[Shop-talk] NOT Covid-related

[Donald H Locker]

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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