Mice Everywhere!

First, my mom complained about mice (she said she saw a mouse running from her kitchen to the bedroom), and just after I brought two last mouse traps to her apartment and ordered new ones “just in case,” I saw mice droppings and ripped bags in my pantry!

I am surprised mice didn’t figure out my pantry for so long – before that, they were only in the kitchen. This whole thing happened right before Thanksgiving, and I could not find a day when I could stay home, so I didn’t call for an appointment. But as the cookie-baking process progressed, I couldn’t put it away any further, so finally, I called exterminators, and the first available appointment was on December 16, the day I took off to finish the cookie shipping (you see where it goes).

An exterminator came and sealed several potential points of entry and also put out the poison along the walls. It has been six days, and I see fewer signs of mice activity, although they are not completely gone. He said to give it about two weeks, and then he will come on January 17 for a checkup.

I breathed a sigh of relief, but then my mom said she saw a mouse at her place again. Today, I checked everywhere in her kitchen and indeed found droppings under the fridge. Going to call the same exterminator and ask to treat my mom’s unit because, apparently, nowadays, mice are too smart to be caught in simple traps.