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JHB

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29. And when baiting with peanut butter, don't use too much. Had to deal with an invasion at my old place...

Reply to Kali (Reply #19)

Fri Feb 21, 2025, 08:18 PM

Feb 21

...some years back. I turned to YouTube for demos on how to use snap traps. There's one that wasn't so much a "how to" as a "how not to".

A guy was ranting about his traps were junk because they didn't work, even though they were well-baited with PB. He even caught a mouse on camera going at it without the trap triggering.

The guy was an idiot who didn't really understand how the trap worked. He'd baited it with so much PB that the mouse could just lick at it without disturbing the latch enough to trigger it.

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Yikes! I have mice in the house! [View all] Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 21 OP

Why are you not supposed to trap? mahina Feb 21 #1

I didn't say that. Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 21 #9

Oops, I misread. So the black plastic traps work great esp w slimjim for bait. mahina Feb 21 #10

Traps work the best in my opinion. Progressive dog Feb 21 #2

Amazon has plug in pest devices. Six for about 24 bucks. Autumn Feb 21 #3

Neighborhood cats will come. bucolic_frolic Feb 21 #4

They can also get in through an open entrance door. Omnipresent Feb 21 #26

I use poisoned bait. I'm not hawking a brand, but I use Tomcat bait blocks. patphil Feb 21 #5

Poisoned bait kills cats, owls, snakes and anything else up the food chain, japple Feb 21 #7

True, that's why I said to put the bait it inslde the crawl space. patphil Feb 21 #21

They go outside to forage even in winter. It's a real problem for raptors. 58Sunliner Feb 21 #22

I had this issue when I lived in SC in 2021. Still traumatized by it Joinfortmill Feb 21 #6

Get a cat SheltieLover Feb 21 #8

Ugh, I have a crawl space and perimeter foundation. Worst case. They find a way. usonian Feb 21 #11

I used live traps myself for a couple years, baited with peanut butter bhikkhu Feb 21 #12

You have to plug the holes into the house questionseverything Feb 21 #13

steel wool is a fire risk use copper mesh instead. IbogaProject Feb 21 #15

never heard of that Kali Feb 21 #17

Surface area and steel can have other things in it, so there maybe another item that causes that issue. IbogaProject Feb 21 #24

huh Kali Feb 21 #32

Copper dish scrubbers fit in the same spaces and are cheap IbogaProject Feb 22 #35

key is to seal any holes. IbogaProject Feb 21 #14

Also, get mouseproof containers and keep them from finding any food at all. chowmama Feb 21 #16

Use duct tape to keep the steel wool in place! questionseverything Feb 21 #18

snap traps baited with peanut butter Kali Feb 21 #19

And when baiting with peanut butter, don't use too much. Had to deal with an invasion at my old place... JHB Feb 21 #29

yep and old almost rancid super sticky or partly dried PB is best Kali Feb 21 #33

While I dislike kill traps.... wysimdnwyg Feb 21 #20

I have cats and never had a problem. Anywhere. 58Sunliner Feb 21 #23

Thanks everyone! Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 21 #25

A friend of mine is away a lot. usonian Feb 21 #27

Steel wool in even the tiniest holes to the outside. Scrivener7 Feb 21 #28

Get a tube of Mortar Joint caulking a caulking gun and a mirror when it's warmer and drier. IA8IT Feb 21 #30

They seem to come in waves Shermann Feb 21 #31

Once they get in, oh boy, do they reproduce. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 21 #34

get a cat. pansypoo53219 Feb 22 #36