Actually, dead mice do stink, and it lasts a couple of weeks, but it eventually goes away. This is probably the best info I have come across to get rid of unwanted pests. Thank you!

Thank you! KZfaq really needs to make this the first video you see when searching for “how to get rid of mice” more info in the first 10 minutes than i got in over an hour of searching.

THanks for all the info...thorough and complete and lots of options...trying them all

This is a verrrrry good video. This guy explained alllll the issues we can have with this animal that can really put you in a funk when you see one scamper across the floor. He was thorough in explaining what to do, what not to get, and most importantly what will work. Kudos to you Chris Van 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Thanks! Especially the point about sealing pipe entries into the kitchen, etc.

Copper mesh is the way to go for plugging holes because it won't rust. The mesh also irritates their claws. And if they try to chew through it, they won't take more than one bite because it cuts their gums.

You were right we had to watch the whole video! thanks for the tips

Extremely helpful thank you so much!!! Time to get out the ladder and see where’s there’s holes in my top up there somewhere.. I already sealed up all the entrances from ground level.. n there’re still getting in somehow.. only when it rains tho it’s strange.. I only see them when it’s raining.. I’ll check my roof n attic now.. thank you

Very helpful. Thanks, man!

Wow, that was really thorough, thank you! It covered things that I had been wondering like when they decay, how bad is the smell. By the time I was watching this, I had already forgotten it. I really appreciate that you covered the ethical ways. It warmed my heart that you are not cruel. I also appreciate that the contract just pretty much puts them to sleep. As someone who has digestive medical issues, the thought of them having that, even for a moment was not setting well with me. My husband will be very glad to hear it as well. The dime size holes or entries are just astonishing. I knew they were creative and agile, but that outdoes the ants that I had in my syrup bottle that was just caked with syrup under the cap and yet they got inside. An observation is that these little guys are arrogant in that when you hear them and go looking to see which drawer or cabinet they are in, they just stay real still. If you leave, they will immediately continue on their little journey no matter how noisy. The very second you hear it again and open up the drawer or cabinet, they will stay there and they know you can see them. Rude!!! I remember one mouse years ago in my daughters house in TX when the little guy decided to peek out from under the dishwasher. It was so cute because he wasn't even trying to hide. Not long after that, he went out into the middle of the living room and began to take a bath. It was an open floor plan and I think he knew that it would be almost impossible to catch him. Thank you for your very informative and easy to understand video.

Thanks for the video. It was very helpful.

This is great information. Thanks!

I wish more videos were as comprehensive and informative as yours. Nicely done. Thanks!

Idk man, I just doused a couple cotton balls in peppermint, clove, and eucalyptus oils and placed them around the house and the rats/mice haven’t been around since. Obviously the problem isn’t solved, we still have to go about sealing up entry points, etc, but the essential oils def do work to repel the rodents.

Good Job Comprehensive and Informative!! Thank You!!

This info is lifesaver mate thanks so much man

Excellent video! Thank you!

Thank you. I have to work on my cracks and blocking all holes very informative stuff

I enjoy your videos bro. Helps a lot. I just started working for orkin recently and appreciate the info.

Thanks for the information. Very well put together video.

Thank you, I have been so stressed out because of my mice infestation. I’m literally going insane😭 I love animals more than anything but this has gone way too far and I think it’s affecting my health and my sleep they are gnawing at the walls in my room at night, it’s driving me mad. I am cleaning today and setting traps. I really hope it helps. Thank you for this information, very helpful!

Thanks for the advice, I found it helpful

This was so clear, simple, non-hysterical, and easy to follow. Thank you . I also am glad to find someone who is balanced on both being sensible about killing them but also with the desire for no torture if animals. Feels calming. Im gonna stick with you as my pest person. I am truly shocked to hear that baits are not cruel. My vision of them was the mice going away and laying with unbearable pain cramping their guts for hours or even days. I never could do it. (Used live traps and then drowned them in the trap- but they wont go in anymore!! ). I m not saying this to argue or pronounce you dishonest- i am simply SO surprised that bait isn’t what I thought. I WANT it to be true. Because that will make my life so much easier and safer I will take your words for it, and I’ll get that bait you showed. I’m in an apartment - the hygiene issue and the shame of people seeing my infestation has to be addressed. One in the kitchen didn’t shock me- but when one sits up in your laundry basket , and then a different one comes out of your clothes beside you in the lounge room - you pay attention!! (Couldn’t believe it). Ive got very fast snap modern plastic traps (with teeth as on the bar for extra certain quick kill-) they kill SO fast. Ive caught two thus way- but most traps remain unsprung. Smart mice, like you said. The bait will fix this. Ok… gonna go see if its in Australia. (Probably cost a fortune to have shipped from USA). Thanks heaps mate

Very helpful. Thank you so much.

Thank you for sharing all of this info. I live in the boondocks and mice are everywhere! I do have a question. What about cornbread mix and baking soda?

Great video. Thanks.

Thank you for your advice re Contrac. Unfortunately unavailable in Canada but the distributor here passed me along to a local pest control retailer.

Thank you! That was extremely helpful!

Very informative, free of bias, and straight to the point. Thanks for taking the time out to make this video.

Thank you for sharing

Very informative. Thanks!

Very good! Thanks!

Great info!

Putting the bate under the pedal was a stellar idea...catch every time..thanks

This was extremely helpful, I will have to ask around if the poison you recommend is available for me (I live in Costa Rica), if not I'll try to get something similar. Because my fear has always been that my cat will eat a poisoned mouse and die. I'll follow your recommendations, I live in a rural / mountainous town and I'm tired of dealing with mice. Thanks! 🙃

Very helpful! I am in a panic ! Waiting for the Terminex man . I have never lived like this in my life and I am 74 yrs old lady always took good care of my home . Thank you.

Cool. Great video, excellent info.

Good Video. Thank you !

Good video, I've been a amateur pest control guy for years, but learned a few things. The good commercial poisons can usually be found in farm stores, they will always come in big containers, and the active poison ingredient will be 5%. If package says 1% (Fine print on the back) it's not effective. Mice are attracted to warmth and will find their way into engines of every kind and can do a lot of damage. If you are a kind catch and release person, just wait until you have a $2000 repair bill. Place bait stations against the foundation of the buildings, experiment with locations as some are better than others. Near parked car if you park outside. Garages and crawl spaces are hot spots for mice. Always put plenty of the poison chunks in your crawl space. You can just throw them in as no other animal will find them down there. Traps are high maintenance and only work if there are a few mice...with real infestation, you'll never keep up. Always be responsible when handling and disposing of poisons. The chunks look like tasty candy bars to kids. I recently started experimenting with baking soda and Plaster of Paris corn bread mix concoctions, but there are no mice or rats here anymore so I can't say yet if if works.

Excellent 👍

Thank You!

@ChrisVan this video is 2yo at my viewing. Thank-you for the information. How do you clean after mice? My issue is my pantry with painted wood shelves. I am not in the position to remodel the kitchen.

was quoted nearly 1K to take care of my mouse problem which seems to be contained to my crawlspace for now. I think I will take this info and have a go at solving the issue myself.

This is fantastic advice but for one thing. I really do appreciate the concise pure info. I do have one contradiction. Dead mice do stink, they decompose just like any other living thing. They swell with gases, they burst, they will go off and die in your walls and if you have a very unsealed home which is likely given the mouse/rat issue to begin with, you will smell them. The smell can last up to a week before it disipates, usually because they dry up. This is lived experience talking here so 12:37 yeah gotta call you on that one. Keep up the good work!

interesting video, very helpful!

Will you please tell us the name of this book or recommend any other book to get in-depth knowledge of pest control

Thank You🌸

Ty!!!

you really know your stuff about keeping mice out. Thanks

Thank you! A mouse ran across my living room yesterday and I almost fainted. My cat died and now I have mice from a bird feeder I have on my deck. I am going use your suggestions and try not to be so scared of them! The mouse was looking at me last night😐

Best storage container i have used for dog food or chicken feed is a metal garbage can with metal lid. Mice can stink sometimes if they happen to decay quickly.

thanks Chris

Thank you.

Thank you!! I moved back in with my mother 2yrs ago.. been hearing them in ceiling and walls.. I'm a lil worried about the yard next door.. it is a haven for rodent's and pests. I've already seen a possum, hedgehog and ground hog.. mind you, we live in a city in row home. Believe they have a few nests in several different areas. They're food source is in the yard next door.. cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce and whatever else is recklessly planted. I believe their coming in through the top of my window and from a hole in the back of the house by door. I found a nest behind the one wall in kitchen by the back door not sure how to decipher their Pooh. It kinda looks like rat droppings but I could be wrong. I've also been smelling wet dog after I cleaned kitchen with bleach.. I'm going crazy bcuz of all the disease and virus they carry.. I believe they are the culprits for a flea infestation I had over the summer and are responsible for chewing through my ovens wiring.. which scares me even more.. can anyone describe the smell of mice and/or rats? My cats have been keeping them at bay and been showing me exactly where they are in walls but I am having a hard time luring them out.. any suggestions before I tear walls and ceiling down??

Please post an update on rodenticide baits. The newest ones are not warfarin based but a neurotoxin that does not have an antidote.

It sounds like Contac is the one thing that really works, recently I moved into a mobile home and have an infestation and I’m terrified every day. I was excited to see something might work but when I went to order it’s not allowed in California! What else can I use that is similar?

Any Contrac substitutes? I’m in Canada and finding it difficult to find or order it and have it shipped to Canada. Thanks!

7:30 You revealed your true self in this moment, and it was endearing.

Like very informative

Hi. Thanks for the great info I have a question.. I saw mice droppings in multiple places. Along baseboards around the living room baseboards as well as by the dining table nearby. However I've seen the bulk of the droppings underneath the stairs. My wife saw one inside in the living room which was the first time we saw one in the house and didn't even check underneath the stairs yet. My wife opened the door to the storage area underneath the stairs and saw two mice run into these holes on the ground. Following that day I called pest control. They set bait stations inside that storage room and we discovered a hole outside of the staircase area (also a storage area). Since pest control, ive had that exterior hole patched and the holes on the ground and wall openings patched up and filled with concrete and spackle. Since then I haven't seen any mice droppings. Is there a chance they got trapped in those holes and died from not being able to escape from the cement patched holes, they're alive and well inside the walls or they managed to escape out that hole that leads to the outside before everything happened. Ironically. One random day I heard the gutter on the outside of our bedroom make tapping noises. It ended up being from the rain. However I banged on our wall pretty hard and I heard a squeal. Does that mean they're inside the walls? Or by chance a mouse or rat was outside and I heard it. Thanks. Sorry for my poor writing.

This is one of the bedtvideos I've seen. I have paid over$1500.00 and still have mice in the attic. I have 4 cats so they never come down on the house. I am hoping g your recommendations work. I have bought the blocks. Thank you.

Hello Chris, Ihave tried to buy Contrac here in Britian but

hi thanks for the info. where on line can i find "contrac"

What about the fleas and other bugs the mouse carries, will be kill with the poisons as well or the bugs will be looking for new host? And what happen with all the poo left behind, will attract other mouse to get in? Thank you for your reply greeting from Canada.

50 droppings per mouse per day! That sure puts my mind a little at ease, I thought we had a huge infestation in our basement based on the amount of droppings observed. I did see a live one come out of hiding earlier today, the mouse went over to the trap to see if we had replenished the peanut butter. Kid you not! They licked it clean off from all the snap traps! I'll try some of the other methods which you had mentioned! Dead mice do stink! We disposed of two dead mice within the last week, placed them in zip lock bags and this morning setting our trash bins out for trash pick up - yikes! The stench was awful!

Where do I buy contract from in Canada or which site

I am using Victor electric mouse traps. They get them but how do I know when they are gone? How long before my last kill? I am having great luck with p-butter. I can’t look at a dead mouse so I just throw away the side with the mouse. I have caught about 14 so far. Only a couple were large enough to see the tail sticking out. The rest were very small.

We use glue traps for recluses for first 6 years, then got a mouse infestation. I oil off and release anything I can, except the recluses. The mice are oiled off 500 feet away at the front of our property with lots of woods in between. Just got one of those lids that you put on a 5 gallon bucket. Have caught 7. These I transport off the property to a wooded area, away from residential homes and properties.....

Man i aint got time for the consideration of the feelings of a damn creature in my house. That thing looked at me this morning. I'm done. Sticky traps, snap traps, poison, a damn gun, who cares. Get it t f out of my house.

Very good - has info I haven't seen elsewhere. Please try to talk more slowly.

Hey like your videos wanted to ask if pest control was hard on your body and if I could do it and keep working out everyday just got a job offer

Yes, we have trees around our house which makes it easy for them to crawl on the roof. The house is also an older house. We started getting this problem when our dog died while he was around. I guess they were afraid of him roaming around the yard and they just stayed away so we have to get another dog or a cat.

Can it be any kind of contract?

Dead mice in walls smell horrible for a few days!🤢

He said a mouse don't smell 😂😂😂 what! You've apparently never had an actual mouse problem yourself

I mean, he does have a big book, and it's open.... I think I can trust this guy. Going out to get traps now

I'm having a little mice problem, there's poo behind the fridge by the previous mice pest control trap (before I moved in) but I'm scared of them

Use bait stations vs pellets...pellets can be hoarded vs bait stations have solid blocks of poison in them that the mice have to eat right there...or use snap traps...gle traps or live catch stations are dumb: your just asking for a re-visit...keep your food in containers they cant smell the food in, or chew through...if you live in the country, you will have mouse visitors...they burrow so they can get in under crawlspaces that dont have deep foundation walls or have just footers...even if you dont have any food sources around they can get into, they will still hide in sheds, cellars, basements because theyre safe from snakes, hawks, chickens (yes, chickens kill mice)...any natural repellants dont work...only poison...

I feel the same way about the glue traps I have been using the no kill traps and dropping them far from home

You recommended using Contrac poison, but what happens when you have dead mice everywhere behind your walls and in your attic. I m sure that you re not gonna be able to stay in your house because of the awful smell from decaying mice corpses.

Great Video!!!

Very informative but doesn't the poison bait cause a long, slow, lingering death? If the antidote is Vitamin K that suggests that the bait causes internal bleeding because Vit K is a blood-clotting agent. I have evidence of a mouse travelling around my kitchen surfaces during the night, Is it most likely that he/she is just coming in at night or actually living behind the fridge or other appliance/cupboard?

I also put cayenne pepper powder around my kitchen appliances that got them out too

I had a tiny mouse die in the fan at the bottom of my fridge. YES it smelled very strong. It was a sickly sweet decomp smell that went throughout the entire first floor. Maybe they don't smell IN walls idk. But dead mice DO smell.

This video could definitely be a fun drinking game, you say poo a lot! 🍻

Wait what?! Lol idk what kind of dead rodents you’ve been around but rats/mice have died in my house/in the walls/somewhere they couldn’t be found before (usually bc one of my cats brought in a catch that managed to escape but then crawled off somewhere in the house and succumbed to their injuries), and lemme tell u, it smells freaking AWFUL for weeks!

Beat square blocks with a hole in gives out a very strong smell can that smell affect human beings

Does if i were to boil ammonia and bleach would thst smell deter them?

I hired pest professional to place stations around my house to eradicate rats in the neighborhood. I was told the technician would wear gloves while setting up the stations. I’m concerned about this because his smell is there and the rats will avoid the station. Right?

Smaller mice can actually get though a hole the size of a pencil !! ..when I do a CLEAN OUT ..after I seal up entrances on the outside ..I use Plastic LARGE RAT glue boards ..with Tiny dab of peanut butter on center .. because mice are social and want to go where other mice are you leave the dead mouse on the board for a couple days I come back the next week for return service and remove sometime 6-8 mice! on a rat size board.. these are generally placed up on The ledges in the basement as the mice get into the basement or garage and then get into the rest of the house... Once I do my sealing up and clean out with the large Rat boards .. I then install mouse rtu (ready to use) bait stations on the ledges of the basement.. with contract or even better quicker kill FINAL BLOX .. inside the bait stations .. final will kill the mouse quicker it's not running upstairs in your house until it dies...MICE do smell if you get a number of them dying in the wall.. this is why I focus on the basement where they originate from and they usually die near the furnace on the floor because mice go to heat not water after they've ingested the final blox .. since I've already done the sealing up .. and the clean out.. getting rid of as many as I can with the RAT glue traps first.. only an occasional mouse will die inside in the basement... If there absolutely no dogs in the house hold.. I can use a bait called fast track.. but only if there's no dog in the house because fast track has no antidote.. final block antidote is vitamin k and a dog would have to eat an awful lot of blocks of final to be affected... I absolutely disagree with exterior bait stations for mice.. exterminators actually use these big giant rat stations and what you're actually doing is attracting the mice to your house.. then when they eat the bait they're going to come in the same holes they come in normally and then die in your house and you're never going to kill the millions of mice that are outside in the neighborhood or in the woods near your house... So I frown on putting exterior bait stations unless we're dealing with a rat outside and then only a few stations where the rats actually are living outside..so seal up .. clean out via rat boards.. then install bait stations in the basement with final block ( or contract block if the problem is not bad ) ..PS if the house has attached garage.. it's important to make sure your garage doors seals on the bottom inside are in good condition..! . If they are not or the garage door does not close properly..(keep garage doors closed during the evening especially do not store garbage pails or bird seed in garage) ..

My son sure loved the intro focusing on poo. Full giggles.

Unfortunately, we can't use Contrac in California

Very helpful thanks clear and concise. But rats smell awful when they die without poison lol good video

Very informative thank you, however I beg to differ mice do have an odor, when dead. Plus their urine has a distinct putrid odor!

The sound devices are crap...but..if you have loud speakers and you blast high frequency through them. They don't like it and freak out. I blast this through speakers and the scratching of the walls stops immediately. Its worth a try if you have these

I didn't realize that i had mice until i found chicken nuggets in my house plants 😂 i blamed my kids and then i noticed that some of my plants had bite marks and were eaten and my spider plant got eaten completely lol so now i have mice 😳 a quick google search taught me that mice will use house plants to store food and come back to it later and will eat foliage on house plants if they cant find food. They hide bread and other food in my bags of soil too!

I have myself like to eat my dishwashing desergeant cubes. I don't know why they eat it and what does the soap do to them

What kind of company will seal up holes in and outside of the house? Not Terminix or any company like that

Currently I cannot determine where mice are entering my home. Can I use something on the floors (like flour or talc) without poisoning my dog or attracting more rodents? Second do strong scents like bleach or ammonia create a deterrence?

Wow! Thank you! You know your stuff and it wasn't done with scare tactics. I have variegated carpeting of browns and black threads. I can't see any mouse dropping! What's the protocol for cleaning up? Are the droppings a health hazard. We've killed 4 mice in 2 weeks. And last night with our new 12 pack of safer to set snap traps from Amazon helped is catch 2! (Where the standard wood traps and even the bucket bait trap haven't caught anything! And the sticky traps have only caught one mouse in the last 2 months!). Within about 5 minutes of each other! Which helps me believe the is all infestation. Worst of all, I live by a farm! And have a 3 room basement with crawl space. 😭 I'm scared of these adorable but hideous creatures! And I have a dog and chickens, is it really going to be safe to set a poison box outside? Any help would be appreciated, if you are even still making these videos..