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I once rented an apartment in the West Village that had rats AND mice at the same time. After calling the superintendent (who attributed it to construction happening in the building and neighborhood) glue traps were placed around the apartment.

One night, I awoke due to the sound of the strangest noise I had ever heard. It sounded like rubber wheels of a bike making a high-pitched screech. After racing to the window and verifying that wasn't the cause, I followed the noise INSIDE the apartment. What I found, under an armoire, was a mouse stuck in a glue trap. It was screaming. God, it was awful! I shivered at the sound and the sight, racing in horror back to bed where I stayed buried under my pillow.

In the morning, I sickly returned to the glue trap, only to find it was empty. There was an outline of mouse fur in the glue. The critter had PULLED ITSELF OUT of the trap! It had been the victim of a full body wax! UGH!

I then called an exterminator who filled all of the areas around the heating units, and base boards with steel wool and a white powder (poison). I never saw another rat or mouse.