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• Some people might think mice are cute — but unfortunately, they can carry a lot of diseases that are dangerous to humans.
• Contrary to popular belief, mice don't like cheese as much as they like peanut butter, chocolate, and bacon.
• If you take away their food, shelter, and easy access to your home, you make it much less likely that mice will come back once you’ve kicked them out.

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Even if you think mice are cute, they're a human health hazard — diseases they can spread include hantavirus, leptospirosis, salmonellosis, and plague. You can get some of the old-fashioned snap traps if you want, or there are other humane options on the market as well. A cat or two may also be able to help rid you of your mouse problem if you don't feel good about killing them yourself.

Two things you probably want to avoid are poison and glue traps. Poison can be dangerous to other animals — and humans, especially children — inside your home, as well as any animal outside that eats a mouse that just ate some poison. Glue traps can cause mice to gnaw off their own body parts to escape, which makes them not very humane at all, according to Popular Science.

Once you know what attracts mice, you can develop a strategy to get them out of your home — and prevent them from coming back.

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