@AskTheDevil Do you remember the movies "Willard" and "Ben"? They make me more willing to see it through to the end.

@poemblaze Yes! I love those movies! I Was very angry when Willard betrayed his rat friends and I thought he got what he deserved.

He didn't really care about them, he just wanted to exploit them.

@AskTheDevil It's been so long since I've seen them I don't remember the whole plot, but I do remember swarms of rats. And I do remember Willard being able to direct them.

@AskTheDevil @poemblaze Joe and I had to learn to toughen up after we got too lax. A female moved in and would graze the toddler's crumbs in the carpet in front of the tv while we cuddled on the couch and cooed about how cute she was and was she pregnant? She looked pregnant.... It got pretty bad for a while. Poor cuties.

Try burning a ton of peppermint candles and putting the essential oil in the corners where mice like to be. It seems to help.

@tippitiwichet @AskTheDevil I didn't know either of those. Thanks!

@poemblaze @tippitiwichet Yes, thank you!

@tippitiwichet @AskTheDevil One of the ones I've gotten was pregnant. Made me worry about how many pregnancies I've not known about.

@poemblaze @tippitiwichet Mice can churn out a _lot_ of baby mice. They gestate and recover really quickly. People talk about bunnies breeding, but mice have it down to a science.

@tippitiwichet @poemblaze We've been trying to avoid the mint, because most of us are sensitive to smells, too.

But I'd rather be minty and mouseless.

RE: Cute preggers mousie. Yeah... "Cute" is a survival trait for some species. I can relate, but learned long ago that pregnant mice mean "disease and ruin in your home" not "cute". : (