Looks like it's time for the summer edition of MOUSE WARS, one of my least-favorite aspects of city living. I have two battery-charged Owltra traps set up on my stove top (as I cannot have a cat due to allergies), and they each sent a mouse to join the choir invisible in less than 24 hours. I hope that takes care of the minor serial infestation that has taken place for weeks.
The mini-invasion had gone on for so long because the mice have been more clever than usual, avoiding anything that looks suspicious (like the big black Owltra traps), so I put the traps away for a while and cleaned up the mouse droppings I would find every morning. Then, after a good while of waiting and cleaning up, I once more broke out the traps, loaded with yummy peanut butter — irresistible to rodents — and let the mice explore. Once they set foot on the metal plate inside the trap, it's a ZAP!!! and immediate termination. The result would be a good snack for a pet boa constrictor, so it's too bad I don't have one. Anyway, so far it's two for the home team, so let's see of the tally escalates.
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