Tips for catching mice please!

[Toaster]

Not according to your siggy....or does that refer to what pops up?

Chicken flavoured toast???!!

[tri boy]

Dollop of peanut butter on a mouse trap/s. They can't resist it. Or M60 machine gun.

[kerfufflez]

Hi all,

They seem to ignore the mouse trap.... tried cheese and peanut butter, but they don't even bite.

Try cheese and honey, and/or sultanas. I've heard the wee critters have a nose for sweet things. (But I've never actually tried it).

[Toaster]

Dollop of peanut butter on a mouse trap/s. They can't resist it. Or M60 machine gun.

Maybe they don't like crunchy??!!

[Toaster]

Try cheese and honey, and/or sultanas. I've heard the wee critters have a nose for sweet things. (But I've never actually tried it).

Thanks, will do!

[oldrider]

Never had mice while our old cat was alive, then we had the ginger applicant for residence catching them, now we have no cats around we have some new boarders!

These mice have been harder to evict than the mongrel mob but I got two of them last night. Yayyyyy. (just tasty cheese bait and hungry mice)

Suspect there may be more about so have placed a (personally modified) hair triggered trap in the ceiling, with tasty cheese "and peanut butter" as bait.

This trap is tricky to set and place, as my fingers will testify but tonight , if there are any mices there, they are in deep doo doo.

I feel all my old hunting instincts and skills bursting to be noticed and screaming, pick me, pick me but I shall remain cool and cunning in the face of the enemy.

Death stalks the invaders tonight. (Hunter) John.

[Delerium]

try using vanilla essence on bread for the trap, worked a beaut at my olds place.

[Jantar]

Your problem is that you only have two burmese cats. You need three as shown below.
Cat 1. (Petanbre Little Lady) is guarding the door to make sure that mice do not come inside.
Cat 2. (Petranbre Fluer de Lis) is not shown because she is outside hunting rabbits, mice, ducks or anything else within 1 - 6 kms of our property.
Cat 3. (Pimo Golden Amadale) would not lower himself to anything as belittling as having to catch anything. He will wait until one of the girls brings food to him, then he may or may not consider eating it.

You see it is simply a matter of a dominating male being waited on by his females. Otherwise known as proper training.

[johnnyflash]

Maybe they don't like crunchy??!!

Hell, why dont you just leave out a Menu for em to choose from, (on the mousetrap ofcourse :-) these beggars seem to be a picky bunch of meeces, but as mentioned earlier put the baits/traps in the warm spots, set hair triggers, if all that fails set trap hooked up to shotgun with wide pattern shot.. if it misses it will atleast sho em the way out.... LOL

[Toaster]

Hell, why dont you just leave out a Menu for em to choose from, (on the mousetrap ofcourse :-) these beggars seem to be a picky bunch of meeces, but as mentioned earlier put the baits/traps in the warm spots, set hair triggers, if all that fails set trap hooked up to shotgun with wide pattern shot.. if it misses it will atleast sho em the way out.... LOL

Brilliant - like it.

The first mouse was sitting (shitting actually) on the computer the other night staring at me!

The seconds was sitting on the stereo inside the tv cabinet.

As for the cats.... asleep in one of the couches in the family room... useless.

[Toaster]

try using vanilla essence on bread for the trap, worked a beaut at my olds place.

Cheers, beer and chips didn't work (although I enjoyed it), so will try that.

[gunnyrob]

and the Lord sayeth "Bait thine mousetraps with PINEAPPLE LUMPS, and ye shall reap a savage harvest"

Yup, pineapple lumps, I shit you not.

Little feckers love em.

[ali]

Perhaps having live mice may be the lesser of two evils

Come this time of year, our two cats will have left the headless remains ( god knows where the heads go ) of mice, rats and the odd rabbit.

Mice and rabbits i can live with but any form of rat, dead or alive, loosens my bowels and makes me let out a high pitched scream, much to the amusement of my wife and son.

[BuFfY]

They really just do it for attention and to show that they love you. One year our cat Jemima bought us in a bird, and put it under the xmas tree with all our other presents... I was the only one home and we had an open home like 10 mins later!!
That was actually quite weird for her though, she used to bring us in leaves!

[Toaster]

and the Lord sayeth "Bait thine mousetraps with PINEAPPLE LUMPS, and ye shall reap a savage harvest"

Yup, pineapple lumps, I shit you not.

Little feckers love em.

I have chocolate fish....... I shall go forth and discover the depths of my pantry!