Undercurrent

One thing I saw for crawling insects, that might also work on mice, is to take a bowl, coat the inside in spray teflon, put some food in the bottom and a ramp from outside the bowl to the rim. The vermin can get into the bowl via the ramp, but they can't climb out because the teflon is too slippery.

JohnR

I tried that. Caught over 12 mice and drove them outside of town and released them. I think the word got around "free rides" cause they kept on comming in the house. I finally bought poison put it outside where I figured they were getting in and they stopped. One little mousey managed to make it to the living room where he died in agony in front of my screaming wife.

ju'iblex

not quite so close, i have a feeling youre around an hour away. Mind you, thats closer than all the other infidels around.

Kim o' the Concrete Jungle

Hmm, interesting. Now you've got me thinking about all the suburbs that back onto the national park. I don't want to give away the secret in a public forum, though. So I'll just say, if you've been flooded out in the last few days and you've called in the SES, it's my brother in law who'd be putting the tarpaulin on your roof.

ju'iblex

no, i personally havent been flooded, i'm lucky enough to live on the side of a large hill. and my roof seems to have done a decent job, no leaks....

but by god.. has it rained for the past week, non-stop.

ImGod

Look for entry points into your place and seal them. I kept getting mice in our last house as they were tearing up the ground across the highway for a construction project. I took a tube of silicon caulk and filled in every crack and pipe penetration near the foundation, then came inside and did the pipes under sinks, areas between cabinets, etc.

Mice can squeeze through extremely small openings. We used a flashlight and sealed anything that light could get through. Then trapped the bastard that was stuck inside. If you don�t find the entry point(s), catching them just makes space available for the next one.

Marduk

Yea, these suckers are really tiny, but I must have gotten their King, one pretty big one from last night. I caught 8 so far. I plugged one small hole, still looking for others.