I rang my next door neighbour today and he is still catching mice in his home, just as my neighbours were when I laid down the mouse bait, taped up the gaps and left my home for 6 months last May. For the first time ever, I am not looking forward to returning home, Spring cleaning is going to be a full time event. I packed all the soft furnishings into sealed before I left.
My daughter checked on the place 6 weeks ago and removed some dead mice form inside and outside and placed fresh mouse bait.... I hope she will check it again soon and my neighbour is going to air the house before we come home.
For once in my life, I regret owning a home...I would prefer to live in my fiber glass,
MICE plagues are making their way across parts of central Victoria, causing havoc for farmers who can't access bait.
Many central and northern Victorian farmers have reported that Mouseoff bait is virtually impossible to buy because of the high demand across the state, in particular in the Wimmera and Mallee.
Do you have any pics of mice invading your farm? Send your pics to emmas@bendigoadvertiser.com.au
The Victorian Farmers Federation has meet with Agricultural Minister Peter Walsh to ask for state government assistance to assist producers and communities control and manage the mouse plague, which the industry believes to be the worst in 20 years.
The federation will ask the government to help with economic assistance, access to chemicals and public health warnings to help control the spread of mice plagues.
VFF farm business and regional development chairman Peter Tuohey, a farmer near Pyramid Hill, said mice numbers were increasing and causing problems in certain parts of the district.
“The floods have certainly increased the number of mice around,” he said.
“Where crops flooded and there was no harvest there is plenty of grain around for the mice to feed off.’’ Mr Tuohey said the VFF was trying to seek bait from a Western Australian company to help Victorian farmers, and control mice numbers before rural towns were affected.
Buloke Mayor and Donald farmer Leo Tellefson said mice numbers were higher in areas recovering from flood.
“The mice are thriving. There are various pockets across the shire,’’ he said.
“Between Cope Cope and St Arnaud there is a stream of them just going across the road.’’
Cr Tellefson said he had heard reports of mice starting to eat each other, a sign of plague proportions.
“Farmers are spending enormous amounts on mouse bait and it’s getting very hard to get,’’ he said.
Boort farmer Neil Beattie said mice problems were in patches across the Loddon shire, but worse further north towards Quambatook.
“It’s probably low to moderate here but it’s getting worse,’’ he said.
My daughter checked on the place 6 weeks ago and removed some dead mice form inside and outside and placed fresh mouse bait.... I hope she will check it again soon and my neighbour is going to air the house before we come home.
For once in my life, I regret owning a home...I would prefer to live in my fiber glass,
MICE plagues are making their way across parts of central Victoria, causing havoc for farmers who can't access bait.
Many central and northern Victorian farmers have reported that Mouseoff bait is virtually impossible to buy because of the high demand across the state, in particular in the Wimmera and Mallee.
Do you have any pics of mice invading your farm? Send your pics to emmas@bendigoadvertiser.com.au
The Victorian Farmers Federation has meet with Agricultural Minister Peter Walsh to ask for state government assistance to assist producers and communities control and manage the mouse plague, which the industry believes to be the worst in 20 years.
The federation will ask the government to help with economic assistance, access to chemicals and public health warnings to help control the spread of mice plagues.
VFF farm business and regional development chairman Peter Tuohey, a farmer near Pyramid Hill, said mice numbers were increasing and causing problems in certain parts of the district.
“The floods have certainly increased the number of mice around,” he said.
“Where crops flooded and there was no harvest there is plenty of grain around for the mice to feed off.’’ Mr Tuohey said the VFF was trying to seek bait from a Western Australian company to help Victorian farmers, and control mice numbers before rural towns were affected.
Buloke Mayor and Donald farmer Leo Tellefson said mice numbers were higher in areas recovering from flood.
“The mice are thriving. There are various pockets across the shire,’’ he said.
“Between Cope Cope and St Arnaud there is a stream of them just going across the road.’’
Cr Tellefson said he had heard reports of mice starting to eat each other, a sign of plague proportions.
“Farmers are spending enormous amounts on mouse bait and it’s getting very hard to get,’’ he said.
Boort farmer Neil Beattie said mice problems were in patches across the Loddon shire, but worse further north towards Quambatook.
“It’s probably low to moderate here but it’s getting worse,’’ he said.
