We have, of late, had the opportunity to test several different types of mousetraps. Sticky-traps work well, but I think the mice, since the boards don't silence the victims immediately, learn to avoid them. And, if the mouse is strong enough, it can work its way off if you don't get there quickly and mash the mouse into the glue. (Wear a glove. Then, also, you have to drown them, brutally. A most personal proceeding.) We've caught over a dozen of the little effers with those.
We tried these plastice live-traps, but they caught nothing. Though the bait paste they came with does seem to draw mice when you use it with another type of trap. The old-fashioned snappy kind of trap silences them immediately, but doesn't always go off, and somehow they don't seem drawn to them.
The one that's working best is a slight modification of the old-fashioned trap which has a plastic bait holder that holds the jaw well, yet is somehow more sensitive than the old, metal type.
This one, right here.
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Reminds me of two related things -
The mouse trap when I was a kid. Effectively a four in one - a 2 inch thick piece of wood about 4x4 drilled out and made into four mouse traps with one at each corner. Quite effective!
And the Harry Tate skit "Running an Office". Literally a "Classic!!" Tate piece. Well worth the seeking.
"What a common office boy! Tootle, put a note on the door 'Back in the Spring!'".
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