I fixed it.

by "Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
Published 11/17/2017 at 11:18

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So Mrs. O.C.’s terrier, Binx, is super busy and super, well, terrierish . He looks like he’s been alerting to what we think may be a mouse, but we are very afraid of him getting to a mousetrap and and needing an expensive trip to the vet. So I whipped up a solution.

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"Little Black Coupe Turned Silver" (littleblackcoupe)
11/17/2017 at 11:23, STARS: 0

You can buy similar non-killing traps. Clear boxes with doors that swing one way.

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/17/2017 at 11:46, STARS: 0

I usually put the traps in closets, in cupboards or under dressers so dog doesn’t investigate.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
11/17/2017 at 11:54, STARS: 1

Yes, but I want them dead.

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/17/2017 at 12:28, STARS: 0

Skip the peanut butter and use Fritos.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
11/17/2017 at 12:43, STARS: 2

Or maybe glue the Frito on with peanut butter. I remember you baiting your trap in the van with a Frito on the recommendation of the exterminator.

"uofime-2" (uofime-2)
11/17/2017 at 12:43, STARS: 1

I think the real key is if you know they’ve been eating something to use that thing for bait

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/17/2017 at 12:51, STARS: 0

I had a rat running around in my van for a few days before I finally killed it. I talked to an exterminator, and he said that rats never hit PB, but they always hit Fritos. I switched to Fritos and killed it the first night. Mice aren’t rats, of course, but it’s worth a try.

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/17/2017 at 12:54, STARS: 0

Yup. Got the bugger the first night.All that debris on the is the rubber cover to the rear seatbelt mounts that he had been chewing.

"uofime-2" (uofime-2)
11/17/2017 at 13:05, STARS: 1

Makes sense rats love grain.

Grew up on a farm always had the getting into our storage bins. When it was time to haul the grain the first time you turned the auger on there was always a bunch that got shot out and ummm “dealt with” via shovels

Typing that out I realize I had a weird youth.