Mouse Control
I have mice in my house. I’ve plugged every hole I can find and put out traps. I don’t think they’re coming into the living area any longer, but I can still smell them in the kitchen. I’d appreciate any advice on how to deal with them since they’re still in the walls and if…
I have mice in my house. I’ve plugged every hole I can find and put out traps. I don’t think they’re coming into the living area any longer, but I can still smell them in the kitchen. I’d appreciate any advice on how to deal with them since they’re still in the walls and if anyone knows a good exterminator. Thanks.
Let me add my vote for cats. Homes with cats have no mice.
CAT! I pulled out everything- fridge, cabinets etc, filled holes with Stuffit (mesh), bought a CASE of traps. Nothing. Exterminator was worthless too. My daughter found a cat and within the next two weeks, we got 14 of the suckers. Poor thing is bored cause she has scared the rest away. Lent her to a friend to keep her happy…If you want to go this way, I can turn you on to a private cat shelter in the Slope…
Mice can get into holes as small as a nickel. They are most likely wintering indoors and will exit in the spring. THERE IS NO WAY TO KEEP THEM OUT IF THEY WANT TO GET IN. Remove/clean up all open feeding areas, like inside your stove, under the fridge, toaster, below the sink. Don’t leave food or dirty dishes on the counter over night. Glue traps work great. put them along the baseboards near radiators…in a week you will have them. don’t use bait traps as that just attracks more mice, especially the ones with the pellets in the cardboard boxes. The reason mice get thirsty is that they start to hemorage inside their bodies as the poison prevents clotting. What a way to go.
we had a mouse almost all summer in our townhouse. the precocious kind that would eat the peanut butter from the trap as we were eating our dinner. we then got two cats. shortly thereafter, our neighbor told me that she had seen a mouse scampering across her front parlor. “really?” i said. problem solved!!
can’t stress cat enough- we’ve never seen a mouse since the cats go involved
I called an exterminator – Charlie. Very responsive. He plugged holes, set traps and poison and even drilled holes to put poison in the walls. Initially I was concerned that they would die in the walls and smell terrible, but he explained that the poison makes them extremely thirsty so they run out of the house to get a drink. Then he came back 2 weeks later to check traps, etc. He also offers a customized “maintenance” service. Highly recommended – 646-299-6810
I should add that I agree with combustiblegirl. Cat was the next step, and if the problem recurs, then a cat it shall be. It is the best solution- if it’s feasible.
We also found the cat solution worked best. All our neighbors had cats and no mice. We had mice and no cats. Combo of exterminator and cat has cured the problem.
Simplest answer is to get a cat. We had mice in both my former coop and in our new home. Each episode lasted only a short period as the cat made quick work of ths situation and other mice soon learned this isn’t where they want to set up shop.