"brooklyn1" wrote in message
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On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 09:24:21 -0800 (PST), Frank
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On Dec 8, 9:11 am, "Mike" wrote:
"Ohioguy" wrote in message

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Actually, I'm dead serious about killing mice. It seems like mice have
moved into our 92 year old home with a vengeance. It started about 2
months ago, as it got cold outside. I was able to use traditional
mousetraps to kill a lot of them, but then that petered out as the
remaining ones seemed to keep to the walls more, and not bother with
the
traps, no matter what tempting morsels I might put in them.

About a month ago, I finished installing clear plastic panels over the
open joists in the kitchen ceiling. I had installed tube fluorescent
lights up there. Now I notice that in just the past week, there are
probably 60 mouse droppings up there on top of the plastic, and I can
also
see yellow where they have been taking ****. This is right up above
our
kitchen stove.

I'm wondering if our mice could be numerous because my sister, who
lives
on the other side of our duplex, is a packrat. She tends to leave
things
lay around, including food, which probably gives them a perfect
breeding
ground. They finally got into her foodstuffs so bad that she was
forced
to make some changes, though. Still, I believe they have plenty of
hiding
places in the boxes piled up over there.

Obviously, this is a serious problem. I want the mice dead. I've been
thinking of either fumigation or poison of some kind.

Anyone have experience with this sort of thing? I'd like to get
something that I can put all over in hidden areas, which will
eradicate
these things.

I had same problem. I would go with the extermination route because the
problem doesn't go away for good and the mice will keep coming back. The
exterminator will place the appropriate traps both exterior and interior
and
can get into places you can't. Mice were gone very quickly. The
exterminator comes back every 3 month to refresh the traps. Problem
solved.

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Exterminator coming back every three months is just as annoying as
mice coming back.
My neighbor is visited monthly by his exterminator for bugs. Cannot
imagine costing much less than $100 per visit.

Mice are far easier to eliminate than bugs... all Mikey
need do is to STOP feeding the mice... sure mice are looking for
warmth but 99% of them are there because Mikey and is sister have
provided a rodent restaurant.

Well, I'm not sure where you live but here in the winter, fields, woods and
old house mean mice (and chipmunks and flying squirrels). They borough into
any crack, crevice or hole they can find (which you should address first)
and eat wood, wires you name it. I am sure they are they are searching for
food and water, but I suspect that any little crumb will do and eliminating
all food isn't much of an option. I think the service cost around $300 a
year. Works for me.
Mike