I use regular mouse traps in the house and the bucket outside the house.We tried to make one of those in our kitchen and my toddler kept dumping the bucket out everytime he went in there, so it wasn't a go. They somehow get the dryer vent off the back of the house and slip in that way. I keep telling my husband to screw the vent into the brick, but he doesn't want to do that, he likes being able to take it off to clean it out as needed.
The downside? the mice figured out how to pull it off, too.
He said he'd try to fix it tonight.we'll see if he remembers when he gets home from work or not.