We rent the top two floors of an old wood frame house. We moved in in August and, in the last month or so, have discovered that we have a mouse problem. Initially we thought it was just one mouse, but, after capturing 3 so far (and finding another dead one behind the fridge), we’re realizing that we have a much bigger problem. <\/p>\n
We’re taking all the appropriate steps — plugging up all holes with steel wool, putting down traps, having an exterminator come by — so I guess my question is: is it possible to win this battle? Or are mice just too resourceful (and too quick to reproduce) to be successful? Any advice? Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We rent the top two floors of an old wood frame house. We moved in in August and, in the last month or so, have discovered that we have a mouse problem. Initially we thought it was just one mouse, but, after capturing 3 so far (and finding another dead one behind the fridge), we’re…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22879,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-38304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exterminator"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/11\/mouse-infestati\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Mouse Infestation – Help!","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/11\/mouse-infestati\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/11\/mouse-infestati\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Exterminator","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"jxc187"}],"creator":["jxc187"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2009-11-05T09:49:12Z","datePublished":"2009-11-05T09:49:12Z","dateModified":"2009-11-09T15:12:59Z"},"rendered":"