Instead of trying to exterminate mice with guns or just plain old threats, you may want to try snap-traps, the old stand-by.
So apparently Stuart Little is not an accurate portrayal of a mouse. Did you know that almost no mice wear little jeans and sweaters? And even fewer of them are voiced by Michael J. Fox? In fact, most mice just bogart your food, have babies, and give you and your pets diseases. It’s practically like living with a junkie. Remember that Stuart Little book, Stuart Little Gives the Family Tapeworms? Probably not because the “Stuart Little” people don’t want you to know the truth about mice! I’m here to set the record straight!
What is it?
Mice are defined as rodents, and can generally be differentiated from rats because they’re usually much smaller (they weigh somewhere between 11 and 22 grams). They are more times than not, a grayish-brown and one of the most common house pests in the United States. They often enter homes through cracks in walls and floors, though they’re known to also gain access to your home through drainage pipes, oven gas lines, and windows (especially if, you know, they’re open). It’s important to try and eliminate mice before they reproduce and make your problem a full-on infestation (female mice have litters of five to six babies every couple of months).
Therefore, hiring an exterminator may very well be the best solution in the end, especially if you suspect there is more than one mouse rummaging through your snack drawer. Also, many mice exterminators will charge you depending on how many mice are inhabiting your place. Therefore, if you call an exterminator immediately following a mouse sighting, he can get rid of the mice/mouse for a much lower cost (assuming there are fewer of them) and most likely, give you tips on how to better prevent infestation (though this may also mean them trying to sell you Mouseblocker 3000 or some other extraneous products).
Though let’s face it, it’s the recession and we’re not all going to want to pay top dollar for exterminators. Therefore, there are several available mouse traps on the market that one can buy. Instead of trying to exterminate mice with guns or just plain old threats, you may want to try snap-traps, the old stand-by. If the trap is triggered, the spring bar will usually kill the mouse instantly. However, the trick for bait is to bypass the standard hunk of cheese for something stickier, like peanut butter, as they can’t simply carry it away, but have to lick it off the trap.
Perhaps you find the guillotine-like quickness of the snap trap too humane for your tastes. In this case, you may want to shoot for a glue trap, which doesn’t kill the mouse, but keeps it in place via a sticky adhesive until it eventually starves or dies of dehydration. So if you have deep-rooted family issues, this could be a way to get your sick and twisted ya-ya’s out. Although, be aware, some mice can actually free themselves by gnawing off their own extremities (kind of like a Stuart Little meets The Saw kind of deal).
Probably the most expensive trap available is the electronic mouse trap, which, when triggered, electrocutes mice on the spot. Cool technology, but it can only be used once and is not cheap.
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