Our infestation of mice is finally under control. We think we figured out how they got in and had our builder come plug the holes.
Since apparently it's likely that you, dear reader, will have your home invaded my mice some day (or at least that's what they say), I thought I would share what worked for us.
We tried 4 different mouse-catching devices:
1. Old-fashioned mouse traps. These things are next to worthless: we tried more than a dozen of these (2 different brands) over the course of a week and only caught 1 mouse. Mostly the mice just ate the peanut butter bait without setting the trap off, although many times they were able to trigger the trap without getting caught.
2. New-fangled traps (jaws-like things). Same problem as the old traps. Caught 1 mouse with these over a week using 4 traps.
3. High-tech mouse-zapping box. They crawl in to get the bait, step on 2 metals plates to close a circuit and ZAP! Sounds cool. The only problem is, our mice never crawled in. Deployed for one week without catching a single mouse. At least the bait wasn't missing, though.
4. Glue traps. The mice walk onto the traps and get stuck. The least humane technique, but the only really effective one. We deployed 6 glue traps and caught 4 mice in 24 hours. Infestation gone. I know what I'll be buying next time.
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You are a heartless animal killer. There I said it.
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