What Foods Can Kill Mice?
Using chocolate can be an effective method of solving your rodent problem. Sandy Jones/Photodisc/Getty Images Mice can be a major home hazard, even if you are not suffering from a massive invasion. In fact, just two mice can eat more than four pounds of food within half a year, and deposit more than 18,000 droppings around a house in the process. While a number of old fashioned mousetraps are still available in some areas, other consumers look towards “home remedies”—such as common food products—when it comes to solving their mouse problem. Chocolate In an article in Old Fashioned Living, Marilyn Pokorney states that mice like to eat foods high in fat and sugar. Such types of food are often used as bait to trap mice. If you want the food itself to finish the mouse off completely, you should try using chocolate. Chocolate is poisonous to mice and can kill them instantly. It is not guaranteed, however, that the mouse will eat just any chocolate. To heighten the chances of success, tr
