I don't know if this is common knowledge, or something I had to learn myself. But I noticed vole trails in the grass last fall or winter, and bought a ton of bait blocks and bait block stations and put them all around the house and yard.
I thought what the heck and put one in the garage just in case, then a few weeks later noticed piles and piles and piles of mouse #### everywhere (I mean everywhere) in the garage.
When I took the bait station out of the garage, the mouse droppings disappeared. So I guess I was attracting them.
I live about 50m away from Confederation Park, and just expect there to be wildlife of all types-- but I've been refilling the bait block stations about twice a month since I installed them. There are 12 stations - so there's a lot of voles (or mice, I don't actually know) out and about!
They've never come in the house, and I don't know what the nuclear option would be, but I'll hit that button at the first sign.
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