Doug Miller wrote:
In article , Lar wrote:

wrote:

My wife noticed mouse droppings in our basement today (we live in
Cincinnati). I am a little bit puzzled because we don't take food
down to the basement, and we don't have mice on the upper floors of
our 2-story house. The only thing I can think of is that maybe the
mice are attracted to water -- sometimes we leave open containers
while washing clothes. I have never had to deal with this type of
problem before, and I am hoping that I can get good suggestions here
as to how to get rid of the mice.. Thanks,


Well, make sure they are mice droppings. The large outdoor roaches, aka
water bugs, palmetto bugs, tree roach, will have droppings that can be
larger than mouse.


Yeah, but those things don't live in Cincinnati...

Sure they do...they can be found in all 50 states. And any that were in
a wall of a home before the Winter hit will migrate inwards toward the
house warmth.

Lar