Originally posted by moosmom
boscibo,

Hmmmm, I think I'm gonna try it!! I just empty the cabinets and leave the doors open.

I talked with my landlord and he wanted to get some mouse poison. I told him absolutely not!! I'm going to get a couple of traps this week and see how I make out.

Eeeeeeewww!! Just the thought makes me shiver!!
We had a mouse invade our house several months back. What we did was got a rodent/pest repeller for every room. It plugs in the outle and make a sound (that we can't hear but for the mice, its a hammering noise) that scares the rodents away. It does not bother cats, dogs, birds, or most other pets, so as long as you don't have pet rodents, its completely safe to use, and it WORKS! We put them in, and in 2 days the mouse was GONE! Glad we didn't have to kill him, although we got tons of traps and that mouse didn't touch ANY, plus it was hard because we had to keep the birds locked in the cage so that they wouldn't touch the traps. I can't imagine who would pick it up if he got caught, but thank God the repellers got rid of him. Once he was gone, we called the *mouse guy* and he came and closed the hole under the sink that the stupid mouse made to get in.

BTW, the rodent/pest repeller thing scares away spiders and other insects away too. We still have them plugged in, and haven't seen a spider in months!