KestrelMerlin
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When we moved into our new house, the builder left a small gap around the Bilco door entrance. I didn't even notice it until I saw that we had some mice in our poured concrete basement. I sealed it up and used spring traps and glue traps and got rid of them.
Later, we caught a mouse in the kitchen. It may have come in through the garage door when someone came in the house. Got it with a glue trap.
I've had glue traps in the basement and upstairs, and we had no problems for months, but tonight, a young mouse ran across the living room floor and behind the china cupboard. I have NO idea how it got in.
I couldn't get to it, so I set glue traps at both ends of the cupboard, and then decided to set some spring traps elsewhere in case there were siblings. Baited them with peanut butter.
On a whim, I set one of the spring traps about 6 inches away from one glue board. While I was setting the other traps, I heard the first one snap. My wife saw it out of the corner of her eye. The trap threw the mouse in the air, and it landed on the glue board.
I searched this board for other posts about trapping mice, but I didn't find them.
Any words of wisdom about setting different kinds of traps? Somehow, this last mouse evaded my glue boards, and I want to be SURE that there are none of the little varmints left in the house.
Later, we caught a mouse in the kitchen. It may have come in through the garage door when someone came in the house. Got it with a glue trap.
I've had glue traps in the basement and upstairs, and we had no problems for months, but tonight, a young mouse ran across the living room floor and behind the china cupboard. I have NO idea how it got in.
I couldn't get to it, so I set glue traps at both ends of the cupboard, and then decided to set some spring traps elsewhere in case there were siblings. Baited them with peanut butter.
On a whim, I set one of the spring traps about 6 inches away from one glue board. While I was setting the other traps, I heard the first one snap. My wife saw it out of the corner of her eye. The trap threw the mouse in the air, and it landed on the glue board.
I searched this board for other posts about trapping mice, but I didn't find them.
Any words of wisdom about setting different kinds of traps? Somehow, this last mouse evaded my glue boards, and I want to be SURE that there are none of the little varmints left in the house.