I prefer the electronic traps. Nimh gets the mice and brings them to me. And they aren’t always dead. At 2am I find it’s just not funny when he “gifts” Mommy and has to chase it on the bed. :-D
The first time our cat tried to present such a “gift” to my wife, she nearly jumped out of her shoes. ;-) I might try one of the electric ones this fall (that’s the only time of year we ever see the little critters).
Even better: Two cats get in a knock-down drag-out hissing spitting yowling growling argument over the dying mouse right next to the bed at 4:30 am, and then the winner lies down and starts eating it on a pile of your laundry.
We actually haven’t put out mouse baits because we do have two cats and I’m scared of them getting into the poison, but as incompetent as ours are at pest control (be it mouse or bug), I may have to.
}:-)4