I try my best not to be cruel to animals.

But when those animals have the potential to cause serious harm to me, then I have to take exception. I'm saying all of this because we discovered a mouse in our kitchen a few days ago. We've had the problem before and thought it had been taken care of, so we simply repatched the place we thought they were coming in more securely.

Well, today I was cleaning out under the sink. I left the room for a split second and returned to see a small creature with brown hair and a white belly roaming around under the sink. When I moved toward him, he scurried between one of the cracks between the cupboard and the wall and disappeared. Patched hole rendered useless.

It does explain why the cats have been so adamant about that particular area of the kitchen though. And a part of me likes to believe that their presence is keeping our uninvited guest at bay.

So, open call. Anyone have any suggestions for mouse prevention or cruelty free traps? That actually work? I'm willing to give a few things a try, but honestly, it's not my responsibility, it's my landlords, and at this point, if he wants to kill them, that's fine. Better that than me or E coming down with some disease or virus or something.