On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 07:31:16 GMT, Blair P. Houghton >
wrote:

> I had a mouse.
>
> He was living in my kitchen for a week or so.
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>
> Caught the little bugger twice, actually.
>
> But not without some tweaking.
>
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> So I reset the traps, with Stilton, hoping that unlike the
> mild Asadero it would have the aroma of rot and depth that
> a mouse would seek out.
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>
> Left me standing, agape, trap and book in hand.
>
> Damn.
>
> There I named him. Zippy the Wonder Mouse.
>
> I refilled the traps with store-brand cheddar (still
> experimenting rather than just going with what works),
> and this morning, one of the traps was sprung but empty.
> I'd left the rather large chunks of cheddar an inch or
> so from the back of the trap, so as to avoid having them
> simply tilt themselves, but clearly, that was a mistake.
> He'd reached in and got the bait, then had room to get
> out without the lid dropping far enough to lock shut.
>
> Bugger.
>
> No more mister nice mouser.
>
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> Boshemoi! He'd walked right past the traps!

You sure it wasn't a baby rat? Rats are smarter than mice.
>
I use regular "kill 'em dead" traps on mice and bait them
with (drum roll) Jarlesberg... I've tried cheddar etc, and
even peanut butter, but I seem to have gourmet mice when
they decide to hang out at my house.

Fortunately, I haven't had to trap mice in years - due to
good mousers who make sure they don't step foot in my house.


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