Domestic trapping. like in my kitchen.

We've had mice (but thankfully no rats), so my solution may or may not work. But for mice, it works every time.

Get glue strips and stick them together length-wise to form one looooooong glue strip that covers the entire doorframe of the room that you think the foul rodent hides in. Put a glue strip in front of all doors. Now, he has to cross that long glue strip to get from one room to another.

When he gets stuck, get a final glue strip and make a little sandwich, pushing his head and face into the glue. Take the whole thing to the garbage.

This has never failed for me. An exterminator gave us this trick. Hope you get rid of 'em...
 
This thread is hilarious, especially since I've camoflauged myself with sheets on the couch with my pump pellet pistol to get mice.
 
I can't stop laughing about ninja's on kitchen tables and cinder blocks from ceilings. Good stuff guys!!!

And I really like the water traps, but the corks floating on water sounds like the KISS method. Let 'em try to walk and they're gone!!
 
2 words:

peanut butter

My '07 mice indoor trapping count from the basement summed up at 34-ish. I also have two tame rats that will do everything for a bit of peanut butter :)

-Emile
 
Clydetz said:
I just wiped out some mice that were eating the dog's leftover bowl of food in the kitchen. As far as I'm concerned, the best trap is the old fashioned spring trap. The mouse traps were something like $1.79 for 2... the rat sized trap can't be too expensive. Try peanut butter as bait, set the trap along the wall if you can and keep the dog's nose out of the trap!:D Oh yeah... don't ever corner a live rat!
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been there done that. You're right, it's worked flawlessly up until now.
 
DeadeyeLefty said:
lol...You're worried about the dogs and poison, but thinking of having a bloody great cinder block drop from the ceiling...you work for the government, don't you ? (kidding !!). I like the idea though - sort of a pinata for the dogs.

Reminds me of that post here a while ago about someone sleeping on the roof of their car in the garage for the same reason...(sorry, early-onset senility prevents me from remembering more)
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the dogs are in the bedroom at night with me. ACtually, I do have an alternative to that. I could use a heafty bungee cord for a counter weight.
 
eraaij said:
2 words:

peanut butter

My '07 mice indoor trapping count from the basement summed up at 34-ish. I also have two tame rats that will do everything for a bit of peanut butter :)

-Emile
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yeah. peanut butter has always worked. Not with captain crawl though. I think he's allergic.
 
Last nights attempt was unsuccessful. Here was my set up. Crappy Treo pics, sorry. But I think you can see whats going on here. You can see in the first picture my 2 pieces of fishing line scotch taped to the top of the bucket. I used scotch tape because I didn't want captain crawl to have anything strong to grab.
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Now the bucket is filled about 3/4 full with some dish soapy water. I put 2 pieces of bread far enough back they can't be reached from the side. I also left a gap in my "stairs". I kinda want him to have to jump a little. I put some very very very small crumbs on my stairs. In the morning the crumbs and everything else remained. I have reset it today and will leave it for tonight. I do believe my nemesis is sleeping in the insulation of my stove. The wife said she heard his battle cry this morning. A snare might be my only option here.
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He probably didn't visit last night because he was behind the stove, bent over laughing his ass off at your set-up! :D He sounds like a cagey son of a gun. If you still have the ol' spring rat trap, stick a chunk of chunky peanut butter on the trigger and lightly smear some chopped canned dogfood all over the wooden base of the trap to mask the human scent. Oh... and good luck in nailing that varmint! :thumbup:
 
Clydetz said:
He probably didn't visit last night because he was behind the stove, bent over laughing his ass off at your set-up! :D He sounds like a cagey son of a gun. If you still have the ol' spring rat trap, stick a chunk of chunky peanut butter on the trigger and lightly smear some chopped canned dogfood all over the wooden base of the trap to mask the human scent. Oh... and good luck in nailing that varmint! :thumbup:
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this a-hole doesn't like peanut butter I don't think. the dog food is a good idea though. as far as my set up, I didn't want it to be too obvious. this sucker has made some climbs and jumps I don't think a cat could pull off. I used only things from the kitchen too, I don't know what maybe they smell different.
 
JB,
If he is stealing bait from the spring trap. Use a small bit of cooked meat and sew/tie it on the bait pail with thread or dental floss. This will keep it from slipping off without tripping the spring.

I set an outside rat trap once and kept finding bits of hair but no rat(had it tied down). A couple of weeks later I shot a small possum with a scratched up snout... :) in the shed behind the house.

2Door
 
lmalterna said:
JB,
If he is stealing bait from the spring trap. Use a small bit of cooked meat and sew/tie it on the bait pail with thread or dental floss. This will keep it from slipping off without tripping the spring.

I set an outside rat trap once and kept finding bits of hair but no rat(had it tied down). A couple of weeks later I shot a small possum with a scratched up snout... :) in the shed behind the house.

2Door
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nah. Captain Crawl is ignoring the traps and bait all together.
 
JB,
Have you tried something like meat? I have had times when peanut butter was ignored, so I switched to meat scraps or dried dog food glued on.

2Door
 
No progress pics to post.

Next step is going to be the sticky sheets. I'm going to pick some up today. I'm not sure what's going on here, he's not hungry. I tried the meat bait like was suggested earlier. I had the bucket out with bait and 3 traps. No dice.

Well last night, I guess Captain crawl wanted a drink. For some reason he knocked a rocks glass off the shelf. He was well above the level of where any food is. I heard the crash but thought it was the trap popping. Then I heard some beating and banging. I still lay there in bed thinking "well I'm going to lay here and enjoy the sounds of him trying to pull his face out of the trap". Then I heard noises that make it clear he was moving. I jumped up, I-RATE. I grabbed a spot light and my air rifle already loaded (I thought real hard on the .22 and 12 guage right next to it). by the time I got there he was gone. Traps were still set.
 
I know this sounds uninventive, and like I'm trying to spoil the fun here, but my suggestions:

1. A rat exterminator will set up poison boxes, which will be too small for a dog to get into. If he knows what he's doing, he'll also show you the entry/exit points, which you should fill a few days after your visitor takes the poison. Once he's gone outside looking for a drink.

2. Get another dog. A terrier this time. Champion ratters. Personally, I can't stand them, but I once had neighbours with one, because they kept animals (animal food = rats). This thing used to try to get into the drains to start fights.
 
Grebo Guru said:
I know this sounds uninventive, and like I'm trying to spoil the fun here, but my suggestions:

1. A rat exterminator will set up poison boxes, which will be too small for a dog to get into. If he knows what he's doing, he'll also show you the entry/exit points, which you should fill a few days after your visitor takes the poison. Once he's gone outside looking for a drink.

2. Get another dog. A terrier this time. Champion ratters. Personally, I can't stand them, but I once had neighbours with one, because they kept animals (animal food = rats). This thing used to try to get into the drains to start fights.
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good suggestions. I should consult an exterminator. My one dog, is probably just a hair bigger than Captain Crawl. Actually I stopped captain crawls daddy on the head last year and he was probably 4lbs. Small dog is 5.5. lol. I should get a cat, but I'm allergic to 4/5 cats and both dogs chase them. I could break them, but it wouldn't be easy.

I"m in the process of building a new house too. I'm ready to get moved out and have training fire in this one. I can't wait to hear them pop when it gets hot. I'll be in there SCBA and all just LMAO.
 
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