Anonymous-0
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Just was wondering if anybody had any creative ideas on a sure-fire way of catching mice in the house? The old "peanut butter on the trap" trick, just ain't getting it done.
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Anonymous-0
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Why isn't the old peanut butter surprise getting the job done?
Walt Davies
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I used Cheese caught a bunch of the little devils wish those darn cats wold catch them. One thing is to set trap in front of the baited one they fall it all the time.
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The sure fire trick to catching mice is take a small piece of raw bacon. Put it on the trap. Then take a lighter and heat the bacon up so that is starts to sizzle and smell. Set the trap and leave the room. If the mouse is anywhere nearby he will come and usually within a few minutes. Also I have used just about any meat even lunchmeat. It always works.
Anonymous-0
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i had a few 3 yrs ago when i moved here with our 2 house cats they either got ate or headed for parts unknown havent seen a mouse in a couple yrs i would say. RICK
Anonymous-0
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I had a farm equip business for years. When a
combine came in for service mice and rats would
come out. We kept 3 of the metal boxes with the
trip and the moon shaped hole. They really worked
as mice are curious. The next morning the boxes
would be full. I never knew mice would canibalize
each other but they will. Out in the country they
are a little more fussy so I sometimes put peanut
butter on the plunger. If you go any supermarkets
and look around you will find those boxes. I just
posted for info to help a widow with woodpeckers
snappin away at her house. Thanks, Chuck
combine came in for service mice and rats would
come out. We kept 3 of the metal boxes with the
trip and the moon shaped hole. They really worked
as mice are curious. The next morning the boxes
would be full. I never knew mice would canibalize
each other but they will. Out in the country they
are a little more fussy so I sometimes put peanut
butter on the plunger. If you go any supermarkets
and look around you will find those boxes. I just
posted for info to help a widow with woodpeckers
snappin away at her house. Thanks, Chuck
I had a buddy that moved out of his folks house when he started college into an old house their migrant workers lived in on the farm that had a mouse problem. He found the mouse hole in a kitchen outside wall base board and placed an open can of vienna sausages by the hole to chum them. When the mice would come to the can, he would shoot them from the living room with his .22 rifle. Only down side was the holes in the wall, but that old house was a dump anyway.
I don"t remember if he got rid of all the mice.
I don"t remember if he got rid of all the mice.
Andy Motteberg
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Glue traps work great, or there is another type of trap I use, it looks like a tin box, the mice walk into it, and they can't get out. Once you have mice in the trap, drop the trap in a bucket of water and drown the mice. Remove the trap, dump out the mice and the trap can be used over and over again. I think Fleet Farm sells them.
Andy Motteberg
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Our cats won't catch mice either. They only eat leftover food.
Goose
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One time at an insurance company I worked for, our VP of Underwriting told me about one time when he was about 12 years old and was staying with his aunt and uncle.
They were watching TV one evening, and his aunt yelled, "There's a mouse!" Joe said his uncle never said a word, just pulled a .22 revolver out of his pocket, splattered the mouse all over the baseboard, and turned back to the TV.
They were watching TV one evening, and his aunt yelled, "There's a mouse!" Joe said his uncle never said a word, just pulled a .22 revolver out of his pocket, splattered the mouse all over the baseboard, and turned back to the TV.
Lee in Iowa
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One old guy near here that was into guns cast wax bullets for his 45 and loaded them light--wasn't quite so hard on the walls. Lee
Traps don't always work because mice learn to avoid them. Cats are a good suggestion, but I don't like cats. I would have mouse problems in the fall (has nothing to do with cleanliness R2D2;do you keep everything in sealed metal containers?)& I would put out the block poison. Poison seems to kill all of them quickly. I know you run the risk of them dying in the house & stinking, but I would rather hunt down the odd stinky corpse than constantly check traps, clean up poop, & fix damage from chewing. I have dogs & they seem too smart to eat poison mice. None have gotten sick yet.
Anonymous-0
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take the lean part of raw bacon and bend the tab down on it... put some on glue traps...
MAY GOD BLESS THE USA
MAY GOD BLESS THE USA
I place dryer sheets in and around my lawn equipment in the fall, when i put them inside. Seems to help keep them out of the works. Mice love to crawl up inside the flywheel cover, build a nest, and eat the insulation off the spark plug wire-s, and use the coil area for their latrine!
A local widow asked me to see why her lawn tractor wouldn't start, so i rolled it out of the nice shed where her late and lamented husband had put it, last year.
I removed the air filter cover and mesh, and found the whole area under the flywheel cover stuffed full of detritus! And, the coil wire was bare! Of course, a dead battery, and rotten gasoline helped the no-start condition.
I told her i'd have to take it to my home to work on it. I guess she didn't trust me, as she didn't give me the ok to take it.
So, she can either wait for a miracle to happen, or go on paying $50 every week to have some lawn service mow her grass!
A local widow asked me to see why her lawn tractor wouldn't start, so i rolled it out of the nice shed where her late and lamented husband had put it, last year.
I removed the air filter cover and mesh, and found the whole area under the flywheel cover stuffed full of detritus! And, the coil wire was bare! Of course, a dead battery, and rotten gasoline helped the no-start condition.
I told her i'd have to take it to my home to work on it. I guess she didn't trust me, as she didn't give me the ok to take it.
So, she can either wait for a miracle to happen, or go on paying $50 every week to have some lawn service mow her grass!
Bill in NorthCentral PA
Member
Five gallon bucket half full of water. Place a small board ramp up to the side and put a soda can on the handle. Fasten the handle in the upright position. Coat soda can with peanut butter. Mice go up ramp, jump onto can, spin, fall into water, drown. Empty bucket as necessary.
Option #1 - I use 1.5" PVC pipe, Tee in middle, overall about 2.5" long, with Tee about 3" with cap. Put poison and peanut butter mix into Short tee side and place next to foundation (exterior). Mice get in, eat, and leave, but dogs and cats can"t reach up the longer pipes.
Either way, good luck,
Bill
Option #1 - I use 1.5" PVC pipe, Tee in middle, overall about 2.5" long, with Tee about 3" with cap. Put poison and peanut butter mix into Short tee side and place next to foundation (exterior). Mice get in, eat, and leave, but dogs and cats can"t reach up the longer pipes.
Either way, good luck,
Bill
farmerjohninpa
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trapdoor 45/70 works well for me !!! lol
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