Hate mice too
I am with you when it comes to hating mice. Now rats are a different story. A female mouse will not allow a male to :cus: with her when she is nursing, so he will kill the babies to get her to back in heat. Thus you have to keep the male away from the females when they are nursing. Also a mother mouse will kill another females babies if they get too close to her brood. Plus mice are light enough to swing up and bite you when you hold them by their tails, and their teeth are sharp.
Now rats are totally different. A male rat will not try any funny bussiness when the female is nursing. The female rat will nurse any baby that needs to be nursed even if not hers. They are too heavy to swing up and bite when held by their tails. Their teeth are dull so when they do bite it is more a pinch, and don't draw blood.
I used to breed rats and mice to sell to pet stores, and have been only bitten twice by a rat (I did deserve it) when I made them made, and way to many times by mice. Every time by a mouse it drew blood, but never by a rat.
Somewhere I have a picture of my oldest holding a rat (about 6-7 inches long) by their tail in each hand when she was around 7 years old.
Also you don't want to use poison, as whatever eats them will be poisoned too. Use a glue board type of trap.
I am with you when it comes to hating mice. Now rats are a different story. A female mouse will not allow a male to :cus: with her when she is nursing, so he will kill the babies to get her to back in heat. Thus you have to keep the male away from the females when they are nursing. Also a mother mouse will kill another females babies if they get too close to her brood. Plus mice are light enough to swing up and bite you when you hold them by their tails, and their teeth are sharp.
Now rats are totally different. A male rat will not try any funny bussiness when the female is nursing. The female rat will nurse any baby that needs to be nursed even if not hers. They are too heavy to swing up and bite when held by their tails. Their teeth are dull so when they do bite it is more a pinch, and don't draw blood.
I used to breed rats and mice to sell to pet stores, and have been only bitten twice by a rat (I did deserve it) when I made them made, and way to many times by mice. Every time by a mouse it drew blood, but never by a rat.
Somewhere I have a picture of my oldest holding a rat (about 6-7 inches long) by their tail in each hand when she was around 7 years old.
Also you don't want to use poison, as whatever eats them will be poisoned too. Use a glue board type of trap.
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