MOUSE TRAPS

Use Mouse Traps Stick Vs. Old Mouse Traps

Use Mouse Traps Stick Vs. Old Mouse Traps

Introduction

Mice can really be a problem if they are in your home. They gnaw on things that ought to be kept looking nice; they leave their droppings, which contain harmful germs, on your floor; they eat your food; they make noises in the walls; and they are very good at keeping themselves hidden and hard to catch. For these and other reasons, it is imperative that mice be gotten rid of. (Mouse Traps: A Quick Scamper through their long history: http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=1&hid=13&sid=477a3f2d-7f96-47af-93ce-d08e87656327%40sessionmgr13)

Operational Definition

The old mouse trap method of ridding one's home of mice is a spring-loaded mouse trap. A snap trap is the traditional type of trap that has been around for over a century. When a mouse takes the bait, a metal bar gets triggered and kills the mouse. It's been said that if you build a better mouse trap, the world will beat a path to your door. But, it's already been done. The best of all mouse traps was invented decades ago, probably by loggers in bush camps infested with the messy pests. It's called Mice in a Bucket and works like this.

Take a standard-size plastic pail and drill a hole in each side just below the rim. Insert through the holes a dowel, something broom-handle size or less. Coat the bottom of the dowel with peanut butter or cream cheese. Half fill the bucket with water. When the mice step onto the dowel to fetch the bait, it's like loggers trying to stay upright on a floating log, only mice don't have cork boots.

Coating only the bottom of the dowel with bait is the key to a successful bucket trap. Mice are gluttonous, and when they bend over eagerly to lick ...