I am defeated (sigh)
This mouse infestation has me beat. It has now been two and a half weeks of trapping and the tally stands at 141. We are getting very little sleep because the traps go off all through the night. In fact the other night I went and reset a trap and by the time I made it down the hallway and started climbing in bed ANOTHER trap went off. So back out I went and on and on and on the dance goes. I really don’t want to hurt the mice but we can’t live like this any longer. Today I contacted the real estate to explain the situation, now we wait. If it took them six months to fix my dining room light it is a real possibility that our lease will be over before they address this problem. I really wanted to win this mouse war but I have accepted the reality of the situation… just like Napoleon… I am defeated.
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I’m with Eric
finally…the light has been seen!!!! We find that TALON works even better…I guarantee you that finding the little blighters will be much easier after a box of the stuff is put out….they move much slower when their blood is slowly leaking out…..nice thought hey? but seriously we had a rat infestation in our downstairs ceiling and after nights of no sleep (adding to the lack of sleep we were getting anyway thanks to our sleep challenged baby!!) we had to go down the poison avenue as well and that very night they finished off two boxes of the stuff and two days later we had 6 - yes that is 6 huge dead rats spread out over the downstairs storage area…in various states of decomp! but at least we are sleeping better! it’s all about self preservation and unfortunately rats and mice are at the bottom of our list of priorities!
Poison and plugs (not tampons). You would be amazed at the minimal size of an opening that a mouse needs to get into a house. You will want to kill the infestation that is in the house, but you also want to keep any new ones from coming in. Take a walk around the house with a spray foam filler and anywhere there is a crack or opening fill it in with the foam.