Roberta

I'm looking for something also. I looked under the kitchen sink yesterday and they had eaten an entire bar of Lava soap! Right now I put Bounce dryer sheets under there because I know they work to keep them out of cars.

I have a cat who is too busy eating to chase a mouse :-(

institches33

Maybe this will help. My friend lived on a farm and she said they used glass pop bottles with a dab of peanut butter in the bottom. Placed the bottles on their sides. The mice weren't able to get traction against the glass to escape.

I've filed this information away for when the occasion arises, but can we still buy glass bottles????

Stitchit123

I'm going to try the bucket .So far the only mice I've caught in traps are baby ones.I have one dark in color one that eats the goodies -springs the trap then comes out in the middle of the room gets up on his hind legs and I swear he has his thumbs in his ears wiggles his fingers and sings NaNaNa you can't catch me.The little smart aleck has to go down !!!

Neesie

I could loan you my 7-lb. dachshund. Years ago, she caught a mouse and shook him, to death. I heard skittering, then there she was, standing with a dead mouse in her mouth! UGH!!! That one got in, via a new dryer, we'd just had delivered!

As others have said, check everywhere for openings. If you live in a brick house, stuff all the weep holes with steel wool or a bit of screening (push it into the hole, with a screwdriver, with the jagged edges facing outside). Any outside holes should either be sealed or stuffed with steel wool/metal screening. Mice can enter through very small spots! If you have a breezeway, to a garage, check where there areas join, at the top. Even after you close the entries, you still need to treat the mice that may already be in the walls.

If you can, call an exterminator. He/she can locate the entry points and provide the best way to safely get rid of the mice.

IshtarsMom

This summer for the first time ever we had either a pack rat or mice eating the wires in our car...Cost us around $500 before out of the blue I thought of moth balls...took a 6 in square of muslin, sewed down the side making a rectangle and filled with Dollar Store mothballs....placed them around the engine and no more wires eaten...did leave them out one night and another wire chewed...put them back and no more chewing...so I'm convinced this did the trick....I'd rather smell the moth balls than dead mice...also would rather they just stay away than deal with having to dispose of dead bodies....Pets dislike them too so no danger to them either... I'd just make enough to put around the perimeter or where I thought they might be coming in...Good luck...hope this works for you...

romanojg

I totally agree. For years I had the big problem with field mice and tried everything. Finally I got a cat and it's been about 6yrs and I've never seen a mouse since. She even takes care of the occasional water bugs that we get. She's an older cat; now about 11yrs old but still does a great job. It's like the mice know not to come to our house because she's there.

mhollifiel

Our mechanic found a mouse nest in the car vent! They were attracted to the warmth of the engine. She suggested putting steel wool soaked with cinnamon oil in any places where they were accessing the garage. Worked like a charm.

http://www.ehow.com/how_6218548_rid-...namon-oil.html

Dakota Girl

This is the time of the year, when field mice come into the house looking for warm winter shelter. The ideal time to look for where they are getting into the house. It is amazing to me how small of a space they can use to gain entrance. Finding and plugging these spaces is a must. Making sure that things like flour, bird seed etc. are kept swept up. We have good luck with a regular old fashioned mouse trap, baited with peanut butter or soft cheese. Easy for me, as my husband empties the traps.

KyKaren1949

My best luck with a mousetrap was to use bacon-raw! We have a brand new home with an unfinished basement and partial crawl space. Until we finish that basement, we're going to have mice every fall. I hate this, but there's nothing I can do but trap them every fall.
We put bacon on the trap and catch them easily. We've also used peanut butter on a cracker piece-mushed down against the trigger with success. Good luck-they're smart little critters!

icon17

Get a Yorkie! My yorries the 2 I've had are the best at Rodents! And Have the Patience of 'Job' never give up!