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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer
We have a big house in the city centre. Our house/store borders one café, one restaurant, a grand café, a museum with a café and a combined café and restaurant. So mice are something we learned to live with. But lately we've been having very bold mice. One I caught on the bed with me, trying to get to my cookies and one (or maybe the same) we saw in the livingroom sitting on the dry food bowl of our cat, with two humans and a cat in the same room.
Our last kitty died almost two weeks ago, but she wasn't able/interested in hunting mice for a long time. I don't like using poison or traps, even the kind that doesn't kill, but as I said the eucalyptus oil in a bowl with a bit of water seems to do the trick. In more tight spots I put cotton balls with peppermint oil. It doesn't harm the mouse and as a bonus it smells really nice.
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I am going to give that a try Thanks. We live in a city but a very rural city of 150 people or less. I lose track of who died who had babies or who moved away. We have horses across the street and cows behind. Then a steep grassy hill on the side of us which we own part of. We are prime for mice.
I really like the idea of smelling good and chasing them away. I do have Lemon Balm growing along the whole one side of the house. It is a minty lemony smelling plant that makes wonderful home grown tea. I harvest big shopping bags of it every year. I also have spearmint growing here and there on the other side of the house.
So sorry you lost your kitty. Hugs. We lost one in March and Dog in May. :'(