Get Rid Of Mouse Problem

Cooler weather is rapidly approaching and my backyard is full of leaves. I was raking those layers of colorful leaves two weeks ago, when a brown mouse appeared out of nowhere. He stopped to gawk at me for a few moments and then scurried underneath my deck. I smiled, not thinking anything of where he had just disappeared to. Looking back on the situation, I realize that he may have stopped to stare at me out of some sort of joke or mockery. I had no idea that the little brown mouse had found a way into my home and was inviting his friends and family to join the festivities.

Two nights after that, my husband and I were sitting in our lower level family room, when our cat suddenly woke up and dove underneath the couch. As she did this, a mouse dashed out the other side. This led to a high speed chase around the living room, with the mouse definitely in the lead. He vanished into the closet. Our cat went berserk. And so, that chase had begun our mouse problem. As we investigated the closet with hopes of finding the little creature and helping him to return to the outdoors, we discovered evidence of mouse problem that was evident of more than one little mouse. There were enough of fresh droppings to signify an entire family. Holes had been chewed into some of the boxes that were stored in the closet. I was not a very happy camper when this was discovered. My husband started to check through the boxes and two mice jumped out at him during his search. He managed to capture one of them while the other one disappeared out from the closet. My cat went crazy again. He was fairly happy
about this new mouse problem that we seemed to have. It was a game for him. So far, we'd witnessed three different mice. We were less than thrilled. My husband went to the local hardware store and returned home with five different traps that he hoped would put an end to our mouse problem.

The next morning, all five of the traps had been triggered and only one of them had a casualty. Now, we not only had a mouse problem, but some happy mice had managed to steal the crackers without losing their lives. They were smart. We reset them and left for work. I came home to find two more had been captured, but also saw two mice scurry across the floor when I entered the family room. We spent our entire evening sealing up any holes or places that led to the outside that may have allowed the mice access. My husband crawled underneath the deck scattering poison and checking for entranceways. He'd managed to fix a tiny hole that we determined was most likely where our mouse problem had originated from. One by one, we managed to catch more mice. Two weeks later and having had eleven casualties in our home, we were sure that our mouse problem had come to an end. It had been days since we'd spotted any little creatures or found any droppings. I left two traps set though.... just in case.