Got a mouse in my garage
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I use cheese and snap traps. Little buggers around here just lick the peanut butter off and make me look like a fool. They gotta really go after the cheese and boom dead mouse.
Tootsie roll on a good ole wire snap trap works like a charm.
I have seen Victor ones fail where mouse can steal a bait, while dollar store ones never fail - go figure!
Using glue and sticking cat/dog food as a bait to the mouse trap work too.
I have seen Victor ones fail where mouse can steal a bait, while dollar store ones never fail - go figure!
Using glue and sticking cat/dog food as a bait to the mouse trap work too.
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Ive used peanut butter but it's only about 50% successful on the old wood snap traps.
On plastic traps where there's a little well, PB works well.
I like the snickers and tootsie roll idea. Will pursue that. Thanks!
On plastic traps where there's a little well, PB works well.
I like the snickers and tootsie roll idea. Will pursue that. Thanks!
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I use glue traps as the snap traps have failed me too many times. Glue trap gets them every time.
Originally Posted by Blkstanger
I use glue traps as the snap traps have failed me too many times. Glue trap gets them every time.
To each his own. I used them once, but i just don't see those as humane.
I use glue traps as the snap traps have failed me too many times. Glue trap gets them every time.
To each his own. I used them once, but i just don't see those as humane.
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Didn't want to deal with dead mice. Got one of these from Home Depot and placed it in a kitchen drawer. Would release the mice into the woods next to the neighbours house. An hour later there was two or three more inside. Think I got over 30 of them in 2 weeks.
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Originally Posted by atikovi
Didn't want to deal with dead mice. Got one of these from Home Depot and placed it in a kitchen drawer. Would release the mice into the woods next to the neighbours house. An hour later there was two or three more inside. Think I got over 30 of them in 2 weeks.
You caught 30 mice in your house with 1 trap???
Didn't want to deal with dead mice. Got one of these from Home Depot and placed it in a kitchen drawer. Would release the mice into the woods next to the neighbours house. An hour later there was two or three more inside. Think I got over 30 of them in 2 weeks.
You caught 30 mice in your house with 1 trap???
Originally Posted by atikovi
Didn't want to deal with dead mice. Got one of these from Home Depot and placed it in a kitchen drawer. Would release the mice into the woods next to the neighbours house. An hour later there was two or three more inside. Think I got over 30 of them in 2 weeks.
You caught 30 mice in your house with 1 trap???
Didn't want to deal with dead mice. Got one of these from Home Depot and placed it in a kitchen drawer. Would release the mice into the woods next to the neighbours house. An hour later there was two or three more inside. Think I got over 30 of them in 2 weeks.
You caught 30 mice in your house with 1 trap???
Get out the kids old Hampster cage and start a family. project.
Save the mice into the cage for the WInter.
Save the mice into the cage for the WInter.
Originally Posted by andyd
Victor snap traps are 1.79 for a 4 pack I use peanut butter and I make them work for it.
Peanut butter and 6 snap traps is the most effective solution I've ever found. Sometimes it takes a little while before the mice become accustomed to the location of the traps, then they can't resist the peanut butter. I'd get 3 mice per night with such a setup.
I had absolutely zero luck with the above catch and hold traps. They did not ever go in.
Victor snap traps are 1.79 for a 4 pack I use peanut butter and I make them work for it.
Peanut butter and 6 snap traps is the most effective solution I've ever found. Sometimes it takes a little while before the mice become accustomed to the location of the traps, then they can't resist the peanut butter. I'd get 3 mice per night with such a setup.
I had absolutely zero luck with the above catch and hold traps. They did not ever go in.
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Kestas
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Originally Posted by atikovi
Didn't want to deal with dead mice. Got one of these from Home Depot and placed it in a kitchen drawer. Would release the mice into the woods next to the neighbours house. An hour later there was two or three more inside. Think I got over 30 of them.
I release them near work 9 miles away.
Didn't want to deal with dead mice. Got one of these from Home Depot and placed it in a kitchen drawer. Would release the mice into the woods next to the neighbours house. An hour later there was two or three more inside. Think I got over 30 of them.
I release them near work 9 miles away.
What happens when the Jolly Green Giant runs out of green beans and starts stomping on H. Sapeins?
Originally Posted by Blkstanger
I use glue traps as the snap traps have failed me too many times. Glue trap gets them every time.
Inhumane. Time to Rethink your terrible practice.
I use glue traps as the snap traps have failed me too many times. Glue trap gets them every time.
Inhumane. Time to Rethink your terrible practice.
Originally Posted by Kestas
Originally Posted by atikovi
Didn't want to deal with dead mice. Got one of these from Home Depot and placed it in a kitchen drawer. Would release the mice into the woods next to the neighbours house. An hour later there was two or three more inside. Think I got over 30 of them.
I release them near work 9 miles away.
I appreciate your compassion and Atikovi too.
Originally Posted by atikovi
Didn't want to deal with dead mice. Got one of these from Home Depot and placed it in a kitchen drawer. Would release the mice into the woods next to the neighbours house. An hour later there was two or three more inside. Think I got over 30 of them.
I release them near work 9 miles away.
I appreciate your compassion and Atikovi too.
I vote a cat. We used to have mice, got cats, no more mice at all. When we moved into the place we are at now there were lots of mice, and now there are none.
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