Is it possible for an neighbor's apartment to have mice but not mine?
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You'd definitely find dry little black rice-grain-like droppings on all surfaces if you had mice, especially in rooms that have food, and more will appear if you clean them away. Also, little sticky splotches that are easy to mistake for drink spillages, because they pee everywhere too.
I managed to get rid of mine, but I occasionally still find evidence they were here in out of the way corners that I forgot about.
Brave mice - because I'm sure some will have that trait - and those infected with toxoplasmosis won't care about cats.
Good luck.
I have mice active in my house and haven't found poop yet, only realized last week when I found a piece of leftover food that was nibbled down on the edges. These ones are sneaky.
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That's very weird, frankly. 75 reviews and every single one of them with 1 star says the same thing? And all of them within the period of Dec 2024-Feb 2025? Not to mention I've been using these for years myself and have never seen a mouse survive, the kill arm smashes hard and the trigger is very sensitive. I get the suspicion that one person had a bad experience and spent a few months review-bombing.
Honestly, it sounds more like they don't show older ones, but they are still calculated into the score. But like I said, I'm not informed and haven't used a mouse trap in over a decade...
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I already keep bread in the freezer.
Wouldn't you rather enjoy it?
I just toast it. It's just regular American grocery store bread. Anything nicer gets eaten pretty quickly but sometimes I want a piece of toast with my cocoa.
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Why is there an assumption OP is renting? And why in the world is this the top voted comment? It has absolutely nothing to do with the question.
Why did you assume they aren’t renting? … And it absolutely answers the question. “Yes, maybe, nobody can say for sure right now, make the owner handle it cuz you pay them for it.”
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Why is there an assumption OP is renting? And why in the world is this the top voted comment? It has absolutely nothing to do with the question.
Because they said apartment, not house or condo
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Yep, it's not the case where I live. Besides, is there a secret third name it must have for you to call it by when you don't know the resident's ownership status?
It's a flat if it's one floor, owned or rented. 'Flat' is also easier to write, say, and spell too.
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To my understanding US English use different words to differentiate whether you own or not your appartment/condo.
Which IMO is a bit weird, but languages have tons of weird stuff, so one less, one more
Also: Americans call a terraced house a condo too.
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Yep, it's not the case where I live. Besides, is there a secret third name it must have for you to call it by when you don't know the resident's ownership status?
In Germany: if you're an estate agent you'd call it an Eigentumswohnung but most people aren't show offs so they just call it a Wohnung.
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When the dirty neighbor moves out you're about to have a "mouse issue".
IMO, get ready now and set some old-school wood-and-copper snap traps, I put mine in shoeboxes or disposable tupperware with little mouse holes in the side. This keeps the kitty off the traps. I bait with peanut butter, two traps per box and I bend the sear so it goes off on a hair trigger.
I am loath to use poison on rodents because I don't want to make pets, raptors, or owls sick. I settled on Cholecalciferol because it seems safer for other wildlife.
Good luck and don't forget, smacking them with a broom works too.
edit: I like to imagine the two people who downvoted this are soap-dodging militant vegans who are AGHAST I would kill vermin.
The wood and copper spring ones are total crap. The mice will steal food off them all day, I'm sure they've evolved to see them as traps by this point.
What you want is the red and grey plastic ones like these:
I've seen one of these things kill like 4 mice in a row. And it was all the same trap, on the same night!
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The wood and copper spring ones are total crap. The mice will steal food off them all day, I'm sure they've evolved to see them as traps by this point.
What you want is the red and grey plastic ones like these:
I've seen one of these things kill like 4 mice in a row. And it was all the same trap, on the same night!
The wood and copper ones are not crap. Skill issue. Learn to adjust it.
Someone else recommended those new Victor ones, I haven't used them but I'll try them this field mouse season. I can tell you the TomCat brand "no touch" traps are garbage.
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The wood and copper ones are not crap. Skill issue. Learn to adjust it.
Someone else recommended those new Victor ones, I haven't used them but I'll try them this field mouse season. I can tell you the TomCat brand "no touch" traps are garbage.
Wood ones get picked clean consistently or set off with no kill. Victor ones require no skill. It's like clockwork, set them and they're dead immediately.
