"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> I gaurantee that if you feed the birds it would be very rare for mice
> to attempt entry... once they find a steady food source they won't
> look further. I feed birds and squirrels on my deck, they don't eat
> at night but that's when the mice feed. But you still need to secure
> all food in your house, just don't need to plug every hole. My cats
> patrol constantly, in ten years they only dispatched two mice, one in
> my basement, one that was hiding under my fridge... picture six cats
> surrounding the fridge for hours, eventually the mouse made a break
> for it, it didn't get but a few inches.


I do have a bird feeder the previous owner left in the garage. I will try
that. I like birds and will look for some bird food. Still confused though
about them. They were in drawers that had no food or water in them ever,
except one that I mistakenly left a cheese packet in. I guess they were
scouting?