Make sure you do it at least a mile away, or they will beat you back to the house. I had one that was dragging away the ant traps to eat the bait, so I got a couple of the 'teeter totter' live traps. Worked great, with peanut butter as bait. No window in the trap, and they are heavy enough that you can't tell anyone is in there- I picked up a tripped one to reset it,and the mouse jumped out and ran under the cabinets. But he has a short memory, so I caught him again 2 days later. Dropped him off in some tall weeds by the river at the park down the road, on the way to work the next day. Kept setting traps for a couple weeks, but no more hits, so I guess it was a bachelor male. No mice since then, knock on wood, but the well-washed traps are on the shelf waiting for next time.
Yeah, I know- being an inexperienced indoor mouse, he was probably an owl midnight snack within 24 hours. But at least I didn't have to kill him.
And as to the sunflower seeds and other tempting things- metal trash cans with tight lids, and 5-gallon buckets with tight lids, make good vermin-proof storage.
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