Firstly, MICE: Mice are carriers of bacteria and illnesses and are drawn to food, which is why you might often find them in the kitchen. The remedies: Rather than putting them in conventional traps, which kill them slowly and painfully, you can catch them and release them outside. Stores sell specific cages; all you have to do is cover the cage with newspaper and add dried fruit or a piece of cheese to draw them in.
Mice’s worst foes are peppermint and cloves. Put some essential oil drops on cotton balls or cloves and scatter them throughout your house. This will deter mice.
2. ROACHES
Sugar and baking soda: Combine the equivalent of one glass each of powdered sugar and baking soda in a bowl. Pour the mixture into cups, and store them in the kitchen and other warm, humid areas. Sugar attracts cockroaches, and once consumed, baking soda gets rid of them.
Diatomaceous earth:
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