Mouse problem - advice re traps

[sweety314]

Snap traps are the only way to go..unless you've got really good mouser kitties.


Stripe USED to be, then she'd just play w/'em *sigh*

Now w/THREE cats (all former barn cats) in the garage, and 4 cats in the house (yeah, yeah...we're a cathouse hee hee ) I don't expect to have any mice this winter.

When I lived surrounded by fields and grass seed, the mice came in and what the cats couldn't? wouldn't? catch, the snap trap did...Oh,...that and a newly emptied kitchen garbage can w/just a few scraps in the bottom. Two got in, but couldn't get back out (for some oddball reason) and I had to smoosh 'em

And growing up in a single wide, my mom loooooooved the Decon, but boy!! did they always stink for a week or so in the summer when they died in the walls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But YEAH, you DON'T want to feed wild mice. Too much of a chance they've eaten poisoned seed corn or grain or Decon from somewhere (even if you didn't care about the parasites and fleas.)

Good luck in your irradication!

[kurgan]

6 dead mice so far.
Jen nearly made us move to a hotel last night!
Destroying their nest clearly made them spread out and most of the last few kills have been very small just weaned mice so hopefully most are either dead or will depart for pastures new.
Setting the snap traps is incredibly fiddly and i've got a few blood blisters to show for it.

[wolfy-hound]

My terriers seem to keep the rats/mice away. I don't have any issues, despite living in a wooded area, and having dog food, cat food, rat food etc etc etc out in bags. I have cats too, but they are useless lazy buggers. The terriers live for the day my rat colony makes a break for it. Until then they have to be content with attempting to find wild ones.
Of course.. I don't have squirrels to watch anymore either.
Wolfy