hawkeye08
Elite Member
I have several of buckets with the peanut butter bait, works well most of the time for the outbuildings. Cats are part of our solution too.
For those that are not a cat person like myself, get a rat terrier. We don't have any mice or rats but she loves to bring me the crazy ones that come across our yard to go to our neighbors.
Her record to date is
6 rats
3 squirrels
2 birds
And she has her eyes set on a big @$$ possum.
Second-generation rodent poisons are being found to cause mortality among pets and livestock, and raptors such as owls that are natural rodent predators:
Merck Veterinary Manual
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Something to be aware of.
What I caught by far the most mice with was using a 5 gal. bucket with water about 3/4 full. I set about 2 or 3 of them by the woodpile and near the garden and in the garage. I take a 1x4 and make a ramp to the top of the bucket. I take a couple handfuls of cheapo sunflower seeds and throw them in the bucket and sprinkle them on the board and on the ground near the board to coax them up. They jump right in the bucket. Every few days I have to throw another handful of seeds in the bucket and every few weeks dump them out.