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Originally Posted by Table 5
Honestly just get a cat. We had some mice issues in the basement when we moved into our current house, and ever since we got a cat, there's been no more mice problem. He's a wussy city-cat, but he still loves patrolling the basement.
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I don't know how to phrase this but I think I'm asking this like a stupid question... but mice can be scared away, right? Like if you get a cat, they'll speak amongst themselves and consider "moving their nest away"? Unlike bugs, you don't have to rely on killing them all to eliminate them?
When I first moved into my house, a few months in, I saw a mouse twice (or maybe it was a vole, I didn't see the tail clearly) on back to back days. I made loud noises and chasing it around literally for almost 20-30 seconds each time (was doing refresh at time, very little in house for it to really hide behind). I got traps and set them up a few days later. I found evidence of cardboard it had been nibbling on and droppings. As a precaution, I put caulking in door areas and windows for the main floor/basement (but it was also to address some minor air leaks). I sprinkled some kind of spice in the back yard that might help deter it (Sage or oregano that was supposed to work from my spice rack that I basically never knew how to use).
Since then, I have never seen a mouse in a trap or evidence of a mouse in my house ever again. It's been 4 years or so. Did I somehow via happy accident eliminate my mouse problem with fear? Or am I going to open up a basement wall one day and realize the mice are the ones who have the last laugh?