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Which Animals are the worst, and why so?
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Just at the moment I have a special hatred for mice.
The mice around here are tiny and often don't trip a mouse trap.
IDK if we have one or several dozen in our house but one of the little bastards was watching me watching it this morning. It's infuriating.
Imagine a person just standing in your living room watching you because they know you're too slow and decrepit to catch them with your bare hands. The moment you turn your back they're eating your food and shitting under your sofa.
We haven't had a problem in the last few months. The weather has changed so I guess the little bastards are on the move. Yesterday I put baits outside and a few traps inside, but I'm going to escalate later today with more traps and more baits.
Growing up, we'd douse cotton balls in peppermint oil and drop them in corners or under furniture to help keep the mice - and some insects - away. It won't kill them, but they find it very irritating and will avoid the area if they can.
This is not a great idea if you have pets, mostly because they'll either try to eat the cotton balls or get annoyed by the smell. But as a bonus for you, your house will smell minty fresh!
They're legitimately scary because of how fast they move! But mice seem quite similar to humans in a lot of ways. They live communally in tribes, they sing, they tidy things up in their surroundings and they help each other perform childbirth. We freak out about the mountains of mouse droppings but i suppose it just shows they're clean enough to have a designated shitting pile.
What are you using as bait? Chocolate is best. If it's a humane mouse trap they do tend to shit in it a lot so you have to hose it down outside before uaing again
I've never really felt awkward about killing mice and other pests. I get that some people do, but it's not important to me.
For the bait I've been using pre-baited traps. I know this must sound pathetic but, the bait seems to work really well and it lasts for 6 or more mice so it's not an outright waste.
Dealing with previous infestations I've found that a range of strategies is best. Traps & poison, different brands. If you only do one thing they seem to wise up.
If I have to go back for more traps I might try chocolate, thanks.