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help! mice coming from neighbors

luv2liv

luv2liv

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i live in a townhouse so i think the mice are coming from the neighbors. we never leave any food outside so im sure they are just wandering around. i think their main entrance are from the cracks/holes in the basement. whats the best way to seal those cracks? would you suggest using the expanding foam for doors/windows?
 
Aluminum foil. Mice hate it and won't chew through it. We had to take that and seal up all of the small gaps between the drywall and the footings in our garage. Mice were coming up through that small gap. Foiled it and no more mice in the house. We got the idea from a friend that does pest prevention and that's his go to solution for keeping mice out of places.
 
krose said:
Use steel wool to plug the cracks.
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I would also suggest this - steel wool in all the spaces mice could get through should keep them away.

Also get some traps (I like the cheap, traditional snapping kind with a little peanut butter) to catch any residual mice hiding away in your place.

Have you tried talking to your neighbor about the problem too?
 
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vi edit said:
Aluminum foil. Mice hate it and won't chew through it. We had to take that and seal up all of the small gaps between the drywall and the footings in our garage. Mice were coming up through that small gap. Foiled it and no more mice in the house. We got the idea from a friend that does pest prevention and that's his go to solution for keeping mice out of places.
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Rats, foiled again...
 
Steel wool works great. If you do use foam, embed it with steel wool or chicken wire. Makes for a more permanent solution.
 
Another vote for steel wool. When mice attempt to chew through it, being metal it causes great pain to their teeth. Use that to plug up areas. Items like foam etc... will fail. Mice will just chew through that and use it to make a nest.
 
You can get a 2 part epoxy resin type material. You pump it into a hole out of what looks like a caulk gun with 2 barrels. Sets like concrete. I have seen it used to secure bolts holding structural steel into foundations. If the holes aren't too big see if you can get some of that stuff. Anything that chews through it deserves to be in there.
 
Fine hardware cloth (or course steel wool) followed by great stuff foam to stop the air from also going through. The foam also protects the metal which would otherwise rust out fairly quickly if exposed to any dampness at all.
 
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