Sneaky little mices...

[Roy Suomi]

I turned on my drillpress the other day , and it spit ground up paper and shop towels out of the belt cover..I've got sneaky little mices running rampant in my shop...I've tried the conventional wooden mouse traps [ Victor ] , Tried the plastic , clamshell type [tom cat] , even tried some steel traps..Them little bostages keep taking the peanut butter off without tripping the traps..Even put some small ty-wraps on the trip lever to make 'em work at it some..I've used the Decon pellets before , but they stink inside the walls post-mortam..So that's out of the question..Call me a sentimental old fool but, I don't like the tackie strips..I'd rather a fast demise , not a lingering death..The shop's too nasty for a cat with all the fabrication and repairs going on ..Any ideas for my delemma ??

 

[Anonymous-0]

Those victor traps always do a good job, though I've seen bait robbed from em, just have to increase the number of traps, might make adjustments on some to get that hair trigger effect, usually you have to be careful setting them down or they'll go off.

D-con, mice take and hide it, then you end up with half dazed and dying mice running around, they'll die in bad places like your tool box or in a wall, once that stuff is taken and stored somewhere, new mice will still find it for years, and it does em in, but when you get a whiff of something just foul enough to get you attention, you'll know what it is, sometimes stronger odor, other times less noticable, someone did that here, I think that stuff is worthless, the ole victor traps work good.

Gemplers have some of those live traps available, can put some food and water in there so they don't keel over and start to reek, gives you some time to dispatch the vermin, strategically placed they seem to work well too.

 

[JOHN908]

If you can keep the other animal's away,green anti-freeze is sweet and animal's love it.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Hey Roy I got some poision (pellets) from my local farmers exchange, cant remember the name of it but it came in packets inside a 5 gallon bucket. Supposedly it makes the mice drink water then thats what activates it, so hopefully they leave to get water then keel over, has worked well around my place. Hombre may have been the name

 

[Hills of TN]

I use an old hillbilly trick. Put a very small amount of peanut butter on the top of the baitholder and a larger amount underneath the baitholder. When they put their nose underneath to get the rest of the peanut butter, they will throw the trap. Works every time - just be sure to put a little on top to whet their appetite.

 

[johndeereman]

put out a bowl of beer they love it but they cant fart so they bloat up and die

 

[Anonymous-0]

The plastic clam shell traps made by Victor and Tom Cat don't work well, they are too hard to trip. The ones called The Better Mouse Trap are excellent. They have a very light trigger. The wood and wire Victors work well if you adjust the trigger by bending it so it has a light action.

 

[jose bagge]

Used to have a helluva mouse problem in both the barn and garage ( those lil' muvas love to chew on wiring!) until I put a couple of barn cats in place. These gals are not allowed near the house, and they are spayed so I don't end up with more than two- but they are females, because ( I am told) the females make better hunters. I feed 'em dry food every morning, and they keep themselves scarce-I rarely see them- but my mouse problems are over.
As far as traps go, I used this trick in the past and it worked good: get a 5 gal plastic bucket and fill it 4" deep w/ water. Smear peanut butter bout an inch above that on the inside, and place near a wall. Mice go after the PB, fall in and can't get out- drown. Worked much better in the winter, for some reason (food source not as plentiful? exposure?)

 

[Coloken]

Ball bearing mouse trap----tom cat.

 

[Ultradog MN]

Look on google for bucket mouse trap.
There are several sites that show you how to make one out of a 5 gal pail, pop can, coat hanger and a ramp.
I've used these several times and they DO work.
Here's a video of one in action.
YouTube

 

[Anonymous-0]

I've had the problem with bait steelers.I fixed the problem by getting 2 of the largest sunflower seeds(striped seeds not the black oil seeds) out of the bag and drilling a hole through them with a 1/16 bit and tied them to the wooden traps with bread twister striped down to the wire.They try to remove the seed with extra effort and it's history works everytime.

 

[dlplost]

just make sure you put some peanut butter UNDER the trigger.
I used to have the same problem till i did that, gets them EVERY time.

 

[Dairy Farmer in WI]

get a 5 gal pail of molasses...works every time.only fill it 3/4 full though. they jump in to eat it and it's too sticky for them to get out of. never had a problem with smeel either.
DF in WI

 

[Nikolas Britton]

That's got to be one of the most humane ways to dispatch them. Though I doubt it's because they can't fart, more likely it's alcohol poisoning.

 

[Mark-Mi]

yep,the Better Mouse Trap.Never had the peanut butter stole from one of them.Mark

 

[Roy Suomi]

Go on , Really ???? I couldn't imagine not farting...Mans favorite past-time......

 

[JBruce]

Stored some plaster of paris in trunk of old car once and when I went to get it had some neat little mouse statues-one or two were even sittting up.