Howdy from another conservative thinker. Here's what we did. We found rodent poop in our baby's crib so we went a little medieval on them. Peanut butter is the best bait whatever trapping method you use. We sat a rat trap (scary to do when you worry about your guitar playing ability- ask hubby, he was very bothered by the thought of catching his left hand in that sucker) and several live mouse traps out. Nothing was caught. Two days later found rodent poop in the kids dresser in their pants drawer.
That night, I went into the bathroom in evening attire (by that I mean jammies, I have 3 kids for pete's sake...) and sat my National Review on the bathroom counter to brush the dents. I heard a nasty rustling and found myself face to face with a massively large rat. I had wondered what kind of mouse was large enough to drag my buckwheat pillow into the crawl space. Hmmmm... I beat a hasty exit to the bathroom door, shut the rat in and summoned the mighty hunter (enter again my dear hubby, who mows the lawn backward so as not to injure the frogs who proliferate in our bog.) Equipped with a toilet brush and a pair of shoes, he knocked the rat senseless when it charged him. We took it outside and put it out of its misery. No more rat poop. Kill the bugger. Put out loads of traps and carry a toilet brush with you.