Re: How to Get Rid of a Mouse Inside Home

Posted by Chris-se-ILL on December 12, 2003 at 07:07:05 from (216.174.170.195):

In Reply to: How to Get Rid of a Mouse Inside Home posted by Russ(NC) on December 12, 2003 at 04:26:31:

In the grain bin facility and the barns I use D-Con poison. But in the house I do not want the rotting carcasses stinking up the house!!!

I have found an almost fool-proof way of catching mice with plain old snap-traps. I used to have a lot of misses with a snap trap. The little buggers would just lick the soft peanut butter off the trigger, I would nearly snap myself in the trap trying to set a "hair-trigger". Many times I would find a snapped trap with no mouse in it... But one time I watched a mouse at the trap... and it climbed on the bail and spring to get to the food (bait). When the trigger released... it launched the mouse and the trap was empty (most likely teaching the mouse to stay away from traps).

I figured that I needed to focus access, to the bait, for the mouse... The access needed to be at end of the trap where the bail would hit the mouse in the head. With this reasoning in mind I cut a small box (a 12 gauge shotgun shell box), so that it had no top and only 3 sides, so that the "set" trap could then be slid into the box with just the trigger end of the trap exposed. The 12g shotgun shell box is the perfect size for a snap trap! I cut it so that there are 3 sides to the box (plus having a bottom). A mouse will circle a structure before climbing over it (looking for access). It will come to the open end of the box and enter the trap with nothing in the way to stop the bail from killing it!!!! Works nearly every time (rough figure: 99% of the time).

I also did start using pecan nuts in the trigger... the pecan is hard, compared to peanut butter. And the mouse cannot just lick the pecan off the trigger like it can do with peanut butter. The mouse has to use its teeth to try to dislodge the pecan, and in doing so... trips the trigger! I never worry about setting a "hair-trigger" anymore! I do squeeze the pecan lightly as I put it in the trigger so that some of the nut's oils are released for an aromatic effect to draw the mouse into the trap.

Good luck! If you need pics of the trap setup I can post some!

Works like a charm!!!!

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