What would be the the best way to kill mice?

Question

I would like to know the best way to kill mice. mouse traps don't
seem to work fast enough...Is it true that a small amount of antifreeze would kill them quick?please help!

Answer 1

A natural way of preventing mice from entering your home is to use peppermint essential oil. You can get this at a natural store like Whole Foods.

Dab a drop or two on a cotton pad like the one used to wipe off makeup and place it around your house ie. wall corners, outside the door of your bedrooms, the door leading to the garage. Sounds funny but it really works. My parent's house was infested with mice. Dad used traps, poisons etc and they still came back. When I put the peppermint oil pads all over the house, my Dad laughed cuz I usually am the Natural nut in the family. Would you believe the following week when I visited my folks, no more mice problem! Now, when these critters creep up again, guess who my Dad calls to surround the interior with my "magic" cotton pads! :) As an update, no more mice problem.

What happens is that mice do not like the smell of peppermint so they stay away! A good benefit in using this essential oil is that your house starts to smell really good too!

I know it doesnt kill the mice but this is a good preventative measure.

Answer 2

Quickest, most humane way is mouse traps smeared with a glob of peanut butter. If u have pets, DO NOT USE ANTIFREEZE, it is deadly to cats and dogs as is Decon. Glue traps are cruel and ur left with a live mouse to deal with. Keep resetting the traps, eventually, u`ll get them. Good luck.

Answer 3

i find mice traps work the best if you have the right kind and set them just perfectly

but i have also found leaving a bucket or garbage bin half filled with water out seems to attract them and once they fall into the water they cant get out, if you place it near a ledge .

if u bait mice they will die somewhere in ur home and stink also if u have pets dogs/cats and they get hold of the mouse after its baited it can also poison your pet

Answer 4

If you have a mouse problem and want to be rid of them quickly then use the good old spring trap...bait it with peanut butter. Not an advocate of any kind of animal extermination but I'd rather see them go quickly than suffer from some of the things suggested here already.

Answer 5

Don't use the pellets...they usually run off to die, sometimes into walls, and stink later. Also if you have other pets they could eat them and die. Those pellets cause internal bleeding. Traps can do well but again other animals or small children can find them and get hurt.

Those sticky boards seem to be best.

Answer 6

Just don't use those damned sticky traps! The mice literally bust their guts trying to get off the things. Just get the old fashioned spring traps.

Answer 7

With a cat. No muss, no fuss, and the effect lasts past the tenure of the cat, whether because of scent or because of a general change of local mouce habits. Strays (mutts) are better for mousing.

Answer 8

Go to a feedstore and get some mouse&rat killer. I tried just about all of the commercial brands of poisons and they didn't work very good. After I got poison at the feedstore it seemed like overnight, they were gone!

Answer 9

Get some Decon mouse pellets. They will eat them and croak. The downside is, you don't know where they croaked--and at times it smells until you find the decomposing carcass. YUCK

Answer 10

antifreeze will kill them but nothing close to quick