Mousetrap rant
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I thought the thread was about MOUSE Traps, not rats?
Mice are inquisitive and stupid, Rats are smart and learn trap avoidance, You can use a mouse trap over and over. Mice do not like cheese. PB is better, heck you can use cotton balls for nest building,
Yes, they still make them.
Mice are inquisitive and stupid, Rats are smart and learn trap avoidance, You can use a mouse trap over and over. Mice do not like cheese. PB is better, heck you can use cotton balls for nest building,
Yes, they still make them.
Attended a military academy, our rooms were subject to inspection at any time. Some duty officers were a bit enthusiastic.
We felt going through our drawers was a bit excessive. Resorted to the rat size victor traps in the back of our drawers. Never found any carcasses but did get a few sprung traps.
Please understand the above mentioned drawers were furniture and not pantaloons.
Kevin
We felt going through our drawers was a bit excessive. Resorted to the rat size victor traps in the back of our drawers. Never found any carcasses but did get a few sprung traps.
Please understand the above mentioned drawers were furniture and not pantaloons.
Kevin
OLDSTER
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I'm a sadist when it comes to vermin, so I use those little live trap boxes that I spike with Decon. Love to hear them scratch around in the trap for a day and then become silent in death !!! HEE-HEE .
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I've had some decent success with these:
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Fill a bucket about 1/3 full of water and put a small amount of peanut butter at the end of the trap.
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Fill a bucket about 1/3 full of water and put a small amount of peanut butter at the end of the trap.
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CAJUNLAWYER
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Angus is at the spa-we just got home from visit with mom. Sitting in the house Sun evening and daughter let the cat in and he came running in with a mouse in mouth. Daughter thought it was cute-he was bringing us a mouse he had killed. I noticed that he had it by the tail and it was alive-he just wanted to play with it inside.Well, I yelled-he dropped it-it went under momma's chair-momma went ape-****-daughter went ape-****-mouse hid-I remarked "ain['t so cute now is it" with a smirk-was ordered to "kill the mouse"-I said "the cat brought it in let him kill it"-got the death stare-got the aforesaid mousetrap , the procurement thereof which forms the original subject matter of this post-trap wprked -this morning mouse is awaiting final repose in the trash can outside=told the *^%& cat the nest time he brings a live mouse into the house I'll put HIM in the trap.
Those JAWZ traps are the best! Fill that little cup in the bait pan with maple syrup and they last a long time, catch lots of mice before the need to re bait.
Somebody has to do it - best mousetrap for centuries:
If your referring to the very sticky traps they work fine.
Years back when we had the camp we had a serious mice problem so tried the sticky traps. One got cought in the glue and was making all sorts of noises trying to get off. Eventually they will get pulled deep and then die, but it was extremely noisy and I had to go dispatch the mouse so first my wife could sleep and then I could go back to sleep!
My personal favorite.....and, you don't have to buy them. Very easy to make out of available household items.
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Ole Joe Clark
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About 2 years ago I caught 15 mice in a trap set with peanut butter and sunflower seed. Caught 2 at once at least one time. The smell of blood and guts didn't seem to deter them.
Have a blessed day,
Leon
Here's a set up that my brother used at out cabin one winter. Cheap and effective!
He ran the shaft of a broken arrow through the base of an empty water bottle and out the mouth. Bait was a dab of peanut butter on the side of of the bottle. Placed it across the top of a partially filled bucket of water and it was all set.
The little buggers crawl out onto the bottle which then turns over and dumps them into a watery grave. The only problem was that the water froze, as in the picture, thus reducing the effectiveness of the trap. Now we us a deeper bucket so that the rodents cant jump out. They either drown or starve, depending on the weather.
John
He ran the shaft of a broken arrow through the base of an empty water bottle and out the mouth. Bait was a dab of peanut butter on the side of of the bottle. Placed it across the top of a partially filled bucket of water and it was all set.
The little buggers crawl out onto the bottle which then turns over and dumps them into a watery grave. The only problem was that the water froze, as in the picture, thus reducing the effectiveness of the trap. Now we us a deeper bucket so that the rodents cant jump out. They either drown or starve, depending on the weather.
John
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Here's a set up that my brother used at out cabin one winter. Cheap and effective!
He ran the shaft of a broken arrow through the base of an empty water bottle and out the mouth. Bait was a dab of peanut butter on the side of of the bottle. Placed it across the top of a partially filled bucket of water and it was all set.
The little buggers crawl out onto the bottle which then turns over and dumps them into a watery grave. The only problem was that the water froze, as in the picture, thus reducing the effectiveness of the trap. Now we us a deeper bucket so that the rodents cant jump out. They either drown or starve, depending on the weather.
John
My son uses one of them in his garage. Try anti freeze, no more freezing. If your worried about pets, there's the non toxic stuff used in campers.
If your referring to the very sticky traps they work fine.
Years back when we had the camp we had a serious mice problem so tried the sticky traps. One got cought in the glue and was making all sorts of noises trying to get off. Eventually they will get pulled deep and then die, but it was extremely noisy and I had to go dispatch the mouse so first my wife could sleep and then I could go back to sleep!
Many years ago, I used to work for the mouse in Orlando. I worked second shift and was by myself on Fridays. My wife would come out to visit with my two young daughters so we could watch the MK fireworks show. One time they found one of those traps with a young mouse or rat in it and proclaimed they had found Mickey! They were trying to liberate him from his sticky grave by pulling his tail. You could hear the bones snapping and poor Mickey was squeaking like crazy. I gently took the tray from them and went to dispose of it while my wife distracted them. That took a little explaining, but luckily they weren't scarred for life by the experience. Now they just laugh about it.
Ivan the Butcher
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The early sticky traps were just stronger version of "Fly Paper". THe mice would run onto it and be stuck. It was the most inhumane thing I ever saw, leaving the mouse there to starve or dehydrate to death. It is very simple, put a paper towel or any like thing and step on it. Just because they are vermin doesn't mean we have to be Sickies and cruel!
Ivan
Ivan
4barrel
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Know why Decon pellets are green? Decon was original colored red so it would be highly visible. The "animal Nazi's" had the final say because they forced Decon to stop using the red dye in the bait pellets because it caused cancer!
LVSteve
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Sticky traps can be fun out here in the desert. You can catch mice, scorpions and sun spiders all at once, so long as the trap isn't already filled with a carpet of roaches.
BearBio
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I took a course in Mammalogy in grad school. One of our field trips was a weekend of small mammal trapping. The standard bait is peanut butter, oats and a little sugar. If you use 1/4 baking soda, it makes an effective poison for mice and rats.
LV Steve: Too bad. The solpugids (sun spiders) will keep down the scorpions and mice and the scorpions will keep eat the mice.
LV Steve: Too bad. The solpugids (sun spiders) will keep down the scorpions and mice and the scorpions will keep eat the mice.
