Quote Originally Posted by Lee Schierer View Post
We have the same problem here every fall the critters are looking for a warm place to live. The cat can't access the garage, so I use peanut butter on the traps I set. I noticed that the peanut butter was gone and the trap wasn't tripped, so I tied a small bit of cloth onto the trigger and pushed the peanut butter into and on the cloth. I haven't missed a mouse since. I caught three this past fall and none have touched the peanut butter nor anything else since.

I had squirrels get into the attic space so I set humane traps for them and transported one a mile away. It was back the very next day. I found that I have to take them several miles, usually 5 or more to prevent them from returning. Last year I removed 6 squirrels an 13 chipmunks from around my house. Yesterday I noted track in the snow of yet another squirrel.
God bless you, squirrels are a higher life form. To them, _we_ are the brain-eating zombies. :^) More aggressive relocation strategies are called for.