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OT - Best Mouse Trap Ever

bigguy136
bigguy136 Posts: 1,362
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I typically don't get into too many off-topic threads but I wanted to share a new mouse trap I made that works all year.

I put a few inches of RV anti-freeze in the bottom of a garbage can and spread peanut butter on the side (with a few sunflower seeds). The mice lean in, fall in and drown. I've used water before but some mice have enough traction (even after spraying the sides with cooking oil) to climb out. RV anti-freeze keeps their feet slippery, stays liquid in the cold and is ground water safe if you want to dig a hole and dump the critters after 6 months of being pickled.

Big Lake, Minnesota

2X Large BGE, 1 Mini Max, Stokers, Adjustable Rig

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  • bigguy136
    bigguy136 Posts: 1,362
    Sorry, here is the photo

    Big Lake, Minnesota

    2X Large BGE, 1 Mini Max, Stokers, Adjustable Rig

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  • bigguy136
    bigguy136 Posts: 1,362

    Not enough meat....

    I actually put them on a garbage bag so I could throw them away.

    It's been a bad year for mice. I pulled my snow blower out and I saw 8 mice fleeing it.

    Big Lake, Minnesota

    2X Large BGE, 1 Mini Max, Stokers, Adjustable Rig

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,791
    Cats do quite a trick on mice where I live ;)
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • bigguy136
    bigguy136 Posts: 1,362
    edited November 2018
    lousubcap said:
    Cats do quite a trick on mice where I live ;)


    I'm a cat guy but I also feed the birds and I can't bait birds in as the cat is killing them. Maybe a cat could be trained, maybe not.

    The 10 mice are 1 week and I had 9 more the week prior. The mice are moving in for the winter.

    Big Lake, Minnesota

    2X Large BGE, 1 Mini Max, Stokers, Adjustable Rig

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  • Jstroke
    Jstroke Posts: 2,605
    That’s a pretty slick idea. 
    Columbus, Ohio--A Gasser filled with Matchlight and an Ugly Drum.
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262

    Interesting.  Are you digging the trash bin into the ground, or do the mice climb up the outside?

    Phoenix 
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Time and temp?

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
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  • milesvdustin
    milesvdustin Posts: 2,882
    They make a z wave mouse trap that electrocutes the mouse then sends you a text to let you know you got one. 

    2 LBGE, Blackstone 36, Jumbo Joe

    Egging in Southern Illinois (Marion)

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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,174
    blasting said:

    Interesting.  Are you digging the trash bin into the ground, or do the mice climb up the outside?

    I was wondering the same thing.

    milesvdustin said:
    They make a z wave mouse trap that electrocutes the mouse then sends you a text to let you know you got one. 
    I have a previous gen trap that just zaps them.  It take 4 D cells so it is an indoor trap, but it is quite effective.  A text would be nice.  I have to go look at the trap to see if the light is blinking.
    Flint, Michigan
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  • tz666
    tz666 Posts: 404
    you can use a 5 gal bucket and take an old beer can and stuff a stiff piece of wire through it and duct tape the wire to the top of the bucket. Smear the peanut butter to the can and they crawl across the wire and on to the can and the can rolls over, mouse falls into can.
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,369
    I'd be worried about a dog getting into it (antifreeze smells sweet) and knocking it over.   :s

    “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

                  - Mark Twain 

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • johnkitchens
    johnkitchens Posts: 5,234


    Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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  • frazzdaddy
    frazzdaddy Posts: 2,617
    I keep a six foot black snake in the barn. Barn cats in the yard.
    Xl bge ,LG bge, two 4' crusher cone fire pits. Weber Genisis gasser and 
    Two rusty Weber kettles. 

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    milesvdustin said:
    They make a z wave mouse trap that electrocutes the mouse then sends you a text to let you know you got one. 
    So there is an app for THAT as well? Gotta think you might want to silence that incoming text  message if you are in a high power meeting!   =)
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • bigguy136
    bigguy136 Posts: 1,362
    Botch said:
    I'd be worried about a dog getting into it (antifreeze smells sweet) and knocking it over.   :s
    I don't have pets but last year, a big critter got into my shed and ate all of the mice over the winter. Here is my fix. I cut a diagonal into a piece of plywood.
    I also have the Victor electrocuting trap with so-so results.

    Big Lake, Minnesota

    2X Large BGE, 1 Mini Max, Stokers, Adjustable Rig

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  • bigguy136
    bigguy136 Posts: 1,362
    blasting said:

    Interesting.  Are you digging the trash bin into the ground, or do the mice climb up the outside?

    Here is my setup I have in my garage. Being I have no pets, I don't have a lid.

    Big Lake, Minnesota

    2X Large BGE, 1 Mini Max, Stokers, Adjustable Rig

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  • bigguy136
    bigguy136 Posts: 1,362
    Over the last month, I have gotten 22 mice. Three weeks ago, I got 9. Two weeks ago, I got 10. This week, I got three. My mouse population is finally getting under control. I live in the country and wanted to let them be but they got in my house after chewing the insulation around my air conditioner line and doing some damage to my snowblower. Now, they must die.....

    Big Lake, Minnesota

    2X Large BGE, 1 Mini Max, Stokers, Adjustable Rig

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