I agree with not using the glue traps. Same for poisons - not only do
you lose control of where the target animal dies, you lose control of
where the poison goes - which can be into an innocent raptor or
scavenger (who is otherwise very helpful.)
Donald.
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On 2020-03-20 6:58 p.m., Jim Franklin via Shop-talk wrote:
> Glue traps - the mice will gnaw off their own leg(s) to escape, and possibly
> die in an inaccessible place. Besides, they're ffreakin cruel.
>
> Snap traps - only bait I've had success with is peanut butter, and it has
> never failed me. Enough that it will have a scent for a few days. However it
> will mold eventually and they seem to avoid that in my experience.
>
> I had some in my attic and could not catch them for love or money putting
> traps in all the places they could possibly get in. They were living under
> the 18" of blown in insulation and I tried placing a board with an array of
> traps on top of the insulation. Then one day I added a good fresh wad of PB
> and bangbangbanbbang got 'em all, did another round, haven't heard any since.
>
> I use the ones with the fake cheese platform, it holds more peanut butter
> than the metal one. If you do put them down the vents make sure it won't
> slide out of reach when it trips.
>
> jim
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