when we first moved in to our house we had a mouse so I bought a trap and caught it. no big deal, then like 2 weeks ago our cat had one cornered at like 4am and my wife is freaking out so I had take it outside and smash it with a hammer. So I set up another trap under our sink. Two days later the trap is gone. which is really weird cause the mouse would have had to have dragged it like 3 ft to get behind the cabinet. then two days later while we are watching tV we hear another trap go off again but it only gets its foot so I have to take outside and smash it with a hammer again. Im getting tired of setting up traps and smahing mice with hammers.

 

I bet they're field mice. When it's cold, they rush towards any sort of shelter. Since they're small, they can crawl into just about anything. (fire place, pipes, dryer duct)

 

wow... do you really have to smash them with a hammer? :eek3:

 

hammering mice = awesome :rofl:

 

Use peanut butter on the the bait holder that way they have their head under the wire when it snaps down on them.

 

how the else am I gonna kill them? seriously, is there a better, less messy way to do it? I guess I could stick them in a plastic bag or something, but thats kinda demented.

yeah I used peanut butter.

 

Run over w/ Spec V

OR

Just step on them

 

Sounds like the problem i was having...what i did was started looking for where the biggest concentration of them were...then when i would see one i would chase it to see what way it came in. Most of the time i noticed they were coming from a radiator in the kitchen. I then steel wooled and trapped the hell out of the radiators perimeter needless to say if a mouse got through the wool it would fall onto a sticky trap where it would then meet a gruesome death depending on my mood...needless to say the mouse fiasco has died down ALOT.

With all that said...i suggest finding there source of entry

 

i hate it when I post in the wrong thread.

 

field mice ive had 2 in recent yrs and 1 snake at my front door. creek nearby.. i just catch the mice and put them back outside. keep the food sources in tight containers. as e3nine said they r cold and coming inside just like spiders. usually we dont get them on the 3rd floor mostly the 1st and 2nd.