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How can a mouse trap be tripped and no mouse?
james wrote:
I set up a mouse trap in the garage and have caught several mice successfully. After several peaceful months, I found the trap tripped again and the peanut butter all gone, but there is no mouse to be found anywhere. How is this possible? This is the trap I use: http://www.pestcontrol-products.com/...ictor_trap.jpg I've had ants eat the mouse bait off the trap and mice eat the ant bait. I think it's a mouse/ant conspiracy. TDD |
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How can a mouse trap be tripped and no mouse?
mike wrote:
On Jan 21, 10:01 am, "james" wrote: I set up a mouse trap in the garage and have caught several mice successfully. After several peaceful months, I found the trap tripped again and the peanut butter all gone, but there is no mouse to be found anywhere. How is this possible? This is the trap I use:http://www.pestcontrol-products.com/...ictor_trap.jpg The trap could have tripped after you set it due to vibration or a bump. Then, the mice cleaned it out. Just try again. False trips are a part of having a hair trigger. I had a rat problem in a warehouse I one rented and I fiddled with the big rat traps until the things had a hair trigger. I would often catch mice with them. Because of the size of the trap, the bar would whack the mouse on its hindquarters, the lifeless mouse would be found with a crushed backside and the oddest open mouth expression on its upturned little face. I can imagine that there was one loud ultrasonic squeak. TDD |
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How can a mouse trap be tripped and no mouse?
On Thursday, 21 January 2010 18:01:19 UTC, james wrote:
I set up a mouse trap in the garage and have caught several mice successfully. After several peaceful months, I found the trap tripped again and the peanut butter all gone, but there is no mouse to be found anywhere. How is this possible? This is the trap I use: http://www.pestcontrol-products.com/...ictor_trap.jpg Don't know how long ago this thread was started but i saw a mouse in my flat about a week ago set a few traps caught a few already just got back home and i've found a set trap not unlike yourself triggered but was moved about 16inches.......Any1 smell a rat? |
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How can a mouse trap be tripped and no mouse?
On Friday, 21 February 2014 02:59:01 UTC, Metspitzer wrote:
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:46:38 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Thursday, 21 January 2010 18:01:19 UTC, james wrote: I set up a mouse trap in the garage and have caught several mice successfully. After several peaceful months, I found the trap tripped again and the peanut butter all gone, but there is no mouse to be found anywhere. How is this possible? This is the trap I use: http://www.pestcontrol-products.com/...ictor_trap.jpg Don't know how long ago this thread was started but i saw a mouse in my flat about a week ago set a few traps caught a few already just got back home and i've found a set trap not unlike yourself triggered but was moved about 16inches.......Any1 smell a rat? http://all-starmaidservice.com/blog/...ith_helmet.jpg lmao |
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How can a mouse trap be tripped and no mouse?
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:59:01 -0500, Metspitzer
wrote: On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:46:38 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Thursday, 21 January 2010 18:01:19 UTC, james wrote: I set up a mouse trap in the garage and have caught several mice successfully. After several peaceful months, I found the trap tripped again and the peanut butter all gone, but there is no mouse to be found anywhere. How is this possible? This is the trap I use: http://www.pestcontrol-products.com/...ictor_trap.jpg Don't know how long ago this thread was started but i saw a mouse in my flat about a week ago set a few traps caught a few already just got back home and i've found a set trap not unlike yourself triggered but was moved about 16inches.......Any1 smell a rat? http://all-starmaidservice.com/blog/...ith_helmet.jpg AIUI, even with the helmet, they are likely to suffer concussions. The NCMM has banned trap robbing for mice under 2 years old. |
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How can a mouse trap be tripped and no mouse?
On Friday, 21 February 2014 03:23:48 UTC, micky wrote:
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:59:01 -0500, Metspitzer wrote: On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:46:38 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Thursday, 21 January 2010 18:01:19 UTC, james wrote: I set up a mouse trap in the garage and have caught several mice successfully. After several peaceful months, I found the trap tripped again and the peanut butter all gone, but there is no mouse to be found anywhere. How is this possible? This is the trap I use: http://www.pestcontrol-products.com/...ictor_trap.jpg Don't know how long ago this thread was started but i saw a mouse in my flat about a week ago set a few traps caught a few already just got back home and i've found a set trap not unlike yourself triggered but was moved about 16inches.......Any1 smell a rat? http://all-starmaidservice.com/blog/...ith_helmet.jpg AIUI, even with the helmet, they are likely to suffer concussions. The NCMM has banned trap robbing for mice under 2 years old. actually laughed out loud at this |
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How can a mouse trap be tripped and no mouse?
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20:04:00 -0800 (PST), Matty M
wrote: On Friday, 21 February 2014 03:23:48 UTC, micky wrote: On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:59:01 -0500, Metspitzer wrote: On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:46:38 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Thursday, 21 January 2010 18:01:19 UTC, james wrote: I set up a mouse trap in the garage and have caught several mice successfully. After several peaceful months, I found the trap tripped again and the peanut butter all gone, but there is no mouse to be found anywhere. How is this possible? This is the trap I use: http://www.pestcontrol-products.com/...ictor_trap.jpg Don't know how long ago this thread was started but i saw a mouse in my flat about a week ago set a few traps caught a few already just got back home and i've found a set trap not unlike yourself triggered but was moved about 16inches.......Any1 smell a rat? http://all-starmaidservice.com/blog/...ith_helmet.jpg AIUI, even with the helmet, they are likely to suffer concussions. The NCMM has banned trap robbing for mice under 2 years old. actually laughed out loud at this Great. |
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On 2/20/2014 10:23 PM, micky wrote:
AIUI, even with the helmet, they are likely to suffer concussions. Not this mouse. http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...y_Gonzales.jpg |
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How can a mouse trap be tripped and no mouse?
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 17:45:33 -0500, Meanie
wrote: On 2/20/2014 10:23 PM, micky wrote: AIUI, even with the helmet, they are likely to suffer concussions. Not this mouse. http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...y_Gonzales.jpg You should keep current. Mr. Gonzales was admitted December 28th, 2013 to the Los Angeles Humane Hospice on Wilshire Blvd. He had originally been treated at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center the night of Dec. 25th, when his friends thought he had just been drinking too much. After a battery of exams over the next two days. he was diagnosed with Repetitive Head Injury Syndrome http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/92189-overview and transferred to the hospice, where Mr. Gonzales was found to also suffer from Post-concussion Syndrome. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-c...n/con-20032705 Doctors give him only two months to live. From the LATimes, Jan 14, 2014: "A long stream of visitors have arrived to pay their respects. Seen entering the hospiice are both the famous and the non-famous, mice, cats, and humans 'Speedy is as always a very intesting guy. We had a great conversation, almost a half hour. I'm going to miss him greatly.' said Sylvester to this reporter" |
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How can a mouse trap be tripped and no mouse?
Live trapping is stupid. Mouse were NOT brought here by God, even if you believe in that sort of thing. Mice are an invasive species brought to North America on ships from Europe. A released mouse with either A) live outside, where they are very harmful to birds that God did put here, if you believe in that sort of thing, or B) it will get right back into yours or someone else's house where they spread disease and cause anxiety.
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How can a mouse trap be tripped and no mouse?
On 6/19/2016 1:55 AM, mike wrote:
My neighbor had a raccoon problem. Same issue. The thing was smart enough to take the bait without being trapped. Put up a surveillance camera to see what he was doing. Modified the bait setup. Caught him the next night. And did what with the racoon? -- .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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How can a mouse trap be tripped and no mouse?
On 06/19/2016 05:03 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 6/19/2016 1:55 AM, mike wrote: My neighbor had a raccoon problem. Same issue. The thing was smart enough to take the bait without being trapped. Put up a surveillance camera to see what he was doing. Modified the bait setup. Caught him the next night. And did what with the racoon? http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,raccoon,FF.html |
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How can a mouse trap be tripped and no mouse?
On 2016-06-19, mike wrote:
Modified the bait setup. A mouse is smart enough to get a piece of cheese out of a trap. That's why one should use peanut butter. PB sticks to the trigger and cannot be easily removed. I also think PB attracts rodents better than cheese. nb |
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