In my experience, cleaning out the drawers and leaving only traps in
them sort of alerts the mice that you've been there. I don't know if
they smell it or it just looks wrong to them, but frequently they will
ignore traps there.
I would re-place the traps along the likely travel paths to the
drawers. For example, if they are getting into drawers that are next
to the sink, put traps along the back of the cupboard under the sink,
take out the bottom drawer and put a trap against the back of the
cupboard/wall behind it and replace it, and so on.
Don't forget that once you have trapped the mice, you need to figure
out how they got in and plug up the access holes. Also figure out
where they are getting the seeds and remove the food sources.
Jo Ann
Lesley wrote:
Lar wrote:
On 6 Jul 2006 10:01:17 -0700, "Lesley" wrote:
Today is the 4th day since I put the traps out. I've never tried to
catch/kill mice before. Have they figured out that it's a trap? Do
they not like peanut butter? I've checked and the peanut butter is
still there. If I don't see any more chocolate sprinkles anywhere,
should I just assume they found some other place to live? I only saw
the sprinkles in those two drawers--I looked in all of my other drawers
and cabinets and saw nothing.
Help! I'm thinking of calling the Orkin Man!
Lesley
I come across this quite often...
http://www.arrow-pestcontrol.com/roachdrop.htm
It may be the large outdoor roach droppings you have been seeing.
Don't call a large National Company, you will be paying for the
Salesman's commision, the tech's commision and their overhead and
chances are you get someone new to the business. You probably know
friends that use a local company that are satisfied, if you choose to
not handle the problem yourself. Mouse or roach, if those cabinets
are near the sink or stove, make sure where the plumbing/power come
through the wall is sealed, many times it is just a rough opening.
Lar
Hey Lar,
THANK GAWD it's not roaches! Whatever is leaving the sprinkles in my
house--it eats seeds. I found a couple of empty seed casings in the
same drawers where I found the sprinkles.
How big must a cockroach have to be to leave droppings the size of
mouse droppings?
Never mind. I don't want to know. I'll just count my blessings. I
think.
Lesley