This is the best mouse 'solution' I have found. We live in an old house in a rural area and the mice just keep coming back now and then. I have used the traditional mouse traps (ugh - messy, horrible and doesn't kill them outright), the blue poison granules (not safe with children and animals around and you don't know where the mice have gone to die, so smells could occur in inaccessible places, plus it kills them horribly), the 'humane' mouse traps (which aren't actually that humane - sometimes the mice die of fright at being trapped - and not that effective as you have to release the mice at least a mile from the house or they'll come back - by which time they are totally traumatized anyway), and a multi trap, which didn't work. This one works and quickly. As other reviewers have said - it's easy and hygienic - the bait is sealed inside - safe. It works (the mice want the bait) and it works quickly so the dead mouse or mice is usually very close to the trap, so you can remove them and not have dead mice rotting behind the fridge or other concealed places. I understand it kind of stuns them and sedates them before the poison kicks in, which seems less cruel than other methods so I can go with that. Although have to say it is still a bit squeemish finding a mouse frozen in its tracks looking alive, but dead. But a lot better than the nasty poison or seeing them impaled and thrashing around on the spike of a traditional trap. Highly recommended. Update: I still recommend this product, however, this time they haven't worked - so either we have something bigger than a mouse (!) or the mice have become immune to this particular poison. So have got the electronic rat trap that electrocutes them (works for mice too). Will update on what we catch with this. Still think this product is worth trying first as it is cheap and effective. (But too small to catch a rat). Whatever we have this time has climbed onto the dining room table and stolen three apples and a kiwi fruit in the last two days! (No other food in the room) And just played football with the fast action mouse killer. However we have found a hole in the floor where central heating pipes come in and it is recommended to block holes as well as set traps. So if you are using the fast action mouse killer - wait till you find no more dead mice then look around for an entry point (a hole somewhere) and block it up so you don't get them back again. Update same day: Caught a rat in electronic trap - so if this sealed mouse bait doesn't work for you - try setting something that will catch the big boys! I am totally freaked out by catching a rat - but the electronic rat trap worked well (I used melted chocolate rather than peanut butter).
