More on the Mouse Culture

It appears from all the 5 years of experience of warfare with mice in the attic, a couple of things come to light.
1. Mice, in there frantic effort to store food in a warm place for the winter, must carry the food in their mouths. So, a baited trap on their path is sometimes ineffective---they pass right by it on their way to store their food at a preselected place. Solution, should you know their path is to use a glue board. When they attempt to run over the glue board, they are finished.
2. They need water, but not a lot of water. Often the small bit of water in their stored food is enough for a short time. This means that they can live in an attic for some days without having to return to the outdoors for water---and to get more food to bring to the storage area.
3. They are extreme in their habits. Once one finds a path to a good spot for wintering or nesting, the others are sure to follow. For example, merely look at the pathways in deep grass where they have created the runways of their small world. Bust up that pathway with an obstruction and you are sure to disrupt their infestation of your home. This means that you must find the place where they have established as an entry point. Once disrupted, the next explorer must find a new entry point---and if they do not, then the problem is over.
Its been at least 6 months now, with no mice in this attic.

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