Strange thing is, I've got an open cat flap [cat flap without the flap that is] for the dog [which makes it a dog flap without a flap]; what I mean is I've got a hole in the wall leading to the garden that's been there for years, but I've never before had a problem with mice coming into the house, which made me wonder if there was a nationwide mouse problem? When the kids were little we had them in the village hall where playgroup was held, and they got into the drawers and everywhere. In the partners flat, they took the buttons off his mum's dressing gown which was hanging up in the bedroom and moved them into the sofa where thay had a nest under the cushions. It was SO Beatrix Potter.
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Argh! That would freak me out!!!! I can cope with the dead bodies in the traps but not a live one in my pillow-case. 
Not a cat! Ours catches them outside, brings them in and lets them go! Think he is a very kind, caring cat and obviously worried about the poor little things being cold and alone outside 
Realised last week that I had mice in my utility room. Cleaned up all the mess and bought one of those plug in mouse deterrents only to find this morning a mouse in the humane trap happily eating it's chocolate button next to the plug in; obviously doesn't work [although had one in my partners flat that seemed to work]. Spoke to a few people who'd had a similar problem [is there a big problem with mice this year; we even had them at work] and they all said they had to resort to poison, having tried all the humane stuff. Anyone else had this problem? I've got a bad feeling they've been in the living room as well, although everything I see now looks like a mouse dropping 
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