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Five Ways to Naturally Repel Mice from your Home

Leroy December 24, 2012 17 Comments

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Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) (Anne Burgess) / CC BY-SA 2.0

The whole “Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse” line isn’t really working out for me right now. As I sit here writing this I am in the midst of a cat-and-mouse game with, a mouse. Boy is he clever. I figured out one of his entry points into the pantry, a hole for an old electrical outlet that I have yet to fill, and blocked it up and then plastered over it. I then placed a sticky trap below just in case. Well, Professor Mouse-iarty chewed through the plaster, and knocked enough dust and wet plaster on the sticky trap that when he fell on it, it wasn’t sticky enough to capture him and he got away. Well played, my mouse friend, well played. And now the game is afoot! I know I said this would be an article about natural mouse repellent, but I want to get the present mice out and keep any others away, so just bear with me. Read More

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Live Catch Mouse Traps – The HomeFixated Guide To Catching Mice and Keeping Your Karma Intact

Marc Lyman November 22, 2011 16 Comments

mouse and cheeseMy wife has been hearing things. At first I was alarmed. Then she told me it wasn’t voices telling her to kill me in my sleep. Instead, it was thumps, dragging and scratching sounds. “Did we forget to take our daughter out of timeout in the closet again?” I asked nervously. My wife then informed me the sounds were coming from the crawl space and inside the walls. I breathed a sigh of relief. That eliminated timeout as the issue, and saved us from an awkward talk with Child Protective Services. Since our house wasn’t known to be haunted, I ruled out a poltergeist too. Given how small the access is to the wall with the scratching sounds, I settled on mice as the likely culprit. What follows is our semi-definitive guide to catching mice humanely. Read More

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Avoid a Horrible Winter – Tips for Keeping Pests Out During The Cold Months

Jen November 7, 2011 Leave a Comment

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The Post That Will Get Hate Mail: Best Way to Kill a Mouse

Jen June 25, 2009 1 Comment

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