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chipenter:
Penut butter worked for us the first one the trap disapeared , so we tied the trap to a brick and covered it to stop the cats getting to it , got 6 more 1 adult the rest babys .
RussellT:
I've caught a lot of mice over the last two years in the sail store at my sailing club. The most unusual was catching one mouse in two traps. It got its tail in one trap, dragged that about 8 feet to another and stuck its head in that one.
I've found cheese to be perfectly good as bait although people are often telling me I should use Mars Bar or Raisins or chocolate coated raisins. I catch enough already without attracting more with luxury foods. It helps if the cheese is hard and so is secure on the spike.
I have found that the famous misquote "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door" is incorrect. Mousetraps aren't all that good and quite often the bait is taken without catching the mouse - but they are adequately good.
I like the type Ade has got because they're easy to set without risking your fingers. However the Little Nipper and its Rat Trap version have a platform which the rat/mouse has to put it's feet on which may in theory make them more effective. I have both the types I've shown below but I can't say that I've noticed one being more effective than the other.
I think the easiest way to increase your success rate is to set multiple traps.
Russell
awemawson:
An office cat is the answer.
We have a continual onslaught from rats on the farm as there is a fair amount of animal feed about. Once the cat took up residence in a Portakabin with outside access the problem reduced markedly..
Pete W.:
What do you think of this one:
Jo:
I have used numerous traps: For large infestations I like the coke can (with peanut butter on it) on a spindle that can freely spin over a deep bucket of water that is designed to test their long term swimming skills, the water being deep enough that they cannot cheat and put their toes on the bottom. But normally I am lazy I use poison: they can come, eat what they like, then can go and sleep it off else where :coffee:
Long term the spinning coke can over the tank is good for a couple of weeks :thumbup: Not sure what you can use for the duration of your planned honey moon :bugeye:
Jo
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