#5
 
I was having a good day, as it was.  I had redone the bait, for the first time, 2 days ago.   I honestly believe the ants are eating more of it than the chippees have a chance to.  Which is fine.  
 
So, I had dug up that area where the hole was and put 2 bricks in the foundation.  I think that has helped.  I reset this right outside my back door, near the wall.  I came home today to a pleasant surprise. 
 
Now of course the cement tomb I built, using old cinder blocks and an old drawer to cover the poison and trap-  it looks like both the mice and the chippees both spit on it daily.  I haven't caught a damn thing there.  Even the ants are like, "get real bozo."  
 
Mowed the grass Tuesday, in addition to several other yard based things.  Didn't see, or hear, a chippee the whole time.  
 
Funny thing; I also caught another mouse in a metal 
live catch type trap I bought in 2010.  Frankly, I wasn't even trying.  I had the trap sitting on the floor in the shed, planning to give it to the metal scrap collectors today because I haven't had much luck with it.  I wish I had taken pictures.  The collectors came today and I went to pick up the trap to throw it in the pile, and whats inside?  A live mouse.  lol. I opened the top, it quickly jumped out, I squashed it, and threw the trap away.  
