Ok so I do have mice

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I've said it before and I'll say it again - You have to find out where they're getting in before you can get rid of them. Find the holes and stop them up with wirewool and expandable foam. Traps are a waste of time as they're only treating the EFFECT and not the CAUSE of the problem.

 

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Well I have wooden floor boards to they can get in anywhere. They seem to be comeing from under the stairs cupboard (that links to next door). I have sealed up most of that up but I still see the little fella from time to time.

I don't want a cat.

The mice/mouse are not spending that much time in the house because there are no droppings and nothing is nibbled.

I think I am just going to buy a thousand trad traps so they can't get in without .. . . . . well you know.

 

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If you find the main entry point and place a humane trap right up against it, so that they come straight out of their hole and into the trap - baited with Cadbury's Caramel, you may find you catch them all one by one.

Periodically mice reappear and get caught straight away in our home using this method.

We watched the mice for a bit and worked out where they were entering the rooms from under the floor boards - or if you enter a room and see a mouse, watch where it runs to when it sees you and that is probably where it came in. This works a treat for us. They appear to have given up trying to come in now.

I've heard of people sprinkling flour around so that they can see mousey footprints to trace back to the entry point, but we've never had to do this.

 

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If you find the main entry point and place a humane trap right up against it.

Too many possibilities under the stairs.

I had fun last night though. I came into my front room and stood face to face with Jerry. Jerry pauses and then decides to hide under the computer desk. Now I know from past experience that there is not escape from the computer desk and eventually Jerry is going to make a mad dash for the door hugging the skirting board. I place two humane traps the other side of the door (there is a gap under the door) by the skirting board and turn the hall light off. So now when Jerry makes his dash he won't be able to see the traps and will run straight into them at high speed after I flush him out.

He runs directly at the door at top speed as I had predicted then breaks at the last millisecond and reverses and shoots into the hall missing the traps by a whisker.

Jesus. I will never get a chance like that ever again.