Mouse Traps
Jan 27, 2024 09:24:28 #
Yes, someone has built a better mouse trap, and this is it. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09WK69Y2Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It seems that Amazon no longer has these, but I'm sure they'll have more soon. They're plastic and easy to operate, so you can wash and reuse them. They have a small, removable bait cup. Remove the cup, add peanut butter, and put it back into the trap. The big advantage is ease of setting. Place the trap on the floor and push down on the setting pad. Done!
I leave two or three around the house, and my dog checks them occasionally. If there is a mouse in one, he removes it and brings it to me. Seriously.
It seems that Amazon no longer has these, but I'm sure they'll have more soon. They're plastic and easy to operate, so you can wash and reuse them. They have a small, removable bait cup. Remove the cup, add peanut butter, and put it back into the trap. The big advantage is ease of setting. Place the trap on the floor and push down on the setting pad. Done!
I leave two or three around the house, and my dog checks them occasionally. If there is a mouse in one, he removes it and brings it to me. Seriously.
Jan 27, 2024 09:58:10 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Yes, someone has built a better mouse trap, and th... (show quote)
You actually have mice in your home? Your dog does not kill the mice? My dogs would eat the mice, peanut butter, and chew the trap up for snapping on their noses!
Jan 27, 2024 10:01:01 #
lamiaceae wrote:
You actually have mice in your home? Your dog does not kill the mice? My dogs would eat the mice, peanut butter, and chew the trap up for snapping on their noses!
It's not like I catch them every day, but mice are determined to get into houses, especially in the country. They don't like the cold any more than we do. My dog has occasionally brought in a mouse he's caught without the trap. My son and I seem to have an allergy to cats, so the dog is the best we can do.
I'm impressed that the dog can remove the mouse from the trap.
Jan 27, 2024 10:10:49 #
jerryc41 wrote:
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I use a very similar (different brand) trap for mice entering the garage in the fall.
I use Gummy Bear candy, cut to size, for the bait.
These traps work very well.
Thanks for sharing,
JimmyT Sends
Jan 27, 2024 10:52:46 #
therwol
Loc: USA
jerryc41 wrote:
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Back in my poor days, we rented a house that was infested with rats. You'd hear them scratching under the house at night. The small mouse traps you buy at a hardware store were totally ineffective. They wouldn't kill the rats, and they'd get out of them. The big ones did work, and we killed perhaps 30 of the critters. We used peanut butter for the bait. I threw them away without removing the rats and just kept buying them. The landlord wasn't very friendly and said that we were just making this up.
Jan 27, 2024 10:57:57 #
therwol wrote:
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When I used wooden traps, they went straight into the wood stove - but not in the summer.
Jan 27, 2024 12:59:41 #
JimG1
Loc: Waxahachie, TX
lamiaceae wrote:
You actually have mice in your home? Your dog does not kill the mice? My dogs would eat the mice, peanut butter, and chew the trap up for snapping on their noses!
LOL your dog sounds like mine!
Jan 27, 2024 13:22:46 #
JimG1 wrote:
LOL your dog sounds like mine!
LOL. I have two hound dogs, invading critters do not have a chance!
Jan 27, 2024 13:43:42 #
Back on the farm, the cats did a pretty good job of controlling the mice, but we'd supplement their help when we saw a gopher snake (bull snake) in the fields. We'd take that snake to the barn and it would eat its share of mice.
My mom didn't like mice, but for some reason she didn't want us to put snakes in the house.
My mom didn't like mice, but for some reason she didn't want us to put snakes in the house.
Jan 27, 2024 14:32:45 #
Back in the late 70s, I had a 'know it all neighbor' whose yard & garden was infested with gophers.
I watched on the sidelines as he tried everything in his battle to get rid of them.
He flooded, smoke bombed, tried many types of traps to no avail.
One day we met over the fence and he stated how exasperated he was and just giving up.
I asked if he wanted a solution. I got that 'You think your smarter than me' look.
He said 'yes'.
I went out into an old field I knew about and caught a ~4 foot gopher snake.
Brought it home and turned it loose in his yard with him watching.
Never saw the snake again. Never saw another gopher in the neighborhood!
I watched on the sidelines as he tried everything in his battle to get rid of them.
He flooded, smoke bombed, tried many types of traps to no avail.
One day we met over the fence and he stated how exasperated he was and just giving up.
I asked if he wanted a solution. I got that 'You think your smarter than me' look.
He said 'yes'.
I went out into an old field I knew about and caught a ~4 foot gopher snake.
Brought it home and turned it loose in his yard with him watching.
Never saw the snake again. Never saw another gopher in the neighborhood!
Jan 27, 2024 15:10:13 #
jerryc41 wrote:
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this dude knows a bit about this subject.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHwvVPT202Y
Jan 27, 2024 15:22:23 #
Jerry, whenever we discover that a mouse has gotten into the house, I use a Kness Live "Tip-Trap" to catch them. No poison, no trauma, and humane. When I catch one, I take it to the park a bit down the road and release it.
Mice play an important part in the wildlife food chain. Birds of prey, snakes, and a host of other animals feed on them as do their young.
Mice play an important part in the wildlife food chain. Birds of prey, snakes, and a host of other animals feed on them as do their young.
Jan 27, 2024 16:31:11 #
I got a few of those from a local hardware store. They had large and small sizes. If you catch a mouse, you just pick it up by the lever on the back, hold it over the trash can and squeeze the lever. The mouse drops into the trash and you never have to touch it. The trap is re-usable.
In general, I suspect the local hardware store will charge less than Amazon because they don't have to ship it to you. Amazon is more conveneient, but they charge for convenience.
In general, I suspect the local hardware store will charge less than Amazon because they don't have to ship it to you. Amazon is more conveneient, but they charge for convenience.
Jan 27, 2024 16:51:00 #
Had several. They never worked for me. Mice could take the bait and the trap never closed. Chipmonks would carry them away or run around 'trapped' in one. Finally threw them away.
Jan 27, 2024 20:17:08 #
I have one or two of these. They do work, but they also fail to work so that mice can steal the bait and get off free. That is true of the old fashioned kind as well. So right now I think they are not better other than being easier.
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