Food on a mousetrap

hazzie123

I`ve got a mouse :eek: ,found mousey poo this afty on my kitchen floor,it wasn`t there this morning:mad:

So after tea I`m going to B&Q to buy a mousetrap or two,but what do you put on it to lure the furry little critters to it? I think cheese is a myth as they aren`t suppost to even like it.

This has taught me to not leave my back door open.

So any suggestions of what grub mice like?

System

The mice that we had seemed to love the monkey nuts that you get to feed birds. (Seemed to prefer them unshelled)

mrs_mix

I used potato when I had one the other week worked fine
they are supposed to like chocolate but I think thats another myth as they haven't got a ready supply of chocolate in the wild
maybe you could try apple or another root vegetable
hth
pam xx

Stephen_Leak

Cheese has always worked for me.

Balls_Of_Steel

hazzie123 wrote: »

So any suggestions of what grub mice like?

How do you know it's not a rat :eek:
Mice do have a craving for sweets, so leave a bit off a choc bar. Get a trap and don't buy poison, as the decaying body will stink your house out.

chrisico

My grandfather always melted a square of chocolate onto the spike and the mice couldn't get it off before the deed was done.

Chrisico

trying-very-trying

A bit of bacon fat.
We had mice a while back, we heard it snap, just after going to be, hubby got up, went downstairs and when he opened the trap, it wasn't dead and it escaped lol.

trying-very-trying

Can you not borrow a neighbours cat?

Penelope_Penguin

When we've had mice we don't bait the traps with anything. Just position next to the wall that they run along, and they just stumble into them.

HTH, Penny. x

Stephen_Leak

trying-very-trying wrote: »

Can you not borrow a neighbours cat?

They're usually too big to fit on the trap, and they scare the mice off. I'll get my coat ...

hazzie123

Balls_Of_Steel wrote: »

How do you know it's not a rat :eek:
Mice do have a craving for sweets, so leave a bit off a choc bar. Get a trap and don't buy poison, as the decaying body will stink your house out.

Do rats have bigger poo`s?I found tiny little poo`s,thought it was coffee granuals,until I picked it up off the floor.:eek: I`m hoping it`s just a smallish mouse as it`s going in my snake`s belly once it`s squashed

Everytime I re-read that bit about leaving chocky for the trap I scoff another after eight.:rolleyes: