live with a woman once that had a mouse problem for a while...got tired of the dog tearing around the house trying to catch the things and the traps weren't workin well
went and bought a pair of crosman co2 bb pistols...we practiced shooting the tines off plastic forks at 25 feet (length of the deck on the back of the house)...those mice kept us entertained for a month...then we didn't have a mouse problem anymore.
of course i had to be the one to retrieve the carcasses for disposal...
*side note* - a bb on tile floor combined with bare feet...not good