Da€n saw another one last night.
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oh crap they are back
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Was that you screaming?!? Good lord! Your a scream queen! LOL.....
Oh I know, those jaws are quite sensitive... Caught my thumb setting one down and bumped it... Snap!!! I spoke chinese!!! Didn't know I could...lol.
My wife woke me at 5 in morning to say someone was in house. The thump thump thump of foot steps on wooden floors. Nothing!!! All doors locked, dog didn't bark....told wife, ghost must of just came home from a night out.
House is 152 years old.
I'm going to hot glue the bait to the traps. I think I know where they are hanging out. My front hall closet, hmmm, line up traps like soldiers glue traps inbetween and copper mesh under door.
I can't do anything besides that I need to get totes for the stuff on the floor before I clean it out.
I can't do anything besides that I need to get totes for the stuff on the floor before I clean it out.
Son of ----- I saw another scurry tonight. Jumping christmas I'm tired of this.
a mouse?!?
You need this! I believe in quick and easy
but in your case... LOl...houston, we have a problem!!
I have bucket trap all they do eat PB off the ramp and leave.
Yup fast little binder.
Well thit!! ...you have a cat??? Does it know how to shoot a gun?? If not you need one of these!!!
Preferably two!!
LOL
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If you don’t put peanut butter or bait on the ramp and only put it on the spinning pole/bottle/dunking ramp then they drop into the water before getting their fill of food and nicking off.
We were told to smear the bait on the ramp too and we had the same issue, once we stopped that and only put the bait on the spinning bottle/can/pole/drop ramp then we were catching literally hundreds of them each night to the point that I would actually have to empty the bucket and refill it because the mice would be standing on each other and jumping back out. The bucket/ bottle traps are excellent but only if they are set up correctly.
I really feel for you, this must be so frustrating for you.
I get obsessed about catching and killing them when I know there’s any about. They are all I can think about when I know they’re in my home.
We were told to smear the bait on the ramp too and we had the same issue, once we stopped that and only put the bait on the spinning bottle/can/pole/drop ramp then we were catching literally hundreds of them each night to the point that I would actually have to empty the bucket and refill it because the mice would be standing on each other and jumping back out. The bucket/ bottle traps are excellent but only if they are set up correctly.
I really feel for you, this must be so frustrating for you.
I get obsessed about catching and killing them when I know there’s any about. They are all I can think about when I know they’re in my home.
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Oh I wish I was closer to you....I’d come and camp at your place till we caught and killed every last mouse and plugged up every last little entry point.
The little mongrels just ruin everything from food and belongings right through to sleep and sanity.
I got pretty good at making the bucket traps when we had the plague and I was making them or altering them for friends who were having no or very little success with the bucket/bottle traps. It certainly is a bit of an art to get them perfect so they spin easily (or drop if it’s a dunking plank) but not until the mouse has all feet on the spinner part.
The little mongrels just ruin everything from food and belongings right through to sleep and sanity.
I got pretty good at making the bucket traps when we had the plague and I was making them or altering them for friends who were having no or very little success with the bucket/bottle traps. It certainly is a bit of an art to get them perfect so they spin easily (or drop if it’s a dunking plank) but not until the mouse has all feet on the spinner part.
Mice can become a huge problem! They can multiply rabidly. Remember a friend's house had a problem, not talking a few mice, I'm talking a scene from the movie willard!!! Hundreds!!!
I thought dang!! You need to burn house down!!
Uncle is having a huge problem at the farm too. We had wet spring, wet summer, good growth for grain crops. The mice and norway rats are running hard thru his place. He has bucket traps set up outside. He dug a big hole to bury all these little vermin. The M & R graveyard.
He has cats all over the place inside and outside. The cats are AFRAID of the rats but will chase the mice. Play with them, let them go. He has traps in the house plus d-con set up where pets can't get to it
He has cats all over the place inside and outside. The cats are AFRAID of the rats but will chase the mice. Play with them, let them go. He has traps in the house plus d-con set up where pets can't get to it
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We had them bad enough at the old house they were running across our feet in the morning in the one bathroom. They usually lived in the crawl space but would come in for all the wonderful dropped bird food. I have seen a few zip across the floor in the living room and we see evidence of them along the edges of the walls but like I said since I blocked most of the main holes I found it's cut down and I mainly hear them chewing trying to get in again. They probably ate all the bait under the house and we haven't caught any yet this fall in the jaw traps. I don't remember if I mentioned it but when we were moving I pulled the laundry set and found a huge hole chewed through the bathroom/laundry room floor where it had gotten wet from leaks and was easy to chew. I had no clue it was there and I'd pulled them out years before to fix the leaking pump and do other repairs. I think it's going to be a bad year here too has its been warm and enough rain to grow things to eat and now it's getting cold at night.
Ok we are trying to get back to normal in the cage area. I made baffles for California King cage, these are smaller but hopefully will work. Besides that I'm sick of stubbing my toes on that cage where it was. Move it back to old position.
Bebe likes the play top to this cage
Bebe likes the play top to this cage
Nice set up! And oh yea, know the stunning of the toes. How do you think I learned French so quickly?
I can speak about 4 different languages stubbing a toes
Ok they are not in that closet.
