Rat/mice Question?!?!

[Jake P]

We moved into our house about 6 months ago and until about 10 minutes ago i have never seen a sign of a bug or rodent. Not a single roach or anything. We are very clean people. We do dishes daily and keep trash in covered trash cans. No empty containers laying around. Vaccum nearly daily cause having a 2 1/2 yr old and a 1 yr old can be pretty messy. We live in a nice middle class neighborhood.

Now to the point! I went out in the backyard with my son to play t ball and when i opened the door and walked on the patio there is alot of what i consider mice droppings. Amongst all the mice droppings is one BIG turd which im assuming is a rat turd!!!!!!!!!!!They are along the wall of course, coming from the flower bed along the base of the wall on the patio and out into the yard. There is also about a 3 ft square that has a bunch of mouse droppings.

About a month ago we started seeing random trash in our front and backyard. not alot, but like a cheetoh bag here and a empty donut bag there. None of which is our trash. I dont eat hot lime cheetohs! Now there is a small pile of 3 empty bags in the corner of the flower bed by the fence that are food wrappers.

Can/do rats or mice carry bags around like that? Could that be why this trash is ending up in my yard? Im about to go to wal mart and buy some rat and mice traps and align them along the wall on the patio and in the flower bed.

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[Stasher1]

Your stalker enjoys a snack or two while he's peeking in your windows.

[grimlin]

Not that I'm suggesting getting an outdoor cat,But we have so many outdoor cats around here(not our cats) that we have Zero and I mean Zero issues with mice and rats. I saw a mouse once or twice but they don't last long around here.

You need to find where they are getting their food source and eliminate any kind of shelter a mice can have. If you have a fireplace and store wood outside that's one place you can find mice for sure.

[VolFan]

Depending on the poo, you may have a (some) raccoons with the mice as a clean-up crew. Rat poo is just a little bigger than mouse poo. 'Coon poo looks more like an elongated hershey's kiss. And they'll carry stuff like that around; so will squirrels.

[slonezp]

Peanut butter on the traps will attract whatever is leaving the turds

[Jake P]

I have 4 rat traps set with peanut butter and cheese. We will see what i catch hopefully in the morning.

[Jake P]

Not that I'm suggesting getting an outdoor cat,But we have so many outdoor cats around here(not our cats) that we have Zero and I mean Zero issues with mice and rats. I saw a mouse once or twice but they don't last long around here.

You need to find where they are getting their food source and eliminate any kind of shelter a mice can have. If you have a fireplace and store wood outside that's one place you can find mice for sure.

I actually store my firewood in my garage...Hope theyre not in my garage. Luckily my garage is not directly connected to the house. there is a covered walkway with about 3 ft seperating the garage and my actual house.

[whitwolf]

If you do have a mice problem, one black snake should do the job. I have two that hang around the house(Not Inside, thankfully, lol) and have very little rodent problems and I have two quite large hay fields that border my property.

[Bankbeater]

My advice would be to call in a professional to see what they say about it, and go from there.

[J Francho]

Time for some D-Con treats!