The first time, a few years ago, it was a single mouse which I was able to get with a humane trap. I’m pretty sure he came in in the fall when I had the back door open for an extended period one evening. Mistake.

This latest round is probably due to the fact that we had a small hole in the dry wall of our garage (even longer story) for a while.

Unfortuanetly, I couldn’t get, what turned out to be 6 mice, with the humane trap and I had to use the traditional spring trap. I wasn’t going to let six mice turn into 60.

The trick to getting them is to know that they are nocturnal, and they are creatures of habit. They take the same exploratory routes through your house every night, at almost the same time every night. If you know their route and you place the traps on the route, you’re sure to get them.