Mice in the house 🤢

[Gingerbreadcookiesandcream]

Hello 👋🏼
We've seen mice in the house. I've called pest control and they have put bait out. How long did it take you to see results i.e. no mice after pest control visiting? It's really putting me off with Christmas just 4 days away and I can't relax in my kitchen/living area. I have been keeping the house very clean, telling the kids not to leave bread bags open etc. Pest control will be back in a few weeks to fill the holes/entry points.

I got these traps from Amazon and baited them with peanut butter.
They were gone within 2, maybe 3 days.
I bought multiple and set them along my walls.
Honestly, they worked like an absolute charm.
I’m in the US but I’m sure Amazon UK has them.
Peanut butter is the most effective.
Good luck.

We used something similar to the poster above in the UK and from Amazon. Only had one mouse. Used kinder chocolate as bait and he/she was caught in about an hour. (Greedy mouse!) We then drove him to a spot over a mile from the house and let him run free.

We had mice move in after our last cat died. I used every type of mouse trap I could find, apart from glue traps, and spent a fortune. I didn't catch one single mouse in the six weeks we were using the traps. We got a new 8 week old kitten and he caught his first mouse two weeks later. Over the next couple of weeks he caught four of five more. That was nearly three years ago and we've never seen a mouse, or any evidence of one since. I really do think a cat is the only way of getting rid of mice if you've got an older house where it's difficult to block off all the possible entry points.

Pre baited poison traps from Amazon.

Had them in this autumn, found where they were getting in and blocked with steel wool. All food/food in chewable wrappers put in plastic containers. I didn't even leave fruit out or the toaster (they eat the crumbs!)

Then poison blocks down. They go in, eat poison and die in there. Whole trap with deceased mouse chucked away. They were gone in a few days - haven't seen any new mouse poo as yet.

Without traps it will take a week or so.

Pest control put bait down but, with two young children who were scared, we used traps with peanut butter and they worked immediately.

Then pest control back and blocked entry points and gave some advice to block other areas.

I third the use of those no kill traps. They are mammals. Poison dissolves their insides. And those traps are very effective and won't leave you with dead or dying bodies in walls or on floor.

We had 4 yesterday when checked traps and pest control advise was to reset and they will come back after Christmas and block but that they think that will be all of them

Have had nice on and off for years. Nothing gets rid of them if you have an old house - have tried everything except a cat due to allergies. I think a cat is probably the only thing that works if you can't block all routes into the house. I have wondered if there is something that mimics a cat.

We tried everything and had to resort to the rice size blue poison pellets which worked and we haven't seen any since thank god

I have had mice on and off for years now. My non humane way to get rid is to put poison out next to the holes and in the holes, then put expandable foam in the holes as well. Works for a while.