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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

Have not read the replys. 1) cats are your friends.
2) a mixture of 3 parts plaster of paris and 1 part oatmeal locks their guts up good.


81 posted on 01/17/2024 2:41:28 PM PST by sasquatch
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To: week 71

Find the source of their entry into your home.
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I have a 35 foot travel trailer with sliders on both sides that expand the interior space. I’ve been trying to figure out how to stop the mice from coming in for the last 8 years without success. I’m sure it is around one of the sliders but the seal looks to be tight all around both when the sliders are in or out. I’m thinking about using one of the sonic devices but I normally switch the power off all winter. What I typically end up doing when closing down in the late fall is a mix of things that get put under the camper.... multi-catch mouse traps, glue traps and Tomcat mouse poison.

I tell ya, opening up the trailer in the spring is always ‘interesting’ to see what surprises might be found there. I sure would like to figure this one out..... not sure what I’m going to do.


82 posted on 01/17/2024 2:42:33 PM PST by hecticskeptic (Q. What’s the difference between a conspiracy theory and the truth? A. About 6 months....)
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To: sasquatch

While in school we had mice in my apartment. Watching football games in the winter, I would see mice running across the floor. So I put a piece of cheese out. Mouse came out, grabbed the cheese and ran off. After a couple of times of that I put a piece of cheese that had been soaked in a jar of jalapeno juice. The mouse ran out, grabbed the cheese and neve came back for another piece.


83 posted on 01/17/2024 2:45:32 PM PST by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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To: week 71

First it is essential that you plug any holes/gaps,etc. the mice are using to gain entry. Remember if the mouse can get its head through it can get its body through.
Second remove any food source. Including pet food. You will probably have to store grains and other pantry food in metal or glass containers as mice can chew through plastic. Third old style traps work best. If you don’t want to see dead mice there are traps that the mouse has to enter. Don’t use glue traps!! Fourth have an exterminator check for nests in the attic and other out of the way spots.
Fifth, Trim back any trees that mice can be using as a way to get to your roof and into the attic.

Oh and borrow a terrier.


84 posted on 01/17/2024 2:46:21 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Fai Mao

Be very careful when using marshmallows. Alligators like them too.


85 posted on 01/17/2024 2:47:18 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: All

This worked for me, no cat available, many years ago...

Placed a couple of planks across kitchen from counter to table, but they didn’t quite join up, paper towel made it look like a bridge was there ... pail was set below paper towel and it caught the offending party. I was in a humane mood and only put a small amount of water in pail to cushion the fall. A live mouse was found the next morning, unable to get out of pail, and was escorted out of the O’Donnellate to join the rest of the natural kingdom in their intended environment.

Fun, but a cat is a better solution. If less humane, you can fill pail with water, mice don’t swim.


86 posted on 01/17/2024 2:49:12 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (Prayers up for Jim Robinson and family ... an island of sanity in a sea of madness. )
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To: sasquatch

Forgot. One cat used to bring mice in the house (cat door) and let them loose for indoor sports. A thrown towel slows them down and then spike them. Cat was disappointed..


87 posted on 01/17/2024 2:50:21 PM PST by sasquatch
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To: week 71

There are never just two mice.


88 posted on 01/17/2024 2:51:32 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: week 71

My wife and I returned home from a two day wildfire evacuation to find that mice had taken over our home.

She used the Victor mousetraps baited with peanut butter and eventually caught over 30 mice.

In some cases, my wife observed that some of her traps went missing. We discovered that mousetraps are a good source of food for rats. We ordered about a dozen Victor rat traps and baited them with almonds which we hot-glued to the triggers.

Oddly, we never found a rat caught in the trap. Every one of them was found dead lying next to the trap. We theorize that the bail hit them in the head killing them almost instantly.

Rats are much more intelligent than mice and can chew the plastic lid off of a Home Depot plastic bucket. The cage/trap door rat trap I bought never got used. The problem went away before it was delivered. I kept it just in case.


89 posted on 01/17/2024 2:52:52 PM PST by William Tell
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To: NorthMountain

Just remember, The Early Bird Gets The Worm, but The Second Mouse Gets The Cheese!


90 posted on 01/17/2024 2:53:18 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: week 71

Last time I had a mouse in the house, I used a combination of glue traps and snap traps. One snap trap in a corner baited with peanutbutter, and surrounded by glue traps. The little bastard maneuvered around the glue traps a few times, but eventually he got sloppy, and got his head caught in the snap trap.


91 posted on 01/17/2024 2:54:10 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: Boomer

Bttt


92 posted on 01/17/2024 2:54:22 PM PST by Mears
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To: William Tell

Heck it I suspected rats (which I don’t) I would hire a professional. A few mice, I can deal with.


93 posted on 01/17/2024 3:01:18 PM PST by week 71
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To: lastchance

No gators in our neighborhood. No creek or bayou near us.


94 posted on 01/17/2024 3:02:21 PM PST by Fai Mao (Starve the Beast and steal its food.)
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To: alternatives?

I love those Shawn Woods vids! Mousetrap Monday! I watch it when it shows up, and I don’t have any mice. It’s fascinating to see all the ingenious devices people come up with.
Mice should be easy to catch/kill. It’s rats, skunks, squirrels and coons that are challenging.


95 posted on 01/17/2024 3:05:12 PM PST by Buttons12 ( )
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To: Fai Mao

What about sewers? Did you forget about the sewers?


96 posted on 01/17/2024 3:09:01 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: SuperLuminal

Peanut butter with a plastic pad triggering trap. Never had one miss.


97 posted on 01/17/2024 3:10:33 PM PST by reviled downesdad (Some of the lost will never believe the Truth and will hate you for it.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Florida seems to have snake surplus. Go catch a couple pythons and turn them loose in the housel


98 posted on 01/17/2024 3:12:16 PM PST by oldasrocks
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To: chopperk

“Cats are natural mousers. Keep the cat healthy and he will do his job.”

I’ve got two cats and they are natural mousers but they bring mice into the house to play with. When the mouse runs under the coach the cats go back outside to find another one to play with.

My house is full of mouse traps to try to stay up with the cats toys.


99 posted on 01/17/2024 3:14:39 PM PST by bosco24
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To: week 71

My farm relatives use feral cats. Mice get into the horse chow, live well with hay and alfalfa aplenty, but the cats keep the population down.
If your house is old, try to secure the foundation, and fill in around all the pipes and ducts. Keep plants away from the house wall; plants often shelter bugs and mice eat bugs and plants.
Also, there are substances mice don’t appreciate, smells that deter them.


100 posted on 01/17/2024 3:15:47 PM PST by Buttons12 ( )
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