Mice! (sink, bathroom, kitchen, cabinets)

[Braunwyn]

To start, when I bought my home in 2009 I discovered mouse droppings, so I knew there was a problem. We cleaned the place out and never saw anything for a while. Then, I saw droppings under my kitchen sink. The piping goes down into the crawl space so I figured they were coming up through there. I figured steel wool would take care of that. We also have two cats and a min pin (hunts rodents), so I thought we wouldn't have a problem. Wrong.

Last Sat I found dropping under my fridge, and again, below the cabinet under the sink. I called a pest control guy. Normally, I hate the idea of killing anything, but in two places? I couldn't deal. He inspected the house (basement to attic), found 3 mice in the attic, droppings and traps in places I didn't even know were there. So, he laid out new traps, bait, spray stuff, etc. He told me to wait to plug up all the entry points he found around the home in hopes they were going to be flushed out? leave? I have no idea.

This morning I have discovered droppings in my hallway and in my bathroom. I have never seen anything out in the open, especially given the cats. The mice are apparently coming out of the wood work and I don't understand why. What would propel them from leaving the walls, the basement, the attic, to come into my hallway? It's pretty disgusting.

[Pitt Chick]

Put traps where you see the droppings.

[sophialee]

When I lived in my old Victorian home I would get mice every fall it seemed.

I think they were after the dog food. There was a live one in the bag once! I screamed to high heavens.

Just keep plugging up holes and putting out traps (I used peanut butter), you'll get rid of them!

[Braunwyn]

I'm guessing these are tiny mice since none of the traps are working. Or, maybe he didn't set them so they would be sensitive to smaller mice. I'm wondering now if they came out because of the bait. That stuff is supposed to make them thirsty, so maybe it has them acting rash?

[Rach1966]

cold weather makes them come inside
get the block bate at tractor supply or any farm store, I'm sure you can get it at wal-mart also

[Braunwyn]

Originally Posted by Rach1966

cold weather makes them come inside
get the block bate at tractor supply or any farm store, I'm sure you can get it at wal-mart also

It's that green stuff, right? That's what the pest guy used as well. I'm gonna have him come back over tonight.

[lifelongMOgal]

Make certain that if you are using poison bait that your house pets cannot find/eat the dead mice. You don't want your pets poisoned!

Glue traps may work if traditional peanut butter style mousetraps are not.

[Braunwyn]

I don't have the bait any where the pets can get it. Only behind closed cabinets and similar. Glue traps freak me out. I hate that I'm killing these things at all, let alone what happens to them with glue traps. I typically don't even kill bugs I find in the house. I trap them and take them outside.

[Braunwyn]

With the bait, I am worried about the mice dieing in the house and rotting in the walls.

[George Chong]

One made it's way into my garage. I saw evidence of it chewing away at the gasket for the garage door.

I put this trap right at the opening and caught the sucker!

Ortho Home Defense MAX Kill & Contain Mouse Trap - Scotts Miracle-Gro