One of our tenants called last night, practically hysterical, because she saw a mouse in the apartment. (Hubby's reply: "Didn't you say you wanted a pet?"
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DH got some humane mouse traps today, and set them up in the apartment. He used children's chocolate (low cocoa, high milk content) as bait. Isn't chocolate poisonous for mice? I know rats can eat it and survive, but they're much bigger than mice. I suggested bird seed, as mice are always climbing one of our bird feeders outside to get to the seeds. He thinks chocolate would be more attractive.
The clichÃ[emoji]169[/emoji] is cheese. Does anybody have a "fail-safe" suggestion, that won't harm mice? I'm not about to lend these people Jamie or any other cat, as they live on a busy street and aren't used to keeping doors and windows closed so cats can't escape, and would prefer to get the mouse/mice out alive.
DH got some humane mouse traps today, and set them up in the apartment. He used children's chocolate (low cocoa, high milk content) as bait. Isn't chocolate poisonous for mice? I know rats can eat it and survive, but they're much bigger than mice. I suggested bird seed, as mice are always climbing one of our bird feeders outside to get to the seeds. He thinks chocolate would be more attractive.
The clichÃ[emoji]169[/emoji] is cheese. Does anybody have a "fail-safe" suggestion, that won't harm mice? I'm not about to lend these people Jamie or any other cat, as they live on a busy street and aren't used to keeping doors and windows closed so cats can't escape, and would prefer to get the mouse/mice out alive.