Why are you fixated on the peanut butter for bait?


The one time I had a mouse and was catless, I used a chunk of cheese cut fom
a block of cheddar.


It may be that a cheese chunk, on the spring trap, will take enough moving
and tugging and pulling that musey will trigger the trap and get guillotined
(sp?).

Worth a try.


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"Jack" wrote in message
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So far, he has safely removed peanut butter from conventional mouse
traps on three occasions without tripping them. He ignores various
types of poison bait. The two cats don't have a clue.

So yesterday, I paid $20 for an electronic Victor meecie trap. This
morning, the green light was lit, AHA, success at last!

Bull****, not only was there no carcass, he somehow escaped, despite
the manufacturer's assurance to the contrary. His main residence is
under the kitchen oven; hope he ain't chewing on that wire with its
240V power.

All fruits and paper and cardboard-packaged food is safely put away.
Guess the only thing to do is continue to use the conventional meece
traps and hope that he gets cocky.