I have a fireplace bumpout into my garage. It sits 5-6 inches above the floor. Mice have chewed a hole through the foamboard at the foundation & gotten inside my walls (& wherever they want!). I want to HUMANELY evict them before I figure out how to seal it, but it's extremely difficult & awkward to reach! I don't know what I'd attach a live trap or one way door to under there. ANY IDEAS?
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If you're going to try to attach a one-way door (which had better lead into a live trap for multiple mice, or they are just going to find another way back in) you'll need to block off the whole of the outside perimeter of the "fireplace bump-out" in a mouse-proof manner, so the one way door out is the only option for leaving.
You'll also need to provide bait (food) and water in the trap, or they'll die in there. Then you have the likely problem that in most places it's illegal to just take them someplace else and let them go, whether viewed as wildlife (improperly relocated by persons not licensed to do that) or vermin (making your mouse problem someone else's mouse problem.) I guess you could have pet mice until they die of old age, if you can keep them from breeding.
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