the munchkin wrangler.

Looks like a good clean kill.

I'd have never thought just a cracker would have worked, I would have stuck it to the trap with peanut butter or something. Then again, I've had mice presumably lick all the peanut butter off the trigger without springing the trap too.

And they taste just like chicken...

Am I the only one here who stones the sears on their mousetraps for a more positive action?

I had one particularly sticky one that I made a little cardboard platform that hooked to the trigger. Got 4 with that one :)

Owned? I think that's what the kids say these days.

Marko,
don't bother using those black plastic snap traps for rats and mice called T*mcat. Worthless. The trigger action is way too hard, doesn't work. Also, even the front edge directly across the neck won't kill them. Standing on the top of the snap jaw won't break their neck.

For mice, I like the sticky trap. The one that has a heavy paper backing, not the heavy plastic tray type. I lay them flat usually, only fold them up when they are going to go in a tight spot or near where they will get stepped on. I just use a chop stick or pencil to lift their tail off, and then peel them off by hand and toss them in an appropriate container. I used to keep them in an aquarium for a roommate's snake. I keep using it until it gets too soiled. I've caught mice within 20 minutes on the same trap. The ones with the tray backing don't work as well, the mice tend not to continue running when they come to it, since they are knee high to them. Don't need to bait them, either. They die within a day or two max, so you have to check them regularly. The big ones for rats work, but you have to find them before they chew their way loose, which the mice can't do.

word verify: foodjf

Look up Ketch-All mousetraps Marko, the world's best - guaranteed. I have caught up to six in one night, and I have the add on slinky tube, so they can depart the holding chamber and drop down into a jar of water. Hey presto, all you have is drowned mice - flush 'em.

I have 6 cats, pretty expensive as mousetraps go.

My best friend is now using a Rat Zapper in his garage, and loves it-- just change the batteries, shake out the dead critter, and rebait.

But the Victor Rat Trap is one of the singlemost successful designs of all time, and I respect that. According to Wikipedia, Hiram Maxim of machine gun fame invented the mousetrap as we know it today. [/grain of salt]

You really need to photoshop an "x" over each eye to get the proper effect.

Terminated.

breda,
Referring to my mention of the aquarium for mice, at teh same time I had acquired an adolescent female cat that someone had abandoned close by. She didn't seem to have any effect on the mice invasion. One evening while she was sitting out on the rear patio slab, I grabbed a mouse from the tank and tossed it near her. She came to life when it took off for a safer locale. After she wore it out, I killed it and let another free. Went through at least a dozen mice. She lost three that made it off the slab into the dark (probably under the fence). After that familiarization/wake-up routine, she just lived to hunt. Only thing I had to watch for was she sometimes wanted to bring one inside to play with. I miss her.

will - sounds like you took the place of her cat mother, teaching her to hunt. Good story =)

So... Do you eat what you kill? ;-)

Got mine using peanut butter.

Oh the joy of the hunt
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So how many more before we get a look at your wife's new fur coat?