I've just been chasing a mouse around my lounge

[poematic]

How do I get rid of this bloody thing. It's been running around my house for about a year.

Had pest control in three times but nothing changes. Traps - nothing. I've just spend 20 mins trying to kill it with a broom which is probably the closest I've been to a result.

Any ideas on what else to try?

Get a ginger tabby (male). They're incredible mousers.

I've laid traps at the weekend with snickers as bait but nothing doing. I'll try shortbread.

Horrifyingly I think I can hear them rounding around my bedroom at night. I jolted awake and could hear scuttling. Didn't get much sleep after that or subsequently tbh.

I've got some poison I might put down. I'm going to get the steel wool and block off all I can.