szasz

omg

good luck

szasz

they usu follow the smell of their paths so if u can figure out the paths & clean that up (with a broom or vacuum) most usually your smell (the human smell) will let them know your presence & that will help erasing their memories passing from one generation to another. u can also stuff up the holes with steel wool but keep in mind they are capable of digging up new holes thru walls etc

of course the first thing to do (not saying ur not doing it) is to keep all their food source away from sight & smell

szasz

and if nothing works then you are going to have to make friends with them

i myself had set traps before but i ended up killing a diff species

and don't forget if you have other pets or even children at home it isn't such a good idea to use poison

szasz

不介意我在這裡發表嗎

the thing is when they first came into your personal space the reason was:

a. seasonal rodent growth
b. the neighborhood ur in
c. climate changes
d. no reason

once you figured that out and started taking actions towards it

at sum point they really drove me nuts cause they waited till night time to come out (or kept waiting till i turned the light off) and were making all these noise siksiksaksak (no idea where they were, what they were doing, took so much time to investigate) n when they started jaywalking across the living room during the day when ppl are still in (instead of the sidewalk along the walls, behind the cabinet etc) & yeah city bylaw already says: no defecate, urinate, nor expectorate on property ...

once u spend so much time cleaning up after them u will see things from their perspectives n understand (as long as they are not mutant rats from Iran) and also they always wanted to be hidden in the dark n away from sight of human, and light. and every move, even very subtle move that we human makes can create extreme fear and alertness in them

but once you 'make friends' with them and bridge that gap, at least for me that was a crucial step
and imo avoid killing as much as possible (that was my previous approach that I m most comfortable with up to the present)

szasz

1. listen & move quietly, locate their base
2. observe their routes, derive entry n exit pts from there
3. clean up their smell, droppings and urine included
4. once u done dat ur now real close to the ground and u smell n see n move like they do, then you will know what they were eating (e.g. 餅乾碎）

szasz

Quest老友的approach我下不了手
因為聯想到自己正在準備食大餐之前的死
其實四圍的mouse trap都是下毒藥的
我見過allegedly中了毒後的死屍乾了像塊標本
我個人就只會執屎抹尿好像做保姆
最慘的時候是上網翻查為甚麼老鼠要加個'老'字