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Tuna and chicken diet creates 'supermouse'

Vermin control officers in Birmingham say they are struggling to control rodents they have dubbed "supermice."

Rentokil workers in the city say a high protein diet of tuna and chicken has turned the mice into the craftiest in the country.

Spokesman Paul Bodfish says the mice ignore poisoned food and avoid walls where traps are hidden by running across the middle of floors.

He says the company is hoping to invent different types of non-carbohydrate based poisons to try and repress the rodents.

Mr Bodfish added: "The situation hasn't got out of hand yet but it is definitely a problem which is being exacerbated by mild winters which are decreasing mouse mortality rates."

He told the Birmingham Post: "It is a misconception that mice are becoming immune to poisons but some years ago we discovered in Birmingham that they were reluctant to eat cereal based poisons.

"This reluctance to digest carbohydrates has been passed on through the generations and instead they have evolved to eat high protein foods like tuna and chicken.

"The rise in the number of take-away outlets, discarded scraps of food and recently mild winters means that we have created the ideal environment for our mice to thrive."