Last Updated: July 2026
📌 At a Glance: 6 Ways to Get Rid of Mice Humanely
Looking for a fast, cruelty-free way to clear rodents out of your home? Here is a quick overview of the natural methods detailed in this guide:
* Natural Sprays: A simple DIY mixture of Tabasco sauce and soap detergent to spray around high-activity areas.
* Repellents: Strong natural scents that rodents hate, including peppermint essential oil , peppermint tea leaves , and household dryer sheets.
* Home Remedies: An easy, cost-effective mixture of apple cider and water to sprinkle around your space.
* Live Traps: Safe catch-and-release traps featuring a removable lid for quick, harm-free relocation far from home.
How to Get Rid of Mice In Your House Humanely (Works For Rats Too!)
Here are some awesome cruelty-free tricks and tips on how to get rid of rodents in your homestead.
1. Mouse Spray Will Get Rid of Them
Mix 1 tbsp. tabasco sauce and 1/2 cup of soap detergent to 1 gallon of water. Use this to spray around areas where the rats like to hang out and they will naturally move out.
2. Peppermint Essential Oil Will Get Rid of Mice
Dip cotton balls in peppermint essential oil, place one cotton ball on a small plate, and add one of these delicious smelling platters on a table, in the room where rodents spend most of their time.
3. Peppermint Tea Will Get Rid of Mice Humanely
Sprinkle peppermint tea into a cardboard box, add some cotton, and sprinkle again. Place the box in every room in your house, and watch those pesky critters scurry away.
4. Use Dryer Sheets To Get Rid of Rats
My cousin had rats in his garage and he placed 2 Bounce Regular Scent Dryer Sheets onto the garage floor, and he never saw them again.
5. Apple Cider
My mother mixes half a gallon of apple cider with 2 gallons of water, and sprinkles it all around the house. “It’s the easiest way to get rid of mice, I ever knew.”
6. Also, check out this very cool mouse trap
It traps mice without harming them, and has a removable lid so that you can release them far from home! Worked for me lots of time!
Hope that you decide to get rid of rodents, the humane way, as mice and rats are living things and don’t deserve to end up dying painfully.
Good luck!
Need more tips to get rid of rodents? Check out this video from MrStewartcamdene’s channel:
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