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I've had no mouse activity this Fall/Winter, then all of the sudden
within the last week there's poop everywhere.

I've put traps out. I have 2 kinds: spring traps, and the kind that
squeeze the mouse until he suffocates (my favorite).

I baited them with peanut butter, and the little *******s lick them
clean every night! I don't know how they do it. I've tested the
traps and they all have hair triggers. They usually go off when I'm
just setting them down.

What should I bait them with that will cause the little pricks to have
to work at it?

On second thought, I recommend a Tin Cat. Available at most hardware
stores, it's a one way live trap. Just smear some peanut butter inside, and
here they come. No springs. Easy to use. Easy to clean. Just toss trap,
mice, and all in a five gallon bucket of water and come back in ten minutes.
One mouse inside brings more. They will hold about ten mice, so unlike a
trap, it keeps working after it catches one. They work GREAT!

Steve