REALLY unhappy about the mouse situation

[CBBaron]

I bought a "sticky trap" because I thought it would be easier to use than a regular mousetrap. Well, then I had a live but dying mouse stuck to the trap. I think that was even worse.

I learned that lesson when we had a rat infestation a few years ago. I went to the hardware store and bought every different type of rat trap they had. I caught a rat with each different type too. The worst was the sticky trap. I came downstairs in the morning to a dying, squealing rat glued to a board. Makes the most horrible noise. I much prefer the BlackCat plastic jaw traps. They set with one hand without having to put your fingers in the jaw and the bait cup is inserted from the bottom. Definitely the easiest to use and I got two rats with that trap. We caught 6 all total in the course of 3 days.

Craig

 

[beergears]

I hate rodents too....all of them.

... Have you seen Ratatouille?

My favorite quote: "... All those handling food, walk on two legs..!!!"

 

[beergears]

a gentler kind of trap

notice how it says "homebrew".. hehe

 

[MULE]

Only if you get bitten

BUT MATE, THE ARE EVERYWHERE!!

Yeah... no thanks. I can't stand snakes.

 

[homebrewer_99]

I remember reading that someone put some beer in a bucket and a makeshift ramp up to it. The beer odor would attract the rodent and it would fall in the bucket but can't get out...I think they finally came up with a good use for BMC...

 

[stever]

I still like the good ol victory traps

But this looks like a good idea if you want to keep them alive.

 

[Bedlam]

Update:

All is calm. No sign of mouse, alive or dead. That's the good news.

The bad news is that there was no commotion of mouse-killing and eating last night. So that little f00ker is still SOMEWHERE.

I keep herding the offending cat toward the laundry room, where mouse was last sighted. He resists and just looks at me as if to say, "Hey, like, this whole thing is so YESTERDAY, man. Dig? Let it go. Don' be a hater, bro. Gonna take a nap now."

 

[MULE]

Update:

All is calm. No sign of mouse, alive or dead. That's the good news.

The bad news is that there was no commotion of mouse-killing and eating last night. So that little f00ker is still SOMEWHERE.

I keep herding the offending cat toward the laundry room, where mouse was last sighted. He resists and just looks at me as if to say, "Hey, like, this whole thing is so YESTERDAY, man. Dig? Let it go. Don' be a hater, bro. Gonna take a nap now."

You have a good read going on here. Very entertaining!

 

[david_42]

Haven't had a mouser in the house since my doxie died. I have chronic problems with rodents in the house. At least 5 different types. Lousy greyhounds will attack the gerbils' cage, but catch mice in the kitchen? Nope!

[They would catch cats, so that isn't an option.]

 

[BierMuncher]

I guess I never knew you were a girl...

So.......

How YOU doin.........?????

 

[MNBugeater]

I remember reading that someone put some beer in a bucket and a makeshift ramp up to it. The beer odor would attract the rodent and it would fall in the bucket but can't get out...I think they finally came up with a good use for BMC...

No need for beer in the bucket. My grandparents on the farm used a 5 gallon bucket (wouldn't recommend your fermenting pail) with a dowel drilled and placed through the top with a little plate on it and some cheese, peanut butter, chocolate, etc.

Fill the bucket with water, mouse walks up to dowel, walks out to cheese, gets dumped in water...great way to catch 10-20 mice in a barn.

 

[kornkob]

Here-- I have something for you.

Hope you enjoyed the pics! : )

 

[Yooper]

Kornkob- that was mean!!!!!

I LOVED that.

Well, I remember David_42 posting a picture a while ago of his mousetrap. Is that still available, David?

You know, your cat needs a good talking to. I would explain that in exchange for food, shelter, and water she has certain responsibilities. Oh, not to kill mice or anything messy. But she could at least refrain from bringing additional live mammals (or reptiles/amphibians) into the house. You are not running a hostel for critters. I have a feeling that she will not be moved by your predicament, though. You need a sliding door, like in my picture, so you can do a "mouth check" before allowing entry. You could be the bouncer at the door that way.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

I'm a big wuss, too with mice-just ask SWMBO. But it's bats that REALLY drive me, well, batty..........

We caught a mouse on a sticky trap at a Wal-Mart remodel job a few years ago. After all the guys were done torturing me with it, they decided to execute it. They took it to one of the electrical rooms, hooked one wire to the mouse's tail, another to his head, and tied the wires to a 480 volt breaker. When they hit the breaker the mouse's eyes flew across the room. Gawd, it smelled awful.

 

[david_42]

This one?

 

[BierMuncher]

What goes through ones' mind at a time like this???

 

[EvilTOJ]

So.... did you end up using that LME, or throwing it away? You do boil it, you know....

 

[TexLaw]

I used to work in a lab, a "mouse" lab. I couldn't count how many mice I've takes out, in the name of science, of course.


TL

 

[Melana]

No rodents here. We have three indoor cats that take out any offending rodents.

 

[pjj2ba]

I used to work in a lab, a "mouse" lab. I couldn't count how many mice I've takes out, in the name of science, of course.
TL

Me too many moons ago. I worked part-time while going to school in an industry toxicology lab in the necropsy (animal autopsy) group. In 3 years I "sacrificed" several thousand each rats and mice, and a good couple hundred rabbits.

Now I just kill plants, or just make them really sick, in the name of science.

 

[Brewin_Bob]

My wife has a cat that will, on occasion, kill roaches and leave them as 'presents' in your shoe.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Me too many moons ago. I worked part-time while going to school in an industry toxicology lab in the necropsy (animal autopsy) group. In 3 years I "sacrificed" several thousand each rats and mice, and a good couple hundred rabbits.

Now I just kill plants, or just make them really sick, in the name of science.

When we were fist married, and before she became a nurse, SWMBO also worked in a lab. Not just mice and rats, but rabbits, monkeys, goats, cattle, Beagle puppies, and who knows what else.........