Building a better mouse trap- will it work?

**Pixie** · 15th June 2005, 22:51

Originally Posted by TonyB

Got the little bastard!! I tried the peanut butter trick- works brilliantly. I put a little bit on the opening (teaser) and a big blob at the end. He took the teaser just after tea. A few minutes ago I was getting out of the shower when I heard the bottle drop, so I ran out and put my hand over the end of the bottle. He was jumping really high!

I then got dressed and released him into the wild some distance away. Mission accomplished.

Boooooorrrrn Freeeeeee,
As freeeee as the wiiiind blooows....
Ooo look, more votes in the Tony is nuts column LOL

If the little bugger bites you ,you may turn into a rodent at the next full moon

**TonyB** · 16th June 2005, 08:01

Originally Posted by Wolf

SNAGs are so 80's - you're a "Caring, Undemanding Nice Type"

LOL. That'll keep.

**Wolf** · 16th June 2005, 08:58

Originally Posted by TonyB

LOL. That'll keep.

So will pickled pork, dude.

**Wolf** · 16th June 2005, 09:06

We found by pure chance that there is a damn-near fool-proof mousetrap on the market - found the cat swatting a roach trap (small cardboard box with holes in the ends, a lure and sticky paper inside) around the floor. Thought the cat had gone mad until we realised a mouse had run into the trap to escape the cat and had become stuck to the paper within - all along its belly fur, feet, tail, the works. Couldn't pull itself loose.

The next day we found another mouse had stuck itself in a roach trap and the cat had torn it open and killed the mouse - was amusing itself by swatting it around.

The holes in the roach traps are large enough for a mouse to enter but the box is not very high so they have to slither along on their beliies - not good when they hit the sticky paper inside with their furry bellies.

**Lias** · 16th June 2005, 11:54

Mouse disposal is much like our current judicial system. its in serious need of reconstruction and needs to be about punishment not rehabilitation

Once you had it in the bottle, shoulda thrown the bottle into a bonfire or fireplace, thus ensuring a slow painful mouse death, and no possibility of reoffending whilst sending a clear message to the greater mouse community

**Wolf** · 16th June 2005, 11:59

Originally Posted by LiasTZ

Mouse disposal is much like our current judicial system. its in serious need of reconstruction and needs to be about punishment not rehabilitation

Once you had it in the bottle, shoulda thrown the bottle into a bonfire or fireplace, thus ensuring a slow painful mouse death, and no possibility of reoffending whilst sending a clear message to the greater mouse community

LiasTZ - the man who would see a small, mouse-sized gallows in every home...

**TonyB** · 16th June 2005, 12:01

Originally Posted by Wolf

So will pickled pork, dude.

Revenge is sweeter. And I have a sweet tooth.

**Lias** · 16th June 2005, 12:01

LiasTZ - the man who would see a small, mouse-sized gallows in every home...

Complete rubbish.

Under my benevolent rule, we would provide all mice with free train trips to "rehabilitation camps", with extensive shower facilities.

**Wolf** · 16th June 2005, 13:27

Originally Posted by LiasTZ

Complete rubbish.

Under my benevolent rule, we would provide all mice with free train trips to "rehabilitation camps", with extensive shower facilities.

Coming soon: Lias Industries Novelty Lamp Shades...

**Wolf** · 16th June 2005, 14:17

Originally Posted by TonyB

Revenge is sweeter. And I have a sweet tooth.

Tastes best served cold, I find.

Great quote I heard, think it may have come from a movie: Former victim finally locates his nemesis "what dun him wrong" all those years ago and has him in his power. "Aha," he gloats, "I've been dreaming of this moment every night since we last met" and his nemesis replies calmly "Really? I haven't given you a moment's thought since."

**SpeedyGirl** · 25th September 2005, 19:33

Originally Posted by XTC

Uummm righto.... Just get some poison dude... It's a mouse get it before it becomes 100 mice.

Ha that doesn't work either... we have a mouse in the office and after a month the damn thing is still there..... we have 20 poison traps set :slap:

**TonyB** · 25th September 2005, 21:10

Originally Posted by SpeedyGirl

Ha that doesn't work either... we have a mouse in the office and after a month the damn thing is still there..... we have 20 poison traps set :slap:

We had the same problem in my office. Little bugger actually SHAT IN MY COFFEE CUP! Funnily enough the traps didn't work- I caught it by the tail when it was running around the office

**Patrick** · 25th September 2005, 21:33

One mouse you will see... probably 5 mice you are actually seeing, since they all look alike...if you have one, you have at least 5... peanut butter and nothing else on the spring neck breakers is the way. We had a small invasion, they all loved the stuff. I set one in the cupboard under the laundry sink and closed the door. Stood up and snap! Thought I set the thing off by closing the door. Opened the door and there was a real fat arse, R.I.P.... Bugger them shitting in my coffee cup! Now have 2 cats, no problems.

**Krayy** · 26th September 2005, 08:41

Originally Posted by TonyB

....inside the bottle is a nice big bit of pizza crust...

Now heres something I didn't know until i went to my brothers place the other week...apparantly what mice love most in the world is Pineapple Lumps. Sounds weird, but their canteen had a mouse sized break in and the only thing they ate were the Pineapple Lumps. I suppose it's the rodent version of the Chocolate Fish - everybody likes them and will virtually anything to get one. So I can only conclude that they're daring each other to try to get it out of the trap.