How can a mouse take bait from a snap trap without setting it off?

05.September, 2009

We have a mouse in our house. We tried d-con pellets, instant mashed potato flakes, and peanut butter scented glue traps. Finally, we put out 3 old-fashioned snap traps. This morning, when I went to check the three traps, the bait was gone from each trap, but none of them were set off. How is this possible? I know I set the traps the right way. Are there any other methods I could try to use to kill this pest?

Try slathering peanut butter on the trap before you set it. We had mice a few years ago, and didn’t get rid of them until we actually found out how they were getting in the house. They were climbing up a vine I had planted by the electric meter which has a hole into the house. Plug up all the little holes coming into your house too! They are tricky and can fit in teeny tiny places!

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  1. chloes mom sagt:
    05.September, 2009 um 4:31 pm

    D-con has boxes with bags of rat/mouse poison. You can put them under the house or in the attic. Good luck
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  2. Shabby Chic sagt:
    05.September, 2009 um 5:16 pm

    Try slathering peanut butter on the trap before you set it. We had mice a few years ago, and didn’t get rid of them until we actually found out how they were getting in the house. They were climbing up a vine I had planted by the electric meter which has a hole into the house. Plug up all the little holes coming into your house too! They are tricky and can fit in teeny tiny places!
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  3. paul sagt:
    05.September, 2009 um 5:54 pm

    Mice can be very gentle when eating. Try something you can tie to the hole where you put the bait. A piece of bacon tied with string or thread would do the trick.
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  4. bugear001 sagt:
    05.September, 2009 um 6:09 pm

    Practice and quickness!!!!
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  5. poobah sagt:
    05.September, 2009 um 6:38 pm

    Use peanut butter. It works because they can’t run away with the bait, they have to stay and lick it off. That always springs the trap.
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  6. sensible_man sagt:
    05.September, 2009 um 6:53 pm

    The newer snap traps need to be "played with" to find the proper way to make them more sensitive. I have had to sometimes bend the bait holder to make it operate the trap with less pressure.
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  7. Chatty sagt:
    05.September, 2009 um 7:35 pm

    We had that happen once at our house. We re-baited the traps every night for days. The next morning the bait was always gone. Then, one day, I walked in just in time to see a nice trail of little black ants to and from the trap. They already had it almost gone! I couldn’t believe it.
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