Comments on: A Better Mousetrap

By: Eva

Eva — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:55:11 +0000

Or, you can put the baited trap inside a brown paper bag, then you don’t even have to look at the mouse.
The mice in my house loved all fresh produce… tomatoes, bananas, apples.. etc.

By: roux

roux — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:28:26 +0000

Buy the old cheap wooden ones 25 cents a piece. Place them on a sheet of newspaper and bait them with peanut butter.

When you catch the mouse. Fold up the newspaper and trap and throw the whole thing in the trash.

By: Dan F

Dan F — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:25:38 +0000

How about the natural mouse trap? Get a cat, I have two and the critters will not come around my box under I-10

By: termite

termite — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:08:16 +0000

*craig…try a little Blue Plate mynezz on that Leidenheimer’s po’boy bread next time.
if it works on termites..it’s gotta work on mice.

it’s all good, it’s all good. =D

By: Owen

Owen — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:00:59 +0000

I’ve found that glue traps work well. I had a mouse problem with a couple of mice getting in and both were caught in a week.

Of course, the best solution is to find where they’re getting in and close it off.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:17:06 +0000

A very timely post for sure, given that TBK and I are facing our own battle with at least one small but highly cute mouse in our kitchen. The furry little bastid has an affinity for pistolettes and leftover pizza crumbs — perching on his hindquarters to survey the best means of approach even as we have barely left the kitchen.

I’ve lately used a spring-loaded plastic thing that looks vaguely like a small Tyrannosaurus rex head. But while the large version worked well on rats at my mom’s house, I’ve yet to try to smaller mouse version in New Orleans. We’ll let you know how it works. The rats were all over a piece of Slim Jim as bait. I think I’ll try some Leidenheimer’s po’boy bread this time.

By: rickngentilly

rickngentilly — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:43:28 +0000

news you can use. one of the best posts of the new year. thank you.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:51:15 +0000

Our particular xmas mouse had no interest in peanut butter..
He attacked our avocados on more than one occation.. so the very first nite that we baited the traps with avocado he was doomed…

Maybe we caught Speedy Gonzalez :-)