I hesitated to post this, but that is exactly what we did. I tried every kind of trap made, except glue traps. The mice would take the bait and waltz away. I eventually threw a couple of poison bait blocks up in our crawl space for the mice that were up there. It smelled for about a week and a half, gradually growing fainter. At no point was the smell eye wateringly bad, but yes, it did smell.
Then a few months later I got mice again, in my kitchen. I would go in there in the morning and have to sterilize my counter tops end to end. Traps did not work. Someone told me "get a cat" and since I have children who wanted a pet, that's what I did. I have had no mice since.
And for the record, my house does not smell like cat.
Marianne
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "Lawrence White" wrote:
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> One of the oldest, and simplest methods of keeping mice out of your house is to keep a house cat, or two.. that smell, that some people object to, upon entering your house, is what keeps the mice out! the smart one's look for another place to live.. the few not-so-smart ones.. your cat(s) catch!
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