MICE!

[Gatekeeper777]

Survival of the fastest! lol

Gatekeeper777 Reviewed by Gatekeeper777 on 11-04-2008. MICE! ugh found mice in my house the other day... got those snap traps already got one mouse but im sure there are more because i put peanut butter on the traps and some of them have the peanut butter gone the next day (i know how shitty are those traps hey that the mouse can steal the food off it!) anyway anyone have advice for getting rid of mice? perhaps what has worked well for you.. thanks! Rating: 5

[smok3y]

The glue traps work best dude, Plus it dosent kill them.. So you can tourcher the little fucker first before u throw it out..

[LolaGal]

I don't think the cat idea works unless you don't feed the cat anything but mice. Otherwise they are lazy bastards and will play with the mice if they are not hungry. I got a cool device that has a battery and when the mice enters he steps on a electrified plate and ZAP! instant coronary, plus no icky blood. I have also had good luck with putting a shelled sunflower seed in the regular traps. If you really wedge that rascal in the bait section, works great!

[bloodbrother]

as much as they piss me off i don't know if im that into torture its bad karma.. well worse for your karma than killing them quickly. and ill probably just end up getting tangled in the glue traps anyway those sticky traps for gnats and thrips are bad enough!!

well i killed 2 and there doesnt seem to be any more eating the bate off the trap so hopefully it was limited to the two but we will see it just snowed today so any others in the house probably here to stay hopefully get chomped sooner than later!

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

oh thank god its not rats... ya maybe ill get a cat but im thinking of getting a baby pitbul later on so i dont know if they would get along too well? but ya maybe ill just borrow a friends cat or something.. how long would it take fora kitten to start killing them?

If you get them around the same time, and further if they are both young, they will grow up to be the best of friends.

[Breukelen advocaat]

Jack Rusell dogs are good for getting mice and rats. That's what they were developed for in Europe, and do it instinctivly. Certain other dogs can do it well, also, but I know my neighbor's Jack killed at least one mouse in their apartment. They'll even go after squirrels in the street, so it's important to keep them leashed.

Most cats have to be taught as kittens, by their mother, how to kill rodents. A weed dealer that I used to know had house cats that were ineffective at killing mice, and would just play with them It was funny, this guy would yell at the cat, "THIS is what YOU'RE supposed to do!", while hitting the mouse with an object.

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

this guy would yell at the cat, "THIS is what YOU'RE supposed to do!", while hitting the mouse with an object.

i feel sorry for the mouse... and the cats for that matter...

[LolaGal]

I have one other regular mouse trap trick....I live in the country ya'll.

Take a little, tiny piece of gauze and fill it with a few shelled sunflowers, add a dab of peanut butter. Wrap the gauze around the filling and make a tiny, tiny bag. Tie the bag closed with a piece of sewing thread.

Tie the little bag to the bait section of the regular mouse trap. Use the sewing thread that you left a little longer to make tying to the trap easier. Tie a few knots.

You now a have a tiny bait bag tied to the bait section. Set trap normally. That ole mouse will try and pull the little bag off and take it with him. Works every time, but is messy and time consuming. Don't leave tiny bag hanging, tie tightly to bait section.

This works especially well for clever mice who lick the peanut butter off trap without springing. Those smart ones are hard to catch, gotta pull out the big guns! Can usually be reused, mouse never gets it off. Good Luck killing....

[dragonrider]

I have one other regular mouse trap trick....I live in the country ya'll.

Take a little, tiny piece of gauze and fill it with a few shelled sunflowers, add a dab of peanut butter. Wrap the gauze around the filling and make a tiny, tiny bag. Tie the bag closed with a piece of sewing thread.

Tie the little bag to the bait section of the regular mouse trap. Use the sewing thread that you left a little longer to make tying to the trap easier. Tie a few knots.

You now a have a tiny bait bag tied to the bait section. Set trap normally. That ole mouse will try and pull the little bag off and take it with him. Works every time, but is messy and time consuming. Don't leave tiny bag hanging, tie tightly to bait section.

This works especially well for clever mice who lick the peanut butter off trap without springing. Those smart ones are hard to catch, gotta pull out the big guns! Can usually be reused, mouse never gets it off. Good Luck killing....

Yes. It is important that the bait be SECURED to the trap. I use a small piece of bread and use a wire twist-tie to wrap it to the "pedal" or "trigger" part of the trap (whatever that is called). That seems to work pretty good. It needs to be secured so that the critter will have to tug on it a bit to get it loose.

I used bread because that is what they had gotten into in the kitchen, so I figured that is what they wanted. It worked pretty well. I suppose you could put a little peanut butter on the bread too, maybe some jelly, and make your mouse a nice sandwich --- kind of a nice last meal.

Also, rats and mice do not cross the middles of floors or any kind of open space. They hug the walls and edges, and they try to stay under cover. After you bait the trap, slide it up against the wall or under the toe-kick of a cabinet. And put the bait end closest to the wall. That way when the little bastard comes scuttling along the edge of the wall, he'll run right into the bait and stop for a snack. SNAP!

Another thing you should do is try to figure out how they get into the house. Even a tiny hole is enough. We found small gaps around the places where the pipes came out through the drywall. We also found gaps and holes in hidden parts of our cabinetry where there were openings to the space under the cabinet or behind it. As much as possible, try to find those holes and fill them with expanding foam. You can also stuff the gaps with steel wool, but do not use it against other metal pipes. Rodents can chew through expanding foam if it is blocking one of their favorite routes, but they don't like chewing on steel wool. However, I think it is a bad idea to leave steel wool in long-term contact with pipes because dissimilar metals can corrode each other.

Good luck killing your mice! When you pick up the trap and carry your dead mouse out to the garbage, before you toss it in, it's fun to yell, "Tell your friends!"

[rebgirl420]

Get a no kill trap so you can release Mr.Mouse back outside.

Glue traps are cruel and it's a slow agonizing death. And rodents have even been known to chew off their own limbs to attempt to get free.