What do you use for Mouse Bait?

[cudaken]

That time of year again, Pixie and Dixie are looking for new diggings for the winter. For some reason I cannot understand my wife is deathly afraid of them?  There has been times she will go sit in her car? 

I have used beef jerky with some susses and have got two of the little furry things. One is walking and crapping around a trap with the jerky, must not like jerky?

I have tried Peanut Butter with mix results before. Looking for a few other ideas?

     Cuda Ken 

[b5blue]

Peanut butter on bacon. 

[Tilar]

Sticky traps.

[JamieZ]

I get mice in the attic when the weather changes, I load the traps with Black oil sunflower seed (can find it with the bird seed).  Traps start getting them right away.

[bull]

Just put the trigger of the trap against the wall, no bait. They always run along the edges of walls and they'll just go right over the top of it. Works every time for me.

[XH29N0G]

Crafty buggers.  I have to change up foods to trick them and have had some plans that did not work.  A number of years back I turned a bottle of whisky on its side and made a little ramp up to the opening.  The idea was they would go in, drink too much and then not make it out.  Not a single mouse caught and all the whisky evaporated the first night night.  Two years ago I used peanut butter ... some mice but then they stopped.  Then I started moving the traps around and Caught some more, but then they stopped.  Then I started swiss cheese and caught some more.  Candy doesn't seem to work.  Last year I used aged cheese and caught no mice.  I know they are around though.  In 2010 be borrowed a dog and a cat.  The cat was 22 lbs, could barely move, and got trapped in the lazy susan, but the mice left.  This year, I don't know.  I am still thinking about what type of trap to make - I am thinking something electrical this time.  One parting thought.  My wife's step brother seemed to catch half mice.  I think it might have been because he had rats that would eat the mice once they were caught in the trap.   

[JB400]

Chocolate works.  Especially Reese's.  At least they manage to find my stash and ruin most of it.  But, I've generally just use peanut butter.  Birdseed would probably work as well.  That's what they eat in the wild.

[68X426]

Just put the trigger of the trap against the wall, no bait. They always run along the edges of walls and they'll just go right over the top of it. Works every time for me.

Bingo, same here. 

[johnnycharger]

At my previous house I used peanut butter and birdseed on top. Worked great.

[Orange Bird]

If you make one, the redneck mouse trap works and many of you probably have the stuff laying around. It will be a scene from Caddy Shack if you go that route. Take a 5 gal bucket fill w/some water. Take a coke bottle with a cap on it and drill a hole through it and the bottom (in the center). Put a dowel through it long enough to span the sides of the bucket. Coat bottle w/peanut butter (or whatever you like to feed them). Make a ramp from the floor to the edge of the bucket top by the dowel. They will walk up the ramp, onto the rod to the bottle, try to eat and roll off into the water. Problem solved. I may have read it here somewhere but it has been around for a while, it's simple and effective and you get to see who is smarter, you or the mouse.

[polywideblock]

burnt/melted cheese ,put a piece in trap and once on trigger use lighter to melt/burn the cheese they can't resist it   

[Fred]

My sis in laws cat catches them by the truck load and they're not even in the house. Her cat goes out looking for them, a natural born hunter. It catches one, brings it home, kills it and goes straight off to catch another. That cat is on a mission. She has dead mice laying about all over the place.  

[sunfire69]

peanut butter on the trap and a piece of dry dog food stuck to it.....they have to "tug" on the dog food ...and I only us a trap once..their sense of smell is incredible...if they smell "fliuds" from the last victum a lot of times they avoid the trap from then on.....

[chargerboy69]

Sticky traps.

I agree, we put these all around our buildings.  I buy the larger traps and stick a couple peanuts in the middle, works great.

[4cruzin]

I tried peanut butter but discovered they would lick it all off and not spring the trap.  Then I went to cheese and got a few.   

[Troy]

Every fall we'd get a few at the house. I'd bait a couple traps with peanut butter and have them all within a day or so. I reuse the traps too and sometimes get more than one per day. Our mice must be dumber than some of the ones you guys get.

Troy

[Old Moparz]

Whatever you end up using, avoid poison if you're worried about pets or certain wildlife around your house. Cats may eat the poisoned mouse & you don't need vet bills. Also read recently about an owl that was rescued after someone found it lethargically laying around. Eventually it died & it was determined to have eaten a poisoned mouse.

[polywideblock]

still recon the old fashioned "snap" was the quickest and cleanest

[Alaskan_TA]

Broadcast sheets. Mice love them.

[Fred]

Broadcast sheets. Mice love them.

And silverfish love the rest. What a mighty pain they are. Any ideas what to do about those?

[remta1]

Broadcast sheets. Mice love them.

hilarious

[cudaken]

Just want to stop and thank you all for the suggestions. I stuck with the beef jerky so far and have got 4 of the little uckers so far. Wife happy so i am happy.

      Ken

[Lighthorseman]

Just put the trigger of the trap against the wall, no bait. They always run along the edges of walls and they'll just go right over the top of it. Works every time for me.

Bingo, same here. 

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