On 9/18/2012 7:50 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:57:06 GMT, Doug White
wrote:

Jon Elson wrote in
:

Larry Jaques wrote:



Set mouse traps along every wall. Bait them with garlic oil or peanut
butter or -nothing-!
I use the Victor traps with the metal bait holder, these are the best
if you can still get them. I put a chunk of peanut from chunky peanut
butter in the rolled-up part of the bait holder, there's no way they
can
get that peanut chunk out of there without tripping the trap. Smooth
peanut butter they will just lick off without triggering it.

I use the "Mouse Master"s, baited with pecan paste:

http://www.bugspraycart.com/traps/ca...ster-clear-top

http://www.bugspraycart.com/traps/lure/pecan-paste

I have them in remote places that I can't get at easily, so they will
keep trapping without daily attention. They are quite effective.

So, what do you do with the caught mice, huh?

With a warehouse, Ig could make one of the water traps with the 5gal
bucket for larger quantities of kills.

Spring traps are much more humane, though.

I'm not an "animal rights" fruitcake, because I believe as a matter of
ethics, logic and common sense that non-human animals cannot have
rights. However, as an animal welfarist, I always seek solutions in
which animals will not be killed or greatly harmed. To that end, I
prefer non-lethal trapping and relocating to the extent feasible.

A few years ago, I had a big problem with fox squirrels virtually
stripping my fruit tress of all fruit they set. I bought a Hav-a-hart
trap, and my then-young son and I had a great time catching squirrels
(and the occasional rat, possum and even young raccoon) and relocating
them to the county park. A couple of years in a row, we moved between
25 and 30 varmints, and when I figured out that it was a 3-mile round
trip, I realized I was driving more than 75 miles a year to redomicile a
bunch of stinking varmints. In our new castle, we don't yet have any
producing fruit trees, but I anticipate the same trouble once the
bare-root trees we planted take hold and start to produce.