This video is called House mouse (Mus musculus) in the back yard.
Translated from the forum of Vroege Vogels radio in the Netherlands:
February 7, 2013, 12:00
We had a stash of walnuts in our home, which also proved to be irresistible to mice. After we had unsuccessfully attempted to drive them away in various ways (they ate not only walnuts but also more substantial parts of our house) we, at wit’s end, used bait boxes with poison.
After a few days we went to see how this worked. Much to it our surprise, the mice proved to be able to read: “Keep out of reach of animals”. Completely independently, they had plugged both openings with our insulation material ……. Against that much cleverness, we cannot do anything!
Greetings,
Didi
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I just feed them, I have no choice.
Are they house mice as well?
They head out during the day to play and then break into the house at around 1am. If I don’t leave peanuts for them, they make all kinds of racket and raid the food bowl in the bird’s cage.
House mice are originally from Asia, but humans brought them to most of the world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_mouse
Ha – I thought you meant do they live in the house. Yes, they are house mice.
Sometimes, other mice species come close to houses. Like wood mice in Europe.
Keep Mice Away From Bird Feeders:
http://birding.about.com/od/Care/a/Keep-Mice-Away-From-Bird-Feeders.htm
They’re past sneaking in at night, they know I won’t hurt them and they can expect a plate of peanuts around 7 pm every night, so they’ve just taken up residence under the washer.
House mice are around where I live. There once was one in my cellar, but it went away without me having taken any measures.
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