- Thread starter rick1
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Granola, one that is aromatic, meaning you can smell it when you break it apart. Its hard and crumbly, but once you stuff a piece inside that little clasp like thing that receives the bail of the snap, they'll go for it and often times it remains, so you just reset the trap. Cascadian farms granola is what I've used. I've kept a chunk in the refrigerator for years now, break off a piece as needed. No, its not as easy to bait as peanut butter which you just apply a dab of, but the spices and aroma of it works for months, I've seen it in my basement, one lone mouse in a trap last fall, the darned thing was baited the previous spring. Works great in live traps, just put the granola inside where it goes, and you'll fill that trap with mice if there are many around. I've set these like that and had instant results, caught a whole family, young and mature when I had a hole in the garage door gasket, suckers were in column formation going in and out, but were stopped quickly. Those live traps at TSC, they're ok, but I've had mice chew the tabs on the cover to get out, glue some metal in place of or to those tabs, then they work great and the mice cannot chew their way out.
Russ from MN
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- Bemidji MN
Put a couple of drops of honey on the peanut butter.
Yes sprinkle the peanut butter with some Dino-Vite for cats. They LOVE the stuff. Another thing is cook a little bacon and stuff it into the little loop on the trigger. They like stuff that smells Really good. I have even used some salami and they liked that too. Both pictures show catches using bacon and Dyno-Vite. It is that tan powder on the trap. I even called the company and told them how good it works and the lady was laughing her .... off! Get back to us!
Bruce from Can.
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- Woodville, Ontario, Canada
We have tied a piece of cooked bacon on the trap.Maybe try a new trap. Could it be some thing bigger than a mouse ?
Tracy Brown
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one thing that I have experienced, once you catch a mouse in a trap, another mouse will no touch that trap. Maybe they smell trouble, don't know. When I catch one, I throw away mouse and trap. This may not be the case with others but it has been with me.
Bob Harvey
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Have had great success with a Raisin. And I have been using the same traps for years.
MichiganMike
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I've used sausage before it works great. I've pulled the nuts out of peanut butter and put them in the hole of the Victor trap... That works good also...
My favorite is I fry up some pumkin/zuke seeds in bacon or sausage greese. I then take a bread twister and burn the plastic off of it. I then put a hole in the seed with a needle and hook the seed to the trap pan with the wire... These are for long term baiting. They last a very long time. I keep them set for the occational visitor...You could get a small bag of the salted pumkin seeds and soak them in some lard/greese,as bait...MTP
My favorite is I fry up some pumkin/zuke seeds in bacon or sausage greese. I then take a bread twister and burn the plastic off of it. I then put a hole in the seed with a needle and hook the seed to the trap pan with the wire... These are for long term baiting. They last a very long time. I keep them set for the occational visitor...You could get a small bag of the salted pumkin seeds and soak them in some lard/greese,as bait...MTP
I had one (probably some) that did that way. I put everything from bread to peanut butter to cheese to whatever I could figure they were looking for. One was pretty brazen, running down the hall while we were watching TV. I finally figured out I could set three traps close to one another, while avoiding the one with the bait on it I caught several in the unbaited traps.
I usually put poison under the house, but this bunch was smarter.
On a side note, poison works fine most of the time. I put it in two foot pieces of 2 inch PVC pipe. That way the stray cat or other animal won't get into it, but the mice and rats can come and go.
I usually put poison under the house, but this bunch was smarter.
On a side note, poison works fine most of the time. I put it in two foot pieces of 2 inch PVC pipe. That way the stray cat or other animal won't get into it, but the mice and rats can come and go.
farmerwithmutt
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One tip i heard that works good is when you bait the trap wear an old pair of gloves barn are the best that way your smell is not on the trap. I wonder do you use lotion on your hands? If so maybe there picking up on the scent? You might be marking the traps without knowing it.
Goose
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All this reminds me of a story our VP of Underwriting told when I worked for an insurance company.
He said once when he was a kid, he stayed with his aunt and uncle on a farm by Cozad, NE. One evening they were watching TV when his aunt yelled, "There goes a mouse!"
Dennis said his uncle never said a word, just pulled a .22 revolver out of his pants pocket, splattered the mouse on the baseboard, put the revolver back in his pocket, and turned back to the TV set.
Dennis said he loved staying there 'cause it was always so interesting.
He said once when he was a kid, he stayed with his aunt and uncle on a farm by Cozad, NE. One evening they were watching TV when his aunt yelled, "There goes a mouse!"
Dennis said his uncle never said a word, just pulled a .22 revolver out of his pants pocket, splattered the mouse on the baseboard, put the revolver back in his pocket, and turned back to the TV set.
Dennis said he loved staying there 'cause it was always so interesting.
Donald in MN
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i use milky way bars for bait just pinch the caramel and nugget then put it on the trigger mice love it. after you bait the trap eat the rest of the candy bar its a win win
old popper
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My Dad lived alone the last 20 years or so, and as a shooting enthusiast, carried a Savage model 101 single shot .22 pistol loaded with birdshot. Killed many mice with it. He said that was more fun than going out hunting, cause you didn't go out in the cold and briers and thorns. No hunting license required.
Wear some rubber gloves when you bait the traps. Mice can smell very well. You carry scents that they can smell. I never thought about it until a few years ago. This really true if your a mechanic and then you have oil/grease smell even after you have washed. IF you use scented soap there is another thing they will shy away from.
I would suggest NOT putting poison under the house. You're drawing them in and you don't want that. Take a five gallon bucket and put a wire at the top from side to side with bait in the middle. Put a ramp up to the bucket. Fill the bucket with a few inches of water and antifreeze like you'd put in your car so it doesn't freeze in the winter. You guessed it, you'll have a bunch of mice in it and they never smell like it does with poison. My son has a manufactured home and always had stinking mice in the air ducts. An old timer gave him that solution. Works every time! (Keep from pets.)
Irv
Irv
37chief
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- California
I think they should outlaw those sticky traps. Most catch the mouse and toss it in the garbage to starve to death, Yea I know it's only a mouse. Stan
I like the idea of "tying the bait to the trigger."
I put a couple of drops of chocolate syrup on the trigger, and that way the varmint has to "grab" the trigger to get the sweet.
I had a rent house years ago and the elderly couple told me they had rats. I put out a few packages of poison and set up a small child's plastic pool filled about halfway with water and put a board leading into it. The next morning the pool was full of dead rats and mice.
I like the antifreeze idea too.
Scott
I put a couple of drops of chocolate syrup on the trigger, and that way the varmint has to "grab" the trigger to get the sweet.
I had a rent house years ago and the elderly couple told me they had rats. I put out a few packages of poison and set up a small child's plastic pool filled about halfway with water and put a board leading into it. The next morning the pool was full of dead rats and mice.
I like the antifreeze idea too.
Scott
jimg.allentown
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Jeff, I have had the best success with the traps with the plastic paddle.
1) They are pre-baited. They are permeated with pheromones that attract the mice. No further baiting is required.
2) They are much more sensitive than the ones with the metal trigger/bait pan.
I haven't had a mouse in the house in over a year now.
1) They are pre-baited. They are permeated with pheromones that attract the mice. No further baiting is required.
2) They are much more sensitive than the ones with the metal trigger/bait pan.
I haven't had a mouse in the house in over a year now.
rustyfarmall
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Forget the traps. Set out a couple chunks of bait. End of mouse. More than likely there will be no smell, and if there is, it will be gone in a day or two.
Good thing about the bait is that will eliminate the whole family of mice. If you see ONE mouse, you probably have at least TEN.
Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Hungry cats outside do a good number on the mouse population. The best automatic trap I have seen is a 5 gallon bucket with a beer can with a dowel through it top to bottom. Smear some peanut butter on the beer can, put it on the dowel so it can rotate in the center of the bucket. Put a ramp up to the edge of the bucket and some antifreeze in the bottom. The mouse runs up the ramp, jumps to the can in the middle, the can rotates and dumps him in the antifreeze.
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