The mice here are very small and very fast. There’s just no way I could get one with a knife and I’m pretty spry.
I’ve learned a few things about dealing with mice in my time…
If you’ve seen one you probably have dozens.
If they die in a wall cavity there’s nothing you can do. They will stink, you’ve just got to wait it out. Used ground coffee in a dish or whatever tends to absorb the smell.
There’s lots of different types of traps. You probably need to experiment with different types. For example the spring loaded ones don’t work for very small mice. Also I dislike the no-kill ones because then you have to deal with a live mouse. One of the most impressive I’ve seen is like a lid on a bucket with a trapdoor - it’s what farmers use in a plague.
Poison is another good option but be aware it usually has an attractant. If you can hear mice in your ceiling you don’t want to put the poison in your ceiling because you’ll get more mice in your ceiling. Put the poison outside to draw the mice out.
This is all good advice. I just wanted to point out that most of the traps on Amazon are knockoffs of the Flip & Slide from Rinne Corp. Shawn Woods covers it here on Mousetrap Mondays: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pHwvVPT202Y
His channel is great, and I believe he mentions in a later video that besides stealing Rinne’s design, many of the knockoffs don’t work as well due to sloppier manufacturing tolerances. I’ve ordered from them (both this design and Shawn Wood’s Dizzy Dunker) and I felt better than if I had bought a counterfeit through Amazon.
I was pretty surprises I got it too. It scrambled to get under my trash bucket for a bit which gave me the chance to chop. While there’s definately a fair few mice, it’s not like it’s an infestation. I grew up on a farm so I’m pretty used to them.
That’s nuts.
The mice here are very small and very fast. There’s just no way I could get one with a knife and I’m pretty spry.
I’ve learned a few things about dealing with mice in my time…
If you’ve seen one you probably have dozens.
If they die in a wall cavity there’s nothing you can do. They will stink, you’ve just got to wait it out. Used ground coffee in a dish or whatever tends to absorb the smell.
There’s lots of different types of traps. You probably need to experiment with different types. For example the spring loaded ones don’t work for very small mice. Also I dislike the no-kill ones because then you have to deal with a live mouse. One of the most impressive I’ve seen is like a lid on a bucket with a trapdoor - it’s what farmers use in a plague.
Poison is another good option but be aware it usually has an attractant. If you can hear mice in your ceiling you don’t want to put the poison in your ceiling because you’ll get more mice in your ceiling. Put the poison outside to draw the mice out.
This is all good advice. I just wanted to point out that most of the traps on Amazon are knockoffs of the Flip & Slide from Rinne Corp. Shawn Woods covers it here on Mousetrap Mondays: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pHwvVPT202Y
His channel is great, and I believe he mentions in a later video that besides stealing Rinne’s design, many of the knockoffs don’t work as well due to sloppier manufacturing tolerances. I’ve ordered from them (both this design and Shawn Wood’s Dizzy Dunker) and I felt better than if I had bought a counterfeit through Amazon.
I was pretty surprises I got it too. It scrambled to get under my trash bucket for a bit which gave me the chance to chop. While there’s definately a fair few mice, it’s not like it’s an infestation. I grew up on a farm so I’m pretty used to them.
Thanks for the advice though :)
Cats are also a good option.
My cat got rid of the mice issue, but then there’s a roach issue. Cats unfortunately cannot get rid of roaches. 🤷♂️