OK Guy's...Here is a solution to your mice / mouse issues. My credientials are this: I have been a fur trapper for well over thirty five years and have dealt with all kinds of critters, mostly large rodents but I have a lot of experience with mice. A solution to your problems with mice is this:
Take a five gallon bucket w/o the lid and cut a small "V" on the rim of the bucket (each side) opposite of each other and place an aluminum arrow shaft (or smooth dowel rod) across the "V"'s and on the arrow shaft place a light weight aluminum can such as a pop can or beer can, one end going through the opening and the other through the bottom in the center and make sure this rotates nice and smooth.
Next step is to take a small plank / board / ramp, ect... and place it on the floor and on the bucket rim 90 degrees to the arrow shaft then place about three or four inches of ethelene glycol (anti-freeze) in the bucket, the reason I reccomend ethelene glycol is that it is a preservative and the mice will not stink if the bucket is left in a vehicles trunk or back seat area or cabin, motor home, ect...for long peroids such as all winter long plus it will not freeze during the winter months. Water is fine and works just as well but the mice will stink in a day or two.
Now take a little peanut butter and smear it on the pop can, about 1/4 of the can is fine and then take bacon grease and smear that on another 1/4 of the can (just a couple different scents to attract the mice).
Here is what happens as you can visualize: The mice enter the garage , vehicle, cabin, ect...they smell the "meal" and hit the ramp and run it to the end, they smell and see the can and leap from the ramp to the can, the can spins and they drop into the ethelene glycol / water and drown.
This works gentleman, it works like a charm and catches multiples in one night. I keep one in my garage year around and in the winter a smaller version in the actual car (GTO). I have caught up to 13 mice in one night in peoples attics with this set up. Once you use this method your mice issues will go away. DEAD mice don't tell their little buddies where a place to camp out is. I hope this solves your mice challenges. Good Luck.
Tim john---
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