So I've been blessed with a mice problem in my basement. We've been catching a bunch of small field mice in a basement closet. Have not seen a single one elsewhere in the house so far (upstairs/2nd level). I've called numerous exterminators and each one has told me they would use poison so the mice eat it, then seek out water and if they can't get outside or find water, they die.
After trapping them for over a week now, I may have to go the poison route. However I have read online that almost everyone says if a mouse who dies of poison were to die in the open, where Reggie can get to him, and if Reggie treats it as a snack, that he can become very sick. Obviously this is something that makes me nervous. Even though every single exterminator has told me he would be fine if he ingests them.
Has anyone dealt with this situation before? I'm thinking about completely closing off the basement, poisoning, and hoping that if the mice do die in the open, they will die down there opposed to upstairs where Reggie could find them. But does anyone have any suggestions on other ways to handle this? I'm not sure trapping for weeks until I'm blue in the face is going to be the best solution here and putting Reggie at a risk like this doesn't sound good either.
Thanks in advance.
After trapping them for over a week now, I may have to go the poison route. However I have read online that almost everyone says if a mouse who dies of poison were to die in the open, where Reggie can get to him, and if Reggie treats it as a snack, that he can become very sick. Obviously this is something that makes me nervous. Even though every single exterminator has told me he would be fine if he ingests them.
Has anyone dealt with this situation before? I'm thinking about completely closing off the basement, poisoning, and hoping that if the mice do die in the open, they will die down there opposed to upstairs where Reggie could find them. But does anyone have any suggestions on other ways to handle this? I'm not sure trapping for weeks until I'm blue in the face is going to be the best solution here and putting Reggie at a risk like this doesn't sound good either.
Thanks in advance.