If we didn't have a pet, we would probably try poison at this point. I get that mice coming into houses is just something that happens, but my issue is that our landlord isn't taking enough action. They told the health inspector they have been doing lots of trapping and filling holes but they were totally exaggerating about their efforts. Placing 5 single traps and checking them twice in 5 months, and filling 3 out of the many many access points isn't really trying to make a dent in the problem. We ourselves regularly set and check traps and know it's not only something our landlord is responsible for, but when they keep telling us they will do it and that they don't want us removing certain panels to set traps in case the panels break, but they never come around to do it themselves, there's just no effort or follow through on their part and we have no choice but to remove certain panels to set and empty traps because there's always mice in those places.

I don't think our landlord is super wealthy but I know they're far from poor, they just don't want to spend any money on anything to do with the rental unit. They bought a fixer upper and just slapped some paint on the walls and made things look decent for our tour. They shocked the well before we moved in and told us to drink bottled water for the first week. That shocking didn't solve the e coli problem so they kept shocking it about 5 more times, and it still didn't solve the problem. Eventually they had to have a water sanitization system installed. Apparently they knew there were potential major issues with the water and septic but didn't take the time before renting it out to try to fix them.