Reddit reviews Snap-E Mouse Trap-6 Pack

Tell your "friend" to buy these and these and to stop leaving crumbs and food laying around.

I prefer these style mouse traps, they are easy to set and really hard for mice to get the bait without tripping the mechanism.

If you really want to get them, a good strategy is to place the traps in a few areas where you've seen the mice, bait the trap, but do not set them. Do this for several days, mice become accustomed to a free meal at the trap. Then, bait and set them all, you'll get a mouse in every one :)

Poison works pretty well too, although the smell of a dead mouse you can't find can get pretty awful. I use poison in my garage and outbuildings, traps inside the house so I can empty them and not deal with the smell.

One or two of these outside the house somewhere will help as well.

I use one of these baited with peanut butter. It has never failed to catch a mouse.

https://www.jameco.com/z/35-2105-BU-GC-Electronics-5A-Pushbutton-Circuit-Breaker_621376.html

or alternatively

https://www.amazon.com/Kness-102-0-019-Snap-E-Mouse-Trap-6/dp/B004B9XPOO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1481287227&sr=8-3&keywords=mouse+trap

Before you resort to glue traps I'd give these mechanical traps one more shot.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004B9XPOO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_xhA0BbK1ZJ744

The key is to lay down all 6 and not just a couple. I used them last year and it solved all of my mouse issues. They're more more effective than the standard mouse traps you buy on the corner.

When I had a mouse problem due to construction next door (they even started nesting in the walls of my oven), the only thing that worked was putting down a ton of mouse traps along baseboards and under furniture (where my cat could not get to them). I found these to work wonderfully and be very easy to set. I put out poison but I don't think it accomplished much, if anything.

We use these and they work much better that the traditional wooden spring traps

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004B9XPOO/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This makes me happy. We had a bad mouse invasion. I found turds on the counters and in my silver wear drawer. I Bought some traps off of amazon and killed 9 mice. I enjoy reading the reviews on them.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/B004B9XPOO/ref=mw_dp_cr

I used to live in a warehouse loft apartment here and had a similar problem. First of all, it isn't normal and if they are coming back in large numbers season after season. That's a problem with the building. You should definitely look into moving.

1. These traps were by far the most effective for me. Usually with some kind of nut-butter. Try and place them where you think the mice are coming in. Glue traps worked well too, but you have to be quick or else the mice will chew off their own legs and escape back into the wall, and having to drown them is gross.
   
   
2. More steel wool. Behind the stove, under your sink, in your closet, wherever there might be more holes.
   
   
3. Keep all your food in air-tight containers. Take out your garbage frequently as well and wipe down your counters and vacuum. Good job on already doing this.
   
   
4. Your neighbors need to be on the same page, or else the mice will just keep coming down from their apartments to yours.
   
   
5. I've heard that little things of lavender or essential oils along the walls or corners can help keep them away.
   
   
6. Make your landlord pay for a professional exterminator! A real one.
   
   
   
   

32 year old guy here. There are creatures in life like mice and fish that are more scared of you than you are of them. Mice like being near walls and they like the dark. You'll rarely hear or see them during the day time.

If you were to open the laundry room and heard or saw something move then that was you scaring the mouse because it was eating, gathering small bits of things (hair, thread, food, etc). Just doing mouse things. :)

The only reason a mouse might ever attack is if it felt cornered or threatened. This rarely happens though because it's scared of you and they're incredibly quick. If you were trying to catch it then you're going use things like a mouse trap or a sticky glue trap which usually kill the mouse or trap it on the sticky trap until it (unfortunately) dies. Don't look at the amazon reviews unless you want to see dead mice btw!

Try to think of it as like a gopher, rabbit or squirrel. They're kind of curious/scared in the same way.

What kind of snap traps were you using? I had issues with the wooden ones you get at the hardware store not working, but these ones kill with impunity.

Better yet, get the snap traps that travel half the distance.

http://www.amazon.com/Kness-102-0-019-Snap-E-Mouse-Trap-6/dp/B004B9XPOO

I also happen to live in a mouse infested NYC apartment and I can fully recommend these traps if you don't mind the sight of dead mice. Using peanut butter as bait I got 5 in the first 24 hours. This thing is also fairly effective and runs on batteries but you get 6 snap traps for the price of one electric trap. I've only tried one no kill trap and the mice would just knock it over, walk in and eat the bait.

Look for holes, seal them up with steel wool and caulk, buy a lidded trash can, keep food high and enclosed. Purge your house with ruthless efficiency or they will never leave.