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Any Ideas for Catching Mice?
Vanity | 1/17/24 | Week71

Posted on 01/17/2024 1:05:02 PM PST by week 71

Woke up the other morning with my better half screaming, ran into the kitchen and she was on her hands and knees on the kitchen counter due to Mickey.

I have taken two down so far. I used peanut butter and Nutella to bait them. Maybe that is all, but need to be sure.


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To: week 71
Living in the country means mice.

These Tomcat mouse traps baited with PB work great for me.

https://www.amazon.com/Tomcat-0361510-Mouse-Snap-Traps/dp/B01N4GVAP9/ref=sr_1_6?crid=2IAEBDWLS8LCL&keywords=tomcat%2Bmouse%2Btrap&qid=1705526224&sprefix=tomcat%2Bmouse%2Btrap%2Caps%2C88&sr=8-6&th=1

They're advertised as "disposible", but I've been reusing them for years. Stick em in the dishwasher if they're gross.

21 posted on 01/17/2024 1:19:39 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
01% Bromethalin Active Bait Blocks, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008RH5G34/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

Bromethalin is not a constant-feed anticoagulant, but a neurotoxin, quick kill. Suggest maybe crush block in plastic bag dizzle a little warm peanut butter over it, and put in trap.

For rats:

J T Eaton 750 Top Gun All Weather Rodenticide Bait Block Bromethalin Neurological Bait with Stop-Feed Action and Bitrex, For Mice and Rats (Pail of 128) Visit the JT Eaton Store

EPA is planning on banning these over 1lb and without a bait station.

Pray and place wisely.

22 posted on 01/17/2024 1:19:44 PM PST by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: week 71
Fill the 5-gallon bucket halfway with water, and check in the morning. Enjoy!


23 posted on 01/17/2024 1:20:07 PM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: daniel1212

Oof.


24 posted on 01/17/2024 1:21:15 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: week 71
But also diligemryl look for any holes inside and out larger than your little finger, and fill Smart Dispenser 12 oz. Pestblock Insulating Spray Foam Sealant

I have lived in a "low-income" city of approx. 20k ppl per sq. mile for 30 years. And I mean pray and place.

25 posted on 01/17/2024 1:23:16 PM PST by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: week 71

You need my little dog. She is a great mouser.
My experience... I had a pack rat that avoided everything. I put out the bait and it just stuffed it for later. I tried glue traps and it just ripped its fur out to escape. I put snap traps and it chewed its tail off to excape. That bastard destroyed thousands of dollars of my equipment eating wires and air tubing. SO... I took the plastic (silicone insulated wire) it liked and got an electric trap. First night I put it out that sucker got zapped. A few days later another one got in the shop and it too got zapped.

For mice... Snap traps work fine once or twice but if one sees it they all avoid it. Glue traps, as cruel as they are, work well for me and I just dispatch the mice with carbon dioxide from my welding tanks or I will smash it as quickly and humanely as possible. If you have many mice or need to get them in a garden greenhouse or chicken coup the bucket traps are pretty good. They are super easy to make but just in case you aren’t handy here is a link to a few that work well.
https://youtu.be/clTq6Gzm0SA?si=5nTsYV9WZhWVuj3p


26 posted on 01/17/2024 1:23:30 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eye)
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To: week 71

And some nifty traps from Temu


27 posted on 01/17/2024 1:23:34 PM PST by Fai Mao (Starve the Beast and steal its food.)
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To: Beowulf9

do you have pets? i have wondered if dogs could tolerate it


28 posted on 01/17/2024 1:23:35 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: week 71

I’ve heard salty, uncooked oatmeal and a pan of fresh water...bloats em up real good.


29 posted on 01/17/2024 1:25:08 PM PST by gnickgnack2 (They’re pushing us because they want us to push back. Then comes martial law. They see it as a win-w)
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To: daniel1212

diligemryl is what I can type in a rush with stiff arthritic typo-fingers. Means “diligently.”


30 posted on 01/17/2024 1:26:30 PM PST by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Bicolor cats are the best mousers, from what I’ve seen


31 posted on 01/17/2024 1:28:30 PM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: week 71

Real butter works much better than peanut butter, remember mice are mammals.


32 posted on 01/17/2024 1:30:15 PM PST by Kenny500c ( )
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To: week 71
Cat. Not a cute fluffy Persian with breathing problems but an American short-hair.

We live in the country too in an older farm house and have two inside and two barn cats.

33 posted on 01/17/2024 1:30:57 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
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To: week 71

Dad jokes.


34 posted on 01/17/2024 1:31:10 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: week 71

That is challenging.

I had one field mouse get into my house and I left him alone for about 3 months to learn about what damage he could cause and he sampled everything he could among the edibles, nibbling his little holes into every box and bag.

Finally, I ordered the mouse traps from Amazon, and within an hour or two of setting one at his hiding area, he was cleanly killed with a broken neck.


35 posted on 01/17/2024 1:31:18 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: right way right
I am amazed at how they can rob traps like they do.

It's their job, it's what they do.

36 posted on 01/17/2024 1:36:35 PM PST by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
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To: JonPreston

What’s that one called?


37 posted on 01/17/2024 1:37:06 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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To: week 71

Your local animal shelter has wonderful cats you can adopt. Go get a big cat.

If you don’t want a cat in the house, get a big long-haired cat and keep it outside. Feed it every day to keep it around and if it gets cold, get a cat house to put outside.

I have an indoor cat and feed a beautiful feral cat, “Blackie,” every night. Long coat, beautiful boy. It got down to 9 below zero a few times and he’s still OK. My neighbor feeds him and bought a house for him too. No mouse would stand a chance with Blackie on patrol.


38 posted on 01/17/2024 1:37:11 PM PST by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I 2nd this. Plus glue traps and bucket traps.


39 posted on 01/17/2024 1:38:36 PM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Roberor thert Heinlein)
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To: week 71

The sticky traps work well although you have to dispatch them outside after you catch them. I always delegate that little task to Mr. GG2. 😏


40 posted on 01/17/2024 1:39:37 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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