I've tried cheese, chocolate, bread and butter.
2006-10-15 05:01:33 · 24 answers · asked by trevo513 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Chocolate should work - I grew up on a farm and we always had problems with mice. Bournville chocolate worked better than anything else we tried.
2006-10-15 11:27:09 · answer #1 · answered by Sarah A 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Peanut Butter!!!
2006-10-15 05:37:18 · answer #2 · answered by bugear001 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The very best is Peanut butter. Not only do they love it they try to eat it and get stuck there for the split second that it takes for the trap to snap. Other items they can steal off the trap and excape.
I have caught many mice with peanut butter. They are drawn to it.
2006-10-15 05:10:32 · answer #3 · answered by Nevada Pokerqueen 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Our mouse liked peanut butter on bread. It got four lots off traps before we got it!
2006-10-15 05:09:43 · answer #4 · answered by Clare 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cheese should work, as will almost any kind of nut like pecan, walnut, etc.(unsalted and unflavored).
Does the trap stay set or is it tripped? If it is always tripped with the bait gone, you may have something larger - like a rat or squirrel. You will need a different kind/size trap if so.
2006-10-15 05:08:42 · answer #5 · answered by 63vette 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always found chocolate to be best. You can soften it slightly and then it sticks to the prongs really well, so that the mouse can't get it off without triggering the trap.
2006-10-15 07:22:00 · answer #6 · answered by Gardenclaire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
9 out of 10 mice prefer raisins.Rats prefer peanut butter.
2006-10-15 05:06:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
peanut butter is THE best, but make sure you smear it on the trip lever real good. sometimes the mouse can take the bait without tripping the lever.
2006-10-15 05:09:08 · answer #8 · answered by curtisitruck 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you found that you've got mice because they started eating things in your larder or cupboards, the best thing to put in or on the traps is a sample of whatever they have been going for!
2006-10-15 05:12:18 · answer #9 · answered by reader19492003 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Contrary to popular belief, mice prefer fruit to cheese. Try some apple or a grape. Good luck.
2006-10-15 05:08:55 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋