row_33 Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 54 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said: That’s what my buddy Tim suggested. He was like “let’s see if that game works.” Did anyone actually roll dice and play this like a game? or just build it and change it with razor blades and glue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Poison is great if you want to smell dead, rotting, mouse in your house for weeks if not months. The mouse eats the poison, gets into the wall, and dies. Then rots. Just get a regular trap. The glue traps are brutal to watch if you have any emptathy for animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynical Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 3 hours ago, Talley56 said: Here’s a YouTuber you may want to follow. He has a variety of different videos with different types of traps. https://www.youtube.com/user/historichunter Another thing to consider is peppermint oil. Apparently mice and other critters hate the smell of peppermint. That youtuber is great. I get mice in my garage on a regular basis, especially now with winter coming. For that area, I have found nothing beats a bucket trap. If the mouse is in the house, spend some time looking for how they got in, and closing it off. Otherwise, you could end up getting more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Give them a swimming lesson. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Duffy Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 14 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said: I hate rodents. I’ve set traps everywhere. Anyone have any recommendations on the best kind of traps or what I should do? I don't use the poison unless you have a bad infestation. They could get inside your walls after dying therefore stinking up your whole house for weeks. I use the heavy duty glue traps and put a piece of dog food right in the middle. Have caught 2 on the same trap going for the dog food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) We had flying squirrels in the attic. I wish I was kidding. They weren’t that hard (for professionals) to catch, but it was never $2k to put mesh all around the vent to KEEP them out. That was not the most fun I’ve ever had with a couple grand. . Edited November 13, 2018 by Augie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 6 hours ago, 4merper4mer said: You must have been bummed when your friend Jeffrey got whacked in prison. Anyway, my advice to the OP is slice open some silica gel packets from shoe boxes. They say do not eat on them but that is a government ruse. I fed them to my hamster Sammy and now he can talk. In fact, he never stops talking. If you have a mouse you have a bunch. If they all start talking you can locate them all and have a meeting. Threaten them with a cat and tell them to move to your neighbor's house. I don’t even have the slightest clue what you are talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 15 hours ago, GoBills808 said: x2 on poison. And bait the snap traps with peanut butter twice daily. I must have a small opening to the basement somewhere because every 4 months or so one ends up in a trap I leave set. I use the tomcat trap as pictured in another reply. Don't see the need to rebait the trap though, even after a few months the little varmints still go for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 18 minutes ago, Steve O said: I must have a small opening to the basement somewhere because every 4 months or so one ends up in a trap I leave set. I use the tomcat trap as pictured in another reply. Don't see the need to rebait the trap though, even after a few months the little varmints still go for it You aren't suppose to bait traps. Just leave them along the walls where they run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I'm a day late to this, but if they're still around next Monday, turn on MNF and blare the audio as loud as you can. Tessitore's voice will scare that thing right out of your house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I caught a mouse in my cell block once. i healed him with my spiritual powers and the Sheriffs wife too before I had to walk the green mile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 You need to get a gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 28 minutes ago, Boca BIlls said: You need to get a gun. Slow down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 8 hours ago, Boca BIlls said: You need to get a gun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Beard Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Woke up this morning with two spring traps that were sprung, with peanut butter gone, and no mouse. I hate it when that happens. I guess I have to fatten it up until it’s big enough to get caught in the trap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 Still no mouse for me but the traps haven’t moved. I’m thinking that he may have taken the poison. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 On 11/12/2018 at 10:35 PM, Johnny Hammersticks said: I have this horrible memory of my sweet Sicialian gramma chopping in half with garden pruners a mouse caught in one of these glue traps. She "whacked" a mouse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Kirby Jackson said: Still no mouse for me but the traps haven’t moved. I’m thinking that he may have taken the poison. Hope he’s not in your walls. No, PRAY he’s not in your walls! But if you find you miss the little guy, PM me your address and I’ll have Petsmart get you another asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 "I will name him George, and I will hug him, and pet him, and squeeze him" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, Wacka said: "I will name him George, and I will hug him, and pet him, and squeeze him" yep, saturday mornings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 He just ran by!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wnybricky Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 We had a full blown rat in our kitchen drawer . Not fun. My wife said we had a rat . I thought she was being over dramatic. She wasn’t . I had to go get bigger traps . The peanut butter and a snap trap works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4BillsintheBurgh Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Kirby Jackson said: He just ran by!! Hockey sticks can be useful as a mouse deterrent. I've had the best luck with the white tomcat traps: https://www.lowes.com/pd/TOMCAT-2-Count-Press-N-Set-Mouse-Trap/50259657# 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 3 hours ago, Marv's Neighbor said: She "whacked" a mouse? That mouse refused an offer he couldn’t refuse.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 17 hours ago, Gray Beard said: Woke up this morning with two spring traps that were sprung, with peanut butter gone, and no mouse. I hate it when that happens. I guess I have to fatten it up until it’s big enough to get caught in the trap. http://www.victorpest.com/articles/mouse-trap-mistakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 On 11/12/2018 at 9:54 PM, Kirby Jackson said: I hate rodents. I’ve set traps everywhere. Anyone have any recommendations on the best kind of traps or what I should do? I have a damn mouse in my basement. Never had a rodent in my house before. Found out when I went to grab a loaf of bread from the basement and noticed that about 1/3 of the loaf had been eaten (on a side note, the rest of the loaf tasted good! j/k (... puke. )), then found tiny dropping that look like some small rodent that I ammunition is a mouse. He/she/it tore into a bag of organic fertilizer I had down there, too. I always avoid killing things (don’t even kill bugs. I catch and release...lol) but I don’t reqlly know how else to deal with a rodent. If I catch it, where do I release it? So I am going to buy some of those spring loaded traps. I have been told that they are the most humane way of killing it. A friend told me to put some bacon grease on the little food pad. Said they can’t resist it. So I’m going to give it a try. Some with peanut butter and some with bacon grease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) I'd call my brother screaming and babbling incoherently. He's an exterminator and the conversation has gone like this, "GET OVER HERE NOW!!! I SAW A MOUSE." When he finds out it is outside, he does not rush over. ? We have bait boxes outside (deer mice), and in the garage. Down the basement, we once had a vole (talk about creepy!) so he laid down boxes + sticky pads. Fortunately, that vole was the solitary type and didn't invite his friends in. As far as you having only one mouse, no you don't... you have a bunch of mice. You just don't know it. Edited November 15, 2018 by Buffalo_Gal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Duffy Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 14 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said: Still no mouse for me but the traps haven’t moved. I’m thinking that he may have taken the poison. If he went into the walls to die your get ready to purchase LOTs of febreeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 15 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said: Still no mouse for me but the traps haven’t moved. I’m thinking that he may have taken the poison. Just put the traps away and you can add one more friend to your list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 13 hours ago, BillsFan4 said: I have a damn mouse in my basement. Never had a rodent in my house before. Found out when I went to grab a loaf of bread from the basement and noticed that about 1/3 of the loaf had been eaten (on a side note, the rest of the loaf tasted good! j/k (... puke. )), then found tiny dropping that look like some small rodent that I ammunition is a mouse. He/she/it tore into a bag of organic fertilizer I had down there, too. I always avoid killing things (don’t even kill bugs. I catch and release...lol) but I don’t reqlly know how else to deal with a rodent. If I catch it, where do I release it? So I am going to buy some of those spring loaded traps. I have been told that they are the most humane way of killing it. A friend told me to put some bacon grease on the little food pad. Said they can’t resist it. So I’m going to give it a try. Some with peanut butter and some with bacon grease. In your mother-in-law’s house, obviously. You’re welcome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Since I put the poison blocks in my garage, one in each corner .... I don't recall seeing one in the house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Popinski Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 ok you really want to catch this mouse? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Beard Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 18 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: http://www.victorpest.com/articles/mouse-trap-mistakes I definitely put more than a pea sized lump of peanut butter. I don’t always put them against a wall. I guess I’ve learned something today. The good news is that I caught a tiny one last night. I doubt that it was alone. More traps tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 1 minute ago, Gray Beard said: I definitely put more than a pea sized lump of peanut butter. I don’t always put them against a wall. I guess I’ve learned something today. The good news is that I caught a tiny one last night. I doubt that it was alone. More traps tonight. One tip: Go big first night!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) I've had 2 mice episodes. The 1st one was when I came home one day & noticed my oatmeal packets had been emptied out. I put glue traps in the kitchen cabinet along with plastic snap traps with peanut butter on them. I ended up executing 6 mice total. The 1st one appeared a little after I set the traps. I opened up the cabinet and the mouse was staring at me eye to eye. I panicked, got some oven mitts on and then made a glue trap sandwich of it, suffocating the mouse. Some of the others died in the snap traps, some got stuck in the glue after the 1st one and I ended up killing them by using the snap tracks to strangle them. I always killed them with oven mitts on so they couldn't scratch or bite me. The strangest one was one night I heard a banging noise coming from the kitchen. When I opened the cabinet I saw a mouse stuck in a glue trap with a snap trap on its ear. It kept moving its head trying to shake off the snap trap and was banging either from that or hitting the trap with other traps. I ended up putting on the mitts, taking the trap off its ear & strangling it with the trap. The 2nd incident was hands off. I set a bunch of glue traps in a circle in my attic with peanut butter in the middle on another glue trap. I also put the poison food up there & didn't return for a couple of months. I ended up finding 2 in the glue traps, long dead (neither smelled). Both had dragged the traps about 2-3 feet. One of them had its front legs on 1 trap & its back legs on another. It must have really struggled trying to get out of the traps. I don't know if any ate the poison food, left & died elsewhere, I hope this post doesn't get the local PETA groups outside my house protesting. Edited November 15, 2018 by Albany,n.y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Soda Popinski said: ok you really want to catch this mouse? I love the "You can either leave the bucket empty, or put water in it... to drown them. At least with my gun idea they dont suffer. Edited November 16, 2018 by Boca BIlls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 21 hours ago, Wnybricky said: We had a full blown rat in our kitchen drawer . Not fun. My wife said we had a rat . I thought she was being over dramatic. She wasn’t . I had to go get bigger traps . The peanut butter and a snap trap works fine. We had a chipmunk in our basement last summer. The cat chased it but couldn't catch it. A couple weeks later, I was checking the sump pump after a heavy rainfall, and I found a dead, bloated chipmunk in the sump hole. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 There is a farm field behind our back yard and we get mice in the basement every fall. I got tired of setting the spring traps, so bought an electrocution box at Home Depot. Put a little bird seed in it, and it shocks the mouse to death. Clean and efficient, I just dump it out in the back, and something comes and takes them away at night. So far I’ve shocked 8 mice this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Just let a boa constrictor roam your house freely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweats Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Old school traps with peanut butter works for me every time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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