How do you kill mice?
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Fry the little buggers. KILL! KILL! KILL!
I had this problem a couple of months ago. I got three spring type traps - you know, the cheap 3 for 2 bucks kind. Bait with thick peanut butter, check and empty traps everyday. Your problems won't be over till you find out where they're getting in. Then you must seal up those holes. Mine were coming in through my garage door. The door has a "smile" in it so I used foam sponge and made a wedge, duct taped them to close up the opening. Caught 7, now no more problems. Put the traps where you find their poops along the edge of a wall. They like to travel next to walls.
I had this problem a couple of months ago. I got three spring type traps - you know, the cheap 3 for 2 bucks kind. Bait with thick peanut butter, check and empty traps everyday. Your problems won't be over till you find out where they're getting in. Then you must seal up those holes. Mine were coming in through my garage door. The door has a "smile" in it so I used foam sponge and made a wedge, duct taped them to close up the opening. Caught 7, now no more problems. Put the traps where you find their poops along the edge of a wall. They like to travel next to walls.
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From: Laurel
We periodically get mice here and had a big problem last year during a road construction project. I've never found anything better than the old-fashioned snap trap baited with peanut butter.
BTW, there are about 250 mice per acre on average in this country. I think they'll survive a little culling. I don't bother them in my house but they're not welcome in mine.
An interesting aside: Last summer a chipmunk chewed through my wooden garage door to get at the birdseed he'd been robbing when I left the door open. They're cute but rodent-pests nonetheless.
BTW, there are about 250 mice per acre on average in this country. I think they'll survive a little culling. I don't bother them in my house but they're not welcome in mine.
An interesting aside: Last summer a chipmunk chewed through my wooden garage door to get at the birdseed he'd been robbing when I left the door open. They're cute but rodent-pests nonetheless.
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From: Rome, GA
Hands down, cats are the best mousetraps going.
Any cat worth its salt LOVES to KILL mice. A cat will
wait by a mouse hole for hours for its prey. Then it
will take its time with the kill savoring the mouse's
death cries.
Even well fed cats kill just for the sheer joy they
derive from being such masterful merchants of murder.
When you see a cat catch and kill a mouse you'll
be grateful you're not 3 inches tall.
Any cat worth its salt LOVES to KILL mice. A cat will
wait by a mouse hole for hours for its prey. Then it
will take its time with the kill savoring the mouse's
death cries.
Even well fed cats kill just for the sheer joy they
derive from being such masterful merchants of murder.
When you see a cat catch and kill a mouse you'll
be grateful you're not 3 inches tall.
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From: Los Angeles, CA
The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams:
"Incidentally, should you also happen to be troubled by rats, I have here an ingenious formula for inducing rat death: Mix equal parts cement and flour. Place a pan of this powder out next to a pan of water. The rats eat the cement, then they drink the water, and by the next morning their bowels have turned to concrete. Sadistic, eh? I knew you'd love it."
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_019.html
"Incidentally, should you also happen to be troubled by rats, I have here an ingenious formula for inducing rat death: Mix equal parts cement and flour. Place a pan of this powder out next to a pan of water. The rats eat the cement, then they drink the water, and by the next morning their bowels have turned to concrete. Sadistic, eh? I knew you'd love it."
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_019.html
