How to rid your house of mice and rats

One of the dirtiest feelings that I have ever felt as been finding mice droppings in our kitchen cabinets.  You never feel like you can get your kitchen clean enough.  Here are a few easy tips that I have followed to get rid of those furry little creatures from my house.

1. Do not use rat poison on your own. If you feel like you do have a big problem on your hands, call an exterminator.  You do not want to harm or kill your family pets.
2. Put all of your food in Tupperware containers.  This will help prevent mice from smelling or easily getting to food in your kitchen.
3. If you do not have one already, consider buying your own fuzzy creature - a cat or a dog!  These animals will naturally play bodyguard and keep the mice and rats away.
4. Buy a glue trap.  Glue traps are pieces of cardboard or wood that have a gooey glue coating.  They work effectively and do not decapitate the pests heads like food traps.  You can throw away the traps after use in your trash.
5. Buy a catch and release trap.  If you do not want to kill the creature, purchase a catch and release trap from your local hardware store.  The mouse will enter the trap and the door will close, keeping the mouse inside.  You can then move the trap to a new location and release the mouse.