Mouse trap season. Which is better? Peanut Butter vs. Nutella?
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I remember Dad always used regular butter to bait traps.
it's to die for.Choosey mice choose Jif …..
Here's one you never thought of which worked VERY WELL for me REPEATEDLY.
Problem: Smart mice which could lick peanut butter out from the holes in the trap's trigger which was molded plastic resembling Swiss cheese.
Yes, the mice could lick the peanut butter out of the holes!
Solution: I took a 5 gallon plastic jerry jug and laid it on it's side with a pint or so of water in it.
Note: The jerry jug was always just used for water but developed pin holes. Old gas can is a NO GO.
Effect: The mice go in for a drink of water and you can easily hear their toenails on the plastic.
Action: Go pick up the jug.
I'd gladly accept an award for this breakthrough but I discovered it by accident.
Problem: Smart mice which could lick peanut butter out from the holes in the trap's trigger which was molded plastic resembling Swiss cheese.
Yes, the mice could lick the peanut butter out of the holes!
Solution: I took a 5 gallon plastic jerry jug and laid it on it's side with a pint or so of water in it.
Note: The jerry jug was always just used for water but developed pin holes. Old gas can is a NO GO.
Effect: The mice go in for a drink of water and you can easily hear their toenails on the plastic.
Action: Go pick up the jug.
I'd gladly accept an award for this breakthrough but I discovered it by accident.
Crunchy or smooth?Choosey mice choose Jif …..
I think some actually prefer chunky because they'll go after the little harder bits. As some noted, they might be able to lick off soft peanut butter without trigger the catch.
I've seen some of the mouse trap videos. Like little snuff films for rodents. And oddly satisfying.
Out of date mayo..... MacDonalds calls that "special sauce."
Quote from the Simpsons: "Hey, we're out of special sauce. Put another jar of mayo out in the sun."
Quote from the Simpsons: "Hey, we're out of special sauce. Put another jar of mayo out in the sun."
When the mouse problem in my home got out of control in 2020, the contractor used chocolate in a little squeeze tube and a little dab on the trap trigger. He placed the dab near the hinge side, not at the end of the trigger. I've seen the chocolate bait on an exterminator supply website somewhere.
The big lesson was the use of exterior bait boxes with Contrac Blox baits inside. We have 4 of them at quiet areas around the preimeter of our house. This was the most effective part.
Good luck.
The big lesson was the use of exterior bait boxes with Contrac Blox baits inside. We have 4 of them at quiet areas around the preimeter of our house. This was the most effective part.
Good luck.
I use either peanut butter of cheese. Both seem to work equally well. Since we moved in this house 11 years ago we've only had maybe 1/2 dozen mice with the exception of last year when apparently a pregnant mouse got in had babies then they started multiplying and the mice got ahead of our efforts to get rid of them. We bought about a dozen traps and it took a while but we finally got rid of all of all of them..
No way! JIF is the Mercedes of peanut butter. Give them the government peanut butter.
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I should have said just mayo.
I don't use mayo long as when it gets several weeks old I buy fresh stuff but save the old for the traps.
I buy/eat Miracle Whip. Blue Plate mayo is good as well.
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I grew up on Miracle Whip and it took me 92 years to realize it wasn't mayo....lol
I now like mayo better. The whip is a bit sweet.
That's what separates it from mayo. I didn't start eating it until I moved to FL. in 1987. But, I still like my Blue Plate mayo.
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I tried Duke's about 2 years ago as it is new to the area. I really like it.
The ball bearing mouse trap. Efficient and leaves very little rodent residue to clean up;
Yep, for me its Duke's or nothing. Good stuff.
