The WTF event of the day

[KotysDad]

I must be losing my mind ............

Every Fall I set those spring loaded mouse traps in my basement. It's the only time of year I have problems with mice. So I set them a few weeks ago, peanut butter on the fake cheese pads, and check them every day or so.

No catches in 3 weeks. Totally surprised. So I decided to go over to where the traps are set and take a closer look. The spring is still loaded, but there is no peanut butter on the cheese pads. Not only that, but the traps look brand new - like they were never baited with peanut butter to begin with.

Now either I am losing my mind, or I have mice with a surgeons touch that can take off the peanut butter without getting chopped in two and leave no leftovers whatsoever - either that or someone broke into my house and replaced those two original traps with brand new ones and took nothing of value on their way out (doubtful). The traps work because I barely had to breathe on them to set off the spring.

Now I know those traps had peanut butter on them when I set them down 3 weeks ago. I remember because they kept snapping and I had to keep redoing the peanut butter.

I swear those traps dont look like an ounce of peanut butter were ever on them. :shrug:

Hey mice......WTF!!!! :banghead:

 

[freelancc]

:lol:

 

[IntenseOperator]

by the way


the mice thank you for the free grub

 

[ocelot]

Ants possible?

 

[PaTsJaMM]

I was thinking the same thing. Sounds like ants to me:shrug:

 

[THE KOD]

KotysDad

I hate to be the one to tell you this but :



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ANACONDA !

 

[THE KOD]

KotysDad

On a more serious note them mice are mighty smart.


I saw in a hardware store I go to they got traps that
electrocute the mice. They cost $19.00 each.

I think they come in two sizes. The regular electrocution and a super heavy duty zapper guaranteed to put down the largest rat.

The thing is built like a little mice house.

Little doors and windows paint a inviting picture to the mice. And if you have mice you may soon have many. They have a litter of 100 on average. The smell of cheese is nauseating. After all its lunchtime.

The mice are unsuspecting and its like its a walk in the park at first. Then the the hunger urge is too much for them. The smell is coming from inside this little house this electrocution chamber.

The mice hesitate.

The smell of swiss cheese is on their noses.

They wander in and look around. It seems safe enough.

Then all holy hell breaks loose for the mouse. The lights flicker on and off in the little mice house as the chamber has fried up another steak.

I think you have to believe in the death penalty in order to use the traps successfully. And some people may come and stand in your yard with signs.



KOD

 

[IntenseOperator]

glue traps

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a cinder block

 

[THE KOD]

That peanut butter on a trap is easy meal....

Don't worry about the mice anymore.

And leave the top open on the dryer will ya, I sleep in there sometimes.

yellow on black means stay the **** back....

 

[Palmetto Pimp]

Kotys dad...spring traps are all you need.....

I use them ay work from time to time.....

First...throw away the fake cheese....
2nd play with the part of the trap where the medal rod hooks under and make it more senstive
3rd tuck peanut butter under the lil opening on the piece they step on(hard to describe) you dont need much peanutbutter at all...just tuck it under that lil peice that comes up

SNAP!!!!

 

[KotysDad]

Kotys dad...spring traps are all you need.....

I use them ay work from time to time.....

First...throw away the fake cheese....
2nd play with the part of the trap where the medal rod hooks under and make it more senstive
3rd tuck peanut butter under the lil opening on the piece they step on(hard to describe) you dont need much peanutbutter at all...just tuck it under that lil peice that comes up

SNAP!!!!

The thing I described as the "cheese pad" is the thing they step on that triggers the rod to release and the spring to snap down on them. It just looks like a piece of cheese with holes. I'll try putting PB on both sides and under.

I never thought about ants, but if I had ants I would think I would have seen some around. Yes? No? I havent seen a single ant anywhere in my house, even around the basement. I used a decent dab of peanut butter the first time. If it was ants or something small that wouldnt have enough weight to trigger the death rod, then they sure were meticulous. I swear there was absolutely no PB remnants at all on that thing they step on.

Scott, I'll look out for the electrocution gadget but I prefer seeing their little furry heads snapped in two.

P.S. The culprit could be the house crickets that live in my basement. Any time I go down there, 3-4 go jumping out of site. I just went down and saw one right next to the mouse trap. Maybe they are capable of getting the PB off without triggering the death rod.

 

[SixFive]

ants, crickets, some kind of bug, that's my guess too. We set traps under the sink as kids, turned the lights off, went in the next room, and waited for the SNAP!! FUn stuff.

 

[Captain Crunch]

I use the poison pellets and they work like a charm. They get a mouthful and then go rest in peace.

 

[IntenseOperator]

Update please

Update please

What's the score of this game?

 

[Stuman]

Mice 7 - KotysDad 0

 

[Stuman]

ants, crickets, some kind of bug, that's my guess too. We set traps under the sink as kids, turned the lights off, went in the next room, and waited for the SNAP!! FUn stuff.

You too?

Forget the glue traps. The mice will drag them to a corner and proceed to chew off their leg and leave. Seen it plenty of times. Forget the poison also, as they will die in the walls, or somewhere else that you can't get to. The smell is aweful for 2-3 weeks as the mice rot under your nose, yet you will never find them.

That being said, get new spring traps w/o fake cheese. Get the old fashioned kind, and some good old cheddar. Squeeze the cheese onto the trigger pad and form a ball of cheeze that encases the end of the pad. Good luck.

Stuman

 

[KotysDad]

Mice 7 - KotysDad 0

Make that

Mice 7
KotysDad 3

I went downstairs after work today and noticed one of the traps was gone. Not moved, but gone. I thought, "Great, not only do these damn mice eat the peanut butter without triggering the death arm, but now they're hiding the traps from me." I knew what happened, but I wasnt looking forward to finding the trap cuz I knew whatever was in it had to be a big mo-fo to get snapped around the head and still be able to move well out of sight.

I found the trap in the sump pump about 20 feet away. I am still not sure if it was a rat or a really big mouse...but it was huge.

Field goal good, lead cut to 4.

 

[IntenseOperator]

I think there is a big$$ movie script here


Micheal Jackson could use the money right about now