How to catch a mouse?

[thommo]

Ever since our neighbor getting birds we've noticed sometimes mice are around but now we have one that will not go away. Trying traps, some mouse revolver plastic trap but it won't fall for it.

Anyone got a good bait/trap that gets them everytime its giving me the shits!

[duste]

More mouse traps.

http://i.factmonster.com/images/cine/01270301.jpg

[cplagz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4FjODPDFA

skip to the end

[lambchops]

an old canadian friend taught me this one..

straighten out a wire coat hanger, make two holes in the top of a bucket and feed one side through, on the other side feed a coke can though and then poke the other side of the coat hanger through the other hole in the bucket. so the can can spin like a wheel at the top of the bucket. then get a little ramp going to the top of the bucket and cover the coke can with peanut butter. the mouse will go to the topd of the bucket and reach for the peanut buttered can and then fall into the bucket. then do whatever you want with the mouse. we used to feed them to our ferret :)

[-Luke-]

Snakes are good...

You wont have much luck enticing them with food if they have a ready supply from the neighbours birdcages.

Do they have a large cage or aviary? your best bet would be to ask them to put some baits/traps in the cages. If not try your luck with traps with preanut butter and/or salami. You'll need to make it pretty appertising to get them away from the bird seed!

[Gonzola]

an old canadian friend taught me this one..

straighten out a wire coat hanger, make two holes in the top of a bucket and feed one side through, on the other side feed a coke can though and then poke the other side of the coat hanger through the other hole in the bucket. so the can can spin like a wheel at the top of the bucket. then get a little ramp going to the top of the bucket and cover the coke can with peanut butter. the mouse will go to the topd of the bucket and reach for the peanut buttered can and then fall into the bucket. then do whatever you want with the mouse. we used to feed them to our ferret :)

Pretty much what Chevron do on Barrow and Thevenard Islands, works a treat.

[Riggs]

buy a cat

[-Luke-]

Or a Jack Russel!

[AMPERAGE]

Mice love bacon, so a bit of bacon on a mousetrap works well. To make sure that they can't get it off without setting off the trap, use a piece of fuse wire to tie the bacon onto the trap's trigger.

[thommo]

Lol @ above pic I happened to watch mouse hunt on fox yesterday.

Bacon will be first attempt, then the coat hanger !

[c.rusli]

Back home, we use poisoned bait and placed them in a one way trap gate. They can go in but not out.

Also had 3 sausage dog/duschound. Boi they will rip the head appart and disect it once the chaught it.

[BIGS]

I bought a trap off eBay. Long slanted tunnel with bait down one end. When it runs down and weight transfers it tilts and the door falls shut. Worked very well with peanut butter. Just be thankful you don't have rats. Sounded like they were playing footy in my roof space and always as I went to bed.

[mys1]

You can solve everything with a big enough hammer!

[Ryan1080]

I had mice once, caught most of them with the usual peanut butter trap trick, but the last mouse was a little pingpingpingping wouldn't fall for the traps at all(must have been a cross between a mouse and a rat or something, learnt not to). One day I heard him in the pantry. I went and closed the door, sealed the bottom with a towel so he wouldn't get out. Decided to go 'hunting' with my vaccuum cleaner. I've made a blockade around the pantry door, so even if he runs out, he won't squeeze through. I switched my vaccuum cleaner on, opened the door, and proceeded to take shit out one by one from the floor of my pantry. Soon enough little pingpingpingping had no more places to hide. I grabbed the hose, and started chasing it with it. He was quick, took about 10 seconds to finally suck it up the hose haha.

[Endless]

Just get a normal woolies spec wooden trap, bit of bread (not crust) work it into a small ball and wedge hard into the metal teeth.. bit of water helps to make the bread sticky. Set the trap so it is only JUST being held down. Worked for me every time.

[Mad_Aussie]

Just shoot the pingpingpingpings.

[savage1987]

I had mice once, caught most of them with the usual peanut butter trap trick, but the last mouse was a little pingpingpingping wouldn't fall for the traps at all(must have been a cross between a mouse and a rat or something, learnt not to). One day I heard him in the pantry. I went and closed the door, sealed the bottom with a towel so he wouldn't get out. Decided to go 'hunting' with my vaccuum cleaner. I've made a blockade around the pantry door, so even if he runs out, he won't squeeze through. I switched my vaccuum cleaner on, opened the door, and proceeded to take shit out one by one from the floor of my pantry. Soon enough little pingpingpingping had no more places to hide. I grabbed the hose, and started chasing it with it. He was quick, took about 10 seconds to finally suck it up the hose haha.

That would make a very funny video. You must really have been desperate :p

[Ryan1080]

That would make a very funny video. You must really have been desperate :p

The missus was laughing her ass off watchig me do it. Frustrated and desperate, yes! Little shit was playing mind games with me for a couple of weeks, few times, no matter how sensitive the trap was set, I woke up to find the trap still in tact, minus the bait...

[Brett_J]

What about Rats in the roof, I swear I have 30 of the fuckers up there, they rip laps at night, like fucking horses the amount of noise they make, but I'm not going up there, no way, rats are like Snakes with legs,I hate both of them.
Dont wanna bait them in case my dog eats a rat thats been baited, had a cat do it to a mouse once and was shit watching the cat die too.
Maybe some of thoise big ass mouse traps?

[Ryan1080]

Problem with rats is, they're a lot more intelligent. You'll kill one or two, sure, but the rest will figure it out and will not fall for the same traps.

[BIGS]

What about Rats in the roof, I swear I have 30 of the fuckers up there, they rip laps at night, like fucking horses the amount of noise they make, but I'm not going up there, no way, rats are like Snakes with legs,I hate both of them.
Dont wanna bait them in case my dog eats a rat thats been baited, had a cat do it to a mouse once and was shit watching the cat die too.
Maybe some of thoise big ass mouse traps?

That sucks man as I know what you are going through. I ended up throwing Tom cat bait I think it's called up there and within a few days no more noise. Could anyone look after your dog for a week or 2? Otherwise big live traps may do.

[zxz]

are you sure its rats and not a possum??

we had a possum in the roof and the fucker was hell loud at night when it ran around etc.

in the end we heard that if you put used kitty litter in the roof, that the possum would move out by itself (better if the kitty litter has come from an entire male cat)
we did a run to the local cattery and grabbed a few plastic bags full of the stuff (stunk us out on the drive home so you must have a good stomach...)
stuck the shit up through the ceiling manhole, still in the bag and that night we heard no noises from up there.

worked a treat for a few months until the rats ate all the kitty litter and the possum moved back in... but yeah, tis an eco-friendly way of removing a possum without having some guy come out n take the poor thing away from its territory :)

[Brett_J]

I heard the fucker squeaking like mice do, except heaps louder in the vent in my roof.

[ben351]

go to bunnings and buy the plastic traps that look like a big blue and yellow lego piece ... its a tilt door setup up ... mouse goes in to get peanutt buttered end of trap and it tilts up with the mouse weight closing the trap entrance and trapping the mouse inside !!

that and take notice of where you see a lot of droppings and use rat poison pellets ... they work well too ... had a similar issues with mice in the house becuase my house mate thought leaving he dog biscuit bag in the laundry would be fine ... took ages to get them out and then made him put biscuits in a container.

[Lonewolf]

a) take away any other food source
b) buy one or more of these: http://www.humanemousetrap.com.au/ - got mine from bunnings
c) use peanut butter
d) put them along well travelled route (e.g. along skirting boards)
e) catch them , put into bucket of water or bin or release far far away

Had troubles with mice in my old house, normal traps were shit.
within 2 nights with the above trap, completely sorted.

[R3N]

1) Snakes to get rid of rats/mice
2) Mongoose to get rid of snakes. Keep mongoose as pet
3)???
4)Profit

[TheChad]

we have a whole bunch of rats and mice around, but we have birdcages. the cats vs rats is fucking brutal, wake up at 3 in the morning to hear them howling at eachother, cats ALWAYS win.

better yet though... chickens. our chooks FUCK those rats up. i've seen them take down so many little rats and mice and eat them whole, they have taken out bigger rats than my 6 year old carpet python eats, they cant get them down so they pick them to pieces to eat their guts.

our chickens eggs are fucking boss too. so well fed.

[kurbn]

call in an air strike

[colt75]

release the neighbours birds

[thommo]

^ now that's a plan, let the fools cat into it

[Risk10k]

Chemical baits work the best. They take the bait, and then look for water - never inside. They eat it, then go outside to die. Never a bad smell!

[family guy]

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/top-stories/plague-of-ravenous-mice-eat-farmer-john-gregorys-pigs/story-e6frg12l-1226065010791

Looks like they really do like bacon.

[MadDocker]

This message is here because I am trying to post a link, more than likely spam. For this reason, I am gay and I drive a riced up Lancer with neons.

[regi]

What about Rats in the roof, I swear I have 30 of the fuckers up there, they rip laps at night, like fucking horses the amount of noise they make, but I'm not going up there, no way, rats are like Snakes with legs,I hate both of them.
Dont wanna bait them in case my dog eats a rat thats been baited, had a cat do it to a mouse once and was shit watching the cat die too.
Maybe some of thoise big ass mouse traps?

im in the exact same position

got rid of a few with traps, but now the fuckers are hip to my jive!!

tried poison and basic traps- keen to try out some MacGyver-spec trap setups

would that trick with the bucket work with rats?

[stormtrooper]

TL;DR. Essentially used to use vanilla essence and pieces of bread in a standard mouse/rat trap. Racked up a fucking AWESOME kill count.

[JNR man]

I once encounted e mouse plague and used an air rifle sat up late one night and pegged them off as they ran along the side wall. busy night but big rewards

[V70R]

Get a cat.
We have two cats and have had the pleasure of two dead rats and three mice DOA at our doorstep. Who needs poisons or traps?

[SircatmaN]

Release snakes to kill the mice. And when the snakes get out of control release a the rare breed of snake eating bovarian gorillas. Then when te gorillas get out of control, this is the genius part, once winter rolls around they all just die off.

[Lonewolf]

Release snakes to kill the mice. And when the snakes get out of control release a the rare breed of snake eating bovarian gorillas. Then when te gorillas get out of control, this is the genius part, once winter rolls around they all just die off.

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/photosizer/upload/planet-of-the-apes_040610.jpg

[skidkid]

Fuck penut butter by itself.

Mix up rolled oats, honey, and penut butter, as its heavier/sticker its harder for them to get it off the trap without tripping it, and it smells stronger too. Also works well for possums/rats.

We use the mix at uni when trapping marsuipials for random studies, works well on possums and rats