Mice, mice and more mice!!!

[gingerK]

Has anyone else in a s&b had problems with mice this year? I bet I've caught at least a dozen in traps in the closet already. I have no idea where the little buggers are getting inside. I usually have a couple each year but this is getting ridiculous. I have to check the traps twice a day! UGH!

[WickedLady]

Mice can get thru a hole the size of a dime. Look around any pipes or electrical cords coming into the house. You can stuff tinfoil in any gaps.

[JudyJB]

Or steel wool.

Poor little guys are just looking for a warm and cozy winter home!

[retiredhappy]

First, I use live traps. Can't deal with furry little dead bodies so I catch and release. I caught 21 over 21 days earlier this year. I would take them outside and release. Finally instead of releasing near the house I walked the little devils waaaaaaay down the driveway and released and voila, no more mice. My daughter swears I was catching the same one over and over. And PLEASE don't use those cruel sticky traps. Nothing deserves to die like that.

[gingerK]

I hate those sticky traps too. I use the snap ones that kill them quickly. I think I've found where they are getting in and will close it up tomorrow.

[JudyJB]

One humane trap I discovered is a 5-gallon bucket with some bird seed in the bottom. I had this in my garage years ago. Every day I would find a mouse in the bottom. (You do have to check it daily.) My problem also was that I was never sure it was a new mouse or if I was catching the same one over and over again. I let them loose in the backyard. Needed to take them for a long drive!

[WickedLady]

Bay leaves are a good deterrence for all kinds of critters; mice, wasps, etc.

[Bethers]

Yes, I always use humane live traps, and in the store I owned we used a 5 gallon pail. We know the same came back, my partner hid and watched. We not only found the location because of his watching, but learned to take a drive with one, not a walk.

I trapped one when at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Dropped him off at the South Rim. That was just for kicks lol

[JudyJB]

So that was the first RVing mouse? What tales she must have told!

Sounds like a good start for a children's story. "There once was a little girl mouse ...." Or maybe it was a grandmother mouse.