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Mice #5515267
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Figured I would ask the experts. What is the best way to rid my house of mice? The normal mouse traps are crap anymore, they don't hold up to very many days of use. And the new all plastic ones are even worse. I'm getting very tired of hearing my wife scream 6 or 7 times a day. Thanks for any help. Tom

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What brand of traps are you using? I use vprt's/ mouse traps and they get put through the ringer and continue to fire. I also set my rat traps up with a hair trigger so they could be used for mice as well. Wooden snap traps are the way to go imo, you might have purchased a bad batch of traps. Pics are just to show the abuse the traps go through.


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Re: Mice [Re: twild] #5515401
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Seal the holes they use to enter the house. Any mice outside will be stuck outside. Any inside will have to be trapoed out. The cheap wooden mouse traps still kill mice. So do the plastic ones.

Or you can change wives, but that's expensive.

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I have some real beat ones from voles too. Sitting in wet grass rusts them out pretty quickly.

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Originally Posted By: TDHP
What brand of traps are you using? I use vprt's/ mouse traps and they get put through the ringer and continue to fire. I also set my rat traps up with a hair trigger so they could be used for mice as well. Wooden snap traps are the way to go imo, you might have purchased a bad batch of traps. Pics are just to show the abuse the traps go through.


I've got that brand of trap, but the pans are different. Mine are just a little piece of metal instead of the big plastic one like you have. Can I order those online? I have never seen that style here.

Re: Mice [Re: twild] #5516133
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I'm also a big fan of the plastic pan. They should have them at wal mart or local hardware store. Mine aren't victor they are made by tomcat and also gets lots of abuse from Vole trapping sitting out all the time.


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Bought a few dozen @ http://www.wildlifecontrolsupplies.com/, they have great customer service as well. The big box stores tend not to have them on the shelves, you have to order them and have them shipped to the store /house. Once the pan and trigger rod rust up on them traditional's, or if you just feel they're not firing like they should. Take a piece of fine sandpaper and sand the end of the trigger rod and the pan where it sets, or straighten the edge where the rod sets with a pair of pliers. Drop of vegetable oil/Vaseline etc, to keep it firing. To this day I haven't had any mice avoid traps with them two things on the trap. If you choose to buy a dozen of the pro models, file down the end of the trigger rod on an angle, just a hair where it connects to the pan. There's a few different methods, bending the rod works too, but the file keeps the rod straight, this will give the trap a hair trigger. Just keep the bait in the pocket or towards the rear of the pan.


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Re: Mice [Re: twild] #5516386
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Ours come in boxes of 72. These'll work.

http://www.amazon.com/Victor-Mouse-Traps-8-Pack/dp/B019G0FWU2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1462627746&sr=8-2&keywords=victor+mouse+trap


Really, the metal pans will work too.

If you don't mind cleaning them out you don't need the 30-50 we put in a house. Placement is most important. Put them facing walls and on the sill plate. The attic, placement isn't as important.

Re: Mice [Re: twild] #5516497
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Since you asked what the professionals do to control mice in the home, here is what works for us.
http://www.crittercatchersinc.com/critters/Mice/rodentcontroltechniques.html

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DaveK's link is a good read, and brings up an interesting question, Where do the deader's go after eating poison? I think they go out to die, or the others eat them. Any opinions??
I am a big fan of the plastic traps with a hole in the pan for the bait cup to show thru. However they are almost a 1 time use, for they sure don't hold up for crap. The dog notch breaks off and it's trash. Somebody with a 3D printer could make a few bucks printing off replacements. LOL


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Thanks guys ordered some last night. Have tried the poison before, but seems we find it acouple months later somewhere else in the house. They just take it somewhere and store it up, so must not kill them. I will be reading that.

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If you use pellets, they will store it someplace. We use secured blocks. They can't move them and eat them on location.

Re: Mice [Re: twild] #5517232
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Not a fan of poisons, but on occasion they do have their place, anyone can drop a block of poison and then walk away. IMO, IMHO smile if you keep your traps in working order, you should be able to take care of the issue. EatenByLimestone typed it, sealing up is what needs to happen, if you're able to locate the entries. A lot of mice seem to die in all the wrong places when using rodenticide imo. You don't need to be a professional to handle rodents, little common knowledge of them and knowledge of hand tools for exclusion work goes a long way. I've seen many "professionals" go into a rodent control job only to make it difficult for the next one because they failed on their attempt.The license is just a piece of paper to grant you permission to do this year round, test is pretty simple. Good luck, happy wife happy life....


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Re: Mice [Re: twild] #5517713
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People fail at trapping, just as people fail at rodenticides. It's about understanding the behavior. Mice only live a year, so to state that rodenticides result in odors, is missing the point that mice die naturally.

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Roger that- hence some common knowledge of them, which is on the majority of websites for rodent facts. Mice live up to a year, introduce rodenticide into the equation and that life expectancy is cut drastically. If there's enough ofthem that don't make it out there will be an odor, this is based off of my experience. You might have been a professional and got the all of the mice out with no issues. I was called after the fact on a few jobs where poisons were used by another pest control company serviced to exclude dead rodents.


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Didn't mean to cause a pizzin match. Got the traps in mail today, hopefully the killin starts tonight. Thanks for you help

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No worries on my end, the only way to learn is to obtain the information and then apply it to practical applications.


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Go to the Dollar Store. 4 mouse traps for a buck. They never get old because you throw them away when they start to look shabby. Besides, it's fun to watch the expression on the clerk's face when you have a cart full of mouse traps. You can always say something cool, like "My wife thinks she saw a mouse."

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Originally Posted By: Paul Winkelmann
Go to the Dollar Store. 4 mouse traps for a buck. They never get old because you throw them away when they start to look shabby. Besides, it's fun to watch the expression on the clerk's face when you have a cart full of mouse traps. You can always say something cool, like "My wife thinks she saw a mouse."

LOL, I've found those 4/$1 traps are mostly crap. I've had them literally fly apart when trying to set, and for some reason they are hard to fire and the mouse will eat the bait without firing it.


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Get a bucket add some water to it about a gallon. Make a ramp that leads up that bucket a piece of wood. Add some bacon grease or something on the inside of the walls. Once they jump in they will drown after getting tired of swimming. Then you will have bait for fox trapping next fall.


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