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Mouse traps

Originally posted by: Born2bwire
No, those are only for albino mice and I had brown field mice. I should have read the box first.
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Well the mouse in my house looked grey. What did it say about that?
 
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
Originally posted by: Born2bwire
No, those are only for albino mice and I had brown field mice. I should have read the box first.
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Well the mouse in my house looked grey. What did it say about that?
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From my first read of his post, it seemed that he was saying that the mouse is smarter than the trap, except for the rare ultra stupid mouse.
 
Originally posted by: Tiamat
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
Originally posted by: Born2bwire
No, those are only for albino mice and I had brown field mice. I should have read the box first.
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Well the mouse in my house looked grey. What did it say about that?
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From my first read of his post, it seemed that he was saying that the mouse is smarter than the trap, except for the rare ultra stupid mouse.
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Frankly, i can't see how any mouse that was actually alive would be stupid enough to get caught in one. So we seem to be on the same page.
 
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
Originally posted by: Born2bwire
No, those are only for albino mice and I had brown field mice. I should have read the box first.
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Well the mouse in my house looked grey. What did it say about that?
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The color of the trap has to match that of the mouse. Catch the mouse, bring it to the store, and compare it to the traps they have there. Then release it at home, and set the trap.








I've used these before. They always get tripped without the bait being taken. Best results: standard snap-traps, with a dried cherry clipped into the trigger. The mice try to pull away at the tough skin, and trip the trap.
 
i caught one with that trap by putting it in their path with cheese stuck to peanut butter in the back. after we let the mouse go, he learned to avoid the trap. not the sticky traps though. We havent had mice since we got rid of 7 or 8.
 
Originally posted by: funkymatt
i caught one with that trap by putting it in their path with cheese stuck to peanut butter in the back. after we let the mouse go, he learned to avoid the trap. not the sticky traps though. We havent had mice since we got rid of 7 or 8.
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Where is your yes vote?
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
Originally posted by: Born2bwire
No, those are only for albino mice and I had brown field mice. I should have read the box first.
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Well the mouse in my house looked grey. What did it say about that?
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The color of the trap has to match that of the mouse. Catch the mouse, bring it to the store, and compare it to the traps they have there. Then release it at home, and set the trap.








I've used these before. They always get tripped without the bait being taken. Best results: standard snap-traps, with a dried cherry clipped into the trigger. The mice try to pull away at the tough skin, and trip the trap.
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Since it is just the one mouse, i hope, i would rather not resort to killing it.
 
Yes, maybe 10 last year? You probably only get them every third time they get the bait.
But if you don't want to kill the mousies... its not a bad choice.
 
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
Originally posted by: funkymatt
i caught one with that trap by putting it in their path with cheese stuck to peanut butter in the back. after we let the mouse go, he learned to avoid the trap. not the sticky traps though. We havent had mice since we got rid of 7 or 8.
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Where is your yes vote?
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Where's your "i perfer not to vote" option on the poll?
 
Originally posted by: Superwormy
Yes, maybe 10 last year? You probably only get them every third time they get the bait.
But if you don't want to kill the mousies... its not a bad choice.
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No kidding. I can tell you right now the mouse in my kitchen doesn't even look at the trap. He ignores it. The mouse actualy jumped into my plastic garbage bag i keep hung from the kitchen door knob. It is about 15-16 inches above the ground. I don't know if he got in it from being on top of the counter(never seen evidence of a mouse on the counter) or if he jumped up from the floor.
So i heard him rustling in the bag and i jumped out of bed and turned on the kitchen light and there the mouse was in the bag. I hesitated about what to do and a second later he jumped straight up out of the bag landed on the floor and scurried away, losing his footing a couple of times on the tile floor, making good his escape.
 
Originally posted by: RossMAN
At a former house we had a minor infestation of about 16 mice and here's our experience:

http://www.victorpest.com/mouse_snap_traps.htm - put a little dab of peanut butter on it as bait. It can get messy if blood splatters against the wall, floor, carpet, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_trap - glue trap also works. They end up pissing and pooping themselves. I've heard they sometimes gnaw their own legs/tail off to escape.
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This isn't an infestation. In the last 6 mos. i have seen a mouse 2-3 times. I'm not really that woried about it. I was just curious if anyone had actually caught a mouse in the trap in my link.
Because i would be surprised if they did. I know about glue and snap traps. Those are for serious mouse killing.

 
Originally posted by: funkymatt
Originally posted by: ManyBeers
Originally posted by: funkymatt
i caught one with that trap by putting it in their path with cheese stuck to peanut butter in the back. after we let the mouse go, he learned to avoid the trap. not the sticky traps though. We havent had mice since we got rid of 7 or 8.
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Where is your yes vote?
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Where's your "i perfer not to vote" option on the poll?
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You don't have to. No problem
 
on the link Rossman posted, I used the Quick Kill trap, seemed to be much easier to set and worked, although the mouse I had was on the smaller side. I used the big old school Victor Rat trap to catch a monster I had in my room. I didn't have it set exactly right and 3 times in about 30 minutes I had to add more cheese because I kept fucking up the hinge so it wouldn't go off. If the mouse isn't big the Quick Kill was a thumbs up to me.
 
Yes, I've caught a couple in those, but they are the worst I've tried.
The best have been large live traps with sort of a spring trap door that throws them into the locked compartment.

After that, sticky is the best.
 
We had something similar, except it was in the form of a cage, and not a box like yours. We put cheese in there (not my idea), and managed to have good succes, though it may take a couple of days.
 
Why do you want to let them live? They'll just come back. In my experience when mice find a warm, accessible home and learn where the food is, they won't ever leave voluntarily. There are usually more around than you see or think...and their behavior is predictable: find food, shelter, and warmth, and then build a nest in a well-hidden, low-traffic area (attic, garage, closet, etc.) to spawn.

The regular old snap traps do the trick, and no one gets out alive. Every time you find one "occupied", there is one less mouse with your address. My wife absolutely cannot stand them in the house, so when we go to war, its a no mercy brawl with traps and bait and broomsticks and anything else she can throw...
 
Originally posted by: Buck Armstrong
Why do you want to let them live? They'll just come back. In my experience when mice find a warm, accessible home and learn where the food is, they won't ever leave voluntarily. There are usually more around than you see or think...and their behavior is predictable: find food, shelter, and warmth, and then build a nest in a well-hidden, low-traffic area (attic, garage, closet, etc.) to spawn.

The regular old snap traps do the trick, and no one gets out alive. Every time you find one "occupied", there is one less mouse with your address. My wife absolutely cannot stand them in the house, so when we go to war, its a no mercy brawl with traps and bait and broomsticks and anything else she can throw...
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I'd haul it down to a park nearby. I know how your wife feels. I don't mind knowing a few are in the building but if i see them then i get pissed. I was just curious if anyone actually caught a mouse in those stupid traps. Apparently 7 people have. WOW
 
Well the Mrs. has tried every trap available at one time or another, because she doesn't like finding them with their necks broken, skulls caved in, and beady little eyes bulging out of their heads.

But the snappers just seem to work the fastest and best. No gimmicks, no frills, no scientifically-engineered doors, pulleys, and gears that might catch one rodent per month. You just put them down at night, and they're full in the morning.
 
Originally posted by: Buck Armstrong
Why do you want to let them live? They'll just come back. In my experience when mice find a warm, accessible home and learn where the food is, they won't ever leave voluntarily. There are usually more around than you see or think...and their behavior is predictable: find food, shelter, and warmth, and then build a nest in a well-hidden, low-traffic area (attic, garage, closet, etc.) to spawn.

The regular old snap traps do the trick, and no one gets out alive. Every time you find one "occupied", there is one less mouse with your address. My wife absolutely cannot stand them in the house, so when we go to war, its a no mercy brawl with traps and bait and broomsticks and anything else she can throw...
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Ok, see, so one time, in the storage space in the garage, up where the joists were, I set some mouse traps. This storage space consists of sheets of plywood laid over the joists, and there are gaps in the coverage. The traps were set near the edge of the wood, and tied down so that a mouse couldn't get caught, drag the trap into a wall, and die there.
Next morning, my mom goes out, and starts laughing hysterically. I go out to see what's up, and there in the garage are two mice hanging down from the ceiling, their necks squished cleanly in the traps.
Oh, and She likes Stephen King books. :laugh:



Originally posted by: edro
Live, Cheap, Easy, Mouse Trap
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Interesting design. Best put cardboard under it so that you can hold it fast to the jar, without risking setting the mouse free.
And who knows, if the mouse is stuck under there too long, it might die of "natural" causes once its oxygen supply runs out. But hey, at least it'll have peanut butter.
 
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