Have not read the replys. 1) cats are your friends.
2) a mixture of 3 parts plaster of paris and 1 part oatmeal locks their guts up good.
While in school we had mice in my apartment. Watching football games in the winter, I would see mice running across the floor. So I put a piece of cheese out. Mouse came out, grabbed the cheese and ran off. After a couple of times of that I put a piece of cheese that had been soaked in a jar of jalapeno juice. The mouse ran out, grabbed the cheese and neve came back for another piece.
Forgot. One cat used to bring mice in the house (cat door) and let them loose for indoor sports. A thrown towel slows them down and then spike them. Cat was disappointed..