mice evading traps

ge · 2004-12-06T14:51:38+00:00

We have some mice this fall. Other times, we've been able to trapthem without any problem. This year, though, they're eating the baitoff the traps without tripping them. We tried a 'balance' trap (a live trap, where the weight of the mousetips the trap, which causes the door to fall shut). We got one mousewith that; it was smaller than others we've caught (possibly adifferent species?), but otherwise unremarkable. In general, though,they seem to be able to take the bait from these traps too, withouttripping them.We've also tried glue traps. Either they're not going in these, orthey're not getting stuck. Tonight, I'm going to add bait to the gluetrap, so we'll at least know if they're going in there.We don't want to use poison, because we have a couple of (fairly) lazycats.Suggestions would be appreciated.TIA,George

mice evading traps

Dec 06, 2004 22 Replies

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Dan Hall 21 years ago

Right- and what do you do for the smell when the mouse crawls up into something and dies?

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VRadin 21 years ago

You need something new and different. Try this one:

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It's a little expensive, but you do get more bang for your uck that with a standard snap trap. (pun intended)

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William Deans 21 years ago

Greetings,

The same as if you had poisoned the mouse -- nothing.

Hope this helps,

William

If the stink is bad enough (and I doubt it) you might be able to follow your nose to the mouse. Otherwise you could run a dehumidifier in the room and mummify the missing mouse.

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