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[Jstpssng]

They are on the move here, must be looking for places to raise a family. I left a bag of potato chips in my company truck last week, Monday the package looked like swiss cheese. Went out to my personal truck tonight and found a roll of shredded paper towels. Time to put out a couple of traps.
The worst is when they get into the heater box and die. You may as well park it for a month.

 

[5030]

Nothing smells worse than a vegitating mouse in your heater box. Screws up the ac as well.

 

[polarred21]

At work, two different buildings and both on the 2nd floor, one would always find my desk! Them f'ers are smart. Peanut butter and a a few of the wooden traps would usually find the one ambitious culprit.

I moved to another building 2 years ago, another one found me on the 2nd floor and something about my 2nd desk drawer, that f'er. I had put out about 3 traps with peanut butter on the floor, licked clean all the time. Cleaning lady said you gotta use cracker crumbs. Are you kidding me? . After losing several snacks in this drawer and afraid to eat anything from it, I gutted the desk and placed traps in the drawers and finally got this ambitious culprit.

We have an industrial exterminator who makes rounds monthly and he leaves their triangle shaped boxes with the green poison block inside. I told him of my issues at home with this green bait not working, and he stated home use poison is not strong enough most of the time and the average consumer can't buy the good stuff like he uses. He also stated you've got to use crackers with the peanut butter . I said, really? what he calls cheese cracker, we call nabs, I now have that sprinkled on the peanut butter in the garage on 6 traps. They cleaned up all the crumbs on 4 traps this week, and marked the peanut butter, then caught one.

I guess we will need ribeye and baked potato next?

 

[5030]

I think I'll load about a dozen snap traps and line them up. Maybe they will get overzealous and get snapped. Fingers crossed. Again, those green blocks are worthless but I bet green antifreeze would get them. Problem with that is, they'd drink it and crawl under something and expire and then stink.

 

[jyoutz]

I have the best success with these traps baited with only peanut butter. They’re easy to use and no snapped fingers. I keep them on the front porch and back patio all season long.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q3M6QYK?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1

Peanut butter seems to catch everything. Last week I caught 2 squirrels in one trap with peanut butter on a cracker.

 

[RjCorazza]

I seem to have the most success with the old school Victor snap traps with the metal bait peddle, and the Victor electronic zapping type traps. I also seem to catch more mice if I relocate the traps around in the space frequently.
The electronic traps operate on batteries that supposedly are good for 100 mice before needing changed out.

 

[ponytug]

I also have good luck with the old school Victor traps, as well as the newer self setting versions using a bait mix of oatmeal and peanut butter that is stiff enough not to be easily dislodged. I use tube traps for rats and squirrels.

All the best,

Peter

 

[ultrarunner]

I like snap traps but management has banned them.

CEO said Decon but the reformulated California version has little effect.

 

[Oaktree]

the snap traps kill them and I toss trap and them in the refuse can

You do realize the traps can be re-used? Empty mouse, rebait, catch another.

I wish I could keep barn cats. The coyotes and owls get them all.

As far as longevity goes, I've found female cats are less likely to become prey. Male cats I've had tend to wander further, even after being fixed.

One issue I've had this winter is traps disappearing. Set it, check a few days later and it's gone. Dunno what it's catching that's strong enough to get away while in the trap...they're in the basement so no large vermin. Been too cold down there over the winter to try and find where they went.
Guess I'm going to have to start tethering them.

All in all though, mice haven't been a big problem here, despite being out in the country. I don't think my cats are getting them all, so there must be other predators keeping the population down. Fine by me.

 

[5030]

I realize you can re use a trap but usually the squished mouse leaks all over the trap so I can it and the mouse. Besides, if bought in quantity, they are pretty cheap. I paid 70 cents each for the last shipment I got from Amascon with free shipping.