Darn mice!

[Dave Sherman]

Having a little mouse issue in my garage. Started noticing some mouse droppings, though thankfully it doesn't look like they have caused damage to the vehicles (yet). Set out the spring traps (plastic jaw type) that have usually worked in the past, but these critters seem to have figured out how to eat the bait without tripping them. Baited them again, and finally, I heard one snap while I was out working on the Lincoln. Except it kept rattling. Caught the rodent's leg and tail, and it was still kicking. Great... Got a bucket of water and drowned it. I'm reluctant to use the baits because I don't want it disappearing and decomposing somewhere inaccessible, and I've heard they'll chew off their own leg to get out of a glue trap. I've also heard the ultrasonic repellers don't work, otherwise I'd plug one in.

Any ideas?

 

[spasm3]

The old time wooden spring trap, baited with peanut butter always works for me.

 

[facility1]

Get a Cat.

 

[Nukeman7]

This will work well for mice, but not for large rats.

OWLTRA Electric Traps

 

[Oillover]

I'm reluctant to use the baits because I don't want it disappearing and decomposing somewhere inaccessible

After years of using bait, I never knew what happened to the mice/rats that ate it.
They certainly died, but there was no remains anywhere to be found.

 

[daves87rs]

The old time wooden spring trap, baited with peanut butter always works for me.

Can never go wrong here

 

[JHZR2]

I’ve found the plastic snap traps work better than the wood ones.

I use peanut butter.

 

[Zee09]

They don't survive these
It has a little cup for the bait and I fill it with mayo and even a piece of gummy bear and they can't remove either

 

[Lubener]

The old time wooden spring trap, baited with peanut butter always works for me.

Yes, but I go one step farther to eliminate the bait stealing. Set two baited traps right next to each other butted up against a wall. They travel along the outer perimeter of a room.

 

[Egg_Head]

Rat snakes or black snakes will take care of mice and keep the copperheads away too. We had a couple that lived with us for about ten years, nary an issue after they showed up. Took some time getting used to seeing them "hanging out".

 

[tc1446]

https://www.domyown.com/t1-mouse-pr...essional+Pest+(Non+Best+Sellers)&sub_id=11696

I've used these for some years with excellent results in a couple of sheds. Mice just disappear with no odor.

 

[Ausfahrt]

After years of using bait, I never knew what happened to the mice/rats that ate it.
They certainly died, but there was no remains anywhere to be found.

I used bait until a few years ago when we found a sick hawk in the bushes near our home. I threw a towel over the hawk and put him in a cardboard box to take him to a local bird rescue facility near us. The hawk ended up dying and I suspect that it may have eaten poisoned mice so I stopped doing that.

 

[JHZR2]

Yes, but I go one step farther to eliminate the bait stealing. Set two baited traps right next to each other butted up against a wall. They travel along the outer perimeter of a room.

How does that stop it?

The other thing that I find is that in garages that have outdoor exposure, ants or some other bugs must eat the bait.

 

[JHZR2]

https://www.domyown.com/t1-mouse-prebaited-disposable-bait-stations-pack-p-1938.html?utm_id=386038399&msclkid=d10089e1e67b1b5a6adbe3a245c43883&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=(ROI)+Shopping+-+Professional+Pest+Control&utm_term=4580428009704908&utm_content=Professional+Pest+(Non+Best+Sellers)&sub_id=11696

I've used these for some years with excellent results in a couple of sheds. Mice just disappear with no odor.

I tried one similar to this in a car that I feared had a mouse coming in there. It was a one-way trap.

A mouse got stuck in there. I found it with the mouse alive, wet in uribe and who knows what, with its feces on it, in bad shape. Sure doesn’t seem humane.

What would seem best is that if one wished to use a poison, put it in a one way trap so the mouse goes in and gets poisoned and doesn’t leave.

Poisoned mice in the food chain or dying in odd places like a car hvac isn’t good.

 

[repairman54]

Farmers bucket trap has never let me down. I use anti freeze mix instead of water for year round use and it lessens the smell of the corpses.

 

[mrvmax]

I bought electronic traps a long time ago, probalby when they first came out. When the mice/rat steps on the piece of metal, it completes the circuit and electrocutes them. It leaves no mess, you dump out the body and it is ready to go again. I think I bought the Rat Zapper before it was sold to victor: Rat trap

If you use traps that need bait, do not set the trap right away. I usually let them get comfortable eating off it for a coupe days before I set the trap. I have never had an infestation, only 2-3 so letting them eat some worked well for me.

 

[fsdork]

Classic wooden spring traps with peanut butter and a bit of cracker jammed into the top side of the trigger. If the mice are really good thieves, I've tied the cracker down with some plain dental floss or string.

5 gallon bucket trap if the kill count is too high to keep up with, or needs to be left unattended long term.

 

[99Saturn]

 

[Bailey28]

We had mice in our pantry. Using the glue traps one was caught within hours placing the traps. We thought the problem was solved until the cat kept going into the pantry.

Ultimately we found the second mouse living inside a box of Nilla Wafers lol. I took the entire box with me and drove a few miles away from our house to dispose of the box and mouse in a random garbage can by the street.

The cat is a fat slacker who was no help in catching either mouse.

 

[HyundaiAbuser]

I’m a big fan of the bucket traps if you don’t want to use bait. We used to have a ton of mice and rats when I lived in a trailer as a kid and they always caught some. I have employees that do the work for me now.