We have an on again, off again mouse problem in our house. My wife likes to use glue traps because she hates the idea of poison or “those nasty snap traps.” The trouble is glue traps are a mess. The dog has gotten into them more than once and I even got the glue all
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We have a mouse problem and I’ve been using the plastic snap traps trying to catch them but I’m having terrible luck. They always escape with the bait. What am I doing wrong? C. P., Windham, NH As the owner of a pest control company, I would be remiss if I didn’t first say that
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Customers often ask us about the use of glue traps, also known as sticky traps, for mice. A glue trap is a small cardboard or plastic tray with a very sticky surface that catches and holds mice that touch the glue. Just like the alternative snap traps, glue traps have certain advantages and disadvantages. Reasons
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When do mice have their babies? I think I found a mouse nest in a closet in the guest room. It’s a pile of fluff and paper and there’s something that looks like mouse poop. I haven’t seen any mice so I don’t know if the nest is new or if it’s been there a
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While cleaning out our attic, we found several piles of what looks like mouse poop but I’m wondering if it’s bat poop instead. What does bat poop look like? E. G., Wellesley, MA It’s true that bat poop (or droppings, or guano, or feces, or scat) looks very much like mouse poop. The droppings of
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It just figures that since we’ve not had any snow on the ground for weeks that we would get a storm on the first full day of spring! I was looking back at my notes and three of the past four years we’ve had snow on or around the first day of spring. But, enough
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I think we must have a dead mouse somewhere in our walls. There’s a really bad smell in our upstairs hallway. If it’s a mouse, how long is this smell going to last? B.B., Pinardville, NH There are many variables that contribute to the amount of odor from a decaying animal: the size of the
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I have been finding mouse droppings inside the cabinets of my kitchen island. We have a grill with a pop up vent that works great, but there is always mouse activity. What is going on and how can we prevent this in the future? A: Mice are always trying to find a place to live,
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It is tough to keep mice out of a cabin especially when it is unoccupied for periods of time. Mice need such small openings to enter that it’s probably impossible to find and seal all of the entry points in a cabin. At the very least, you should make sure that all doors have thresholds
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