How to get rid of mice

Funny enough, I would just say get a couple cats... but I have a friend who has 4 cats, and they still had a mouse problem! Good luck and I hope it gets figured out!

Don't know how she can totally get rid of them, but she can put dryer sheets in her drawers and cupboards and around the house. They hate something that is in them. We use them in the campers to keep them out and have very few problems with them.

like that idea

Great idea

we stored alot of the book stuff in frezzers,, and we have the motel thing, it works,, plus my chichuha helps out soemtimes she got 3 so far this yr

D Con always worked for me. A big tom cat would not hurt.

She's on her way to adopt a kitty or two.

D-con....it's the only stuff that we've found that works. The mice actually like eating it. We've tried traps and the mice just evade 'em or spring 'em and take the food.

I agree with Janet. This happend to me once several years ago and I bought those boxes of D-Con and set them in several places and it wasn't long before I noticed the little pellets were all eaten up and the mice no longer showed up. Sooooo, get some D-Con.

She should invest in some plastic tubs with lids, I like clear ones... to store her dry goods from them. Peanut butter in traps seemed to work better than cheese when we had them when we lived in an apartment... they cut down the tall grass near the water where they were living so they decided to move indoors.

Best to set out traps after the kids go to bed... then get up earlier than the kids to get rid of it... I didn't want my children to look at it.

Since we have a cat, we've not had the problem. Some areas are prone to having them...like near stores..

I like to store foods mice like in the refrigerator, freezer or in glass containers with tight lids. Those little boogers can chew through thin plastic.

When I had mice, I would put a mouse trap inside of a little box with a small opening so the mouse could get in but pets couldn't and set it in an out of the way spot. I smeared the bait spot with peanut butter or chocolate so there was no way to get it without tripping the trap. After they were caught I could take the entire little box outside and dump the mouse easily.

I tried glue traps. They didn't work very well. :(

Another trick is to get an empty bucket and build a little ramp up to the top of it on the outside with anything available. Lay a paper towel all the way across the top of the bucket and put a tiny piece of food in the middle. When the mouse goes to grab the food, he goes DOWN and can't get out. Of course this needs to be done where there are no pets, especially cats.

GET 9 CATS

Put unchewed gum out....stops mice up permanently! Bait the traps on the bottom of the trip lever with a dab of peanut butter and push the peanut butter into the little bait slot, I have caught multiple mice in a trap using this method, yes there were two mice caught at once several times!

Thanks for posting to Point Taken. Have a great night!

I had an infestation a couple of years ago when they started building something on the previously vacant lot next to my apts. The glue traps were horrible, but they're the only thing that worked for me.

I use the chip clip traps and put peanut butter in them to catch them. You can also get some cats. They will take care of the mice. We tried D-con and it does kill them but they eat it up and sometimes come in the house and then die under things and you won't know it until you smell it and that is nasty.

borrow a few cats lol

A good mouser cat, or little yappy dog (they rival any good mouser-cat, big time), also the drier sheets, and/or mothballs under furniture, in cabinets, etc... (will also drive away spiders, scorpians, snakes, squirrels, rats, etc...).

I used to have terrible mouse problems when I lived in the city. Here are some of the things I did that were actually effective:
* Take steel wool and plug up all your holes that the mice are getting in - don't forget around the drain pipes and such that come into your house, usually through the basement. The steel wool hurts mice's teeth and they won't chew on it.
* Glue traps are AWFUL. The best mouse traps I used were the plain old traps that come down and snap their necks. They're also cheap, and you can bait them with the food the mice have already ruined by chewing through the packaging.
* Get a cat. Nothing was more effective than my new kitten Mazda. She had my house mouse-free after about 2 weeks. Train your cat to be a terrific mouser. As soon as the cat catches the mouse, praise the cat and give it a delicious treat - I used these incredibly smelly little dried fish treats that my cat just LOVED and she'd go hunt for mice so she could get a "fishy treat". While the cat is eating her treat, you can flush the mouse down the toilet.
Most important: do NOT freak out when a cat puts a mouse on your bed. The cat is trying to "honor" you by sharing its prize with you - praise your kitty, give it a treat, and flush the mouse.
* If you have big mice, get a plunger for the future clogged toilets. ;-)

storing food in plastic bins to save it...good idea
my only suggestion is cats---