I agree with the "dead rat versus infestation" policy as well. That is why I keep glue boards stationed around my room at all times. I check them regularly to prevent any glue board deaths, but I would rather find that it had died stuck to a glue board than it had chewed its way into the wall or duct work and died there. Ick.

The glue boards are nice because they are a standard defense I can have around the room at all times, is effective at catching the animals, and almost completely non-lethal. Snap traps, tip traps, etc might prevent an infestation, but you also lose your rodent :
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25 year old 0.1 from Lincoln, NE
Ball Pythons - 0.1 Pastel, 1.0 Pastel het Pied, 0.1 Pied, 0.1 Cinn, 1.0 Black Pewter, 1.0 Woma (hidden gene?), 0.1 Yellowbelly, 2.1 Normals
Kingsnakes - 1.0 L. m. thayeri, 0.1 L. m. thayeri X L. alterna, 1.0 L. g. californiae
Other - 0.1 Whitesided P. catenifer sayi, 1.0 H. nascicus, ?.? Chrysemys picta, 0.1 crazy cat, 1.0 husband

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