r/Phillylist • u/MakeupD0ll2029 • 1d ago

Pest (Mice) Control Recommendations

Just moved into a new place that had people already living there. A Tree fell down on roof last month and it took until yesterday for the landlord to get a vendor out to began working on the damages. This was due to insurance. Well, I presume, due to the roofing issue, mice has now made our place their home. The construction crew found some in the downstairs bathroom this morning where they are working at. Plus, roomies already said they saw at least two mice. So, with that being said, we need some recommendations and advice. The roof is now seal as of today. So, that's out the way.

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u/FlyByPC 1d ago

I have a cat and Owltra electric mousetraps. They catch more than the cat does -- I bait them with peanut butter powder. They're still on their first set of (lithium) batteries after a year or so.

Other than that, try to keep any potential food sources contained. They were eating the cat food until I raised the feeder.

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u/pickleback11 1d ago

Reluctantly I eventually made my way to the owltra, holy heck did it work. I tried the little green plastic traps on Amazon first, then the steel kind that shut behind the mouse. Plastic ones never did a thing. Steel trap eventually got one after like 2 weeks. Also tried the bucket lid trap - nothing. The owltra got 4 in the first 2 days. I have no idea why, but it worked better than I could have imagined. Still feel guilty tho 

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u/FlyByPC 1d ago

Still feel guilty tho

Yeah, I hate having to do it, but I can't have the house overrun, either. You'd think they would smell the cat and GTFO, but no...

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u/pickleback11 1d ago

Haha seriously. I tried so hard to be patient and hope they went away. Nah, they just got more brazen :(