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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We've set a ton of different traps but haven't caught the mice.  Our friends offered to lend us their cat overnight.  Has anyone tried borrowing a cat and did it work?  Thanks!  [/quote]

No, waste of time. Might catch one mouse, but so what?

You need to do what we did: fill in with copper mesh and foam every single chink in your house's foundation where a mouse might be able to get in. We bought the copper mesh on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Stuf-Fit-Copper-Mesh-Birds-Control/dp/B0001IMLTY
You have to use copper mesh because steel wool rusts and the mice can chew through it. We used foam spray https://www.amazon.com/GREAT-STUFF-Pestblock-Insulating-Sealant/dp/B007TUF0FY/ref=sr_1_2?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1485198765&sr=1-2&keywords=foam+spray
to fill in any gaps, although the copper mesh worked in most places, like cracks, etc. 
This ended the mouse problem in our house.
We also put a sweep https://www.amazon.com/M-D-Building-Products-43301-36-Inch/dp/B008XGR6AA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1485198900&sr=8-2&keywords=door+sweep  
on the door between our house and garage, and replaced the rubber gasket on the bottom our garage door. 
No mice. None.

If you have a family of mice already living in your house, you'll have to kill them with traps. Use peanut butter and cheese crackers (that's what worked best) in the regular old snap traps. Place them under furniture in inside kitchen cabinets, areas where your kids/pets won't be able to reach them. The traps will break a child's finger, so be careful where you place them.

Do not use poison. Your kids/dog may get poisoned. The mice will die in your walls and you will get a horrific stench while their bodies decompose. Use the snap traps. Worked great for us.

And keep food sealed up and away from areas where mice can get at it. They can climb up the sides of furniture. I stored some snacks on top of an armoire in our family room, and the mice got up there and had a party! Ooops! [/quote]

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