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We had a home inspection as a pro-active measure and our inspector reports a rodent infestation under the house. Fumigation would leave lots of dead, decaying bodies. There are ultrasonic devices that drive them away. Any experience with these?
We have had unfailing success with these. Catches and kills, and then you dump it out and reset it. One piece of dry dog food kibble is the bait. Runs on AA batteries. We used 6 of them and rapidly eliminated the problem in a few days.
We have a summer home that we leave vacant just when the mice are searching for a nice warm quiet spot to live for winter.
Electronic repellers do not work. Perhaps they do for a day, but the mice acclimatize.
What I've found to be useful is the "repeater" mousetraps, such as these: https://www.webstaurantstore.com/jt-eaton-423-wh-white-little-pete-multiple-catch-mouse-trap/605JT423WH.html. I've found that If I scatter a dozen, I know just where to go to retrieve them.
I find it convenient to bait them with opened single-serving peanut butter portion cups and with sunflower seeds from either the snack cupboard or the bird-food bin.
My experience is that after the initial mouse clear-out – (re-homing to mouse Valhalla all mice that had decided to live in our home before winter) – the baited traps remain vacant until I remove them in late spring. So I suspect that if you can afford 8-10 days to make sure that all of the existing mice are aware of the new smorgasbord, you can then re-box the traps in a shipping carton and not need them while the home is being marketed.
We have had unfailing success with these. Catches and kills, and then you dump it out and reset it. One piece of dry dog food kibble is the bait. Runs on AA batteries. We used 6 of them and rapidly eliminated the problem in a few days.
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We have a summer home that we leave vacant just when the mice are searching for a nice warm quiet spot to live for winter.
ReplyDeleteElectronic repellers do not work. Perhaps they do for a day, but the mice acclimatize.
What I've found to be useful is the "repeater" mousetraps, such as these:
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/jt-eaton-423-wh-white-little-pete-multiple-catch-mouse-trap/605JT423WH.html. I've found that If I scatter a dozen, I know just where to go to retrieve them.
I find it convenient to bait them with opened single-serving peanut butter portion cups and with sunflower seeds from either the snack cupboard or the bird-food bin.
My experience is that after the initial mouse clear-out – (re-homing to mouse Valhalla all mice that had decided to live in our home before winter) – the baited traps remain vacant until I remove them in late spring. So I suspect that if you can afford 8-10 days to make sure that all of the existing mice are aware of the new smorgasbord, you can then re-box the traps in a shipping carton and not need them while the home is being marketed.
They don't work. Call an exterminator to come investigate and listen closely to what he says.
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