In article >,
"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:

> The mice saga continues.
>
> We got some traps in a neighboring town after a really fine barbecue
> dinner with friends (ribs, hot sausage, and brisket -- dinner not the
> friends). Then it was back home to kill some of the mouse hoard.
>
> I baited the traps with some crumbly Mexican queso at first, but the
> little *******s were able to steal the bait. Then late at night I
> switched to small strips of cabbage. It did the trick. After
> rebaiting one trap and setting it in the pantry (only clobbered my
> thumb once in the process), I turned to another mouse whacker and more
> cabbage only to hear a WHACK! in the pantry.
>
> One down.
>
> D found another this morning in the pantry. Same trap. Next to the
> wine bottles. No idea what that signifies.
>
> Tonight I've switched bait again because I fried up the last of the
> most recent batch of homemade bacon. Bacon rind is tough enough that
> they'll either have to leave it or die. And homemade bacon is to die
> for.
>
> Along with bacon, we had a fritata of sorts with some of the
> afore-mentioned queso and some leftover mustard greens. Also some
> sliced tomatoes.
> --
>
> modom
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

I use peanut butter to bait rat traps.
I also mix it with the poison pellets to get them to eat more of it
faster. They will wipe out bait stations in only two days so I don't
have to do carcass patrol as long. They start dying on about day 5,
(coumadin baits cause them to bleed to death so they often die near
water containers) and on to about 10 days max.

I poison out rats (outdoors) about 4 times per year.
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--Om

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