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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 223793" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I have a whole little herd of outside cats and I think what they did is to barricade the mice inside the house - they were <em>afraid</em> to leave! The mice have been worse this year than ever! They were absolutely everywhere! So the dogs and I declared war on them and I haven't seen one in about two weeks! </p><p> </p><p>The little buggers were running along my counter tops and across the floors and I could hear them in the ceilings. I bought the sticky traps ... and yes, I know they're 'cruel', but it was to the point that it was them or me! The ones with sticky stuff in a plastic tray don't work as well. They just go around them. I got the ones that are like a 3x5 sheet of heavy paper covered with sticky stuff and put them all along the counter and anywhere else where the dogs couldn't get to them. I'd put a tiny bit of food right in the center to tempt them. And the next is the hard part - we starved them out, but it's hard to do with kids around! Not the slightest little crumb they could get a hold of! Not one dish in the sink with the tiniest speck of food on it, not even a morsel on the counter or floor anywhere, and the trash can was put up on the washer - too high for them to get in to. The pet food was put in sealed containers and I stopped leaving dry food out for the dogs at night.</p><p> </p><p>When they got good and hungry they started getting reckless and if they ventured out, one of the dogs would get them! And when they were absolutely <em>starving</em>, we played dirty! I would put some dry dog food in the dog bowl and then put the bowl right in the middle of the kitchen floor. The dogs would station themselves several feet from the bowl and just patiently and quietly watch ... and pretty soon a mouse would venture out from under the 'fridge or the cabinets and head for the bowl, and the dogs would pounce on it and it would be 'goodbye mouse'! The girls got really good at it. They were as good as dead if Ragan saw them, but sometimes Katy would fall asleep sitting up waiting for one to show itself! </p><p> </p><p>I would not, under any circumstances, use decon or any other poison if you have pets (and kids!) in the house! It doesn't kill them right away and the mice can scatter it to where the pets can get it. Or the mice eat the poison and then the dog or the cat catches the mouse and has it in their mouth!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 223793, member: 1883"] I have a whole little herd of outside cats and I think what they did is to barricade the mice inside the house - they were [I]afraid[/I] to leave! The mice have been worse this year than ever! They were absolutely everywhere! So the dogs and I declared war on them and I haven't seen one in about two weeks! The little buggers were running along my counter tops and across the floors and I could hear them in the ceilings. I bought the sticky traps ... and yes, I know they're 'cruel', but it was to the point that it was them or me! The ones with sticky stuff in a plastic tray don't work as well. They just go around them. I got the ones that are like a 3x5 sheet of heavy paper covered with sticky stuff and put them all along the counter and anywhere else where the dogs couldn't get to them. I'd put a tiny bit of food right in the center to tempt them. And the next is the hard part - we starved them out, but it's hard to do with kids around! Not the slightest little crumb they could get a hold of! Not one dish in the sink with the tiniest speck of food on it, not even a morsel on the counter or floor anywhere, and the trash can was put up on the washer - too high for them to get in to. The pet food was put in sealed containers and I stopped leaving dry food out for the dogs at night. When they got good and hungry they started getting reckless and if they ventured out, one of the dogs would get them! And when they were absolutely [I]starving[/I], we played dirty! I would put some dry dog food in the dog bowl and then put the bowl right in the middle of the kitchen floor. The dogs would station themselves several feet from the bowl and just patiently and quietly watch ... and pretty soon a mouse would venture out from under the 'fridge or the cabinets and head for the bowl, and the dogs would pounce on it and it would be 'goodbye mouse'! The girls got really good at it. They were as good as dead if Ragan saw them, but sometimes Katy would fall asleep sitting up waiting for one to show itself! I would not, under any circumstances, use decon or any other poison if you have pets (and kids!) in the house! It doesn't kill them right away and the mice can scatter it to where the pets can get it. Or the mice eat the poison and then the dog or the cat catches the mouse and has it in their mouth! [/QUOTE]
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