Mouse problems

I've used a variety of those electronic pest control thingies and they didn't work. I even watched as a mouse sat directly underneath one of them and he wasn't at all bothered. I borrowed the neighbors cat and it made her skitter off, but the mice can get immune to the noise and vibrations (if it is a dual sonic trap) after a little while. I had to resort to the ole snap-trap. It was horrible but it was the only thing that worked. The glue traps are dreadful and I definitely don't recommend them.

If you are not squeamish around mice, you could get a bucket (don't fill it with water) and smear peanut butter in the bottom and around the inner sides of it. The smell of peanut butter drives mice crazy. Then put a pole of some sort in the bucket and grease it well. Balance the pole against something where the mice can climb up on. The sides of the bucket should be high so the mice cannot climb up that way. When they get into the bucket they will not be able to climb back out because the pole is too greasy to get back up. Then you can come back and cover the bucket and drive the critters miles away and let them go.

It sucks that they don't sell some kind of poision that would just put them to sleep. You'd think in this day and age that there would be a more humane way of doing this horrible deed.

Montana wrote:

It sucks that they don't sell some kind of poision that would just put them to sleep. You'd think in this day and age that there would be a more humane way of doing this horrible deed.

There is, but it's not good because then they die inside of your walls, and stink.

And with the humane ways, what are you going to do with it once you catch it? Mine died anyway, and this is not uncommon - mice have insane metabolisms and when they get really frightened, somthing happens that they dehydrate? And die.

You don't have to experiment with this method, it always works. Call a pest control service. They will get rid of the mice, and guarantee that they won't return. They will check at appropriate intervals of time to make sure.

D-Con and/or Warfarin. Just make sure your kid/dog/pet can't get to it. They sell "feeding stations" to contain this stuff to prevent accidental pet poisoning. An added benefit of this is that it works while you're away. You don't want to put out snap traps and leave for a week. Gross.