A Better Mouse Trap ( Archived) (14)

Actually it's the same old Mouse Trap, just a smarter way of using it. Have you ever set out a Mouse Trap only to come back the next day to find the bait is gone and the trap wasn't even set off? A mouse is a very delicate creature, it can pick the bait off the trap without setting it off. But not if the bait is glued to the lever or affixed in some other way, like with a tiny rubber band. The mouse tries to pull the bait off the lever and it wont budge so it pulls a little harder and Bam one less mouse in the house. I find it's also a good idea to place a few tiny pieces of bait on the floor in front of the trap which the mouse will eat without any problems. this will make the mouse confident that it's not a trap and it will go for the morsel stuck on the lever and it's all over.

heaps of times I've found empty set traps , found a few times that rats have half eaten a mouse that has been caught to . Once the starlings start nesting in the roof I stop trapping rats , they deal with the starlings .

I prefer the newer models, because they dont wake you up when you are sleeping...

The mice ????

I can see that working. The mouse gets his teeth hooked on the cotton fibers and when he pulls his head back ...Snap

Simple, just bait it with peanut butter.

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