Mice in the attic....

[opus1776]

So I was sitting in the upstairs bedroom of my two story house and I hear scratching on the ceiling above me. Does anyone have recommendations for an exterminator for mice? I am in the greenwood-franklin area. tnx......

 

[Expat]

I just got done putting 2 boxes of Dcon up in my attic

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I usually just use traps, but I haven't had a problem with them in the attic. Access might make that less than optimal.

 

[skydelta34]

Peanut butter and an old fashioned wood spring trap and a little time.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I just got done putting 2 boxes of Dcon up in my attic

Have you notice it being less effective lately? My mom does the same and she swears its barely works now. Not as good as it used to.

 

[Expat]

Have you notice it being less effective lately? My mom does the same and she swears its barely works now. Not as good as it used to.

I got the kind for mice and rats and it seems to do okay. But I stocked up several years ago. it looks like their product line has changed now. So I don't know about this new stuff.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I got the kind for mice and rats and it seems to do okay. But I stocked up several years ago. it looks like their product line has changed now. So I don't know about this new stuff.

Government regulations have probably turned it into a kinder, gentler poison.

 

[Expat]

I would go to a nearby grain elevator and buy whatever they have. I would think they would be using the good stuff.

 

[walleyepw]

Buy a blow gun and set a plate of bait out. Hunt those little mooses!

 

[klausm]

what I didn't like about D-con was I found it hidden in all sorts of places that the mice hid it in. I use the spring traps with some twine knotted through the hole and peanut butter

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I never liked the idea of poisons in the house just because I didn't want the mice to crawl off somewhere and die and start stinking. In a shed or other outbuilding, maybe, but not in the house.

 

[rhamersley]

 

[Expat]

I never liked the idea of poisons in the house just because I didn't want the mice to crawl off somewhere and die and start stinking. In a shed or other outbuilding, maybe, but not in the house.

I have always kept it in the attic and never noticed a smell.

 

[Super Bee]

This time of year when the farmers start combining we can get mice in the shop. I always use the XL glue traps.

 

[two70]

This time of year when the farmers start combining we can get mice in the shop. I always use the XL glue traps.

They like to get in my garage at this time of year too and I ring the interior with glue trips like razor wire around a prison. I also put out poison for any fast learners that make it past the glue traps though.

 

[Tactically Fat]

If the critters have access to plentiful water, it may seem like the poison isn't working very well. They may get to enough water quickly enough for them to not die and then return.

OP: Squirrels, opossums, and/or raccoons are also possibilities.

 

[dieselrealtor]

I am in a semi-rural area in an old house. I use a combination of sticky traps & Just One Bite poison (available at Rural King, maybe Amazon). It is very effective & I rarely have a stinker, when I do it is typically in the open where I can find it.

 

[cobber]

Ratzapper. Will handle anything up to a squirrel.

 

[jsharmon7]

Have you tried luring him out with a 1911 and a cheeseburger?

 

[AtTheMurph]

My guess is it is not mice in the attic but fledermaus.