You just put a glob of peanut butter under that black cap which flips up and when they stick their noses in there it triggers the snap bar....
Posted on 03/18/2009 4:32:35 AM PDT by Doogle
You just put a glob of peanut butter under that black cap which flips up and when they stick their noses in there it triggers the snap bar....
P’Nut Butter - Crunchy or Otherwise!
Bacon, preferably bacon rind. Tie it to the trigger with thread and you may never have to re bait the trap.
...nope, didn’t see it, and up to this point I would have denied everything.
A ghirardelli dark chocolate chip.
Okay, I’ll take the flames...but I have found that the sticky pads (get the large rat sized ones) lined along the path you think they enter your space (along a wall, under the back wall of a sink area). They work the best in that you just throw the whole ‘thing’ away.
Don’t tell me they are cruel. I did not invite the mice in; they entered my domain at their peril.
Seriously, I got rid of a small problem really quickly.
I wanna kill it ,not marry it
Peanut Butter.
“Cash”
Well, that would probably catch me. :D
Seriously though. Peanut butter doesn’t always work, but then most things don’t. If for some reason they’re not hitting that, try a small cooked piece of sausage or bacon (not cooked till too hard). If you think the nest is in a crawlspace then you could just buy some bait packs and place them in there, either on the ground against the foundation or if it’s wet, on the sill plates. For 1500-1800 sq ft house 6-10 pack ought to do it. Most of these type baits are an anti-coagulant. If the nest is in fact in a wall, that will probably be where they die. 10-15% chance of that happening and you smelling it.
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peanut butter.
It doesn’t dry out.
Cheese attracting mice is more of a myth. And it dries out quickly.
That's kinda slow for a 30-06.
Hubby got an electronic mouse trap that zots them. He uses peanut butter.
5am.
"Honey? NiHM has another dead mouse on the bed."
Uh, wife? It's not dead."
True story. Cats share.
peanut butter , but use the new traps with a hole in the middle so its real hard to get out ,,, and if that dont work , like i had huge rats that just kicked off the trap and finished the peanutbutter ,, i used bait ,, that killed them off for good ,,, best of luck
I tried a picture of a slice of cheese, but all I caught was a picture of a mouse!
Is that for mice or rats? (/s)
The old fashioned wood and spring trap baited with peanut butter has worked better than anything for me. HINT: use "sticky" peanut butter and smear it on the underside of the pan (the flipper thing where the bait goes) for a 100% catch rate. Another trick is to attach the trap to a vertical surface (wall, stair riser, etc.) so that the bottom edge is an inch or two from the floor. The mouse has to "stand up" to get to the bait and puts more of its vermin self in the path of the bar when it snaps.
peanut butter - works everytime.
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