I started researching obsessively. Late nights on my laptop while Emma slept.
That's when I discovered something that made me furious.
Traditional traps and poisons are designed to fail.
Not because they don't work initially. They do.
But because rodents are far smarter than we think.
Scientists call it neophobia—fear of new objects.
When one mouse avoids a trap, it warns the others. They communicate. They learn. They adapt.
Even worse? Mice can squeeze through openings the size of a dime.
You seal one hole, they find five more. You set a trap, they walk around it.
It's a game you literally cannot win with traditional methods.
And poison? Don't get me started.
A mouse eats the bait, crawls into your wall, and dies. Now you've got a decomposing rodent you can't reach, spreading disease and attracting more pests.
Plus, what if your dog finds it? What if your toddler does?
I realized I was fighting a losing battle with the wrong weapons.