Mouse, maybe mice

Sticky traps, cat. Not at the same time. DAGS.

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I think that if you'd really blocked all entrances the mice would be coming out. They tend to go outside during the day, so if they were trapped inside they'd be panicking. But it's not easy to block all of them, especially in an old house that has a stone foundation. The only good solution I know of is to borrow a cat. The sticky panels might work, though personally I don't have the heart to make them suffer such a cruel death.

Yeah, my dh doesn't either, but I don't think he would let them suffer. I'm thinking that may be better than a cat.

I don't think these are coming and going and maybe they are panicking, but not to the point of taking the bait from the traps.

Thanks for your feedback.

Nellie

Years ago I had an elderly cat who had lost his fangs and there was a hole near the back porch and a lot of mice go in.

I used those regular wooden traps and I guess mice have now evolved beyond that as they did not catch a single one.

I ended up getting the newer plastic variety like this

That did the trick.

Mice gone Hole sealed Two new cats with fangs and claws.

Julie Nilsen wrote in news:cac501f4-8210-4dab-9347-0d96ef7be1d7 @googlegroups.com:

Old-fashioned Victor mouse trap, the spring type. Bait it with a raisin smashed down on the trigger.

Just kill them after you get them stuck. A load of rat shot from a .22 will work if just covering the trap with a few layers of newspaper and stepping on it is too graphic for you.

snap trap, put a little peanut butter on top of the trip pan, and put even more on the bottom so that the mouse has to work for it.

place the traps along walls where you've seen them running. keep the dog away.

songbird

Those poor mice. Perhaps TFPM would help. (Tranquilizers For Panicking Mice.)

Yeah, it was bad enough to see roaches stuck in them. Mice is worse.

I've seen those and figured they wouldn't work.

How about that.

I had to try something different and am glad to say it worked.

be two of them, but my dh and daughter have done everything possible (it's her house) other than call in the professionals. Right now they have more than a dozen traps set up around the area where she has seen them. The fire place is blocked off because she saw one run in there. My dh has blocked ev ery possible entryway into the house so this one or two have been there for awhile.

If you have Victor wooden traps...melt a semi-sweet chocolate chip into the metal trip lever. They can't resist it!

Hi, It always does the job but after few use they don't come near it, I guess they smell dead comrades. Bait is piece of cheese. After few use I throw them out. They cost few bucks for s package of two. Sticky pad works but I don't like it. I have few of them in the yard but need to control the population.

As for the sticky pads, they're humane if you don't kill the mouse. Just drive out to your local zoo parking lot and drop the mouse off there. It'll find plenty to eat and a warm place to stay at a zoo.

I found a part of a Herseys Kiss works beter than cheese on the old spring traps..

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My computer is beside the kitchen door. A few years ago, I often heard noises in the kitchen as I sat reading informative message at alt.home.repair. I thought it was just a harmless ghost and didn't give it a second thought.

One evening I walked in and saw a mouse munching on my fresh-baked rolls, on the counter by the stove. He dived under a burner and peeked out with a patient expression. I was embarrassed. I should have knocked.

I put a little peanut butter on the tongue of a trap and set it by the burner. It snapped before I had time to read another message at alt.home.repair. The trap was upside down. The mouse was peeking patiently from the burner. I couldn't expect my little guest to reset the trap. I did it for him and returned to the internet.

Just as I was sitting down, it snapped again. This time the bail was on the mouse's neck, and he was disconcerted. I felt bad about violating his trust that way.

I'm sure you leave cookies and milk for Santa on Christmas Eve, and that's why he's learned to trust you not to put a bear trap in the fireplace. You need to set out fresh-baked rolls for your mouse each evening. Then, if you still want to harm him, he won't hesitate to take whatever bait you offer.

My neighbor had an exterminator and set a lot of spring traps, poison stations, and glue sticks herself, but she had a chronic mouse problem until the day she phoned to ask me to kill a rat snake. I persuaded her to leave it alone, as I do. Suddenly, no more mice.

Every possible entryway (and exit)? Doubtful...the can squeeze through teeny-tiny cracks. They come in when it is cold and they stay where it is warm! Nothing better than flour sacks, boxes of cereal and DOG KIBBLES! Crumbs......or a whole bowl....of dog kibbles are an invitation to a mouse feast! Clean, vacuum and sterilize the kitchen. Got a box or two of old clothes in the garage? A perfect mouse nursery! Put cereal, nuts, etc., in hard containers. Same with stored clothes. Then put traps with a dab of peanut butter behind the stove and the fridge or other warm, cozy places.

I like the Victor mouse trap that looks like it has a piece of Swiss cheese for the trap lever. Very sensitive to trip. I use peanut butter and smear it into the holes.

There are traps that aren't worth a damn. Mice can nibble away the bait without tripping them. Also don't like glue boards. Have not been able to catch many mice with them and it is torturous to the mouse. Caught one that had nearly chewed off his leg to escape.

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