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Mice in the House? Absolutely Not. DIY Traps, Bait Stations & Sealing That Keep Them Out
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items We've dealt with mice before and tried the usual options: glue traps, spring traps, and eventually poison bait. Catching them is only half the job, though. A mouse can squeeze through a gap the size of a dime, so if you don't seal the ways in, new on...
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Mouse Traps
Bait Stations & Rodent Bait
Seal the Gaps
Monitor & Clean Up
Mouse Traps
Start here for mice already inside. Set traps flush against the wall along their runs (look for droppings and grease marks), use several at once, and bait with a pea-sized dab of peanut butter. Mice are curious, so the first few nights usually catch ...
We've used spring traps on mice before, and this style is a big step up: interlocking teeth so they don't escape, a one-handed “clothespin” set, and no-touch disposal. It's reusable and has a built-in bait cup, where a pea-sized dab of peanut butter ...
Mini T-Rex Mouse Snap Trap
The classic wooden spring trap, the same kind we've used ourselves: cheap, simple, and it works. Buy a bunch and set several at once, because more traps catch mice faster. Put the bait end against the wall, use only a tiny bit of bait, and wear glove...
Victor Classic Mouse Trap (M040)
A no-poison, no-kill option that catches several mice at once with no bait needed. Galvanized steel built to last for years, with a clear lid so you can check it without opening it. Set it flat against a wall where you see droppings or chewing, with ...
Ketch-All Live Multi-Catch Mouse Trap
A snap trap for people who don't want to touch the mouse. You set the Snap-E by pulling back the upright bar until it locks, and you release a catch by pulling the bar back slightly over the trash, so your fingers never touch the rodent. The bar trav...
Kness Snap-E Mouse Trap
Bait Stations & Rodent Bait
For garages, sheds, crawl spaces, and the outside of the house. Rodent bait should always go inside a locked, tamper-resistant station so kids, pets, and wildlife can't reach it. Avoid using poison inside living spaces, where a mouse can die inside a...
If you're using poison, it belongs in one of these. It's a locked, tamper-resistant station (opens only with the Protecta key) so kids and pets can't reach the bait. It holds up to four bait blocks, or you can put a Mini T-Rex trap inside instead. Ga...
Protecta Tamper-Resistant Mouse Bait Station
Poison bait was the last thing we used on our mice. Contrac is a widely used single-feed block that kills in 1 to 5 days and holds up to weather. Use it ONLY inside a locked bait station, keep it out of living spaces so a mouse doesn't die inside a w...
Contrac All-Weather Blox
The all-in-one bait setup: 12 Protecta stations plus Fastrac Blox bait in one order, enough to ring a garage, shed, and the outside of the house. A good value if mice are showing up in more than one area. Same rules apply: locked stations, garages an...
Protecta Mouse Stations (12) with Fastrac Blox
Snap traps for homes with kids or pets. The EZ Snap is a covered station with two snap traps mounted inside, so curious fingers and paws can't reach the trap, but mice follow the wall straight into it. The clear, removable lid lets you check for a ca...
EZ Snap Mouse Bait Station
Seal the Gaps
This is what keeps them from coming back. A mouse can fit through a gap the size of a dime, so stuff holes around pipes, vents and wires with metal fill they can't chew through, seal the gap under outside doors, and fill cracks with a rodent-proof se...
Mice can squeeze through a gap the size of a dime, so sealing holes is what keeps them from coming back. Xcluder is stainless steel fill fabric mice can't chew through, and it won't rust like steel wool. The kit includes a 10-foot roll, gloves, and s...
Xcluder Rodent Exclusion Kit
Copper mesh for stuffing into holes around pipes, wires, and cracks. It's rust- and stain-proof, and the woven mesh is very hard for mice to chew through. Pack it in tightly, then seal over bigger gaps with caulk or foam to hold it in place. Great fo...
STUF-FIT Copper Mesh
The gap under an outside door is one of the most common ways mice get in. This sweep is built to resist gnawing and seals gaps up to 1 inch. Check your garage-entry and back doors: if you can see daylight underneath, a mouse can get through. It's 36 ...
Xcluder Rodent-Proof Door Sweep (36 in.)
Caulk that mice are meant to give up on. Mice chew right through regular caulk and foam, so this sealant is packed with metal fibers that make gnawing through it a lot harder. It goes in a standard caulk gun. The label says the gap should be at least...
Roban Barrier Rodent-Proof Sealant
Monitor & Clean Up
Glue boards tell you whether any mice are still getting in after you've trapped and sealed. When it's time to clean up, don't sweep or vacuum droppings: put on gloves, spray them with disinfectant first, let it soak, then wipe up and bag it.
For the cleanup, which matters more than most people think. Mouse droppings and urine can carry hantavirus, so don't sweep or vacuum them dry, because that puts it in the air. DSV is an EPA-registered disinfectant that's labeled to disinfect hantavir...
Nisus DSV Disinfectant Sanitizer Virucide
Cheap insurance for every step of a mouse problem. Wear gloves every time you set, check or empty a trap and every time you clean up droppings. It keeps germs off your hands and keeps your scent off the traps, which mice notice. This box has 100 blue...
Disposable Nitrile Gloves (Box of 100)
We've used glue traps for mice before. These come pre-scented with peanut butter, so there's no baiting, and they're most useful as a check: set a few in quiet spots to see whether any mice are still around after you've trapped and sealed. They also ...
Catchmaster 72MB Mouse Glue Boards