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I think Formerly Steve is right, but I have had good results with moth balls. The thing with moth balls is that they are toxic, and you need to use a lot of them, so the smell is strong. I put them on a number of small trays, which I put in all the compartments of a car.
I finally built a garage, tightened the doors, and I still use traps. BTW, the poison that the pros use is most effective, and different than the stuff you can buy in stores. It causes the mice to get very thirsty over a period of days, and they wander off looking for water. If you use glue traps, also put a big dab of peanut butter in the middle. The problem with glue traps is that often the mouse will scream for hours, and this can serve as a warning to the other mice, so you only get one mouse.
Gretch over at the Rennlist 928 forum takes a five gallon bucket and puts a gallon of antifreeze in it. He then cuts the ends off a coke can and smears peanut butter on it. He puts it on a piece of coat hanger at the top of the bucket, and makes a wire mesh ramp to the edge of the bucket. The mice climb the ramp and jump on the coke can to get the peanut butter. As they can't hang on, they fall to their deaths.
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