Mice in the house

[shotgunny 39]

Having really bad trouble with mice the last few days , traps have been set with only one catch but lots of new dropping around

I'm baiting them with peanut butter and nutella , any othe pointers lads ?

[Guest thebigdog]

put one out last night with a bit of mince in it, mouse in it this morn

[tegater 789]

Don't want to teach you to suck eggs, but put the traps where the mice will feel safe and not disturbed. That way the traps will work for you all day. i.e. under cover, behind cupboards, and near their runs etc.

[craigyboy 1,274]

i use the glue traps mate,no need for bait and they stick like shit to a blanket

[Bosun11 537]

All of the above is good advice, though i'd steer clear of nutella and use a solid chocolate.

[Outofnowhere 93]

I have never failed with dairy milk choc, heat the pin up with a cigarette lighter just enough to melt the choc and push the corner of a cube onto it when it cools it is stuck pretty good. Set trap where the wall meets the floor in a quite corner . Sometimes I have not had time to get back to my armchair when I hear the trap go off.

[Lab 10,979]

I use chewy sweets. Anything you can shove on and they can't pull of easy. Also set the trap and try and get it set to it's most sensetive.

[davedavedave 69]

Make a bucket trap:-

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jezQKOl5q-w

 

 

Water in the bottom is optional.

Edited November 25, 2011 by davedavedave

[cairnsy22 3]

I have never failed with dairy milk choc, heat the pin up with a cigarette lighter just enough to melt the choc and push the corner of a cube onto it when it cools it is stuck pretty good. Set trap where the wall meets the floor in a quite corner . Sometimes I have not had time to get back to my armchair when I hear the trap go off.

i had same problem mate, i used sum poision which i picked up from a dog food warehouse and put it under kitching cubboards wiped them straight,no mess no hassel and they go out side to die as once they had it ,it makes them seek moisture,atb cairnsy