AAAAaaargh!!!!!! Anyone successfully got rid of a family of mice from house?

[Boo Boo]

I even had one in my bed at 5am LOL. But you just need to be persistent with the traps and make sure you find any openings where they could be getting in - look for places that don't even seem that obvious. Mice only need a gap of 8mm to squeeze through which is tiny,

In bed!!!!!!!! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHhh. and...8 mm that's tiny, far out, I had no idea!

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

We had heaps here, at one point we were catching up to 10 a day and our local woolies had sold out of all mice related products
On our traps we use peanut butter and sometimes we sprinkle a little parmesan.
Someone mentioned plugging little holes with steel wool, they don't like chewing through it, you can also use silicon on smaller holes but they may bite through that over time.
We had them for WEEKS but we haven't caught any in a while now, even though we know they are still around somewhere.

The other thing that helped was we re-did all our pantry, everything loose went into containers so they couldn't get into anything and thus took the temptation away

[anney]

Oh Trill in bed! my DH said he had one nibbling his finger when he was asleep on the coach but I was not sure i believed him.
Re blocking up the holes - are they nocturnal. there is a large hole in our linen cupboard but i was worried about blocking it in case they are actually in the house and then I block off their escape route. but i guess they will find some other way of getting out.

ZF - 10 a day - that is a shocker. you poor thing. thank goodness they are not in my pantry. they got in last year and munched on pasta so i have been checking pantry every day this year. I accidentally left an easter egg that I did not give to someone as a gift in the top shelf of the linen cupboard (hidded from DD - LOL) that is why they were loving the linen cupboard.

[Charlotte91]

Yep - Steel wool. I chased the little bugger til I found out where the hole was. That stopped them!! Unfortunatly, we have an old house so there's gaps under the doors. They were/are coming in under the sink where the dishwasher (which doesn't work) hose goes, then following the hose and eventually ending up in the kitchen. And just plain old walking under the back door. Grrr
Traps, Traps, Traps and more traps. Not the crappy plastic ones. The good old wooden ones. Make sure you set it fairly sensitive.

Yep for peanut butter too! It does work.

If all else fails, get a cat!! Our cat is 9 months old and catches anything that moves. They don't even have a chance to get into the house anymore.

[Ginger]

do you like cats? our cat catches a mouse or rat about once a fortnight. has completely scared them off and cleared them out.