gloria.p said...

> Stu wrote:
>> On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:56:24 -0500, Andy > wrote:
>>
>>> No mice for breakfast!
>>>
>>> Left a hunk of cheese in the mousetrap. No takers!!!
>>>
>>> I'plaletm beginning to wonder if they're smarter than I am!
>>
>>
>> Try foie gras, they may have a more discerning palate.
>>
>
>
> Peanut butter works fine when we get "visitors". I've caught them in as
> little as 10 minutes after the trap is set.
>
> Last fall when it first got cold we had quite an infestation. When we
> cleaned the garage shortly after, we found they'd eaten an entire 5# bag
> of sunflowers seeds we keep for the birds. No wonder they were so
> prolific! Within two days our dainty Tonkinese cat had caught 2 and the
> trap caught 8 more. No sign of anything since but the trap remains set.
>
> gloria p


I once put a big squirrel (rat) trap in the driveway and guess what? I
trapped a tiny field mouse!

Andy