Mouse trapping guides

• Keeping mice out of a car in winter storage

  A parked car is a warm, dry place for a mouse to nest. How to store a car, truck, RV or mower so mice leave it alone, and what isn’t worth trying.

• Mice in the garage: how to get rid of them and keep them out

  Why mice move into garages in the fall, how to find where they get in, where to set traps, and how to seal the gaps so the next ones stay out.

• Mice in the barn or shed: how to get rid of them and keep them out

  Feed, hay and quiet corners make a barn or shed an easy winter home for mice. How to cut off the food, seal the gaps, trap them, and why poison is risky.

• Multi-catch mouse traps: the main kinds and how to pick one

  Wind-up, tunnel, glue, bucket and battery: how each multi-catch mouse trap works, what you have to do after a catch, and how to choose for your space.

• How many mice do you have? What to check after you see one

  Nobody can give a number from one sighting, but droppings, nests and a week of trapping can get you close. Five things to check, and what each one tells you.

• Mice in the chicken coop and feed room: what actually works

  Spilled feed brings mice, and poison and snap traps are risky around a flock. How to cut off the food, seal the coop and trap mice without hurting birds.

• What’s the best bait for a mouse trap?

  Peanut butter, the food they’re already eating, or a cotton ball: what to bait a mouse trap with, how much to use, and where to put it so the trap springs.

• Bucket mouse traps: how they work, and how to make and set one up

  How a 5-gallon bucket mouse trap works, how to make one, whether mice can climb out, where to set it, what bait to use, and why one stops catching.