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Ignoramus26157 wrote:
We have recently observed mice in the basement. We have a "pantry"
down there where there was a lot of food, such as rice etc, which the
mice fed on.

We threw out everything that was not in cans. I set up a "mouse cube"
type of mouse trap (highly recommended) and it caught one mouse. Kids
reported seeing one more mouse afterwards.

My question is how to get rid of them effectively.

The traditional method is still the best: spring traps.

Bait them with raisins. Get a good, plump, juicy raisin, and mash it down
hard
onto the bait pan. Then set the trap. They can't get the raisin off
without
springing the trap.

I had some old hard salami that worked very well for similar reason. I
sometimes got 2-3 mice per baiting.

Italian mice.