NEVER Buy Mouse Poison — Check Under Your Back Door First

How to get rid of mice without poison: tonight, take a pencil to your back door. If the round body fits in the gap, a mouse already did. My mother never let a box of poison into the kitchen she cleaned. She did something else instead, and at the end of this video I tell you what it was. In this video I walk you around your own house the way she walked around hers: 0:00 The pencil test at your back door 1:16 The corner where the foundation meets the ground 1:31 One walk around the house, waist to knees 2:32 Why my kitchen never had poison or traps 2:51 Sealing the small openings with steel wool and caulk 3:53 What to buy, and what to leave on the shelf 5:00 The three places outside that are feeding them 6:26 Water is the other half of the plate 7:33 Inside the house tonight, before bed 8:25 What I will not promise you 8:55 Who does what, and what nobody should do 10:25 Your homework tonight 10:51 What my mother did about poison Everything here follows the CDC guidance on sealing up a home against rodents: a hole the width of a pencil, a quarter of an inch, is enough for a mouse. Seal the openings, then take away the food, the water and the shelter. If you are looking for how to get rid of mice in walls, how to get rid of mice in the attic, or how to get rid of mice in the garage, the same rule applies: close the way in first, then clear the plate. What I do not do: traps, poison, or anything that leaves a body in the wall. We have a dog and grandchildren in this house. That is my rule, not the CDC's. Some jobs here are not mine. The roof, the eaves, the soffits, the crawl space vents, moving the woodpile — my son does those. I make the list and I do the work between my waist and my shoulders. Sources: CDC, How to Seal Up to Prevent Rodents. CDC, Controlling Wild Rodent Infestations. If you want to know how to get rid of mice for good, start at the door tonight with a pencil. Tell me in the comments what you found. Close the door, clear the plate. — Merce Casa Merce Home. Mexican home tips, the old way, from a house in Puebla. Subscribe:    / @casamercehome   #howtogetridofmice #miceproofing #rodentcontrol #homesafety #mexicanhometips