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Originally Posted by KISSMAD
I bought some mouse traps the other week. I've managed to trap 2 mice so far. Now they are setting off the traps and stealing the peanut butter.  |
A method I have found works well is the old long-neck beer bottle and the bucket of water. You lie the bottle on its side on a benchtop or whatever so that the neck end is sticking out over the edge and so that the very end is over the middle of the bucket. Put a healthy dag of peanut butter on the end of the neck of the bottle and brace the bottle well so it doesn't either overbalance or roll around on your bench. The mice/rats can't maintain a grip on the glass neck and never reach the peanut butter before they fall off into your bucket. No worry about having to reset the trap after every capture.
Peter