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 **

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.

How appetizing for you!

> 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.

Do you have peanut butter? That's the lure of choice here.

> 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.

That'll be the day I share bacon with rodent pests. Heh.

> 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.

That sounds excellent. I'm sorry about your thumb. I hope you
run out of uninvited guests soon. It's freaky they all showed up
at once like that.

nancy

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.
--
Peace! Om

"He who has the gold makes the rules"
--Om

"He who has the guns can get the gold."
-- Steve Rothstein

"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
<snip>
> modom
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Try using peanut butter for bait - mice **love** it, and it's not something
they can easily steal like cheese. We had an invasion of mice about 8 years
ago, and our PB-baited traps worked like a charm. Brazen little critters -
even our cat didn't scare them off!

Karen

"modom (palindrome guy)" wrote:
>
> 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.

The idea that mice love cheese seems as bogus
as the idea that rabbits love carrots.

For mice, rats, and squirrels (death to squirrels!)
walnuts in my experience have been most effective.
In the last couple of months, that worked on one mouse,
two rats, and two squirrels.

I mount one walnut half on the trigger, and I take
a few small pieces and crumble them up over the
trigger area, so that they emit an attractive
nut aroma. It's all about presentation. :-)

In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> "modom (palindrome guy)" wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> 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.

>
> For mice, rats, and squirrels (death to squirrels!)
> walnuts in my experience have been most effective.
> In the last couple of months, that worked on one mouse,
> two rats, and two squirrels.
>
> I mount one walnut half on the trigger, and I take
> a few small pieces and crumble them up over the
> trigger area, so that they emit an attractive
> nut aroma. It's all about presentation. :-)

<grins>

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.
--
Peace! Om

"He who has the gold makes the rules"
--Om

"He who has the guns can get the gold."
-- Steve Rothstein

On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 22:37:01 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>Do you have peanut butter? That's the lure of choice here.

When I had a mouse problem, they turned up their noses at peanut
butter but they loved Jarlsberg cheese.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
...
> 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 canned cat food in the traps. I have to set the traps where the cat
won't get them and it's always a real toss up whether the cat or the traps
will get the mice first. She's pretty good about catching mice though, she
loves toys that play back.

Ms P

On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 22:37:01 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
>That'll be the day I share bacon with rodent pests. Heh.

Indeed. Let me be perfectly clear for the record and not equivocate
in the slightest: We ate the bacon. Rodents get none of my bacon. I
baited the traps with the rind, which, while it is tasty, is not as
good as the bacon and is tough enough to loosen you fillings if you do
eat it. Basically it's pig skin. Cured and smoked pig skin, but
essentially pig skin.
>
>> 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.
>
>That sounds excellent. I'm sorry about your thumb. I hope you
>run out of uninvited guests soon. It's freaky they all showed up
>at once like that.
>
I think it has to do with our dry spell. We've had no rain in weeks,
and any moisture associated with our house (condensation from the AC
unit, e.g.) is a big draw. Also, the guy at the local "hardware and
feed" store told me the farmers around here are plowing their fields
after the harvest, and that drives mice away from their summer digs
into digs like mine.
--

modom
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
...
> The mice saga continues.
>
> 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.
>
> modom

Mike,

A good, sorta permanent bait is to soak a string in some of that nice bacon
fat, and then tie it to the trap trigger.

Boli

In article >,
"Ms P" > wrote:

> > 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 canned cat food in the traps. I have to set the traps where the cat
> won't get them and it's always a real toss up whether the cat or the traps
> will get the mice first. She's pretty good about catching mice though, she
> loves toys that play back.
>
> Ms P

Cats generally do like interactive toys. <g> I don't get a lot of
Palmetto bugs in the house but when I do, I usually only find them in
pieces. The cats love those things!
--
Peace! Om

"He who has the gold makes the rules"
--Om

"He who has the guns can get the gold."
-- Steve Rothstein

bolivar wrote:
> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
> ...
>> The mice saga continues.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> modom
>
> Mike,
>
> A good, sorta permanent bait is to soak a string in some of that nice
> bacon fat, and then tie it to the trap trigger.
>
> Boli

Found some crab traps in the garage Yep, they like bacon.

Jill <--wondering what to do with all this fishing/crabbing/golfing stuff

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.

bolivar wrote:

> A good, sorta permanent bait is to soak a string in some of that nice
> bacon fat, and then tie it to the trap trigger.

Intriguing! I'll have to give that a shot. Of course, that
means I must cook some bacon ... so tiresome. Heh.

At the moment, things are quiet. Mostly I only get a couple
of them every year, with notable exceptions. Like the time
the furnace guy took out the insulation from a pipe going
through the wall. Mouse highway.

nancy

modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 22:37:01 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> > wrote:

>> That'll be the day I share bacon with rodent pests. Heh.
>
> Indeed. Let me be perfectly clear for the record and not equivocate
> in the slightest: We ate the bacon. Rodents get none of my bacon. I
> baited the traps with the rind, which, while it is tasty, is not as
> good as the bacon and is tough enough to loosen you fillings if you do
> eat it. Basically it's pig skin. Cured and smoked pig skin, but
> essentially pig skin.

Gotcha, that's different. And being chewy, will set off the trap.

>> That sounds excellent. I'm sorry about your thumb. I hope you
>> run out of uninvited guests soon. It's freaky they all showed up
>> at once like that.
>>
> I think it has to do with our dry spell. We've had no rain in weeks,
> and any moisture associated with our house (condensation from the AC
> unit, e.g.) is a big draw. Also, the guy at the local "hardware and
> feed" store told me the farmers around here are plowing their fields
> after the harvest, and that drives mice away from their summer digs
> into digs like mine.

Hey, I saw that movie! yeah, that would do it. I imagine you've
checked everywhere they could be getting in and stuffed it
with steel wool, that will help.

nancy

For three weeks in a row, when I opened the Food Pantry, where I work,
there was a chewed open styrofoam "cup of soup" on the floor. I figured
it was eaten by a mouse until the church secretary told me that there
was a red squirrel in the church.
She called pest control to remove it and they baited a "have-a heart"
trap with peanut butter and nuts, no luck after a few days. I took the
trap to a different location closer to the food pantry and re-baited it
with a styrofoam Cup of Soup We caught the little bugger the same day.

It chewed a little hole in the styrofoam and ate all of the dry
ingredients in the cup.

Denise

"modom" wrote:
>
> The mice saga continues.

Mice, what's a mice?

>(*^*)<

In article > ,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> 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.

Probably needed the sulphur. It's a drastically underestimated
nutrient. Eggs and garlic are good for that too. It is needed for joint
repair.

> > 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.

I only purchase peanut butter for rat poisoning or trapping. I never eat
it myself any more. ;-) It's calorie content WAY outstrips it's
nutritional value so I don't bother with it as a dietary item.

I used to also use it in baby bird formulas just for the calories when
we did wildlife rescue. It cured "failure to thrive" in omnivorous
infant birds like those in the crow family.
--
Peace! Om

"He who has the gold makes the rules"
--Om

"He who has the guns can get the gold."
-- Steve Rothstein

"Denise in NH" > wrote in message
...
> For three weeks in a row, when I opened the Food Pantry, where I work,
> there was a chewed open styrofoam "cup of soup" on the floor. I figured
> it was eaten by a mouse until the church secretary told me that there
> was a red squirrel in the church.
> She called pest control to remove it and they baited a "have-a heart"
> trap with peanut butter and nuts, no luck after a few days. I took the
> trap to a different location closer to the food pantry and re-baited it
> with a styrofoam Cup of Soup We caught the little bugger the same day.
>

haha! You genius you!

On Oct 5, 10:09*pm, "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. *

Farley Mowat has a good recipe for mice in his book Never Cry Wolf.


John Kane Kingston ON Canada

cyberprosti wrote:

> "Denise in NH" > wrote in message
> ...
> > For three weeks in a row, when I opened the Food Pantry, where I work,
> > there was a chewed open styrofoam "cup of soup" on the floor. I figured
> > it was eaten by a mouse until the church secretary told me that there
> > was a red squirrel in the church.
> > She called pest control to remove it and they baited a "have-a heart"
> > trap with peanut butter and nuts, no luck after a few days. I took the
> > trap to a different location closer to the food pantry and re-baited it
> > with a styrofoam Cup of Soup We caught the little bugger the same day.
> >
>
> haha! You genius you!


You might use that l'il trick to lure some more "clients" for your
streetwalking gig, luv...

:-)

--
Best
Greg

" I find Greg Morrow lowbrow, witless, and obnoxious. For him to claim that
we are some
kind of comedy team turns my stomach."
- "cybercat" to me on rec.food.cooking

jmcquown wrote:
> bolivar wrote:
>> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> The mice saga continues.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> modom
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> A good, sorta permanent bait is to soak a string in some of that nice
>> bacon fat, and then tie it to the trap trigger.
>>
>> Boli
>
> Found some crab traps in the garage Yep, they like bacon.
>
> Jill <--wondering what to do with all this fishing/crabbing/golfing stuff

Seeing dollar signs? What else is new?

-dk