Need advice on mouse control

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So I have a little mouse problem in my apartment and I need some ideas. I've already tried to find any points of entry and seal them up. Since I saw a critter tonight I guess I need to look harder. I also have glue traps near all the radiators, I'm pretty sure that's where they are getting in. We keep all food in the high cabinets and off the counters. My building has a no pets policy so a cat is out, despite how much I'd love to have one. My other favorite idea is a .22 with a can but that won't work either. Besides traps and denying them entry is there anything else I can do to keep them out? The old lady and I aren't too crazy about putting poison all over our apartment, so I'm trying to keep that as a last resort.
 
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Feel your pain. Had mice, got little poison pellets. Goodbye mice...

Realize your reluctance re poison, but really worked for me. And - they didn't slink off somewhere and make a stink. YMMV

Good luck,

Dyson
 
I just went thru this, too. First time in 20+ years.
I went to the hardware store, and got two sticky-traps and a D-con
bait box. Result: all the D-con disappeared the first night, and two days later, found a critter trying in vain to get off a sticky trap.
Problem solved!! Was very impressed with the D-con. Made my heart
warm, watching the one trying to get off the sticky trap.
TACC1
 
Rat Zapper! Works great for mice and rats. It costs about $50 per unit but are reusable. A set of D batteries last a long time.
 
Tell your landlord about the problem and suggest you would get a cat if he gives you a waiver on the no pet policy.
 
Poison is the only way to go.

Inside cats will eventually get fat and lazy and won't do the job.

I see you reside in New York, and I hope that you mean a rural part of it... You need a farm supply store like Tractor Supply, Rural King, etc. They'll have rat and mouse "brick" bait. That stuff is way less messy than the d-con stuff in pellets and works just as good, if not better.
 
"Inside cats will eventually get fat and lazy and won't do the job."
Not if you don't overfeed them.
 
Mice are curious and stupid, unlike Rats which are very careful and take a long time to get used to new things.. Mice like to check out new things.

Traps, traps and traps. Have the trigger facing the wall at a right angle. You can't have too many traps.They like to hug the wall.

Bait, Crunchy Peanut butter, no they do not like cheese.
 
Find out what your neighbors are using. Apparently it's working.

......moon
 
To fix your problem you need to do the following.

1) Secure your food supplies in plastic containers.
2) Obtain a nice air rifle
3) Peanut butter in a dish near a wall with a good backstop.


Turn down all of the lights except one over the peanut butter. Move to a far corner and settle into stalk mode.

I used to purge mice every year in our house this way. When the snows came, they moved in and I set up the stalk. It will only take a week or so of evenings and it sure will build up your hunting skills.

Lots of fun by the way. With a precision target air rifle you can really pick your shots. Like the through the ears or the classic between the eyes.
 
Pure 100 % peppermint oil on a cotton ball, placed near where you think their point of entry is.
All rodent's are highly allergic to the peppermint oil, and will go out of their way to avoid areas with it. Don't smell bad at all, either; actually quite pleasant.

We order ours off Amazon.com, or you can also get it at a health food store that sells vitamin's and such.
It's work wonders for keeping the vermin out of our camper, when we have it stored for the winter. Re-apply it every other week, or so...YMMV
 
Peter M. Eick said:
To fix your problem you need to do the following.

1) Secure your food supplies in plastic containers.
2) Obtain a nice air rifle
3) Peanut butter in a dish near a wall with a good backstop.


Turn down all of the lights except one over the peanut butter. Move to a far corner and settle into stalk mode.

I used to purge mice every year in our house this way. When the snows came, they moved in and I set up the stalk. It will only take a week or so of evenings and it sure will build up your hunting skills.

Lots of fun by the way. With a precision target air rifle you can really pick your shots. Like the through the ears or the classic between the eyes.
Click to expand...

This is how I do it.
I wear a pith helmet with a leopard skin band and a khaki safari outfit.
Fit the rifle with express open sights- NO scope- in case of a charge. :D
 
There's a guy who comes into the shop. Calls himself the hit man; kills and catches critters fort a living. He uses peanut butter.

When I had a mouse problem, I got about a dozen of those Victor brand mouse traps (don't get the cheaper ones) and some of the stickey ones. Even got a jar of peanut butter just for the mice.

On the victors, I laid them around the house, against walls, put a lot of peanut butter on them, but didn't set them. I checked them every day and the ones where ther peanut butter disappeared, I re-baited with a smaller amount and set them. Don't put the PB on the end; make it so that the mouse has to stick his head far into the trap to get get the prize. It took a week or two, but I was able to catch them all.

If it doesn't work the first time, try baiting the traps without setting them again.

The problem with poison is that they can crawl in between the walls and die. Then, you have to figure how to get rid of the smell.
 
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Peter M. Eick said:
To fix your problem you need to do the following.

1) Secure your food supplies in plastic containers.
2) Obtain a nice air rifle
3) Peanut butter in a dish near a wall with a good backstop.


Turn down all of the lights except one over the peanut butter. Move to a far corner and settle into stalk mode.

I used to purge mice every year in our house this way. When the snows came, they moved in and I set up the stalk. It will only take a week or so of evenings and it sure will build up your hunting skills.

Lots of fun by the way. With a precision target air rifle you can really pick your shots. Like the through the ears or the classic between the eyes.
Click to expand...
This sounds like fun.
 
Babalooie said:
There's a guy who comes into the shop. Calls himself the hit man; kills and catches critters fort a living. He uses peanut butter.

When I had a mouse problem, I got about a dozen of those Victor brand mouse traps (don't get the cheaper ones) and some of the stickey ones. Even got a jar of peanut butter just for the mice.

On the victors, I laid them around the house, against walls, put a lot of peanut butter on them, but didn't set them. I checked them every day and the ones where ther peanut butter disappeared, I re-baited with a smaller amount and set them. Don't put the PB on the end; make it so that the mouse has to stick his head far into the trap to get get the prize. It took a week or two, but I was able to catch them all.

If it doesn't work the first time, try baiting the traps without setting them again.

The problem with poison is that they can crawl in between the walls and die. Then, you have to figure how to get rid of the smell.
Click to expand...

This works great.

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If they continue to raid the set traps successfully, substitute a small amount of rubbery, partially cooked bacon tied on to the trigger very tightly with a small piece of thin nylon string. This improved my kill rate by 50%.


Bullseye
 
Bullseye-
NICE shot on the double!

On the Victors-
Do a trigger job!
Bending the vertical trigger that the wire hooks on ever so SLIGHTLY with your thumb will reduce the pressure needed to fire the trap.
If you go too far, it is quite easy to bend it back.
I've bent them for more than 40 years.
 
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