How can I make a mouse trap most effective? Where do i put it and what is the best bait?
Question:I recently discovered a little mouse in my room, and bought a trap to kill it. I also bought poison but i prefer the trap so i know where to look for a dead rat before it rots away, but how can i make the trap most effective? I heard mice don't like cheese, and since i do not know exactly where the mouse is coming from, where should i put the trap? And also, my trap is a plastic one, with a spring mechanism but with a plastic, not metal bar: is it still guaranteed to kill the mouse? If anyone has used a plastic mouse trap and effectively caught a mouse i would like to know what steps you took to ensure best results. I have locked the mouse in my room, I found it there after I had vacuumed the whole place, so there should be no food except for the trap and the poision. Also and finally, since i have found no visible holes anywhere in my room, what other signs should i look for to identify the mouse nest? Thank you for taking the time to read my question.
Answers:
Ok, mice like to go "along" the walls... (I guess it makes them feel secure and safe if they have thier bodies against something and maybe it acts like a guide to them).
What you do is, put the trap so that the "spring action", (the place you put the bait), is against the wall, so that they will "find" it a lot easier.
Now, mice can be tricky and smart. Its recommended that you put "two" traps together so that if they spring the first one, they will get trapped in the second one! (Yea, its something I didnt know either, until I did some resarch into this subject).
Now, the best thing is peanut butter, or just plain butter. (my Wife and her family swear by this!).
Also, make sure you buy the "right trap"! If your sure its a wee mouse, then get a small one, but, if its a big rat, then get a big trap. Yes, it "does" make a difference, as one will not catch the other!
I wish you well...
Jesse
mice like sweet things like jam
Try something sweet in the trap like chocolate, it does work.
i would put it in the attic or beside the boiler cause there really dark and slightly damp, i have heard people use peanut butter but i don't know why!!, i always use some smelly cheese!
in the trap use try bacon, I'm sure your plastic trap will do the job..if you have a shelf in your closet with clothes on it check there a nest also in your dresser..look for tuffs off paper,cloth, yarn...you'll know it if you find it
Mice love Mars bars
a chocolate chip will work every time!! put your trap along a wall or corner...don't worry, he will find it in no time!! keep in mind thou, even when you catch him, you may want to keep a baited trap around...he may have friends!
You can go to walmart right now and but some VICTOR mousetraps they probably come in a pack of three or something like that. They are very inexpensive and even more effective. I would imagine that the design of that trap hasnt changed since they started making mousetraps. After you get a trap that will actually kill a mouse, put it along a wall because mice like to stay secure like under things and when they do move it is gonna be along a wall, unless something makes it run across a room. Peanut butter does work just because it is sticky and the more he messes with the end of that trap trying to get that food off the more likely it is youll have one less mouse around. Good Luck!!
Hi, Cheese smeared with a little smooth peanut butter will do the deed. If your mouse is not hungry, just put a deep tray half filled with water with a small ramp access and you will find the mouse drowned in the morning. They are always thirsty.
Chocolate, choc chip cookie or bacon are the most attractive baits; but the best place to put the trap is flush against the wall. Mice and rats don't like to cross open spaces, so tend to run along the walls.
If you use a live trap you need to take it a long way from the house or it will find its way back!
put chocolate on the mose trap and put it next to the couch
Peanut butter works because they need to work at getting it all off the bait trap. Dont know about plastic trap but believe I would want to get the wood and metal. Wouldnt want the little fellow to suffer from only being injured. After catching him reset trap to catch any mates or friends he might have.
Peanut butter is easy to use and works well. I don't know if i have used the exact mouse trap you are talking about but I have used most of them just make sure it is from a good manufacturer like victor, not some cheap trap from a dollar store The plus of plastic is that they don't rust and are easy to clean The mouse may have wandered in from under a door they only need such a small crack you may never find where it came in Mice roam and there may not be a nest close by. One of the easiest ways to know you have mice is look for mice turds. PS mice can carry hanta virus http://www.health.gov.ab.ca/public/dis_h... so they are not harmless( although usually deer mice) PS good idea with not using poison. that works if the mice are are outside in a building but not good idea inside or in a vehicle Mice can make a nest out of paper fabric insulation just about anything. Mice like to run along walls and hide behind and under furniture and appliances Also you said Room not house. If someone else in the house or dorm / apartment has the mouse problem then you are going to have a real bad time getting rid of the mice.because you are just getting the overflow from their problem. If this is the case you need a pest control company to do the building or move.
BY the Way KEEP YOUR TRAPS SET FOR A COUPLE WEEKS you may not have just 1 mouse
chocolate is what people are now using, something like a piece of mars bar. The little rascal is probably coming through a very tiny hole. Check outside your house and any hole which you can easily put your finger in is big enough for a mouse to come through. My last mouse in the house fell into the bath and couldn't get out so i had to get a neighbour to lift him out for me. It was funny watching him looking up at me. Hope you get yours soon
,My you are all so cruel on here.Get a humane trap where you catch the mouse and take it outside and set it free, quite simple, and the poor mouse comes to no harm how anyone can kill a harmless living creature is beyond me.
Bacon rind on your trap ,leave the trap at the side of your skirt ting board .
We used to live in the country and caught mice all the time. Although we never used a plasic trap so I don't know how effective it will be? We put peanut butter on a piece of bread and stuck it to the trap. If you saw it in your room I would use more than 1 trap. Put one under bed next to wall, put one in closet next to wall, and one behind dresser next to wall. Also, if you catch one I would continue to keep traps out for the next couple of weeks especially in the kitchen behind refridgerator.
hello. just simply you should use VICTOR mouse traps. 4 packs = appro. $2.49. For bait, use peanut butter, it will stick on the bait area and will snap mouse's head to death. I caught appro. 8 mice in a month using that tactics. It won't go bad until it kills a mouse. And don't forget to put it against the wall, if there is no dead mouse and u have waited for 3-5 days, re-locate the trap near kitchen's trash can or under the sink area. good luck and enjoy killing those creatures.
A snickers bar. seriously, thats what the pest control people put in those rentokil boxes... mice and rats like the sweetness and the peanuts...
chocolate, it never fails
i had a mouse in the house and brought a plastic trap,i used white choc buttons put the trap in the area i saw the little critter.
the next morning i had slayed the beast,i reset the trap the following night and to my surprise caught another,apparently you rarely have just one mouse, i ended up killing four over a two week period.
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