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HOW TO TRAP A MOUSE
"BUILD A BETTER MOUSE TRAP..."
Well you don't need to build a new mouse trap. The old standard works great with a slight modification and the proper use use bait.
Once you have your trap modified and baited properly, there are three things that are very important to catching mice: location, location, location
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Step 1The trap
There are many different types of traps you can purchase to catch mice. Some are kill traps and some are live traps. If you chose to use a live trap, ask yourself why? If it is to be nice to the mouse or you can't deal with a dead mouse keep this in mind. If you release the mice back into your yard, they will come back in ! They don't want to be out in the cold whe…
Step 2Modify Trap
Once you get your trap out of the package, there is one small modification needed to increase the killing power and accuracy of the trap. To help insure the mouse is trapped when they are on the trap, you will need to modify the trigger so that it will go off when the mouse sniffs it. You do not want the mouse moving around and working on the bait without the trap goi…
Step 3Bait the trap
What is bait? Bait is the thing that gets the mouse to come and visit your trap. So what do mice like? How about a nice piece of cheese? NOT! Mice will eat cheese but that isn't what they really like. Cheese is not part of a mouse's natural diet. But given no other option, they would be more than glad to eat your cheese. Use a peanut. Mice love nuts. Take half…
Step 4Location, location, location
You want to put your trap where the mice are. Sounds simple doesn't it? Well it is. How do you know where the mice are? Well how do you know you have mice? They will either get into your food stuff and you will find an open bag of peas or rice and you know they are around. Mice also tend to leave their calling card where they go. When you find their calling card,…
Step 5Wait for it ------ SNAP!!
Check your trap a couple times a day. If you hear it go off, take care of it right away and reset. Where there is one mouse there are many mice! Look at the trap for the bait. It is normal for the nut to come off when the trap goes off. Look for the nut and use it again. You do not want it drawing the attention of a mouse unless it is attached to the trigger. Dea…
Step 6Repeat
Now that you have trapped a mouse, start the process all over. Because it is so common for mice to hang out with each other, where there is one there are many. Find the bait, reset the trap, put it back in the same place. Or put it in another location where you have found their calling cards. If you have trouble with pocket gophers, check out this instructable: ww
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Typical kill method of a spring trap. Breaking the back or neck Its fast, humane and effective
I've found that rubbing a thimble full of peanut butter works really good, or an even better option is to melt a bar of Hershey's chocolate onto the metal. With the chocolate, we caught 10 mice in 2 hours out in the garage. ;)
That sounds like a target rich environment! You can catch them without any bate in those cases just by placing the trap in their paths (along walls and such.) But I love the idea of coating the trigger with chocolate! They could lick it off but are likely to bite it. Another option might be to put some peanut chunks in with the chocolate. When it hardens, it would hold thing in place. But that is starting to sound too good and I might want some for myself and well.... SNAP!
I use peanut butter, but I apply it to a bit of cotton ball and place that in the metal bait jaw.
Using this method, the mouse will try and take the food/nesting material and be killed 100% of the time
I never saw a mouse or a rat at home, and I have two sides neighbor of my land uninhabited and overgrown. My (she) cat is responsible to keep the mice away
