In this post, I’m going to show you how to get rid of mice naturally. You’re not going to believe some of the clever ways I share with you, but they actually work!
How is it mice look so cute in cartoons and at Disneyland, but they are so gross and creepy when they are scurrying across your floor?
Not to mention the disgust at finding mouse droppings in your kitchen near your food! Oh my gosh. I cringe just thinking about it.
If you don’t want to use an old-school mousetrap or a glue trap, this post will help you solve your mouse problem. I do have to tell you though that most (not all) of these natural remedies will kill the mice.
Get Rid of Mice Naturally
If you have a soft heart for these tiny rodents, and I totally get it if you do, I’ll mention whether the mouse will die as a result.
1. Steel wool.
It’s cheap and when you pull it apart and stuff it into any of the tiny places mice are getting in, that will be that.
Mice can’t chew through it, try though they might. It also doesn’t feel good on those little teeth, although a mouse has never actually told me that himself.
2. Powdered chocolate milk mix.
You’re shaking your head and laughing right now, aren’t you? Hear me out!
Add the powder to dry Plaster of Paris, mix it up well, and leave it out someplace you’ve noticed mice or their droppings.
They will eat it up quick because CHOCOLATE, and then the Plaster of Paris will make them thirsty.
As long as you don’t leave water out for them beside their chocolate treat, they’ll head out to look for water elsewhere. The mice will die.
3. Mashed potatoes.
Before you head to the kitchen to whip up some Yukon Golds with a little butter and milk, I’m talking about instant potato flakes!
Sprinkle them wherever you’ve seen a mouse. They’ll eat them, their stomachs will expand and it will kill them. (Please don’t use this method if you have fur babies in the house.)
4. No cat? No problem.
Do you have a friend who has a cat? Ask for some of their used cat litter. I know! What a weird conversation to have!
Think about it. If we’ve learned anything from cartoons, we know mice are afraid of cats. Spread the used litter anywhere outside where you think mice are entering. They’ll stay away.
5. Onions will repel mice.
Put an onion out wherever a mouse has left droppings. According to experts, mice hate the smell.
Remember to change the onion for another one as they decompose. Also, make sure your fur babies can’t get to them.
6. Baking Soda
Cut a hole in a box of baking soda that is large enough for a mouse and place it in suspected areas. This will produce gas inside their stomachs when they eat it and cause them to die.
Those are clever ways to get rid of mice!
Hey, if it works and it doesn’t involve having traps everywhere, I’m all in to try it. What about you?
How do you get rid of mice?
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126 comments on “6 Clever Ways to Get Rid of Mice That Actually Work”
Raw sweet potato forms a cyanide reaction in a rat’s stomach; hence, mixing them with any of your food is a good natural rat repellent. … It blocks the digestive system by aborting the necessary vitamin A and enzymes needed for the rats to digest the protein and starches.Dec 23, 2014 copy and pasted.
another one that works really well, is cayenne pepper. I sprinkle it around my house on the outside, then around the water heaters, furnace, any holes, doors ways ECT…
I have used peppermint oil and they don’t like that n it’s safe for everyone and they take off somewhere else. I’m going to try the onion I just found a new one left his calling card.
Putting out small bars of Irish Spring soap in areas you think mice are coming in. The scent deters them. I cut full size bars in half, which is not easy, I admit. They need to be replaced each season.
IN OUT SIDE STORAGE AREAS OR WHERE YOU KEEP FEED OF ANY KIND MOTH BALLS SEEMS TO WORK GOOD FOE ME. I DONT HATE THE SMELL, WOULDNT WANT IT IN MY HOUSE, BUT DOESENT SEEM BAD IN OUTSIDE SPACES. FOR GETTING RID OF MICE!!!!!
I have used some of these tips at one time or another, I do have other fur babies do consider. The steel wool works in most areas but mice were still able to find other ways in. Peppermint also works to ward them off they don’t like the smell. Altho I have not used the things the mice injest, I have had mice going off to die on their own, is the smell of a dead mouse afterwards. My home was built in the late 1800’s. It still has the original transom windows above the doors and porcelain door knobs. Unfortunately it also has all kinds of books and crannies for mice to get in, or to die in and smell for days afterwards..
As cute as they are, mice and rats were known to spread bubonic plague, I have several methods because I live rural, closer to the mouse front. From peanut butter mixed with poison under the house to live traps, mothballs and when needed glue strips. I do have a great mouser so don’t like to chance too many poisons. Thank you for the information and I will give them a try.
I’ve tried 10s of thousands of dollars on Poisen, snap traps, sticky traps, catch and real ease boxes, homemade farmers tricks, they are so smart! The jump snap traps and usually get the bait without snapping the trap, even when you bend the pin to a hair trigger. If you don’t change Poisen constantly they won’t eat it anymore (weird) like they’ve had it before…? Outside Poisen boxes, they get off the sticky traps, I’ve bout 4 of the 50.00 shocker traps, they get out, I have a Siamese who acts like he’s terrified of them! Will a mouse fight a cat and hurt then? I’ve done EVERYTHING, most days that’s ALL I get done is cleaning up and trying to think of ways for them not to piss on all our cloths, which has a horrible odor. You can see where rhey have went right behind you the min you turn around cause they’re be a sign of something they dropped that I know I just scrubbed clean! The ultrasonic wall removers are an absolute waste! Catch and release they can get out of. I’m telling you they are smart ass holes! They terrorize my autistic son who is hypersensitive to their movement. He’s non verbal but when he doesn’t want to go in his room, and the cats acting like a weirdo, they are getting in and I’m realized rhe only solution is new Poisens I caught one on a sticky trap still alive and had to beat it’s brains out but with the terror and trauma they have put me and my son theough I actually didn’t feel bad at all actually got out a little frustration and got a sick enjoyment out of killing one. If you had seen how they terrorize my poor son, believe me you wouldn’t mind so much. Nasty disease carrying cable chewing death trap makers for us when they start a fire and I’m supposed to feel bad for not wanting them chewing and pissing on everything they can destroy? Not if I can kill them first! And I don’t care HOW!!!! People care more about a nasty rodent than an instant human baby these days! I say OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!! LITERALLY IF I CATCH THEM!!!! Nasty little disease carriers!!!!
I’ve had a problem with mice in my garage. For me, the most effective method was, purchasing the old style mouse trap(s) and placing a small amount of peanut butter on the trigger mechanism. Then, I carefully shred some newspaper over the top of the trap, so it look like a small tent, so to speak. Works every time!
Dont waste money calling pest control they DO NOT HELP YOU and advise you to go get your own traps ..(for mice,&,rats)
I found that to be the case also. The trap and bait given me by the exterminator were ignored by the rats.
Oh, I really appreciate your tip to stuff places where the mice are getting in with steel wool. Still, that doesn’t get rid of the mice that’ve already found their way in. I’m thinking of hiring a pest control technician to come out and get rid of the ones that have infiltrated my home.
Thank you for the tips. We live on a farm I will be trying probably all of the tricks But for those who are offended, please come and try your Pied Pipery. Save as many as you can.
Really?? Let’s not torture a living creature? They are mice. They carry diseases. I bought the biggest box of potato flakes I could find.♀️ Sorry, my health and the kids health come first. I am not catching the things to release and have them crawl back in…for Pete’s sake.
I live in a rural area too. Being rural means my garden regularly floods and both field and house mice occasionally come indoors in order to survive. I’d never kill any animal without a very good reason, especially when the methods outlined on here are tantamount to torture.
I’ve used humane traps for years and I relocate the mice to under my shed at the bottom of my garden. They only come back in the house if they are released individually, so the best idea is to put them in a high sided bucket (with food and water of course) and wait until you’ve caught them all before releasing the whole family at the same time. If you take care with food hygiene and storage in your kitchen it’s highly unlikely that they will want to come back indoors.
It’s not about saving… it’s about not being cruel. “A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.” (Proverbs 12:10)
Thank you! Someone with common sense!( which is less and less common these days..worse with each passing generation..starting w millennials)
Exactly.
Yes!