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Zealousideal_Lie_383 t1_j4nkk7b wrote

Have you engaged an exterminator?

Over the years, I’ve repeatedly done @all@ the do-it-yourself over-the-counter remedies. Snap traps, poisons, plugging entry points, water buckets for drowning, glue boards, cats, obnoxious odors which supposedly deter them, costly electronic frequency devices to scare the mice away, etc. Have spent multiple hundreds of dollars in the attempt in any one season on my own and still failed to solve it.

Or, simply call the exterminator (we use ProTech) and for a couple hundred bucks they came and properly applied human-safe pet-safe baited traps. In a couple heavy years their first visit did NOT completely solve the issue but it didn’t matter since they come back free of charge until it’s taken care of. They know @where@ to place the traps and poisons as opposed to my inefficient approach. They examine exterior of house to locate the real entry points and then they fill it with silicon/etc

http://www.protechpestcontrol.com/services

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Redditguy221996 OP t1_j4nljkc wrote

Thank you for the comment and a link been using traps

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Zealousideal_Lie_383 t1_j4nn8sw wrote

You’re welcome.

My $.02 is that once you catch a few in the traps you’ll notice that it’s never ending since traps are just a one at a time game.

Instead need an approach that lets them kill themselves en masse ie poison. But if a non-professional just places poison here and there (as i used to) there’s chance kids and pets will get into it. Also the issue that the attractive poison itself can draw hungry mice to the area so really want it placed in as exact a location as possible.

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Redditguy221996 OP t1_j4o4323 wrote

Thank you! How much was it if you don’t mind me asking?

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Zealousideal_Lie_383 t1_j4pn17y wrote

It’s been about $180 for the Fall/Winter guaranteed mice service but I don’t know if that is a discounted price because we also use their service for Spring/Summer carpenter ant spraying which is also about $180.

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