Mice in the house

[wicks]

Borrow / rent an energetic cat. Only permanent solution I've found is doing a proper (which can be exhaustive) exclusion. There's always a way they're getting in to be found. One house I had two companies go through the entire structure, they couldn't find the hole, then I pulled a grating outside the house and noticed droppings. They had tunneled across 8 feet under concrete deck to find a little opening where wires were routing into the house behind the siding. Solved.

Look for droppings to trace the entry/exit.

[old head]

I was having this same problem, as we live in a 120 year old house that mice and bats just love, until I discovered this magic trick!  This really works well.

For once there actually IS a better mouse trap!  You can even buy kits on eBay for a few $ now and you supply the bucket.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMZaJZ6x3bA

I did that, but with a 1" wood dowel, not a single mouse.  I did hear something big hit the water, but I had only put about 5" inches of water in the bucket and I think he was able to jump out.
I am going to keep by mouse and rat traps out and baited, along with fresh poison bait for awhile.  Haven't seen any signs the last 2 nights, but you never know.

Old Head

[Gliderjohn]

I was setting down a freshly baited trap in a somewhat tight area when it snapped with my fingers still holding the side of the trap. Guess I had scared a mouse and it has simply ran into the trap while still holding it. Now that is a quick kill!
GliderJohn

[old head]

Its hard to tell how big it is, but that is a rat trap 3-½ x 7

Old Head

[NWrider]

Don't know if this has been suggested before but take a look at this Canadian method of getting rid of mice and rats:

https://www.automatictrap.com/collections/shop/products/a24-rat-and-mouse-trap-kit

[Lannis]

Don't know if this has been suggested before but take a look at this Canadian method of getting rid of mice and rats:

https://www.automatictrap.com/collections/shop/products/a24-rat-and-mouse-trap-kit

They do say "Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door!"

Although they didn't say anything about the world bringing $170 each to your door, so based on that, this MIGHT not be "better" .... ?

Sounds fun and effective, though!

Lannis

[80CX100]

Its hard to tell how big it is, but that is a rat trap 3-½ x 7

Old Head

      I've used those big Victory rat traps a few times, watch your fingers with those suckers.

      Thank god you put it out of it's misery, it's poor belly looks like it was ready to blow up with that chocolate concoction you were feeding it lol 

      That is a BIG looking rodent, I'm guessing from nose to tail it had to be at least 18" long.

       I caught a lucky break with the mice here, I thought a couple had got caught in traps and crawled under my kitchen cupboards and died there hidden. I could smell them but couldn't see them.

       Yesterday I was rooting around under the sink and found 2 traps with mice carcasses wedged behind the cupboards against the plumbing pipes, very easy to retrieve them and the smell is gone already     

       Hope you're rodent free until spring time. 

       Kelly 
       

[old head]

Looks like the DIY bait is working, found a dead mouse and dead Rat on the kitchen floor this morning.

Old Head

[Luke]

Try adding a broken wooden toothpick to a standard mousetrap with peanut butter. The peanut oil soaks into the toothpick, after the mouse has eaten all of the peanut butter it gets greedy and goes after the toothpick. Bam!

[JJ]

We have three cats in our house, so the last two little "shrews" that entered were dispatched quickly...

However, outside, we have the AZ Grey Fox which patrols nightly...and he takes care of business outside!! 

Nature's own "Rat Patrol!!

[Testarossa]

Romeo, our 13-lb tabby, brought a fat mouse into the kitchen this morning. Already dead, I'm glad to say. I put it out on the deck and he's still gleefully tossing it around. Update: Late in the afternoon he brought in a live one. We discourage this practice, but it happens. He hunts the 20-acre spread south of our fence. His brother Zorro hunts mostly the thicket on the north side of our road.