Mouse-proof spud storage

[bramble]

OH came up from the garage with some spuds for dinner which have been nibbled. I suspect mice.

I have 2 big sacks of spuds in there, can't bring them into my warm flat. Does anyone have any recommendations for mouse-proof storage?

Am not setting traps or putting down poison - just looking for a means of keeping them out of the spuds.

Seriously Sparrow, would you not consider getting a cat. I have a cat for the past 11 years and have never seen a mouse or a rat in my area in that time.
Well worth it I would say If you are havinf those kind of problems.

[sparrow100]

Why do you think it's mice and not rats?

Tiny teeth marks...it could be a rat though. I live 100m from the Thames and there are plenty on the banks.

Seriously Sparrow, would you not consider getting a cat. I have a cat for the past 11 years and have never seen a mouse or a rat in my area in that time.
Well worth it I would say If you are havinf those kind of problems.

I live in a top floor flat bramble.

[Scarlet]

I live 100m from the Thames and there are plenty on the banks.

Sorry, a bit like me - no hope! Lots of disturbance, line some plastic tubs with newspapers and check often. Make sure the spuds are well dry before boxing up. I keep mine till after xmas, you just need to kep checking for the soggy ones.

[hamamelis]

It's voles for me; I know 'cos they got so caught up in an argument yesterday that they just started ignoring me. It sounded like two squeaky toys having a fight, and even when I opened the door, stared straight at them and told them to knock it off, they took no notice.

They've chewed right through my tarp as well as any flower bulbs I left on the bottom shelf. They're not so good at climbing, fortunately.

[veggiechicken]

Look who I found in the GH today. At least I know who has been eating all the sweetpeas

[clod]

I had some shoes for best once but found when I went to use them that mice had eaten the soles clean off them.
I'm going for a metal bin this year...

[Scarlet]

I had some shoes for best once but found when I went to use them that mice had eaten the soles clean off them.
I'm going for a metal bin this year...

I was mad once, putting clothes in one of the kids clothes drawers there was a ton of loose gerbil food! Mouse storage. I put some mice traps down and son said "don't do that! I feed the mouse every day"

[sparrow100]

It was a mouse in my spuds. Little beggar was zipping around the garage like an Olympian as I was clearing it out.

[clod]

Good for him, they are sweet if you don't have to deal with the destruction! When my kids were small we had a long sucession of pet rodents, but the only ones who wanted to play were the pet rats - one for each daughter and they went everywhere together.

[Scarlet]

My boy wanted rats, he loved the idea of training them! Though the cage size put me off. He had gerbil in the end.

[clod]

I'm not sure there was too much training, but there was a lot of spoiling (grapes and gravy were favourite) and hours of giggling when they ran around inside the daughters' clothes tickling them