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imported_Ron Vogel
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So for a few days I'm seeing things out of the corner of my eye in the garage. The garbage can is full now, so I have another bag from the house sitting next to a pile of tires a couple days later.
I hear some rustling, so I kick the bag...and out pops a mouse from the top of the bag, runs across the tires, then disappears from sight. Startled the hell out of me, and I almost shit my pants.
Now mice don't scare me too much, but I'm creeped out crawling under cars with them running around. I chalk it up to the warmer weather we're having that the mouse population is high, since my mother in law lives nearby, and she's having the same problem. In fact the hunting is so good here, we have hawks sitting in our front lawn all the time!
So anyway, I got out 4 of the spring traps, and loaded them with peanut butter. This things are very sensitive; I loaded one 6 inches from the wal, then pushed it slowly and carefully with a ruler to get it closer to the wall. I probably got it less than an inch before it snapped!
I go to check the traps this morning. Each one was stripped of all it's bait...and I mean, not a trace of peanut butter was left. The result: not one trap was sprung.
How the hell did it do that? One uber talented mouse if you ask me!
I got 4 new traps, and these ones are viscious. I was afaid to set them to be honest in fear of getting myself.
This time I used a stinky swiss cheese, and smooshed it real hard into the holes of the bait lever.
Anything else I can do? I don't want to put poison down with the kids in the house.
I hear some rustling, so I kick the bag...and out pops a mouse from the top of the bag, runs across the tires, then disappears from sight. Startled the hell out of me, and I almost shit my pants.
Now mice don't scare me too much, but I'm creeped out crawling under cars with them running around. I chalk it up to the warmer weather we're having that the mouse population is high, since my mother in law lives nearby, and she's having the same problem. In fact the hunting is so good here, we have hawks sitting in our front lawn all the time!
So anyway, I got out 4 of the spring traps, and loaded them with peanut butter. This things are very sensitive; I loaded one 6 inches from the wal, then pushed it slowly and carefully with a ruler to get it closer to the wall. I probably got it less than an inch before it snapped!
I go to check the traps this morning. Each one was stripped of all it's bait...and I mean, not a trace of peanut butter was left. The result: not one trap was sprung.
How the hell did it do that? One uber talented mouse if you ask me!
I got 4 new traps, and these ones are viscious. I was afaid to set them to be honest in fear of getting myself.
This time I used a stinky swiss cheese, and smooshed it real hard into the holes of the bait lever.
Anything else I can do? I don't want to put poison down with the kids in the house.
