need help killing mouse

On Dirty Jobs there was an episode where they showcased some kind of wierd mall ninja/pest contol cult group. Anyway they said if you put the snap traps along the wall with the trigger side facing the wall sometimes the mice will just run over it. The guys explanation was that they can't see well and use their wiskers to follow the walls.

Anyone know of this? Thoughts?
 
underaged! said:
On Dirty Jobs there was an episode where they showcased some kind of wierd mall ninja/pest contol cult group. Anyway they said if you put the snap traps along the wall with the trigger side facing the wall sometimes the mice will just run over it. The guys explanation was that they can't see well and use their wiskers to follow the walls.

Anyone know of this? Thoughts?
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Never saw that episode but rodents do typically follow walls, shrubs, most any kind of cover. It's safer than walking around in the open where a predator might better be able to get them. I also place my traps along walls, facing the same way you mention. The idea is to place them in their paths.

One other note folks might find interesting. Rats don't seem to have much of a problem with mouse traps. In one spot I kept having to reset my traps because they were sprung and the bait gone. On a whim I got the larger rat sized traps. After switching over I caught the rats no problem. Now, the converse also seemed to be true. As abviously mice are smaller than rats, they could sneak in and get the bait from the rat traps and avoid getting killed. Because of their smaller size, the snap would simply go around them. Oh once in awhile there would be a tail remnant, but no mouse. So, identifying the pest is important in order to get the correct size trap.
 
Blazing mouse sets fire to house

A US man who threw a mouse onto a pile of burning leaves could only watch in horror as it ran into his house and set the building ablaze.

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slowly through the bushes
catsoft feet patrol the yard
rats and mice in mortal peril
from the humans' feline guard

never cross in open daylight
watch the shadow on the grass
hawks are also deadly danger
careful vermin quickly pass

once inside, the choicest treasure
placed inside a metal trap
lets the hungry rodent enter
shuts the heavy metal flap

still they flourish
no surprise
so many born
for each that dies

-- EB
 
Skinner: Well, I was wrong. The lizards are a godsend.
Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're
overrun by lizards?
Skinner: No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese
needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous
type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around,
the gorillas simply freeze to death.
 
Hey Guys...

Heres what I do..
First buy the Victor Mouse traps with the fake cheese trigger..
They have to different settings for sneaky mice....

I spread a little peanut butter on the trigger, and with a small piece of fishing line I tie a single Cheerio and push it into the peanut butter...
Works awesome,,and the light trigger setting gets them Every time...

I love setting out a mouse trap line in the house and shop/barn...

toss the dead mouse in the toilet for a nice little Squeal from the wife and kids in the morning!! LOL
I've been woken up Many times to my wife and kids Screaming at the top of their lungs.. LOL

The best was when I put a fake rubber rat on the lid of the toilet with a newspaper on top,, and 3 dead mice in the bowl.. LOL

Yaa I know I'm a sick bastard!!

But it's Fun..:)

ttyle

Eric....
 
Normark said:
I spread a little peanut butter on the trigger, and with a small piece of fishing line I tie a single Cheerio and push it into the peanut butter...
Works awesome,,and the light trigger setting gets them Every time...
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Intrigued but confused.

What do you push into the peanut butter? The line or the Cheerio? Is the line tied to anything besides the Cheerio? How exactly does the mouse trigger this set up?

School me, mouse master...
 
Dijos said:
Although I appreciate your sentiment, if you read cougar's reponse, this little guy has been torturing me for a year plus. Spreading disease in my freaking house-I'd kill him with a hammer if I could catch him.
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Funny, I once had a rat in my house. Didn't know it, had set up these dinky xtra small mouse traps and the rat set them off. I heard it go off and saw it slinking around with two traps on its head before shaking them both off while munching on a snack. It was about 9" + long tail. Long story short, I cornered it and crushed it with a large rubber mallet.

Good luck. Sometimes if the mice are small, the large traps will simply miss them, but since they're not tripping it in the first place...How firmly can you put some cheese on the trigger? Some harder cheese usually wedges pretty well under the little notch that a typical spring trap has. I prefer dry aged cheddar, myself.

Just kidding on the last line.
 
Here. Buy the type of mouse trap that has the bait in some sort of cage. This may be hard to get in America though. At night before sleeping, take a piece of cuttlefish and burn it slightly so that the smell comes out. Put it on the bait and you're done. Make sure you have the right trap though.

There was this rat that kept chewing on all my mum's ladles and pans. We bought the trap, first night nothing, then on the second night it struck. We found the filthy monster in the cage. We didn't think it was stupid enough to go in, pull the cuttlefish and cause the door to close.

Good luck. :D
 
DEAD DEAD DEAD

I found the little bugger yesterday in the electric chair trap I bought. He's probably been in there for 2 days, I noticed by the smell. :barf: :barf: and his tail sticking out. :barf: When i dumped him out, he was way fat. Well, his life of mooching off of me is finally over..
 
Well, he had a good year and a half run.

Congratulations.
 
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