Canada EH!
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| posted on 14/10/09 at 02:05 AM |
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Ultimate mouse trap. 1, 5 gallon pail fill half full with water and antifreeze mix, take an old soda can punch a hole in the top and bottom and but a
piece of 1/8" wire through the can, place peanut butter around the can, hook the wire to both sides of the pail, now take a piece of wood and
place it at an angle (like a ladder) to the top of the pail.
Mouse climbs up the wood jumps onto the can which rotates, mouse falls in the water and drowns, works all winter, won't freeze and will collect
several mice.
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 14/10/09 at 05:25 AM |
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We have found that killing them with snappy traps s the Only way, chocolate works well those muselea bars with chocolate on were my best bate.
We get them regularly, as next doors is like a tramps house but since buying one of those funny sonic plug in devises, not the cheap ones mind. We
have had no more problems.
If you get really desperate you can buy those sticky sheets, but they are banned in most countries for being too cruel. Uk allows them but the mouse
dies of blood loss and stress by trying to chew there own limbs off to get free or ripping their own skin off.
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clairetoo
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| posted on 14/10/09 at 05:52 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
no its in a storage building and they eaten all my furniture
Thanks for the advice
Is it normal for them to disguise the bait though? Never heard of this, they have piled leaves, twigs fluff etc expertly exactly covering the
footprint of the 6 bait trays.
Thats not something I've seen or heard of before 
Poison gets my vote though - and when you find where they are getting in , fill the gaps with silicon (if they try to chew though it , it will poison
them  )
I tried traps but they totally ignored them 
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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907
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| posted on 14/10/09 at 08:00 AM |
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A man walks into the Patent Office to register his new invetion.
"What have you got"? said the man at the desk.
"A new type of mouse trap."
"Show me."
The man takes out a wedge shaped piece of wood with a razor blade sticking up from the top edge.
He places it on the desk and puts a piece of cheese in front of it.
"How does that work then" said the patent man.
"The mouse walks up the wedge, looks over the top at the cheese, and cuts it's throat."
"That will never work. That part of a mouse is the toughest piece of skin on its whole body.
One week later he's back.
"I've re-designed it," he said to the man at the desk,
and took from his bag a wedge of wood, with a razor blade on the top edge, but no cheese.
"How does that work then?"
Ah! said the man with a confident smile.
The mouse walks up the wedge of wood, looks over the top,
looks left, looks right, left, right, and says... "Where's the 'kin cheese gone."
I'll get my coat.
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woodster
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| posted on 14/10/09 at 09:23 AM |
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little nipper trap and a bit of jaffa cake ......... 6-0 to the woodster
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flak monkey
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| posted on 14/10/09 at 09:26 AM |
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Jep the only way is to kill them.
Poisoning is mean and they stagger around for ages.
Either get a proper old fashioned quick kill trap and bait with peanut butter or choc. You can get electric ones too.
Or do what I do and shoot them, if they arent on your property option 2 might not be feasible though.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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swanny
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| posted on 14/10/09 at 11:42 AM |
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we've got two cats who regularly bring mice, birds and frogs in.
one cat will play for ages with a mouse but not ever try to kill it.
other old fat cat (and ex rescue) cat which watch from a distance until bored then steam over and eat the thing whole.
he always leaves one organ on the floor, dont know what it is, must be something they sick up, because having watched him eat a mouse its head first
and no time for 'carving'
paul
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miikae
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| posted on 14/10/09 at 12:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by swanny
he always leaves one organ on the floor, dont know what it is, must be something they sick up, because having watched him eat a mouse its head first
and no time for 'carving'
paul
It's possibly the stomach sack or the gall bladder as they both can contain nasty stuff, so those cats aint daft are they.
Mike
If it can be done it i will be done .
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Liam
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| posted on 14/10/09 at 02:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
noooooo
catch and release!
Quite - I tried those humane traps once. Got one first go, went to let the blighter out to freedom and he dropped out dead. The mouse and every
surface of the inside of the trap was covered in mouse poo. So the little mousey had spent its last night crapping itself in terror trying to get out
of, well, what became its coffin. Killed by fear, exhaustion and/or being poisoned by its own excrement. I've never felt quite so bad for the
little fellows when they just get their necks broken instantly! And besides, after that they learnt to empty the humane traps without getting caught
anyway - never did get another one that way.
Liam
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 14/10/09 at 02:14 PM |
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Nah I've seen mice get out of humane traps and as said if you don't tend to them they just perish inside.
When I was in Iraq their used to be loads in our tent so I got some traps from the Padre (who had loads of little mice drawn on his wall with crosses
through them ) staked them with chocolate and that was it. I was up all night emptying the bleeders. Just make sure you get a big trap as a few of
mine just crippled and left them screeching, mind a fair few of them exploded too! Mice attract snakes remember and you don't want that 
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02GF74
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| posted on 14/10/09 at 04:32 PM |
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when I returned from finland, I found that some bags of pasta under the stairs had been eaten!! (yeah, I know I shouldn't have put them
there).
Went to local hardware store and bought two of those plastic spring taps. Put them in and within an hour got two mice.
repeated this 2 more times until no longer caught any.
on one occassion, just the head was left, no body!!! no idea where that walked off to!!
also my cat decide to take a look when I was emptying the trap, I show her the dead mouse and as quick as a flash, it is in her gob with the tail
handing out (who remembers the Goodies mouse vole episode?) I grabbed that tail and managed to get the mouse out for disposal.
The 2 traps are still there, untriggered for nearly a year!!
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 14/10/09 at 07:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
The 2 traps are still there, untriggered for nearly a year!!
Would you eat year old mars bar?
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welderman
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| posted on 15/10/09 at 10:26 AM |
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we have rats on a regular basis at work, theres a train line at the back of the workshop, this week we have had 3 babies about 6" long, mum and
dad or the big fooooking big barstewards we call them 10"+ are clever sods and we never get the buggers, 2 traps one basket type and one big
nipper, that works every time.
We also have human remains from time to time as the unmanned level crossing is ideal for suicide.
lol, there was a murder too a few weeks ago.
Thank's, Joe
I don't stalk people
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=172301
Back on with the Fisher Fury R1
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