Mouse/Mice Control

[Julietta1]

Does anyone have a pest control company that you have used for our mountain mice & that you'd recommend? Asking for my neighbor. Haha.

[Rose H-H]

Hey, Julietta and your "neighbor."    Wendy Stokes turned me onto Fresh Cab Botanical Rodent Repellent when I first moved up here.  They are pleasant-smelling herbal sachets that I have strategically placed near doors and other openings in the cabin.  They can be purchased at McGuckin's. The other part of what I do is to be scrupulous about keeping all food attractants in glass jars, or the refrigerator, or an old, non-functioning woodstove.  The one time I had evidence of unwanted visitors was when I left a chocolate bar out on the canned food shelf in the pantry.  Nothing since then.

The basic choice is - does your neighbor want to repel the mousies or attract and trap them?  Well, there is the poison method, but that may not be so good for other living creatures nearby.

Best of luck!

[CheyenneWills]

Please don't go down the poison route. It has unintended consequences.

Rodents are part of the food chain. Foxes, birds, bobcats, and other creatures consume rodents. Included are house cats, even the indoor only ones. A poisoned rodent doesn't die immediately, but can move on to invade "the next house", where diligent house felines may reside. Consuming a poisoned rodent ends up poisoning the next critter up in the food chain.

[tulkula]

I second your suggestion plea, Cheyenne. I’ve seen many beautiful raptors die from this. Like you said we don’t want to see our gorgeous wildlife- including fox, lion, bear and our beloved pets meet that same awful fate. Please! No rat poisons!!!!

[Julietta1]

Thanks for your responses, neighbors! I should have mentioned that we would not even consider using poison & we don't have any rodents IN our living areas. Just pretty sure that we have a mouse hotel in one of our walls. Thanks everyone!

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Please don't go down the poison route. It has unintended consequences.

Rodents are part of the food chain. Foxes, birds, bobcats, and other creatures consume rodents. Included are house cats, even the indoor only ones. A poisoned rodent doesn't die immediately, but can move on to invade "the next house", where diligent house felines may reside. Consuming a poisoned rodent ends up poisoning the next critter up in the food chain.

Hi Cheyenne! We also love our wildlife have our dog Echo that we, of course, wouldn't ever want to be exposed to poisons!

[Marcia M]

While our garage and my studio definitely shelter mice, our house is vigilantly guarded by indoor-only (now) cats. In 6 years, there has only been evidence of one mouse in house, killed by same.

Boulder Humane Society…

[Jackie Dow]

Most pest control companies use poison. You were looking for a pest control recommendation, so that’s why you got those responses. You should probably handle the job yourself. The sticky traps a cruel and the mouse dies a slow tortured death. Your best options are to get the catch and release traps and drive them far away , or the old fashioned kind that breaks their necks right away. You can throw those in the trash and not handle the dead mice . You could also ask your neighbors if they’d loan out a good mouser , but they’ll leave the guts on the floor.I’ve used every one of them other than poison and sticky traps. Occasional a mouse gets into my house and cats eat them and leave the guts where I step on them . One year I had so many mice in sheds and my car, I bought a bunch of the catch and release traps and some neck breakers.