![]() 11/17/2017 at 11:18 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
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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You can buy similar non-killing traps. Clear boxes with doors that swing one way.
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I usually put the traps in closets, in cupboards or under dressers so dog doesn’t investigate.
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Yes, but I want them dead.
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Skip the peanut butter and use Fritos.
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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.
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I think the real key is if you know they’ve been eating something to use that thing for bait
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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.
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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.
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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.