, but wasnt sure about baits, how should I do this without harming my birds?

Thanks
Framed.

[gomer]

you can Make or Buy a recepticle.designed to keep the bait in the middle. birds away from the bait.The entry point should only be big enough for a mouse.My old ones were made out of icecream containers.

[Page0044]

Thanks for that Gomer, great idea

[fincher]

if you dont want to use baits you could also use the KETCH-IT-ALLS. i use them and they seem to be pretty good. but make sure u put either 2 strandes of stiff wire over the 2 holes. or some 25x12 bird wire other wise finches will get stuck. they dont actually kill the mice all u have to do is put the whole trap in a bucket of water and drowns them. i prefer to use the traps to poison cause me dog will eat the dead mice, then will kill her.
thansk chris