From: John De Armond Subject: Re: Mice Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 12:41:16 EST Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.rv-travel David Tiedt wrote: > > i have an unwanted guess staying in the camper at the lease... it has > frustrated me.. and i have even put out some nice food for it.. it has > just decided to not eat it.. > > i was hoping to rid this unwanted guess before i started to use the > camper for hunting but nope.. it still continues to reside.. now i am > gettin serious.. bought a couple of traps and will have to go on a big > game hunt to see if i can trap this unwanted guess... > > maybe some nice cheese will do the trick.. After several years' experience trapping the little boogers around the restaurant, I've found the absolute best trap bait to be toasted peanut butter. I've had 'em actually come out and trap themselves seconds after I put the trap down and while I'm still in the room! Just put some peanut butter on the trap bail, toast it with a flame until brown and very aromatic and set 'er out. You'll likely get to watch the li'l booger commit suicide right before your eyes! John From: John De Armond Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.rv-travel Subject: Re: Pest Problems Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:55:44 -0400 Message-ID: <m4rjd054bbuju5e2bjka69bfvloh7fslpe@4ax.com> On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:08:12 -0700, "Dave Woodruff" <woodyd8688@starband.net> wrote: >We have been full timing coming on 2 years and it seems over the last two >days have acquired a mouse or two in the old MH. Our traveling partner, a >spoiled persian is looking for them and hunting hard but no success we have >seen. Do any of you have any luck with any of these Ultra Sonic type pest >repellers on mice? I tend to think they are probably snake oil, but the >wife does not like our new guests and wishes them removed as soon as >possible. Poison could have bad effects on the cat, and traps have to be >put where she (the cat) can't get to them. Thanks in advance for any ideas. The ultrasonic is snake oil. Last winter I saw one at Big Lots for a couple of bux and figured I could waste that much for an experiment. My little experiment was to plug in the ultrasonic thingie right above a conventional mouse trap. considering how many mice I caught, the thing might have been attracting them. Bob the cat has been very effective in catching mice in my rig. he does pretty well in the non-food areas of my building. I use traps also. He quickly learned by experience to stay away from the traps. I use peanut butter (lightly toasted with a butane lighter) as bait, something he doesn't like at all. You might want to try the peanut butter on traps AND train kitty to leave the traps alone. Weakening the spring on a trap (a little heat will do the trick) and letting her get whacked once is a good teacher. John From: John De Armond Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.rv-travel Subject: Re: Pest Problems Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:01:03 -0400 Message-ID: <kkrjd09tmr0hab7v3stg0lv893hr0tiguu@4ax.com> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:37:25 -0400, bill horne <redydog@rye.net> wrote: >Though many have tried, there remains no better mousetrap than the >wire-and-wood whacker trap. And they're so cheap, you could even call >them disposable if you have qualms about touching a mouse or anything >leaking from it. Myself, through years of practice, has developed the >rare skill of ejecting the mouse without touching it more than 2 times >out of 7. Hehe. A comment I forgot to add to my post. I've had great luck with glue traps. Probably as effective as the whacker traps. The advantage is that the glue trap can catch more than one mouse at a time. There is the small problem of Bob the Cat appearing with the mouse in his mouth and the glue trap stuck to his fur. Fortunately the glue comes off fairly easily. :-) Oh, and with the snap traps. A short dunking in dilute bleach water will get rid of the smell of death so that the trap can be reused. If you're an SMSer like me. I usually use 'em until the wood cracks. John |