Need to catch (or kill) a mouse

3rding the peanut butter. I've had 4 mice and it gets them usually the same evening.
 
The only problem I have with using peanut butter is I like it too much myself to spare any for the mice!
 
Peanut butter is pretty good, but if you don't find it working... try a little bacon grease instead. My FIL swore by this.
 
The traditional wood and metal snap traps, with the metal bait bar. The ones with the big (yellow) bait bar are pretty worthless. I use a small piece of bread pinched tight onto the bait bar, peanut butter works too. Just make sure they have to tug at the bait to get it, this is what springs the trap.

Also, be sure it's a mouse too. If it's a rat, the smaller traps don't work very well on an adult rat, maybe a baby, but not an adult.

Now, I know Gollnick said wear gloves to avoid getting your human scent all over it. I have heard this said before. However, I have never ever used gloves or anything else to handle and bait the traps and have never had a problem. I mean, mice and rats don't seem to have any problem climbing around where people are or eating human garbage. Not trying to start an argument, it's just that I have never had a problem.

On poison, it's not fast acting. In other words, they don't just drop dead. The object is for them to take it back to their dens and the babies and everyone else has something to eat. Over time, if enough of them eat enough of the poison, they will die. Basically, they bleed to death internally.


Mike
 
Get a decent cat. Mine is quickly killing most of the rodents around my house, he leaves them in the bathtub for some reason, even after being shot in the face with a .22 and losing a fang.

I dug the bullet out of his neck a few weeks later.

Spike the Warrior Cat.

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Robert H said:
Get a decent cat. Mine is quickly killing most of the rodents around my house, he leaves them in the bathtub for some reason, even after being shot in the face with a .22 and losing a fang.

I dug the bullet out of his neck a few weeks later.

Spike the Warrior Cat.

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What a great cat! Excellent picture!

Mike
 
So your cats catch mice? Big deal! :D We had a greyhound that caught mice - and then licked them to death!
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Here's a photo of our late Moby - well, her legs, anyway - with a mouse she had caught in our kitchen and licked to death! The little critter was practically nekkid and Moby had mouse fur all around her lips when I finally got the mouse away from her! :D
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.R.I.P., Moby. Chase those meeses across that Rainbow Bridge. :)

Seriously, an old fashioned spring trap with peanut butter worked into the trigger has always worked for us.
 
a here all that i use and they work great

step 1. get an empty velveta box
step 2. cut quarter size holes in each of the ends
step 3. tie a thumbnail size bit of bacon to the release mechanism of 2 traps
step 4. put both traps in the box on opposite ends with the triggers facing toward the holes
step 5. lay box with traps inside around mice runs (areas of dropping concentrations) like walls and corners

mice are usualy timid creatures and survive my hiding when the little suckers try to hide in the box they activate the traps.
i have got like 5 of these pre setup and they work great.
 
if the smell isn't a problem, a little sardine can with half an inch of plain old ethylene glycol (green coolant) 50/50 mix. just make sure that it is the cheap stuff, some of the newer coolants have bitter flavorings added to them so pets won't drink it, and man does that stuff taste nasty! just make sure that the dish is where other animals can't get it because it smells like sugar. I've found tin cats work really well, but they need to be along the wall where mice run, they like to keep one side to a wall to navigate in the dark. and don't check too often, as the noise one mouse makes will attract the rest. I've also heard that some mice have a taste for mini marshmallows, dunno if it works, but who knows right? or just accuracy by volume, lots of traps along every wall/ vertical surface, they will trip on one sooner or later. hope you get them! oh, and call your local public health office, find out if you have Hanta-virus in your area. its kinda like Ebola (hemorrhagic fever), but it takes longer, not good at all, and deer mice carry it in some places
 
Thanks for all the suggestions. Right now I've got snap traps out, baited with peanut butter, a few sticky traps, some poison, and one bucket trap. No luck last night. He just scurried by my feet as I was sitting here at the computer reading the new posts. I'm going to try to shoot him with an airsoft gun right now. I'm sure it won't work. I'm going to try some of the other mechanisms that were suggested as well, and I'll report back. My wife called the exterminator today, and they won't come out until Monday, so I have a few days to bag this demon mouse.
 
longbeachguy said:
Thanks for all the suggestions. Right now I've got snap traps out, baited with peanut butter, a few sticky traps, some poison, and one bucket trap. No luck last night. He just scurried by my feet as I was sitting here at the computer reading the new posts. I'm going to try to shoot him with an airsoft gun right now. I'm sure it won't work. I'm going to try some of the other mechanisms that were suggested as well, and I'll report back. My wife called the exterminator today, and they won't come out until Monday, so I have a few days to bag this demon mouse.
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Demon mouse? Hey now, he's just doing what he's supposed to. When it comes to small rodents in my house, I generally put on some gloves and catch them by hand. I give them a real good talking to and send them on their way. They catch so much hell from my four cats and three dogs that I don't even bother putting out traps for them. Not to mention my two rats that will (quite incredibly) kill and partially eat the little buggers. The only pests I really worry about are the rattlesnakes. That, I won't let my pets take care of.

Most rodents don't even like peanut butter. It is mostly the smell, same with bacon grease and some cheeses. Mmm, bacon grease. Good luck with your rodent problem. And no, generally airsoft guns don't do much. Projectile too light, velocity too low. Works for bugs, though..
 
If he's ignoring your bait, then he's not hungry which means he's well-fed from some other source. You've gotta find that source and cut it off. Stores of pet food are often the source. Bulk food storage (bags of flour, etc.) is another.
 
this could have been mentioned above but i just skimmed...are you sure its the same mouse? where there is one there could be many...those things make babies like there is no tomorrow. its all they do. a pellet gun seems a little extreme. i would probablly just stick with the good ole mouse traps as long as you know where to place them...which is along walls and other objects because i think thats how they navigate due to their poor eyesight. if all else fails a good cat will take care of it...good luck with you infestation
 
longbeachguy said:
Anyway, can anyone please offer me some practical advice for dealing with an intellectually superior mouse?

I'll send a Case trapper in a collectors tin, still factory sealed to anyone who's original idea works. I mean that.
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That reminds me of the old joke about the guy who makes a new mousetrap:
A small flat piece of wood with a razor blade glued to it, sharp edge pointing up. The mouse comes up to the trap, raises his head up and over the edge of the razor blade. He looks down and moves his head back and forth, looking, and asking "WTF!! Where's the cheese?"
Worth a shot.. :D
 
When we hdd a minor infestation (5 or 6) a few years ago, the traditional traps worked.

Put peanut butter UNDER the trip lever, so the mouse has to work for it. I then put some cream cheese on the top.

100% effective.
 
Do yourself a favor. Unbait one of your spring traps and re-bait it using a damp and fluffed cotton ball. Just grab a cotton ball, get it a little damp, use your fingers to pull it a little bit, and then stick it on the lever. Check the trap after you've heard a SNAP. I bet this one is the one that gets the mouse.

Mice love collecting stuff to line their nests with, and a fluffed up cotton ball looks about as sexy to a mouse as a high-priced hooker does to a marine on shore leave.
 
the_mac said:
Mice love collecting stuff to line their nests with, and a fluffed up cotton ball looks about as sexy to a mouse as a high-priced hooker does to a marine on shore leave.
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Hilarious! :thumbup:
 
My Sweetheart, Sleeping in the room next to the puter rooms yells, "What the hell are you laughing at?!?"......

Funny stuff guys, thanks! had a Loooong day. Nothing to add to this thread but that.
 
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