One week would be devastating to the population in more than one way, as the predator scent alone will deter some of the mice from coming in, as long as it's relatively fresh.
I lived three years in an apartment in a building that had occasional mouse problems. The ONLY time we had mice in the apartment was from about a month and a half after Djelibhien had been put to sleep, and before we got Élise. Admittedly, the poison had put paid to the mice by the time the second cat arrived, but they didn't return when I heard things that implied they'd started to increase in number once again.
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Date: 2005-11-03 07:07 pm (UTC)One week would be devastating to the population in more than one way, as the predator scent alone will deter some of the mice from coming in, as long as it's relatively fresh.
I lived three years in an apartment in a building that had occasional mouse problems. The ONLY time we had mice in the apartment was from about a month and a half after Djelibhien had been put to sleep, and before we got Élise. Admittedly, the poison had put paid to the mice by the time the second cat arrived, but they didn't return when I heard things that implied they'd started to increase in number once again.