Hi Stewart,
SW> The best way I've found to catch mice is to use regular spring traps
SW>placed by the baseboard. Mice have better vision than rats, but they
SW>are more timid. They will run along the periphery of a room instead of
SW>directly across it if given a chance. For bait, use peanut butter and
SW>plain oatmeal. Mice are grain eaters. I don't know what person decided
SW>to use cheese, but it doesn't work.
  This is all good advice, and what we do to rid ourselves of mice
  EXCEPT that we do find cheese effective. However, it must be real
  cheese, none of that ersatz stuff, the older the better, and you
  have to BBQ it for gourmet mice. Seriously. :-) My hubby wedges a
  tiny bit of cheese into the bait holder, then holds a lighted match
  to it until the cheese melts. Yum. It is much more attractive to
  mice with that simple trick. But I prefer peanut butter because
  I'm more apt to have it handy, and mice like it equally well.
                    ...Sandra...
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