Omelet wrote:
>
>> The idea that mice love cheese seems as bogus
>> as the idea that rabbits love carrots.
>
> No, rabbits DO love carrots, and a variety of other veggies. ;-)
> We used to raise them and fed kitchen scraps.

Indeed they do. I have had a few pet rabbits and they loved carrots, as
do most herbivores. My brother has a Labrador Retriever for whom carrots
are a favourite treat. He loves them.

Years ago when I looked after the animals in a psychology lab there was
one monkey in my charge. One day I took him a variety of fruits and
vegetables to see which he would eat first. I took and orange, an apple,
a banana and an onion. He went for the onion first.



> Peanut butter is simpler, stickier, and it works. I've noted that 3
> other people have recommended it. I learned it from my high school
> biology professor and it's never failed me.

It is an effective bait. I never have peanut butter in the house. The
last time I had to set a trap I got a few peanuts and ground them up
with the stick blender to make enough peanut butter to bait a few traps.
It worked.