[Bodleian_Girl]

Peanut butter all over the end of a big trap

[Sacajaweau]

Found out that mice LOVE chocolate. A mouse actually dragged a still wrapped dark chocolate candy bar across the counter and under the electric burner on the stove to try to get it to his condo behind the stove.

He had nibbled it. Alas...it wouldn't fit and it had made a noise trying...I flipped out when I saw the freshly nibbled candy bar under the stove burner grate.

The maintenance man was stunned, found the door to the mouse's condo under the stove....blocked it with steel wool and insulation.

Little bas***** they can be.

[tstarr]

I bought an electric trap at Lowe’s or Home Depot. It uses 4 D batteries. Smear some peanut butter on the bait end, turn it on, and wait for the rat to get electrocuted. Sometimes I have to place it up against a wall so they don’t get the PB without going inside the electrocution tube, but once I do that I can continue getting them until I have to replace the batteries.

[Red Badger]

That works only once, if you have an infestation of rats. The others learn to equate the smell of peanut butter with death and danger. I know. I tried it. Caught ONE rat. Others would not touch the stuff after that.................

[ronniesgal]

yes PB works!!!

[Jeff Chandler]

Peanut butter all over the end of a big trap

Yep. Peanut butter. Heck, I'd probably get caught in that trap.