Of Mice and Woman

The mouse become rats at the right time dear

Mice & rats are two different rodents. Size doesn't make a large mouse a rat. Rats have elongated pointier noses and a longer body compared to a mouse of similar size. Both can carry disease and do great damage to your home. If your cats are not going to catch the creature for you then you will need to set traps. Peanut butter makes a great bait. It can't easily be stolen from a trap. I wouldn't block up any holes on the walls untill you are sure the creature is caught but set traps near them. Is there a new construction project near you or a building being torn down? I can remember back in the late 60's early 70's we had some kind of project nearby that disturbed hundreds of mice... our neighborhood was overrun and you could see them scampering all over at night. For weeks we set traps that got 3-4 a night. All night long loud SNAP! and my dad making a trip tp the outside trash with trap and all. If you use killing type traps just toss the whole trap. Not ony do you NOT want to try to clean it, once a mouse has been killed in one the others are not likely to visit it. OH and use gloves when baiting and setting the traps... less human smell. My brother taught his cat to catch mice by using a have a heart trap to get a live mouse. Shook it up enough to stun the mouse then let his cat have it to play with. The mouse eventually got away but the cat was hooked on the new game and went in search of mice. He became a very good mouser and even "disposed" of his catches sine he only got dry food he had to catch fresh meat.

i used to have mice in my utility attic of my townhouse. but when i adopted my cat, two years ago, he got rid of them. he is like a private investigator. he went snooping throughout the house, opening cupboards and closets, looking through stuff. all of the sudden, my townhouse became quiet. no more mice noise.