nubsnubsnubs
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I have a 3 year old hand-me-down beardie named Nubs. Nubs is special because for the last year, he has decided to be a house-lizard and no longer lives in a cage. Sort of like a dog. He has a "station" under the TV stand with a heat mat, UV bulb, water bowl, and food bowl. His natural habitat is the downstairs of my large 3 bedroom home. Sure, he spends most of his time sleeping in his favorite spots, like behind the computer tower and bottom shelf of the bookshelf, but he can often be found running around full speed licking random objects or staring for hours into the fish tank. Nubs loves to be held and petted and will even greet his people when we come home from work and chooses to "hang out" with us when it seems like we're doing something cool. We let him make his own decisions when it comes to where he wants to be and what he wants to do. He's very sociable, interactive, and intelligent. Enough about how cool Nubs is. There's a problem with his free-spirit lifestyle.
MICE. They have made holes in the walls, and are so bold they come out every night in full view of us. Nubs just sits there and stares at them, annoyed, when they peak out under his basking rock and eat his pellet food.
I also have 3 parrots in an upstairs bedroom they have all to themselves. The mice have found them as well. Vacuuming is no help. The mice climb right into the cage and eat out of the parrots' food bowls as well.
I have tried mouse traps, but the mice take the food off the trap and it doesn't snap. I have tried the sticky traps, but the one time I saw one go on it, it escaped! I think it told its friends, now they won't go near the sticky traps. They won't go in the swing humane traps, either. Obviously, I don't want to try poison because Nubs will eat anything in front of his face.
Someone told me to get a rat snake or a corn snake and let it loose in the house. I'd be fine with that, but wouldn't it get big enough to eat Nubs? Is there anything else I can do to get rid of these mice?
MICE. They have made holes in the walls, and are so bold they come out every night in full view of us. Nubs just sits there and stares at them, annoyed, when they peak out under his basking rock and eat his pellet food.
I also have 3 parrots in an upstairs bedroom they have all to themselves. The mice have found them as well. Vacuuming is no help. The mice climb right into the cage and eat out of the parrots' food bowls as well.
I have tried mouse traps, but the mice take the food off the trap and it doesn't snap. I have tried the sticky traps, but the one time I saw one go on it, it escaped! I think it told its friends, now they won't go near the sticky traps. They won't go in the swing humane traps, either. Obviously, I don't want to try poison because Nubs will eat anything in front of his face.
Someone told me to get a rat snake or a corn snake and let it loose in the house. I'd be fine with that, but wouldn't it get big enough to eat Nubs? Is there anything else I can do to get rid of these mice?