Ian Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 After extensive scientific study I can reveal my most successful mouse trap bait.........Cashew nuts!Anybody found anything to beat 'em? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Not tried cashew nuts - I'd probably be fighting the mice for them!Chocolate always worked for me - for rats anyway but maybe I was only catching the girly ones [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisymay Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Lardons. You can wedge them onto the pointy thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 [quote user="daisymay"]Lardons. You can wedge them onto the pointy thing.[/quote]Are mice carnivorous? Didn't know that. Thicky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Nougat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 [quote user="Dick Smith"]Nougat.[/quote]Blimey Dick, how did you come to find that out? I suppose a fluffy kitten will try anything just to get lunch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Advice. It's sticky, so Micky and Minnie have less chance of removing it without triggering the trap. Sweet and nutty so they keep at it. Works a treat. Except for the mice, of course, but then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSA Aude Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Little bit of a mars bar if available, if not lardons - works each time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 24, 2007 Author Share Posted August 24, 2007 I'm going to bait 3 traps: one with my favorite the cashew (from experiments this outperforms chocolate about 3 to 1), another with nougat and a third with a lardon. (gotta go to the shops for the nougat - haven't bought that in years...might get a bit for myself)Place your bets...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 These mice at least will have a banquet for their final meal..... 3 courses eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 24, 2007 Author Share Posted August 24, 2007 Don't forget the cashew is the traditional apero nibble .. I don't reckon the little rascals will make it to the next course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 [quote user="JSA Aude"]Little bit of a mars bar if available, if not lardons - works each time[/quote]Here's a picture of a mouse found on Mars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 When we returned to the UK, the builders left some gaps in some areas. So when we returned we have had a problem with mice. I bought some humane traps and I caught some with chocolate and some with cheese. I have now set six free in our local mouse refuge and have seen no more. [:)] Fingers crossed that's it.I have bought a few of the sonic devices that I will use to deter anymore from entering. I have to admit I think they are very cute but don't want them living in the house with me. But can't see how anyone could use those snap traps on them. [:(] I could never do it but just the thought of having to wake up to having to dispose of the poor thing particularly if it is maimed and not killed would be something I would find very upsetting. Using poison is out of the question also not only because I wouldn't want to but because of our dog and the owls and other wildlife that live here. In any case, have had empty cages for the past week. [:)]Interesting no one has mentioned using cheese. I thought that was a favourite.[IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a120/HIF/cheese.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 24, 2007 Author Share Posted August 24, 2007 I have tried cheese, the favorite of cartoon mice the world over. It faired pretty well - just behind chocolate and about the same as stale bread and homemade fig jam! Haven't tried a lardon or nougat yet, tho I did try bacon rind (based on a tip from a man in a pub - always risky) back in the UK and found it hopeless. French mice=french lardons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 These[IMG]http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/cooperlola/Catsandscenes11.05001.jpg[/IMG]work best for me (when they're awake). After 5 days away in Belgium, we returned to be greeted by no less than 11 mouse corpses on the doorstep! (Don't try using them as trap-bait though, please!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoneye Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I have one of these, but he has declared a 'mouse amnesty' inside the house. If they are in the house, they must be other pets, and therefore to be respected. I think he is still confused about dog arriving, and now has resigned himself to all manner of animals being brought into his house.I use mouse-friendly trap. However, ours was not particularly friendly, because the design seemed to mean that any mouse with a tail longer than around half an inch would get it caught in the door when it snapped shut, either breaking off tail completely, or just leaving it thrashing around in agony until we heard it and released tail. Tip for anyone who is experiencing this and hasn't worked it out for themselves (probably no-one !), put a little screw in bottom of cage and then door shuts but with just enough room for mouse to pull its tail inside without injuring it.Anyway, aside from that, Ive always gone with cheese (which does go disgustingly mouldy after a few days), so might try some of other suggestions. Definitely not cashews though because I would probably be getting up in middle of night to go down and remove last one from trap to eat it myself - love them ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suninfrance Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Ours were rather partial to crunchy peanut butter. However, we now have 5 cats and not had a single mouse in the house since we got them.Also keep stores (anything in bags and not jars or tins) in plastic containers in cupboards. Although when we first got the kittens and they hadn't discovered "mousing" we were sitting watching telly one night and kept hearing a rustling sound. Tracked it down to a mouse who had chewed it's way through a tough plastic cat biccy bag and was having a feast. Kitties then associated mice with food and presto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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