Mice that find themselves trapped in rooms become increasingly hungry as their paths to food and shelter are eliminated. Whereas mice normally venture about at night to seek food, their hunger pangs cause them to be bolder and risk being seen at midday. Similarly, in their desire to escape into wall voids, they may be heard scratching at the recently closed portals. Such sights and sounds cause many folks to mistakenly conclude that mice have become more numerous. Instead, this phenomenon is anticipated and normal. Hunger will more likely cause mice to gravitate to the attractant baits on traps where they should meet their demise. In essence, ‘things seemingly get worse before they get better.’ If there was a method to instantly offer you gratification (to safely and practically eliminate all mice as with a magic wand), you can be sure we’d adopt such a strategy. In the meantime, we encourage you to be patient and to help by denying food to pests