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Marc St Louis:
--- Quote from: Hawkdancer on April 27, 2020, 11:40:34 pm ---They can get through a very small crease! I agree with Pat B, there isn't ever only one! Ham fat spread on the trigger works, just enough to encourage a firm hit! Keep a trap line loaded!
Hawkdancer
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There can be only one...if you've already caught the other one :-)
I use a raisin stuffed into the hole at the end of the trigger then peanut butter slathered over that.
DC:
Has anyone run across them eating houseplants? I searched Google and the best I can find is that they will dig in the soil around the plant but I couldn't find anything about them eating the plant. It's a strange behaviour to me.
mullet:
I wire a small piece of Bologna on with peanut butter on the trigger then dribble honey over it. Works every time.
PEARL DRUMS:
Sticky traps are fail proof. I put a peanut or almond right in the middle. 100% success.
Hummingbird Point:
For mice nothing is better than the old fashioned snap traps. Bait with salami or pepperoni, stuck into the bait hook on the pan, or if no hook, tie down with dental floss. Set against the wall as willie says, placement is very important the biggest mistake most people make.
But: Mice can't help but leave droppings everywhere they go and are very easy to catch, so combined with the fact that you caught a rat in the crawlspace, I don't think you are chasing a mouse. Norway rats are hard to trap (roof rats not so much). A rat sized snap trap set the same as above for mice may work. I usually just poison rats and accept the fact that I may be looking for a smelly corpse a few weeks later. The trap I have found that actually works the best for them is a chipmunk/squirrel sized live (cage) trap baited with oil type sunflower seeds (bird seed) or dry pet food. Of course, you then have a live rat to deal with...
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