tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post7232196429903568098..comments2024-01-23T13:10:25.332-05:00Comments on Nails and Sawdust: Best mouse trapMike Silviushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-75300065269803077892018-01-15T15:33:16.810-05:002018-01-15T15:33:16.810-05:00If you'd been born a Hindu, you'd have sav...If you'd been born a Hindu, you'd have saved yourself a whole lot of money instead of buying all those guns and ammo. LOL. I know what you mean. I don't like seeing animals hurt either. But I can't have the mice chewing wires that could later put us in danger. And the mice aren't all that nice to each other either. The same trap can be made with a teeter-totter lid so you can trap them without the water and yet are unable to jump out so you can keep them alive, but they just attack and cannibalize each other in the bucket.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-53909314192407015122018-01-15T14:57:54.988-05:002018-01-15T14:57:54.988-05:00I should have been a Hindu, I guess. Can't sta...I should have been a Hindu, I guess. Can't stand to hurt animals. I guess there are worse personality quirks to have, though...Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-82869263859366539572018-01-13T15:49:44.766-05:002018-01-13T15:49:44.766-05:00Sending them back into the woods is not going to k...Sending them back into the woods is not going to keep them from coming back and chewing on the wires on the old Volvo. A mature mouse can produce a fresh litter of twelve every six weeks. Best I can hope for is to eliminate them before they hang around long enough to find a comfy place to nest and make a mess of things. I just set up another bucket in mom's basement and caught seven in the last three days. But with my luck I am just creating a strain of super agile mice that can win a log rolling competition.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-2266306790748272752018-01-13T12:12:43.473-05:002018-01-13T12:12:43.473-05:00I use a "catch 'em alive" trap, and ...I use a "catch 'em alive" trap, and haul them out in the woods, and let them go. Who knows, in my next incarnation, I might be a mouse! And then, there's Mrs. Brisby, you know....<br />;-)Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-56610784262962901632018-01-11T07:44:17.030-05:002018-01-11T07:44:17.030-05:00Right now with our 25 degree below zero Celsius te...Right now with our 25 degree below zero Celsius temps the mice are not active. But they do reproduce every six weeks and thus are looking to make new nests to rear their average brood off twelve . Best you can hope for is to cull some out and keep the population in check . I usually find them in the Volvo in the fall and spring . This is the first year I tried this method and it seems to work well . No nests in the usual places .Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-29739651145428148992018-01-11T01:44:35.339-05:002018-01-11T01:44:35.339-05:00I've 'bookmarked' this page for next W...I've 'bookmarked' this page for next Winter. The only time we have a real problem with Mice is in late Autumn when they want to come indoors for the warmth. This year we dealt with them quite quickly, so there are none left to try your method on. Thanks in advance; it looks so good!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-70382008569081552862018-01-10T18:28:18.383-05:002018-01-10T18:28:18.383-05:00Yea we tried the poison blocks too , but the mice ...Yea we tried the poison blocks too , but the mice just wind up eating the poison and crawling in to the car to nest and die. Not so much fun when it smells like dead mice inside the car when the weather warms up . And they still have the time to do some damage . The peanut butter on the rolling beer can really seems to attract them and they don't hang around in the barn long enough to explore and find a place to nest and breed in the car . I think its the young ones that chew on the wires . There are a number of variants on the bucket trap . Some with a teeter-totter, swinging cups, and tilting lids as well as commercial variants. I'll be trying out a few more as time goes on .Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-74803266283247068692018-01-10T17:45:09.337-05:002018-01-10T17:45:09.337-05:00Those traps put a dent in the population. While I&...Those traps put a dent in the population. While I'm gone for the winter I put poison blocks in my basement. Not the "green" way to go, but they do the job. When home I'll use various traps. Had one of those baitless windup traps. Worked well, but they would turn on and eat each other if I couldn't get to the trap soon enough. Pretty gross.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-9935352575288909562018-01-10T15:49:24.529-05:002018-01-10T15:49:24.529-05:00If you don't put water in the bucket they won&...If you don't put water in the bucket they won't climb, but they WILL jump out unless you use something taller like a garbage can. With the water in the the bucket you can at least put a dent in the population. If you go to Shawn Woods' page at; https://new.mousetrapmonday.com/category/mousetrap/<br />He has plenty of videos showing how they are quite capable of jumping out along with a plethora of other homemade and store bought traps. Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-17972134683867439892018-01-10T14:04:01.747-05:002018-01-10T14:04:01.747-05:00I just need to find one of my old buckets that doe...I just need to find one of my old buckets that doesn't leak, I wonder if they could climb out of the bucket with out the liquid? I used to make small traps out of tin cans, it involved a coat hanger and rubber bands and that captured them alive but some times the lid would cut their tails off.Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-32107869756824775202018-01-10T13:23:37.465-05:002018-01-10T13:23:37.465-05:00It does seem to be effective for now .It does seem to be effective for now .Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-19419088631006832522018-01-10T13:14:47.887-05:002018-01-10T13:14:47.887-05:00You seem to have thinned down the population some!...You seem to have thinned down the population some!Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com