Posted: 12/8/2010 1:01:32 AM EDT
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Cat caught 3 mice in the house over the past 4 days. I finally found a large hole leading to the basement from outside and patched/sealed it up with copper mesh and expanding foam. Son of a bitch. 1 got away from Miss Cat, and was hiding behind sink wall. Cat was not pleased, and was standing guard on top of the counter, ready to pounce. Time for Victor Electronic to come help. After 2 hours of being placed under kitchen sink:  Death by cat is much slower. As they love to play and claw and bite them to death. This one got off easy. DAY 1. These f*ckers are going down. Cat has earned keep in home and is prepared for battle. Cat's resume:  |
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I used to live in an old house. There was a hole in the baseboard, just like in the cartoons. Anyways, of course its winter and thats when they become active coming into our homes. So I turn out all the lights and Im off to bed and almost asleep, I hear "snap" and the poor lil guy crying.. So I'm used to it, I just lay there and wait for him to stop fighting and die off. Well he doesn't, it goes on and on and on. So I get up and spot the trap that was activated. I see the lil bastard is trying to go back through the hole on the baseboard. He cant because the trap of course is too large. I reach down and grab the trap and pull the mouse back through the whole. Ill be damned if I didnt pull through 2 other mice with him, trying to help this lil' booger escape. Damnedest thing I ever seen. I had no idea mice were that smart. |
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This is relevant to my interest.
One morning, after a shower, I stick a Q tip in my ear. Damn it, cheap ass Q tips. The cotton is missing. I pick up another one, same thing. What the hell? They are all missing the cotton. I open the top drawer and there is a nice, neat, white nest. You little bastards. I trapped one, the cat got one (after I removed all the drawers) and I spray foamed 6 inches thick around all the pipes. |
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My sister had a bad gopher problem in her yard. She saw one of the little buggers in his hole, sticking his gophery head up, and grabbed her cat (Tiblet) and LAUNCHED THE CAT AT THE HOLE! Tiblet tried heroically (and unsuccessfully) to catch the gopher, sticking his arm down the hole and spinning around about 10 times. Eventually he caught the gopher. Sister gave him great praise and a treat (Tiblet was too civilized to actually EAT the damn gopher). He soaked it up.
The other 6 cats spent the rest of the day sitting around the hole, watching for another gopher. |
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Quoted: This is relevant to my interest. One morning, after a shower, I stick a Q tip in my ear. Damn it, cheap ass Q tips. The cotton is missing. I pick up another one, same thing. What the hell? They are all missing the cotton. I open the top drawer and there is a nice, neat, white nest. You little bastards. I trapped one, the cat got one (after I removed all the drawers) and I spray foamed 6 inches thick around all the pipes. I'm going all out on the foam. and over the foundation/frame connection with a fine toothed comb. damn pipes. |
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I have them in my garage and they've figured out how to get the peanut butter off of the traps without springing them.
It's time to find some alternate type traps. Does that black box trap in the OP kill them? Anyone have experience with the sound wave deterrants? |
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Quoted: I have them in my garage and they've figured out how to get the peanut butter off of the traps without springing them. It's time to find some alternate type traps. Does that black box trap in the OP kill them? Anyone have experience with the sound wave deterrants? Yeah, that black box electronic trap (uses 4 AA batteries) kills em. Victor Electronic Mouse trap. This was actually the first time I used it. Put that peanut butter on the back of it, put it against the wall of the cabinet where I thought they traveled day to day. And 2 hours later, the green light was blinking (let me know it had a kill). Dumped the mouse in the trash outside, closed the lid, and it's back in action. I'm impressed. |
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Here's a trick I learned in GD last year. Put two pennies under the end of the spring on the Victor old-school mouse traps. This creates stronger spring tension.
Trim the right (sensitive) side of the yellow plastic sear. Good luck with nibbling the peanut butter off of that setup. It's the most humane, as death is extremely swift. |
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I have them in my garage and they've figured out how to get the peanut butter off of the traps without springing them. It's time to find some alternate type traps. Does that black box trap in the OP kill them? Anyone have experience with the sound wave deterrants? Get one of the traps where you put the peanut butter in a tray that is covered by a trigger. The mouse HAS to lift the trigger to get to the peanut butter. Or a covered trap where they have to walk over a wide trigger just to get near the peanut butter. |