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<p>Oh jeez, just check out this guy's channel - he tries out all
kinds of mousetraps....<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/historichunter">https://www.youtube.com/user/historichunter</a></p>
<p>Good Luck,</p>
<p>rkg</p>
<p>(Richard George)<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/20/2020 3:48 PM, Scott Hall via
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<div dir="ltr">Well, except that I can spend more time at home, I
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<div>Overall question: how smart can a mouse actually be?</div>
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<div>So I noticed some mouse activity in the garage and the
house. Put out glue traps and snap traps. Caught maybe five or
six. Haven't caught any in months.</div>
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<div>But a few days ago I smelled...mouse. At least I think
that's the smell. Sort of sickly sweet, like Simple Green. I
didn't see any droppings. I was under a heat register when it
kicked on, and the smell was very noticeable. Then, last night
while I was in bed...I heard them. Scurrying in the vents.</div>
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<div>There are mice in the vents.</div>
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<div>Option 1) Burn the house down, claim insurance, rebuild.</div>
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<div>Option 2) get them out of there, clean the vents.</div>
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<div>Here's my dilemma: I must have a dozen traps around the
house. Most in the kitchen, pantry, and garage, where I saw
them last. I haven't caught anything in them forever. And I
put traps near all the registers, nothing there either.</div>
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<div>When I initially saw mice I put all the food in the pantry
in glass or metal containers and I don't see any evidence in
the pantry either. I don't think they're eating any of my
food. If it weren't for the smell and the noise I wouldn't
even know they're there. I have no idea what they are eating,
but I assume they're not starving because they're still there.
They're not touching ANY of the traps. It's like
they've...learned. Can mice do that? That's disconcerting.</div>
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<div>I pulled off the registers. I figure I can drop glue traps
down there, and snap traps if I'm really careful, but it's not
like I'm just looking down at the sheetmetal of the duct--the
registers seem to be attached to a piece of 3-inch tubing to
the main duct. So while I can probably get traps in, I'm not
sure I could get them out. To say nothing of cleaning the
ducts themselves.</div>
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<div>The ducts are all behind finished drywall. So before I just
demolish the drywall and disassemble my HVAC system, I thought
I'd ask you guys for advice.</div>
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<div>The garage I can do the paint bucket with water and a
log-roll type PVC tube. And poison.</div>
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<div>I don't have pets or small children at home so I'm not
worried about collateral damage and I'm so filled with hatred
that I'm not worried about being humane. I just want these
little bastards gone.</div>
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