I had a little friend visit my apartment the other week, and for a while there I was ready to make peace with him and co-exist. But after I cleaned up the place and ordered pizza one night, and it crawled up the side of my chair onto the sleeve of my shirt, I knew it was time to bid farewell.
Great idea. Reminds me of when I was a kid, I used to sit for HOURS catching mice in our old garage. I’d set up a large grocery paper bag with all the edges on the open side folded over about 1/2 in. on its side to keep it open. Then I’d put a slice of bread in the back of the bag and bread crumbs just outside the bag. Then I’d sit and wait, the mice would come out stare for a while (they have poor eyesight) then creep forward and eat the bread that was outside the bag. They would eventually get bold and go in the bag, once inside I would reach forward, grab the bag and close it up barring their escape. Then I’d dump ’em in a bucket full of water and set it up again. I once caught 16 mice in one day…. Wish I had that kind of time now. I was 10 years old.
we have a mouse. our cats (all four of them) like this mouse obviously. they kill other mice, but let this one survive. so now, we’ve got a giant mouse. our counter top sits about five feet high and this mouse found his way up on top of it to get a slice of pizza. keep in mind that this was no ordinary slice of pizza. extra cheese, home cooked..this was a heavy piece of pizza. the mouse managed to get the piece down onto the floor after climbing up on top of the counter in the first place. then managed to get the giant slice through the cupboard door and down into the cupboard below our kitchen sink where it sat until morning. I’m assuming the only reason the mouse left the pizza was because it couldn’t fit the piece into his little mouse hole. First off, how can a mouse climb up into a cupboard and second of all, what do we do about it?
So I found a pretty cool product, I guess it is patented, dealing with catching mice. I have tried it, after having my garage completely over run with mice because of spilled grass seed. I set the trap up, which automatically resets itself after a catch, and caught 7 on the first nite, the ramaining 4 I caught the next day. Best thing is, I didn’t have to reset the trap once, I dumped them the following day and now just leave it the trap set in case of any strays that may find there way in. It was under 20 bucks, and i don’t or won’t have any more issues. I’m going to buy another one for my shed.
Conventional methods of pest control (poisonous baits, ultrasound, physical facilities of repellent) are not always effective. In addition to that, the synthetic poison is only notorious «chemistry», which causes harm to the environment.
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March 24th, 2006 at 6:24
heheh yeah, and when the mouse falls, it falls into a bucket with citric acid in which it slowly dies
hahaha :p
March 27th, 2006 at 7:11
just a note, the title has a typo… you typed HOT instead of HOW
April 4th, 2006 at 8:50
Is this site dead? No updates in a month…
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April 15th, 2006 at 14:20
The problem now becomes, where do you let the mouse go?
If you let it go outside, it’s probably smart enough to know where its home is.
Maybe a few houses down the road?
May 8th, 2006 at 6:06
yeah i agree with WNiST were you gonna put it?
May 19th, 2006 at 20:55
[i]Set the fella loose at least a mile away from your abode.[/i]
Answer your question?
May 19th, 2006 at 22:24
Great idea. Reminds me of when I was a kid, I used to sit for HOURS catching mice in our old garage. I’d set up a large grocery paper bag with all the edges on the open side folded over about 1/2 in. on its side to keep it open. Then I’d put a slice of bread in the back of the bag and bread crumbs just outside the bag. Then I’d sit and wait, the mice would come out stare for a while (they have poor eyesight) then creep forward and eat the bread that was outside the bag. They would eventually get bold and go in the bag, once inside I would reach forward, grab the bag and close it up barring their escape. Then I’d dump ’em in a bucket full of water and set it up again. I once caught 16 mice in one day…. Wish I had that kind of time now. I was 10 years old.
September 4th, 2006 at 14:39
What do you do when you want to catch invading large rats?
November 14th, 2006 at 19:57
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December 29th, 2006 at 9:36
we have a mouse. our cats (all four of them) like this mouse obviously. they kill other mice, but let this one survive. so now, we’ve got a giant mouse. our counter top sits about five feet high and this mouse found his way up on top of it to get a slice of pizza. keep in mind that this was no ordinary slice of pizza. extra cheese, home cooked..this was a heavy piece of pizza. the mouse managed to get the piece down onto the floor after climbing up on top of the counter in the first place. then managed to get the giant slice through the cupboard door and down into the cupboard below our kitchen sink where it sat until morning. I’m assuming the only reason the mouse left the pizza was because it couldn’t fit the piece into his little mouse hole. First off, how can a mouse climb up into a cupboard and second of all, what do we do about it?
April 11th, 2007 at 15:33
So I found a pretty cool product, I guess it is patented, dealing with catching mice. I have tried it, after having my garage completely over run with mice because of spilled grass seed. I set the trap up, which automatically resets itself after a catch, and caught 7 on the first nite, the ramaining 4 I caught the next day. Best thing is, I didn’t have to reset the trap once, I dumped them the following day and now just leave it the trap set in case of any strays that may find there way in. It was under 20 bucks, and i don’t or won’t have any more issues. I’m going to buy another one for my shed.
August 8th, 2008 at 15:03
i have mice and am curious as i live in the uk where can i buy this trap that nbtrapp speaks of ?
March 27th, 2009 at 16:48
Conventional methods of pest control (poisonous baits, ultrasound, physical facilities of repellent) are not always effective. In addition to that, the synthetic poison is only notorious «chemistry», which causes harm to the environment.