The house mouse (Mus musculus: meaning little thief) steals food even under seemingly impossible circumstances.

He can get through the smallest of openings and quite rapidly sets up his home and family in your home. If the food supply is adequate, he'll rarely migrate beyond 20 feet of his birth place.

Health and Property Alert: House mice and the parasites that live on them carry several human diseases. Annually, mice contaminate tremendous quantities of stored and processed food via droppings, urine and hair.

Protection: To keep mice out, seal off ground level entries to you home and basement windows, wall holes near the foundation. Seal small cracks, screen basement and attic vents, and repair weather stripping.

Today a mousetrap is still a good bet. But in setting your traps, consider this: Mice don't like cheese nearly as well as peanut butter, bacon, gumdrops, or cookies.

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