I tried all those methods a few years back starting with the live traps. Nothing worked. I finally had to hire an exterminator. I have dogs and a cat too so they put the bait traps in spaces they couldn’t get at and I don’t allow the cat in the basement and no one goes in the attic.
The exterminator said that if you see a couple then they’re are A LOT more because they breed so quickly.
I felt really bad about it but I found mouse droppings in my 2nd floor bedroom. They had crawled up through the walls and into the insulation throughout the house. I had been actually taking them to a park down the street but they find their back to a nest up to a mile away somehow.
I had a yearly contract for 2 years. I haven’t seen a mouse or droppings since.
Fortunately they leave as soon as spring comes. This month and next month are my only concerns.
If I could catch them live, I’d dump them by the river. They’d never make it back here with all the predators out there.



Maybe I'm being penalized for something?