More rodents?

[Farmallh]

Anyone notice an increase in rodents in your barns, fields or stored crop? My neighbor was complaining about this but I haven't noticed any increase. It's getting colder now and that is usually when they try to get in the house.

 

[RichZ]

About a week ago, we noticed mouse droppings in one drawer in our kitchen. I put a live trap mouse trap in the drawer. We caught three mice over several days, and now there are no more mouse droppings anywhere in the house. I guess we only had three.... for now. They always find ways to get in. I trap them live and release them in a field not near any other houses. They're only trying to survive, they don't mean any harm.

 

[jack]

I haven't noticed anything new in the past few months as well. They are known to shut down their reproduction during the cold months and resume in earnest during the other seasons.

 

[Charli1]

I have noticed some poop in the pantry. We set traps last night. We didn't catch anything yet. I don't set live ones, they freak me out.
What are the pros of mice?

 

[BarkerB]

I've seen tracing of them in our barn. They won't last long though, we have barn cats. I haven't seen any in the house yet. I'm sure it won't be long though. They seem to love our old farmhouse.

 

[RichZ]

I have noticed some poop in the pantry. We set traps last night. We didn't catch anything yet. I don't set live ones, they freak me out.
What are the pros of mice?

Pros of mice? Good question. Maybe that they eat weed seeds. There must be others. I live trap them because I don't like to kill anything unless I absolutely have to. If I can live trap them, and relocate them to an area where they won't get into trouble, I am happy to do it.