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Whew, now, that is what I call a close call. Glad you are not reporting worse.
I also hate mice, had a bad bad bad infestation one year when we got back from the RGV. They were even in our toaster. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Over 9 months later we were still finding the evidence of thier stay. (They had a large bag of peppermint candies from Sams to munch on all winter, we had FAT diabetic mice!)
We put down traps everywhere, in the basement, in the garage, everyplace we could get them, Al was carrying away FAT diabetic mice for a while.
But, happy to say, we have not caught one in 18 months now.
One thing we do that we are not sure helps, but we think it does, is to spread a generous amount of "Milorganite" fertilizer around the entire exterior of the house in late fall. For those that may not know, it is a low nitrogen, slow release fertilizer that is produced from human sludge (yepp, you got it!).
It even keeps the deer away from my plants. Well, we think it does, use it, no damage, forget, the deer eat away! We put it down for those purposes several times a year.
Sure glad you did not have a fire. Whewie!
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