You guys have advised how to place the peanut butter in various ways
so that it requires pressure that would trip the spring trap. But he
won't be lured; he'd rather go hungry than take the chance of applying
the needed pressure. He also ignored the electronic trap; must've
gotten a good jolt the other night.

The good news is that he gnawed on a chunk of poisonous block bait.
Very little, but there are definite signs of gnawing in two places.

Mary

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:30:41 GMT, (Jack) wrote:

You guys have advised how to place the peanut butter in various ways
so that it requires pressure that would trip the spring trap. But he
won't be lured; he'd rather go hungry than take the chance of applying
the needed pressure. He also ignored the electronic trap; must've
gotten a good jolt the other night.

The little *******'s smart. I wonder if he was a lab mouse at some
elite college. Mary

In article , (Jack) wrote:
You guys have advised how to place the peanut butter in various ways
so that it requires pressure that would trip the spring trap. But he
won't be lured; he'd rather go hungry than take the chance of applying
the needed pressure. He also ignored the electronic trap; must've
gotten a good jolt the other night.

They can lick peanut butter off without springing the trap. Use a raisin
instead. Press it down onto the bait holder good and tight, and no mouse is
going to get that off without springing the trap.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Jack wrote:
You guys have advised how to place the peanut butter in various ways
so that it requires pressure that would trip the spring trap. But he
won't be lured; he'd rather go hungry than take the chance of applying
the needed pressure. He also ignored the electronic trap; must've
gotten a good jolt the other night.

The good news is that he gnawed on a chunk of poisonous block bait.
Very little, but there are definite signs of gnawing in two places.


I have had fairly good luck with a trap that captures the mouse live.
It's cheap plastic, a gray box in which you put some bait and when the
mouse goes in to get it, the box tips slightly and door swings shut and
catches. Like other traps, sometimes the bait's gone without the trap
having been triggered, sometimes it's triggered without catching
anything, but mostly it catches the mouse. Then you can release the
mouse near someone's house that you have a grudge against. -- H

The bad news is that he will die a horrible death and
probably inside your walls somewhere. You'll know by
the smell.

Jack wrote:

The good news is that he gnawed on a chunk of poisonous block bait.
Very little, but there are definite signs of gnawing in two places.

Mary

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:30:41 GMT, (Jack) wrote:

You guys have advised how to place the peanut butter in various ways
so that it requires pressure that would trip the spring trap. But he
won't be lured; he'd rather go hungry than take the chance of applying
the needed pressure. He also ignored the electronic trap; must've
gotten a good jolt the other night.
-snip-

I haven't been following the thread-- but has someone mentioned tying
a piece of cotton string or yarn on the trigger before applying
peanutbutter? He might just clean down to the string the first
night--- but don't touch the trap and the smell will probably make him
come back to clean up. The string catches in his sharp little teeth.
.. . SNAP!

Jim

I use Hav-A-Hart live traps, with peanut butter. A little pricey, but if
trap is tripped by a mouse (not bumping) I always gett 'em.
Used to then take the traps, put them under a wooden box with a big hole at
the top that just fit the tailpipes on my SS454 pick-up.
Call it my "Little Auschwitz".
But gas has gotten expensive. So now just leave the trap in the garage for
12-18 hours. They croak on their own. Open the trap and sling 'em!

"Jack" wrote in message
...
You guys have advised how to place the peanut butter in various ways
so that it requires pressure that would trip the spring trap. But he
won't be lured; he'd rather go hungry than take the chance of applying
the needed pressure. He also ignored the electronic trap; must've
gotten a good jolt the other night.

The good news is that he gnawed on a chunk of poisonous block bait.
Very little, but there are definite signs of gnawing in two places.

Mary

Caught a fruit rat in a Hav-A-Hart trap and put whole shebang in a
bucket of water and went for a board to cover the bucket. When I got
back I could see wet footprints on the pavement after the rat squeezed
out of the trap.

On 23 Nov 2005 06:59:52 -0800, "Heathcliff"
wrote:


Jack wrote:
You guys have advised how to place the peanut butter in various ways
so that it requires pressure that would trip the spring trap. But he
won't be lured; he'd rather go hungry than take the chance of applying
the needed pressure. He also ignored the electronic trap; must've
gotten a good jolt the other night.

The good news is that he gnawed on a chunk of poisonous block bait.
Very little, but there are definite signs of gnawing in two places.


I have had fairly good luck with a trap that captures the mouse live.
It's cheap plastic, a gray box in which you put some bait and when the
mouse goes in to get it, the box tips slightly and door swings shut and
catches. Like other traps, sometimes the bait's gone without the trap
having been triggered, sometimes it's triggered without catching
anything, but mostly it catches the mouse. Then you can release the
mouse near someone's house that you have a grudge against. -- H

I missed the beginning of this. What's wrong with good ol' fashioned mouse
traps, and a piece of cheese? Works every time for me. I use American
cheese since it stays good as bait even after it dries up. No failures,
stolen bait, or problems of any kind. Plus I like that it kills them
quickly and humanely.

"Jack" wrote in message
...
You guys have advised how to place the peanut butter in various ways
so that it requires pressure that would trip the spring trap. But he
won't be lured; he'd rather go hungry than take the chance of applying
the needed pressure. He also ignored the electronic trap; must've
gotten a good jolt the other night.

The good news is that he gnawed on a chunk of poisonous block bait.
Very little, but there are definite signs of gnawing in two places.

Mary

Here's a link I found with more info:

http://unexco.com/mice.html

"Jack" wrote in message
...
You guys have advised how to place the peanut butter in various ways
so that it requires pressure that would trip the spring trap. But he
won't be lured; he'd rather go hungry than take the chance of applying
the needed pressure. He also ignored the electronic trap; must've
gotten a good jolt the other night.

The good news is that he gnawed on a chunk of poisonous block bait.
Very little, but there are definite signs of gnawing in two places.

Mary

AlfredE wrote:
Here's a link I found with more info:

http://unexco.com/mice.html

Why mess with poisons and traps when a cute furry kitty
will happily and cutely rip the mice to shreds?

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:11:45 -0600, Mike Berger
wrote:

The bad news is that he will die a horrible death and
probably inside your walls somewhere. You'll know by
the smell.

They don't always smell when they plotz.

Some just dry out.

It might be a horrible death, but I'm not sure of that. Internal
bleeding, right? Don't humans have that sometimes and not even know
it? They just pass out and, if not treated, die?

Jack wrote:

The good news is that he gnawed on a chunk of poisonous block bait.
Very little, but there are definite signs of gnawing in two places.

Mary


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In article , NOPSAMmm2005
@bigfoot.com says...
It might be a horrible death, but I'm not sure of that. Internal
bleeding, right? Don't humans have that sometimes and not even know
it? They just pass out and, if not treated, die?


Supposedly rodents hooked to an EKG showed no signs of stress on their
way out. Basically as you said, passed out.
--
Lar

Oh, if only Noah would of been a bit more wise,
he surely would of swatted those two flies.

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On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:54:29 -0500, Flarky
wrote:

AlfredE wrote:
Here's a link I found with more info:

http://unexco.com/mice.html

Why mess with poisons and traps when a cute furry kitty
will happily and cutely rip the mice to shreds?

The only time I saw a cat eat a mouse, the mouse had been killed by a
roommate who threw a boot at it. I didn't think that would work but
it did.

The cat seemed to be sleeping when the mouse was laid in front of him.
After 5 seconds or so (he smelled it?) he opened his eyes, and a
second later swiped at the mouse and put all of it in his mouth,
except for the tail. I left about 15 seconds later. The tail might
have disappeared by then, I don't remember.

Of course maybe if it were alive he would have injured or shredded it
in the process.

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mm wrote:

The only time I saw a cat eat a mouse, the mouse had been killed by a
roommate who threw a boot at it. I didn't think that would work but
it did.

My cats are always murdering mice, scattering their bits.
And that's fine because the mice are, as I understand it,
eating the bugs that I don't want around. If I were interested
in eating cats, it'd be a complete little ecosystem!
However I suppose it is possible that my cats are getting
poisoned slightly because we spray for bugs...

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 14:01:42 -0500, Flarky
wrote:

mm wrote:

The only time I saw a cat eat a mouse, the mouse had been killed by a
roommate who threw a boot at it. I didn't think that would work but
it did.

My cats are always murdering mice, scattering their bits.
And that's fine because the mice are, as I understand it,
eating the bugs that I don't want around. If I were interested
in eating cats, it'd be a complete little ecosystem!

Try it. You may like it.

However I suppose it is possible that my cats are getting
poisoned slightly because we spray for bugs...

Don't eat them then. There isn't much meat on them anyhow, iiac.

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In article , qwerty@
1234567890abcdef.org says...
However I suppose it is possible that my cats are getting
poisoned slightly because we spray for bugs...


depending on what you are spraying with, the amount of the active
ingredient in the solution would be 30-250 times less toxic than table
salt..considering the amount of insecticide effecting an insect that
crawled through the treated zone, if kitty dined on the effected bugs
constantly, sure kitty would have no effect.
--
Lar

Oh, if only Noah would of been a bit more wise,
he surely would of swatted those two flies.

to email....get rid of the BUGS

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 22:02:03 -0600, Lar
wrote:

In article , qwerty@
1234567890abcdef.org says...
However I suppose it is possible that my cats are getting
poisoned slightly because we spray for bugs...


depending on what you are spraying with, the amount of the active
ingredient in the solution would be 30-250 times less toxic than table
salt..considering the amount of insecticide effecting an insect that
crawled through the treated zone, if kitty dined on the effected bugs
constantly, sure kitty would have no effect.

Come to think, some insecticides, powders I guess, kill by clogging
the pores in their thorax through which they "breathe". Since it's
physical, these aren't poisons at all, are they? And they wouldn't
hurt us or the mice or the cats maybe? I forget what the instructions
were on the box.


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