I really do know how you feel. We went away for Xmas and came home to unwanted house guests. We've just started trapping them to kill because prior to that I had to catch one live to find out of they were mice or antechinus. The difference being Antechinus are protected Australian fauna.

I have found that ratsac simply isnt working. They just ignore it. We plan on getting some of the bait cubes next, see if that works. We had one big one and got a bigger trap for it - a tomcat rat trap - but the only thing its managed to catch is Sam's elbow and Harry's thumb!

I don't want to impose on the landlord with it really - they have been fantastic already.

But we are stepping it up tonight. Think we have worked out where they are hiding so we are hitting it hard with traps and baits. They completely RUINED our night last night. One of the boys has dropped food in their room so there was three of them in the room last night, and they woke Harry first - then CJ at like 3am! I woke up this morning not with my DH, as was the plan, but with my 3 boys around me and DH in the office after having been kicked off the bed.....