Ya, sticky traps won't work in the Great White North. Typically, for mice and rat trapping, I relied on the wooden base Victor mouse trap. Two traps positioned in a slightly inclined "V" with bails opposed, knocks out even an athletic rat and destroys mice.
Lately, I've been using plastic snap traps that Ms. Westend picked up somewhere. They do the job and are easy to clean and store. This year, even with the aid of two fairly good cats, we have had mice in the house. The cats will get a lot of them but we set traps at the first sign.
