what is the best thing to use as bait in a mouse trap ?. last winter I used chocolate and caught a lot of mice. this year they refuse to go near the traps where the chocolate is, perhaps they learn ? what else should i try ?
2007-01-08 21:59:01 · 24 answers · asked by justice 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
It is the fat content they are after so any food with fat, the more the better thats why they usually like chocolate so much
2007-01-11 00:00:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peanut butter works great. It doesn't go bad very quickly, it has a strong smell and it smells like something the mice want to eat (unlike, for instance, bacon). Smear the peanut butter on the UNDERSIDE of the bait pedal for best results. That way the mouse has to stretch and wiggle the bait pedal to get to the peanutty deliciousness...*bang* [edit] Disregard anyone who foolishly calls you cruel for killing mice. Did that same person call any owl or cat that caught a mouse, "cruel?" Did that person recommend the owls and cats all turn vegetarian? Ridiculous. The mousetrap is very quick and humane - at least the mouse isn't toyed with for a few minutes by an excited cat, or speared through by a talon. Just *bang* and it's all over. Snap traps are the most humane way to control mice.
2016-05-22 22:18:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got 4 big black tom cats that live out side and are fed very little but peanut butter on spring traps works too or you could dress up like a sexy little girl mouse you know little tale ,whiskers , maybe some rouge, lipstick , ahoooga !
2007-01-08 22:17:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try dried fruit,sultanas etc.I have used them for three years or more and catch plenty. I also put down mouse poison and they eat that as well. But they still keep coming every winter from November to March.
2007-01-08 22:12:14 · answer #4 · answered by ANF 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard the bacon rind thing before, warm it a little to get it soft and then put it on the trap, the little buggers will have no choice but to pull on it then to try n get at it!
2007-01-08 22:52:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mouse poison! The suicidal mice in our house actually gnawed through the plastic container it was in to get at it!
2007-01-09 06:53:35 · answer #6 · answered by Chris H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try something which smells awful or perhaps rotten because rats are attracted by lingering stench, maybe that's why most of em live in sewers. Rotten fish or cheese will do. It works for me.
2007-01-08 22:23:21 · answer #7 · answered by lwsn87 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At my house they like peanut butter, but you have to mash it up with bread and stick it on the trap because if you dont they will just lick it off. Since you mix it with bread they actually have to pull on it.
2007-01-08 22:05:38 · answer #8 · answered by Jennifer A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a dab of Strawberry Jam works everytime!
2007-01-08 23:25:55 · answer #9 · answered by barngoddess 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was going to say chocolate - that's wierd. I believe they like grain - when I had one it knawed into my bag of cereals - also into one of those "healthy eating" snack bars
2007-01-08 22:02:57 · answer #10 · answered by big pup in a small bath 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋