Free DIY mousetrap that works! i know cuz we caught our mouse with it this morning!

[NMDemDist2]

http://lifehacker.com/5811880/make-a-no+kill-mousetrap-with-a-jar-and-a-nickel

[NYC_SKP]

1. And, it's a humane, no-kill trap!

Of course, then you have to deal with live critter!

[NMDemDist2]

2. we walked him out to the back of the acre property

but fear it wasn't far enough.

put it on a piece of wood is my suggestion, we put it on a christmas card and he had already shredded the paper when we went to flip it over

[rocktivity]

15. You're right to fear that you may not have walked him far out enough

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[OffWithTheirHeads]

3. Cool!

[Warpy]

4. Before the electronic traps arrived, I used a TP roll baited at the far end with the close end

precariously balanced on the counter. Well, the mice this year were smart enough to rotate the tube so they could eat the bait. I then put pill bottles on either side of the tube and managed to catch a few mice in a steep and tall kitchen trash can.

That presented me with the problem of what to do with live mice. I sent them to mouse heaven, into the dumpster with bags of choice garbage for them to feast on for up to a week before the Sanitation Local bore them off to glory.

I've since swapped over to the electronic traps and they are fantastic, quick for the mouse, no handling of corpses to me. The design seems irresistible to the little bastards, I haven't baited it in weeks.

[NMDemDist2]

5. electronic traps?

tell me more!

[Warpy]

6. I use the Victor traps

http://www.amazon.com/Victor-Electronic-Mouse-Trap-M2524/dp/B000E1RIUU/ref=sr_1_1/182-7921940-6920914?ie=UTF8&qid=1387847814&sr=8-1&keywords=mouse+trap+electric

I love them. I've dumped out a dozen mice so far.

This is a bad year for mice up here. Everybody out there seems to be complaining.

[NMDemDist2]

7. sadly i had already sent for this one

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FJTWH8/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1



but no signs of another mouse since we caught one with the water glass last week, so the new one is under the sink for future needs

[Warpy]

8. I'm up to 18

I know where they're getting in but it's nearly impossible for me to get to. So that's where i set the traps.

Exterminators tell you that where you see one mouse, there are probably a dozen you don't see. This seems to be a really bad year for the little bastards.

[NMDemDist2]

9. well, we caught three last night in the kitchen

or maybe the same mouse 3 times.

when we took the third one a mile away, no more mousies overnight.

we'll see......

[pengillian101]

10. That loooks interesting!

What I bought works good for us.



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WB13QC/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The mouse can get in, but not out. To dispose of the mouse, flip it over and the door opens.

[jmowreader]

11. Just keep about ten cats in your house

Mice can smell and hear cats and they know instinctively they're bad news...when the cat aroma and cat sounds get intense enough, mice WILL stay the fuck away.

[Silver Gaia]

17. I have 6 cats.

I guess that's not enough. LOL I've caught SIXTEEN baby mice over the past 2 weeks. I use a humane trap and take them over to the far edge of the park a couple of blocks away and send them off with some bread crumbs to fend for themselves in the wild. I figure they probably get eaten by hawks or crows or something, but at least their deaths serve a purpose that way, instead of just going to the garbage dump--and I didn't actually kill them (just can't do it).

As for these 6 cats, they'll sit in the kitchen and watch the area where the mice are hanging out, like "Hey mom! There's a mouse in there!," but that's all my lazy cats ever do about it.

I just wish I could figure out where the little frakkers are getting in! I've scoured the kitchen and have patched up even the most teeny-tiny holes I can find, including using a mirror and flashlight to look underneath the edge of my cabinets, but they are STILL getting in. I am also concerned about momma mouse, since these all appear to be babies. It's about to make me nuts, because they are getting in my stove, so it has to mostly be set up as a mouse trap right now. I'm getting tired of microwaving almost everything I eat.

[sammfol3y]

12. Best Bait

And the best bait for mice would be peanut butter.. I have been successful in catching the mice that way..

[gopiscrap]

13. Welcome to DU

[rocktivity]

14. Spice drops and chocolate work great as bait, too

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mice can't resist the smell. Which makes sense, since I can't either...


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