Dealing with rats and mice in your home - kill or humane methods

If you have rats or mice in your home, you need to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Apart form the noise that they make, they can do a great deal of damage by chewing on electrical cables, water pipes, and pulling away insulation materials.

Unfortunately, getting rid of them is easier said than done, and many people often spend huge sums of money on professional pest control firms, sometimes without the result that they wanted.

I live in a very rural area and have had more than my fair...