Mice Extermination DIY Options
Posted By Houston Decorator on March 17, 2010
Some people have a relationship with mice as stars of children’s cartoons. But most people are actually afraid of mice or just view them as a pest. Especially home owners have the latter view, as mice can be a real problem if they are left to roam a house with out some kind of mouse control. This isn’t just because they can give you a scare when you see one; there are real reasons why mice should be exterminated from a house where people actually live.
For starters, mice leave droppings, and they obviously don’t clean up after themselves. If you have kids, the last thing you want to see is them playing in mouse filth. There is also the case of mice being carriers of diseases such as Bubonic and Typhoid. Since mice are drawn to house’s where food is lying around and easy accessible, it’s obvious why the spreading of disease can be of concern.
This leads to the question; how to get rid of mice? There are two main routes you can follow to get rid of mice, one being to hire a professional exterminator, and the other being getting rid of the mice yourself. The professionals will definitely do their job, but this comes at a price that can be unrealistic for many people’s wallet. Doing it yourself, on the other hand, can be an affordable way to handle the problem, as there are many options available at most hardware stores around the country.
The most common method of mouse control is to set up conventional traps. These are usually made with steel bars and have doors that close when the mouse enters after being drawn in by a tasty treat lying in the trap. These traps usually work just fine, but you have to remember that the mouse is actually trapped alive inside, and it’s up to you to get it out, either setting it free or killing it. The most humane is of course to set the mouse free, but if you do this remember that mice find their way back home if you don’t let them out far enough away from your house. Since mice have a perimeter or territory of over 200 yards, be sure to let them out further away than that.
On the less humane side you have the glue traps, which use glue to stick the mouse to the trap. The inhumane part is that the mouse will either starve to death, if you don’t attend to your traps often, or have to be killed if you actually find the mouse alive inside because there is no easy way of getting it loose from the glue.
Poison is also seen as an inhumane way of mice extermination, but is actually one of the most used methods. Since there is a risk that other animals, pets, or even your kids, can find the poison and eat it without knowing what it is, using poison outside specialized cages that also trap the mouse and hinder entry from others, can be a bit dangerous.
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