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Milo19
Bait the traps with something with a high fat content. Jam, Chocolate spread, peanut butter etc....Cheese DEFINATELY NOT!
Personally, if there are children or pets around I would encase the traps in something (i have dome traps bait stations) or place where children/pets cannot get to. As for using toxic bait...where children are present - its an ABSOLUTE NO NO! Unless it is in a tamperproof bait station.
Mice are sporadic feeders and so feed little and often from each area. They forage for food, so if you room is quite large and you cannot find the ingress point, then using one trap may not be enough. Try a few more.
The best option is locate the ingress point and place bait/traps there. Give it a few days, if you catch one, reset it and leave for another few days.
If all clear after that, the seal the ingress point using foam AND wire mesh or wire wool. Mice will simply gnaw though the foam unless you give it some guts!
I would not fill the hole first before reducing the numbers....the mice will simply look for another way in. After all, something in you house has attracted them in in the first place, so their not going to just simply pack up and buggered off!
As for a cat, never heard that before
Personally, if there are children or pets around I would encase the traps in something (i have dome traps bait stations) or place where children/pets cannot get to. As for using toxic bait...where children are present - its an ABSOLUTE NO NO! Unless it is in a tamperproof bait station.
Mice are sporadic feeders and so feed little and often from each area. They forage for food, so if you room is quite large and you cannot find the ingress point, then using one trap may not be enough. Try a few more.
The best option is locate the ingress point and place bait/traps there. Give it a few days, if you catch one, reset it and leave for another few days.
If all clear after that, the seal the ingress point using foam AND wire mesh or wire wool. Mice will simply gnaw though the foam unless you give it some guts!
I would not fill the hole first before reducing the numbers....the mice will simply look for another way in. After all, something in you house has attracted them in in the first place, so their not going to just simply pack up and buggered off!
As for a cat, never heard that before