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It is a 3 storey block and has bait stations on every floor in the hallway. On one flight of stairs, they are hidden behind vases and on the other flight of stairs that is not used, they are placed openly. That system of dealing with the problem is not working. The tenants are constantly moving out. The mice scampering about in the night and their scratching noises i guess have driven them crazy!
As far as my own dealings with those little critters,
I have used most types of traps. Neighbor used glue traps and squsshed the critters caught with his foot. You have to place a piece of paper or cardboard over the critter as your foot will stick to the glue. Sounds cruel huh? I tried the nice bag of poison. The mice made a real mess, died and worms crawled out of their bodies. Ewwww!!!! And who knows just where they will drop dead, like in your walls? Never again that method! Tried multiple snap traps, some mice are smart, ate the peanut butter clean without setting off the trapz. The catch and release method is useless as the smart critters will just reenter your apt/home through the same opening they did in the first place. One of the best ideas is to find out how they are getting in and out of the premises. In my house where i first encountered a problem after living there for around 10yrs.... they ate their way through the dryer vent hole in the cement! I happened to see a mouse hopping along and up he went behind the dryer vent. I sealed that hole up in short order. And the traps we all empty from then on.
It seems hard to recommend one particular kind of trap as they all can be effective, but it seems to boil down to personal tastes as to which one you want to use. Some people find some traps inhumane.
As far as my own dealings with those little critters,
I have used most types of traps. Neighbor used glue traps and squsshed the critters caught with his foot. You have to place a piece of paper or cardboard over the critter as your foot will stick to the glue. Sounds cruel huh? I tried the nice bag of poison. The mice made a real mess, died and worms crawled out of their bodies. Ewwww!!!! And who knows just where they will drop dead, like in your walls? Never again that method! Tried multiple snap traps, some mice are smart, ate the peanut butter clean without setting off the trapz. The catch and release method is useless as the smart critters will just reenter your apt/home through the same opening they did in the first place. One of the best ideas is to find out how they are getting in and out of the premises. In my house where i first encountered a problem after living there for around 10yrs.... they ate their way through the dryer vent hole in the cement! I happened to see a mouse hopping along and up he went behind the dryer vent. I sealed that hole up in short order. And the traps we all empty from then on.
It seems hard to recommend one particular kind of trap as they all can be effective, but it seems to boil down to personal tastes as to which one you want to use. Some people find some traps inhumane.