Originally Posted by GrammaNan
I have a mouse problem also. I purchased a bottle of Peppermint essential oil. I put a few drops of the oil on cotton balls and put them throughout the house. Especially where mice have been sighted. The mice hate peppermint! I love the smell it gives in my home and the mice sightings are non-existent. I reapply the oil once a week.
I've read that Peppermint essential oil works very well at keeping mice away, and there would be no dead mice to dispose of. I think I'll try it, since it would also work as a natural air freshener.