Posted on 03/07/2020 10:15:00 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham
As I noted so humorously in the video, glue traps are cruel, but not as cruel as a terrified woman. That's why I tried them, though the damned mouse wouldn't cooperate and get stuck on one like any respectable, normal mouse would have done.
Similar problem here, but it was a rat. The thing was a frickin genius. The balls on this thing. It would run right past you. It ate my daughters shoes and a couch in the guest room. We tried everything. The exterminators said they had never seen that kind of damage from a rodent before.
Went to PAWS and got the biggest cat they had available. I asked if it came with a saddle. I’m talking big cat here. The rat vanished. Still have the cat, and we do what ever he says.
I should say I was using Winchester’s plastic primer-powered target ammunition. Fun stuff!
Yes, because the following mice arrive to *eat* the first mouse. X.x
Yesterday me and my German Shepherd spent about 15 minutes chasing a mouse around the barn. Two things happened that I didn’t expect; first, she caught it. Then, when I tried to get it from her she casually crushed it up and swallowed it whole. No more recreational mouse chasing.
Peanut butter under the metal bait trip and two traps facing or perpendicular to each other, (double kill sometimes) the mouse will bump one while trying to get the other. Mouse trapping super-hero here (at least to my wife). :)
LOL! There's a video on YouTube that shows a rather small cat killing a good-sized rat. It's a disgusting video, but absolutely fascinating. The cat corners the rat; the rat tries attacking the cat, but the cat eludes it every time. Then the cat sits in front of the rat and repeatedly bats it upside the head until the rat has been knocked silly; it then seizes the rat and eats it. It's neat to see how deliberately the cat lifts its paw and takes aim at the rat, and gets it every time!
Dogs seem to have an instinct for rodent catching; some better than others! My Sheltie is useless for catching things. He's had squirrels and even a ground hog right in his mouth and then spat them right out. Mice he's afraid of, believe it or not!
There’s always one.
Put the peanut butter on the wood not just the spring release tang on which you put barely any. You may have to adjust it so almost snap when you breathe on it. When they start trying to lick the PB off then you have them
Tried peanut butter or bacon in a spring trap?
I WANT this. I NEED this!
IDTS
They are part of the ecosystem in the forest. I wouldn’t release them in NYC but we live in the woods.
It’s 15 years since we had the problem & they are not back. The cat died at age 20 and we closed the cat door up.
night vision scope on a 20 ga. shotgun then wait the sucker out.........easy peezy.....
I’m glad you tried. The video would be too much for me. I always root for the undermouse : )
Our cat brought in everything, never hurt anything, just dropped them in the house and yowled to be congratulated.
Chipmunks, a baby rabbit, a hummingbird, blue jays, sparrows, mice. Even a snake in my kitchen once. That went outside on a shovel.
Full disclosure: I did not watch the video. That being said, I had a couple (ended up being 3) in the house a couple of weeks ago. My dad bought the awful snap traps that have the plastic part that looks like cheese - they set those traps off pretty much every time & do not get caught.
I watched a video by someone who says he can increase to about 90% the odds of catching one in a snap trap - he likes the Victor brand so you were ‘doing good’ on that part. Then, he takes a small pretzel & hot glues it to the bait plate/holder. The mice grab the pretzel & it sets off the trap. Using peanut butter generally does not work because they can lick it off without getting caught. One trick with peanut butter is to put it on the bottom of the metal bait plate/holder.
As for me, I put PB on the “cheese” bait plate, then smushed a peace of cracker down on it to keep them from licking the PB - caught one mouse that way; however, I had 3 traps sprung & no mouse caught with the same setup. I caught the other two in glue traps - I know ... cringe ... I hate them, but they work better for me than snap traps. I put a tiny dab of PB in the middle of the trap & they go for it. I watch the traps carefully & dispatch the mice quickly so they don’t suffer any longer than necessary. With the glue traps, we caught one within an hour of my dad seeing it run across the den & into his bathroom ... we caught the other in the early evening after noticing a partially eaten avocado on the counter in the morning. That mouse got on the trap while the kitchen lights were on & my mom was actually in the kitchen! Bold mice! We haven’t caught any more and I’ve had traps set in 3 places.
Must be a dirty house with food crumbs everywhere.
Why is everyone so complicated? Get an ozone machines, turn it on, leave for a few hrs and there will be no more mice.
The traps of which you speak are archaic
Buy the sticky pads and put them out and the mouse will be caught
The Early Bird gets the worm
But the Second Mouse gets the cheese.
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