"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Charlie Bress wrote:
I have a neighbor who has been hearing scratching noises in the walls
and ceiling.
They apparently got in through one or more broken vents
Her exterminator suggests two approaches
One is to set out poison. The downside is that the critters will die
in the walls and smell up the house.
The other is to set traps. The downside of this approach is the
higher cost of checking and rebaiting traps.

What is the best way overall of handling this problem?

Think cat.
http://www.moggies.co.uk/misc/glenturret.html
Lay off the single malt for a while and describe in careful detail just how
you would get the cat into the walls.

And then how would you get the cat out?