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glennster

glennster

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was in the tool shed yesterday working on a tractor, and saw a mouse eating the box of brand new one bite mouse and rat poison bars i got last week to put around the grain bins. had the box sitting on the bush hog, little stinker was sitting there chomping away. was gonna smack him, then i thought about it..........hmmmm.
 
'Tis the season--I keep a trap set in the kitchen year-round, but this is usually the busy time--the first few cold days send 'em looking for a warm spot. As soon as it gets dark and starts to cool off, I'll hear scrabbling in the ceiling, often followed by a "SNAP" from the kitchen. Got one last night and there was another waiting for me when I got up this morning.
 
This time of the year I keep mouse traps set in and around my firewood pile. Got quite a few. With wood based traps I like to fasten them onto a larger scrap of wood so nothing runs off with the traps. Also about the first time they get sprung the staples holding the trap pull out. This morning I fixed some by removing the staples, drilling holes thru the trap and board beneath it, bending pieces of stainless steel wire and running the wire thru, then twisting it underneath. No more will those come apart.
 
I like the J.T. Eaton Jawz traps--easier to set, more positive catches, MUCH easier (AND cleaner) to "unload" after a catch, and considerably more durable. Available at my local hardware store, and yes, they cost more than the el cheapo wooden ones but it's worth it, considering these aren't exactly expensive items. I've used other, similar versions to the Jawz as well with good results, they just happen to be the best I can get locally. They're item # 409 on the attached web page.
Jawz mouse traps
 
I got tired of buying bait that they seemed to just eat for a snack so I took a couple of the bags and set right next to the mouse traps, which worked and saved on the bait as well.
 
Interesting, thanks for posting. I've noticed other style traps at Rural King but never really looked at them, I'm a creature of habit. Will look next time there. BTW, I noticed a chipmunk by the woodpile, I set two rat traps... got a mouse with a rat trap, he REALLY got smacked!
 
Attached is a quick youtube vid showing a demo. I, personally, put them perpendicular the wall and touching it rather than parallel like he shows, so a mouse coming from either direction along the wall gets the same presentation, but that's just my way of doing it. I still use the large wooden rat traps as I've got several already and they're not something I need to use a lot--mainly for the occasional chipmunk, squirrel, etc. . One nice thing about the Jawz trap is that to open them you just squeeze the top part of the "L" like you did to set them--no need to touch the late occupant!
jawz video
 
Just got this one tonight. Peanut butter with a sprinkle of Dyno-Vite for cats. The mice just love the stuff. Two traps this afternoon and then about 7pm Snap!
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Those little guys build nests in the darnedest places. Under the hoods of everything, and the newest one was in the glove box and blower motor of the heater of the barn jeep that was fully closed. I had a couple of sticks of beef jerky in the glove box that I keep there for the dogs. I opened the glove box and both sticks were half eaten. OK, I clean it out and head down the road, turn on the heater and blower, gotta shut it right off, clunking around in it. I'm sure a mouse nest. Headin down the road, the smell of mouse urine filling the cab. I know that they're all God's creatures, but when I die, I fully expect to go to the bad place anyway, so may as well take them with me.

Mark
 
If I have anything sitting around the shop for any length of time I grab some cheap fabric softener sheets and in a tractor cab put 3 or 5. In an auto 6 to 8 sheets in assorted places.2 in the trunk, engine area(hang one out of the breather or snip a hole and place it over a bolt or bracket on the engine. Then scatter the rest around the interior. Works like a charm. Great in our travel trailer as well when we winterize and store for winter. Keeps them out so you don't have to deal with dead rodent smell or the droppings. Good luck.
 
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