Homemade trap
House mice and other rodents can become a significant household pest. The house mouse typically enters homes in the late fall as the weather gets cooler. They can enter through cracks and holes as wide as a dime.
Signs of an active infestation of mice include droppings and gnawing marks. Due to health and sanitation concerns, any sign of an active rodent infestation should be dealt with swiftly. Mice are very shy and prefer to live within a cluttered environment with lots of harborage. For this reason, the household garage is a favored entry point for mice. Once inside, mice will feast off of birdseed, pet food, and other items found within the typical garage. When caught early on, mice problems can be dealt with non-chemically. The first order of business is to identify possible entry points within the area in which the infestation is suspected. Thoroughly clean (removal of clutter, sources of food, etc.) the area in which the infestation is suspected. Once the clutter has been removed, there are a number of different types of mouse traps available at most hardware stores which can be deployed to help eliminate your mice.
Live traps can also be used to catch mice, but they are most useful when this rodent population is so high that baiting and setting individual traps is impractical. Live traps can usually be purchased at farm supply stores.
Example Building the Trap:
Homemade mouse trap
1) Open the bottom drawer of wherever you are placing the vase.
2) Place the vase touching or almost touching (depending about how high your vase is compared to your drawer.)
Toxic baits can be used for rodent control; they are not recommended for inside home use, as poisoned mice may die inside walls, and a foul odor will come from decaying carcasses.
These odors cannot be eliminated without removing the dead rodent, although the odor will dissipate over time.
Dead animal carcasses inside walls may become infested with flies and carpet beetles that may also infest your home.
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