KenK wrote:
Nestor wrote in
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On 28 Jun 2014 16:13:57 GMT, KenK wrote:

Other traps? Bait you've used with success? Cats?(Mine died a few
years ago and I've never replaced her - I'm too old. it would long
outlive me.)

feral cats?

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I feed several. Not sure I'd want one in the house though. Decidedly
not very good company. Probably wouldn't use the litter pan. Cat door
and let them freely come in and out? I dunno. Doesn't sound like a
very good isea.

The kittens we're supposed to be getting are semi-wild/feral . The woman
wife's co-worker is attempting to "socialize" them a bit , I neither want
nor need feral cats here . Both are supposed to be females we'll neuter if
she doesn't , they'll be encouraged to come inside whenever they want thru
the dog door . Don't need a tomcat spraying in the house ...
We like cats , we like dogs . We've had a lot of both over the years , and
we've found that cats can indeed be good company . Not as overtly loving as
dogs , but they let you know .
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On 6/28/2014 9:13 AM, KenK wrote:
I'm not having much success luring poor innocent mice into my cruel old-
fashioned mousetrap with a trigger and spring-loaded bale. I've tried raw
bacon for bail with slight success, peanut butter with none. I've tried a
newer trap that lets them in but not out. Worked once over many years.

Other traps? Bait you've used with success? Cats?(Mine died a few years ago
and I've never replaced her - I'm too old. it would long outlive me.)

TIA

My favorite is a five gallon bucket, with a soda can strung on a piece
of baling wire. Remove the tab so you have the small hole, drilling
preferred. Drill a small hole dead center in the bottom of the can.
String it on baling wire. Tie this across the mouth of a five gallon
bucket. Bend a couple of kinks in the wire to keep the can centered.
Slather the can with peanut butter. Place a ramp of some type up to the
lip of the bucket, or sit it close to something where the rodents can
get up to the lip, and attempt to go out on the wire. Put six inches of
water in the bucket. Check daily, as the get putrid dead smelly very
quickly. Safe for pets, no poisons. Keep away from toddlers. Easy,
cheap, and they work. And you can have two or four or ten, how ever
many you need.

For a regular trap, smear some peanut butter UNDER the trip pad, and
they will try to get under there. Also mount the trap in the vertical,
where the rodent has to reach up for the food. First thing they do is
grab the trip with their hands.

HTH.

Steve

On 6/28/2014 2:10 PM, Doug Miller wrote:
KenK wrote in :

I'm not having much success luring poor innocent mice into my cruel old-
fashioned mousetrap with a trigger and spring-loaded bale. I've tried raw
bacon for bail with slight success, peanut butter with none. I've tried a
newer trap that lets them in but not out. Worked once over many years.

Mice are, by nature, herbivores, so one should not expect much success with bacon. And they
can lick peanut butter off without springing the trap.

Try a raisin. Mash it onto the bait pan, don't just lay it there. Mice cannot tug it off of the bait pan
without springing the trap. My success rate using raisins for bait is 100%.

Superglue as many popcorn kernels as you can get on the trip pad. They
stay on a very long time.

Steve

Victor tin cats work great. Just pitch the whole trap in a bucket of
water, and come back in five minutes. The ones in the trap attract
others. For those who like to relocate mice and not kill them, this is
the most humane way for live catching them.

Steve

"Pico Rico" wrote in
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I researched the moth balls on Google earlier. There seems to be a
wide difference in opinion on whether they work on mice. I bought a
package of moth balls and will try them anyway. AFAIK I have all the
mouse-openable food packages now stored in fairly thick plastic
lidded large containers. Shouldn't take much to encourage them to
look for another home.


Peppermint oil seems to be the current thinking.



I may have to try that. I've been watching for a stream of outgoing mice
with their little suitcases but nothing. Besides, I'm not sure I like the
smell of mothballs. Peppermint is nicer.


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