Products I wholeheartedly endorse

[glatt]

I've used those in the rat trap size, and they work well.

For mouse traps, we use the plastic quick set kind that are also easy to deal with when you get rid of the dead guy. They are finicky though and don't always trip. And sometimes they don't kill, which is a little awkward for both you and the mouse. You have to figure out how to kill the little guy then.




Come to think of it, I can't recommend this kind of trap at all.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

O, the old original one.

Old Reliable.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Old Reliable.

A long time ago I had a rat trap go missing. Never found it.

[infinite monkey]

That's the kind of trap I used when I got my first mice ever here this past year. And yeah, it didn't kill the little guy. I was horrified. I won't even explain to you what I did next...just say it had something to do with a plastic bag, a deck railing, and a thwacking noise.

So I tried the ones that look like a house. Supposedly the mouse enters and some sort of hammer bashes down and breaks him and traps him. Only when I found one in there its tail was sticking out and I didn't care for that either. :shudder:

So then I got the round kind that the mouse goes in and it snaps shut. Not sure what is going on inside of it but I know I don't have to look at it. It pushes a lever to 'MOUSE CAUGHT!' and I can just throw it away. I bought two of those and only one caught a mouse and haven't had one since.

Oh, and I did try the poison bait once but it didn't kill the mouse it made him freaking insane! He was walking around the middle of my living room right in front of me...running AT me.

I suppose I could Pied Piper them away if only I had the skills.

I don't like killing things but if they're in here uninvited and not paying rent, or at least cleaning a little bit, they gots to go!

[glatt]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

I was horrified. I won't even explain to you what I did next...just say it had something to do with a plastic bag, a deck railing, and a thwacking noise.

Yeah. I won't tell you either, but it had something to do with a metal coffee can and a freezer.

Not sure what's best.

But I'd prefer a trap that kills.

Those poisons are bad because you want to retrieve the dead body before it stinks up the joint.

[BigV]

I agree with footfootfoot about the Old Skool wire bail spine breakers. I've used them to kill rats in the back yard and they're very effective. Only a few times have I had the trap fail; I found it tripped and de-baited. When I reset and re-baited the trap, I got the rat the next day. I've also found skeleton-ized rats trapped. Those (rat) bastards are entirely without scruples. Fucking rats.

eta:

on a recent trip to Goodwill, I found a medium sized box with the word VICTOR on the side. ??? I opened it up and found 144 new Victor mousetraps, $25. I thought of all the Looney Tunes applications, and the attic scene from War of the Roses, but I didn't have $25 to spend on such a joke at the time, so it went to someone else. But it did look like fun!

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by BigV

I found a medium sized box with the word VICTOR on the side. ??? I opened it up and found 144 new Victor mousetraps

Weapons of Mouse Destruction!!

With a gross of them, ya coulda done this:

[BigV]

that was funny as hell!

[Pete Zicato]

My fool-proof method for using the old-fashioned mouse traps.

-Take a small piece of cloth - .75"x.25" or so.
-Rub a little peanut butter on it - both sides. Rub it in.
-Place the cloth under the curl where the bait goes and sqeeze the little teeth down (with pliers) to hold the cloth tight.
-Set the trap.

I've had very good luck with this. Mice yank on the cloth trying to get the peanut butter off and spring the trap. Never found a live one.

[Spexxvet]

Aqueon® Aquarium Water Changer

No more up and down the steps with the bucket of water.

http://www.petsmart.com/gsi/webstore...a-001b2166c62d

[Undertoad]

I recommend it too, but I can't use mine now, because my only nearby faucet is the kitchen sink. Turtle shit should not drain there and I have a filter on the faucet anyway, complicating it all.

My only concern is that they say the bubbling action takes care of the chlorine, but I can't get my head around that enough to believe it.

[footfootfoot]

Chlorine is pretty volatile and will evaporate at room temp. The bubbling helps that, sort of like how a fan will help moisture evaporate. I can't remember what the scientific jargon for it is.

[Gravdigr]

Margaret Holmes Field Peas & Snaps simply cannot be made to taste any better. I don't put anything on these, no salt, no pepper, no bacon grease, no nothing. Make 'em hot, eat 'em up.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Can't get 'em here, can't even mail order, only the Field Peas without Snaps.

[BigV]

I like black eyed peas, but I don't remember ever seeing "field peas" anywhere, not fresh, not canned, not at farmers' markets, etc. They look tasty though.